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I'm building a Tele and bought the Hot Tele Set that comes with a chrome pickup cover for the neck pickup. I've never worked with single coil pickups before. I've found several gold pickup covers on amazon that look like they might work but wanted to check with you guys to see if there is a...

I'm looking for a place to buy a Les Paul fretboard in rosewood that has that red color to it. As an example, check the last large picture on this page: http://www.croxguitars.com/Fretboardsrouted.htm I've seen other Les Pauls with that deep red colored fretboard and I love it. I would...

I've got a custom made "LP style" guitar with a five piece laminated neck. Three laminations are maple, two are mahogany. Body wings are mahogany with maple cap. The neck is neck-through and the body is thinner than a normal LP but thicker than an SG. I'm about ready to buy a Custom for the...

I picked up a used D-Tar Mama Bear really cheap last week. Always wanted to try one out. I already own a Fishman Powerbridge but just never had a chance to install it. My question is this, do I need to install the Fishman Powerchip mixer/preamp too? Or can I run the piezo signal directly...

My Gibson SG Special currently has the stock 490R/490T pups. I want to put a Pearly Gates in the bridge and Alnico II Pro in the neck. Will these new pups drop right in and will the mounting holes match up with the holes where the 490s were? Or is this going to be a custom job that I'll have...