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Fernandes Sustainer 101 Sustainer kit Recently I installed the 101 sustainer kit by Fernandes in my self-build guitar made from an oak coffeetable. I've made another of these guitars and I wanted this one to be as close to the original only with an added sustainer pickup and circuit. However, I had to compromise on some things: The original features Ibanez V7 and V8 pickups with their RG 5-way switching allowing the following pickup combinations: 1. Bridge humbucker 2. Bridge and neck pickup splitted 3. Bridge and neck humbuckers 4. Neck pickup wired with parallel coils 5. Neck humbucker I Mostly use setting 1, 2 and 5. To get those 3 pickup configurations I need both pickups to be splittable. The biggest problem is that everything runs through the PCB circuit board which makes it nearly impossible to trace the signal path and therefor come up with alternative switching. The instructions only feature schematics for a Les Paul type guitar with 2 humbuckers (no coil sp...

For us guitarists, there are lot of ways in introduce our music to world. this time I'm using soundcloud instead of YouTube to share what really a Marshall MS-2 sounds like. i made a playlist about this, not too deep in details since this mini pocket amp (?) is simple gear for our needs in practicing our guitar learning. but this mini amp somehow satisfies me inside my room (this marshall ms-2 rocks ! ). so here they are, some Marshall MS-2 sound samples:  Marshall MS-2 clean set 1 - volume at 9 o'clock, tone at 12 o'clock , clean mode  Marshall MS-2 clean set 1 Marshall MS-2 clean set 2 - volume at 12 o'clock, tone at 12 o'clock , clean mode Marshall MS-2 clean set 2 Marshall MS-2 clean set 3 - volume at 5 o'clock(full), tone at 12 o'clock , clean mode Marshall MS-2 clean set 3  Marshall MS-2 OD set 1 - volume at 9 o'clock, tone at 12 o'clock , OD mode Marshall MS-2 OD set 1 Marshall MS-2 OD set 2 - vo...

yeah, i should put more details on the blog post title but actually i want to show you how easy assembling guitar can be. what i got here was a separated squier telecaster neck and pre-wired telecaster body. the only thing you need here is one screwdriver and you can put them into one piece of beautiful telecaster. Assembling an Electric Guitar - neck and body just put them together and,  put the plate and the screw, then tighten them X way. once it is done, put the strings now, the last thing you need to do is take the last picture of your work and you can admire it while you're playing it okay... what so special about this? nothing, yes, NOTHING all i want to say is, guitars can be so simple without decreasing our respects to this holy grail. and wonderful thing about telecaster is. unlike other set-neck guitars, telecaster can be so great since you can get its parts separately, highly customized as your wishes in such an easy way... this guitar ...

what i got for you in June is the sexy guitarist Mr. Steve Vai. I'm not the biggest fan of him, but his work put him between my notable guitarists top list with all my respect. born in June 6 1960, Steven Siro Vai began his guitar learning at the age of 13 and took guitar lesson from Joe Satriani in 1974. he met some notable virtuosos and musicians where those moments were his vital parts in his own great work and stylish guitar playing.  "I enjoy challenging myself to come up with new ideas that I believe are unique." - steve vai Vai started his recording career in 1980 playing with Frank Zappa and has since recorded and toured with Alcatrazz, Whitesnake, David Lee Roth and Public Image Ltd. Since 1983 Vai also released his own studio albums. His discography consists of eight studio albums, two EP's, two special albums, eight live albums, twelve soundtracks, twenty compilation albums and seven videos. Vai has been awarded three Grammy Awards and forty other a...

Mr. V yes, first you gotta let me using that title, then I'll show you some dreams. who's the first? yes, Gibson is the first brand which launched the flying V guitar. it was in 1958, The  flying V guitar designs were meant to a futuristic image of Gibson brand. Lonnie Mack and Albert King were considered the first user of this guitar model. Dave Davies and Jimi Hendrix started using it in the mid-late 1960s. what is the first next thing happened? of course, the variants. Flying V2, Reverse Flying V, V Bass are the next generations of Gibson flying V guitars. who's got the thrill? the metal heads. this guitar model has a strong and masculine look, so impressive and it becomes one of first choice for metal genre. Dean V with V shaped Dean Headstock and V shaped tailpiece, KKV (Kerry King V), also known as the Speed V, designed by kerry king for B.C. Rich guitars, Jackson King V, and Randy Rhoads has his Jackson Randy Rhoads series. so, do you wa...

what i got lately is the Roland GR 55 guitar synthesizer, the most popular guitar stuff on YouTube right now i guess. it has been almost 2 years i dreamed  about playing this guitar synthesizer, until now. It's like (one of) my dreams come true. i always imagine a wide range of guitar playing in  live performances, with this stuff, I'll manage somehow. connected via Roland GK-3 synth guitar pickup, the GR 55 reaches the whole new vision in guitar playing. you can make synth layers without distracting the originality of your guitar characteristics. i made few user presets and it works well with my playing. last night was the first tryout for my Roland GR 55 combined with Boss GT 8 and i love the results. Roland GR 55 combined with Boss GT 8 actually at some levels, i love how my Boss GT 8 sounds and there times when we all feel that the real electric guitar sounds should take control. but there are sometimes when the guitar sound is not needed, still you want to take p...

That's what I said when I was younger, when some (few) girls asked about love to me, or to the other guitar boys, i guess. Fewer girls loved to hear what i was saying, yes, but none of them wanted me to write down those words on love letters. if they did, they would have known that U2 is involved with everyone's music. you can love me already, but i love U2 first. (haha, what some wonderful moments at that time..) U2, is the best two letters in music. The Edge is one of most inspirational guitar player on my list, and for me, Bono is still carrying the most soulful vocalist title until now. can't explain more than this since U2 are already damn famous. what a great band. so, when i have to choose one from their songs, which is actually difficult i think since their songs are great, definitely I'll choose " stuck in the moment that you can't get out of ". it's a long-titled song, but i think soon everyone will say it fluently. why? it's a son...