Okay Blueshawk fans, we know what you’re thinking; there’s no such thing as a Blueshawk bass. Well, thanks to a tag-team effort, there is now. This was truly one of the most challenging electronics customization projects we’ve ever done and it turned out great. **Beware** though, this one gets technical!
One of the guitar instructors from the Old Town School of Folk Music came to us with an interesting idea. He performs solo with an acoustic guitar and stomps his foot to create a sort of woody bass drum effect. He wanted us to help him design an amplified box that he could plug-in so the volume of his foot taps could be balanced with the rest of his sound. The final product is so simple it cracks me up;
I met a young blues player named Weston when I was doing guitar repair at the Chicago Guitar Center. After years of fighting the long scale length of an old Peavey guitar, he discovered a better fit in the 3/4 size Squier Mini and Ibanez Mikro guitars. We helped Wes supercharge both guitars by replacing the stock pickups with new ones and simplified string changing by installing Planet Waves Auto Trim tuners. We set both guitars up to his custom specs and his playing has been improving ever since. So much so that he made an appearance at Chicago’s recent Blues Fest. Continue »
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