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and will chronicle it in a blog. Follow along if you're interested. http://theaccidentalluthier.blogspot.com/ I'll also be posting on it in the MyLesPaul.com forums. It will be an interesting ride that's for sure.

There was a thread below that inspired this thread. I just wanted a place for budding home recordists to come and get some kid tips from the more experienced. To start it off here's mine: If you've got a problem recording in a lousy sound room try building a little shelter for your amp using...

http://www.line6.com/stompboxmodelers/index.html Got the announcement in my email today. Looks like a pretty cool product. You can use it with other pedals too. Say waht you will about the sound of Line6 products, you have to admire their desire to build well designed products that work for...

I have an old Soundtank Tubescreamer laying around doing nothing. It sounds great but the switch is always going out. Would it be worthwhile to transfer the guts to an aftermarket chassis with a different switch?

I was looking at some Fender Champ and Deluxe schematics today and noticed that some of the schematics had patents attached to them while others didn't. The older amps tended to not have patents while the newer stuff had patents. Is this the reason why amp kit companies concentrate on the old...

I posted about this guitar in the Epi vs. Gibson Les Paul thead. I played one a couple of months ago and it was better than any Gibby Les Paul I've pulled off the Guitar Center wall in quite some time. I love the look. Just goes to prove Epi can make a decent if not superior Les Paul. I'm not...

This is my Trinity Lightning build. All the amp parts were sourced from Trinity amps. Stephen, the owner of Trinity answered all my questions (some of them were pretty inane) when I was doing the build. Trinity provided a sizable booklet on the building of the amp as well as a schematic and a...

I have a Gibson faded flying V that I'm considering selling. It differs from the model currently being offered in the fact that it has an ebony fretboard. It has been professionally set up with the frets leveled and dressed. It is in mint condition. I really have no idea what these things are...

I have a Classic series 1x12 cab with a Sheffield in it. I plugged my new Lightning clone into it and it sounds great! I'm building a 2x12 custom cab and am trying to figure out what to load into it. I'm leaning towards a Mojo British series or Hellatone. I'm open to the possibility of mixing...

Found some nice looking marine grade vinyl at a fabric shop. It looks exactly like tolex to me. Tell me oh wise amp gurus, is this good stuff for covering the head cabinet I'm building?

Due to a career change and the death of a parent the build took more than a year but last night I completed the amp. This morning I was able to dime it and really let it loose. I've owned a Matchless DC30 and let me tell you this amp does it justice. It sounds incredibly good even cranked...

Not a PRS, Gibson, or Taylor to be found. Strange considering these guitars have been the staple of Collective Soul for years. I wonder if they just wanted to switch things up or if endorsement deals have changed. The lead guitarist Joel was playing a variety of MJ guitars. Ed the singer played...

I have an old one I'm not using. I always liked it as a boost but the switch was never reliable. I thought it might be fun to put the guts in a different housing with a better switch. Is this possible? I've heard the Soundtanks are pretty much the same as the TS-9. Are there any good mods for...

Ran across this surfing the net this morning. Sneak peak at tour rehearsal: http://forums.melodicrock.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=28681 Pics: http://s185.photobucket.com/albums/x290/cuthbert84/Van%20Halen%20Rehearsal/ Looks like Ed is rehearsing with the Peavey guitars. I guess he will have...

Check out Tommy Shaw and that new Taylor. Does anyone have specs on this thing? Even a scale length would be nice. http://www.behindthebarricade.com/STYX2.html