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An Electric Sitar Gets A Pick-up-Grade

by Steve | Aug 27, 2012 | Customization, electronics, National, Pickups, Uncategorized | 1 comment

The National Slimline proved to be the perfect pickup for this Rikhi Ram electric sitar. We don’t see many sitars around here, so it bears mentioning this interesting electric model. It’s made by Indian builder  Rikhi Ram and features a top set of six main...

Italia Mondial – Featured Guitar

by Steve | May 23, 2012 | Airline, electronics, reso-glass | 0 comments

From the Airline / National school of reso-glass guitars comes this interesting beauty. I wish I’d snapped some pictures of the electronics repair we had to do  on this guitar. As great as reso-glass guitars look, they can be very tricky when it comes to...

Featured Guitar – Recording King Tricone

by Steve | May 5, 2012 | acoustic, acoustic pickups, electronics, Pickups, resophonic | 0 comments

Who can argue with the looks of this cool tricone resonator? There’s limited options when it comes to amplifying resophonic guitars and even fewer when it comes to the tricone style. There’s three resonator cones underneath the “T” bridge cover...

Gallien Krueger Bass Speaker Replacement

by Steve | Apr 24, 2012 | Amplifier Repair, Bass Amp, electronics | 2 comments

How do you know when a speaker is blown? The owner of this GK 1001 RB 210 combo, was getting a flabby, distorted output from his amp – particularly at loud volumes. He tried running the external speaker output to a separate speaker cabinet and found that it...

Featured Guitar: Vintage 1958 Gibson ES335

by Steve | Apr 20, 2012 | electronics, gibson, nut, Repairs, vintage | 0 comments

This one is the real deal. A gorgeous “unbound” 1958 Gibson ES335. Take a closer look. This guitar was once part of Richard Gere’s collection that was auctioned off in October 2011. It’s a very early example of a 1958 Gibson ES335. The earliest...

Getting an Ampeg SVT Classic Back On The Road

by Steve | Apr 11, 2012 | Ampeg, Amplifier Repair, electronics, Uncategorized | 1 comment

This Ampeg bass amp needed to get back on the road quick. Here’s how we did it. We got a Friday morning phone call recently from a band that was passing through Chicago when the bass player’s Ampeg SVT Classic head started malfunctioning. There was all...
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