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Pedal Power Supply Noise Comparison – Godlyke Power All vs 1 Spot
We’ve always thought this interesting video should get more attention but after 4 years on YouTube its only had a few thousand views. The video was created by Godlyke, maker of one of the two pedal power supplies being compared, so the potential for bias needs to be considered while viewing it. And perhaps not […]
Chibson Guitar Kit from AliExpress – Kit Build Video
YouTuber misterweird purchased a knock-off Gibson guitar kit known as the Chibson Guitar Kit from AliExpress and produced a nice video shown here of the build. The sound track throughout the video is the actual Chibson kit being played through a Vox Tonelab LE. The kit has been upgraded with Alnico II humbuckers (also from […]
Pig Hog PHSC5 Guitar Amplifier Speaker Cable
We love Pig Hog Cables. We recently used their PHSC5 speaker cable at one of our School of Rock gigs to connect the guitar amplifier head to the speaker cabinet and it reminded us why we like the Pig Hog line so much. This cable is really beefy – 14 gauge wire – and the […]
12 String Guitar Kit Options from eBay or DIY
Judging by the questions we’ve received lately, there’s a growing interest in building a 12 string guitar kit. So let’s highlight two approaches we’ve seen recently. One is to create your own 12 string guitar kit by purchasing the parts and putting it together. As an example, YouTuber Jonesiesucks used a Fender made in Mexico […]
Saga Kit Build – TC 10 Telecaster
From YouTuber John Morton comes this Saga kit build video of his TC-10 Telecaster. The Saga TC-10 Electric Guitar Kit has easy to follow instructions and is a great first project with just a few simple tools. This is possible because the kit comes complete with all the hard parts done. For example, all the […]
Cigar Box Guitar with Jack Daniels Mini-Bottle Bridge
Junksville is a U.K. maker of one-of-a-kind instruments inspired by the traditional cigar box guitars dating back to the 1800’s. Using parts recycled, scavenged and scrounged, his builds include traditional 3-string cigar box guitars, gas-can banjos, resonator guitars and solid bodies of 3- 4- 5- and 6-strings. He also does custom guitars with the input […]
Guitar Wiring Kits with Premium Components from Stewart-MacDonald
New from Stewart-MacDonald are guitar wiring kits with the premium brand pots, switches, jacks, capacitors and cloth wiring used in original Gibson Les Paul and SG guitars. The kits make it easy to order top-quality components for wiring or re-wiring a 4-control / 2-pickup guitar with a 3-way switch. The kit components include Switchcraft toggle […]
12ax7 Tube Datasheet
The 12ax7 is a miniature high-mu twin triode, each section of which has an individual cathode connection. It is especially suited for use in resistance-coupled voltage amplifiers, phase inverters, multivibrators, and numerous industrial-control circuits where high voltage gain is desired. A center-tapped heater permits operation of the tube from either a 6.3-volt or a 12.6-volt […]
Ampeg BA115 Bass Combo Amplifier Repair
In this episode of The Repair Bench we are troubleshooting an Ampeg BA115 Bass Combo amplifier. This amp is part of Ampeg’s starter series and is specified to deliver 100W of power to a 15″ speaker and a small tweeter. It features a style selector with five basic tone options, three tone controls (Treble, Mid, […]
Wiring the Eyelet Board For the MojoTone Tweed Deluxe Amp Kit
Bill Scheltema of Canadian Breed custom electric guitars shares his video here on wiring the eyelet board for a MojoTone Tweed Deluxe 5E3 amplifier kit. The eyelet board is a piece of fiberboard with two rows of eyelets into which the leads of the electronic components (primarily resistors and capacitors) and wires are inserted prior […]
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