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How a bass adventurer discovered his ideal tone with a Mesa/Boogie Big Block 750.

Long to try your hand at building a pedal but cant help feeling overwhelmed? Let us enlighten you on the tools, materials, and available resources, as well as teach you how to build a critical, oft-overlooked testing device.

The Vox V241 Bulldog is (almost) a dead ringer for a Mosrite, but plugging in reveals a mellower sound that is less Ventures and more … Pinky Perky and the Beakles?

Your DAW and a simple plug-in can match your guitar lines in weird and colorful ways. Blast off, space cadets!

When power cables and signal paths tangle, the results can be noisy. Here are some easy fixes.

Believe it or not, you can boost the value of your instrument by making everyones life a little easier … and cleaner!

Were getting close to the end of our journey. Weve aged most of the metal parts on our project guitar, so now lets take care of the output jack, knobs, back plate, and pickguard.

To shred or not to shred? Sometimes a little restraint to serve a melody can shine brighter than scorching a solo.

When it comes to cosmic tone, it’s critical to have functional potentiometers. Here’s how to install them correctly and keep them ship-shape afterward.

Photos 1 — When aging a project guitar, it’s best to take it apart and start small. First, we focus on the metal. This month, well discuss some basics about DIY aging/relicing and Ill explain a project I recently did. I chose a budget electric guitar that retails at €199 including shipping (about $217 USD). A guitar in this price range is perfect for a beginner relicing project, because if its not perfect or you ruin something by accident, its not the end of the world. B...