The Bench
Is It Safe to Buy a Used Guitar Online Without ...
An honest answer from the bench. The real risks of buying a used guitar sight unseen aren't what most players fear, the eight photos worth asking any seller for, how...
Is It Safe to Buy a Used Guitar Online Without ...
An honest answer from the bench. The real risks of buying a used guitar sight unseen aren't what most players fear, the eight photos worth asking any seller for, how...
Do Jazzmasters and Jaguars Really Have Tuning P...
Offsets get blamed for buzzing bridges and slipping tuning. From the bench, the floating vibrato is usually the one part working fine - the real culprit is break angle at...
Do Jazzmasters and Jaguars Really Have Tuning P...
Offsets get blamed for buzzing bridges and slipping tuning. From the bench, the floating vibrato is usually the one part working fine - the real culprit is break angle at...
Does a Higher DC Resistance Mean a Hotter Pickup?
DC resistance is the most quoted pickup spec and the most misunderstood one. It measures the length and thickness of a piece of copper wire, not how loud the pickup...
Does a Higher DC Resistance Mean a Hotter Pickup?
DC resistance is the most quoted pickup spec and the most misunderstood one. It measures the length and thickness of a piece of copper wire, not how loud the pickup...
Why Is My Guitar In Tune Open But Sharp When I ...
Open strings perfect, fretted chords sour? It's the nut, the saddles, or your grip — and the fret where the error appears tells you which. A bench-side diagnosis, in order.
Why Is My Guitar In Tune Open But Sharp When I ...
Open strings perfect, fretted chords sour? It's the nut, the saddles, or your grip — and the fret where the error appears tells you which. A bench-side diagnosis, in order.
Gibson ES-335 vs. ES-339: Which Semi-Hollow Sho...
The ES-339 isn't just a smaller ES-335. Same scale, same rim depth, same center block — but roughly two inches narrower across the lower bout, and that changes ergonomics, feedback...
Gibson ES-335 vs. ES-339: Which Semi-Hollow Sho...
The ES-339 isn't just a smaller ES-335. Same scale, same rim depth, same center block — but roughly two inches narrower across the lower bout, and that changes ergonomics, feedback...
Why Do Gibson Headstocks Break So Easily (and F...
It is not bad luck. A 17-degree headstock angle, short grain running the wrong way, and a truss rod cavity routed into the weakest spot all stack up in the...
Why Do Gibson Headstocks Break So Easily (and F...
It is not bad luck. A 17-degree headstock angle, short grain running the wrong way, and a truss rod cavity routed into the weakest spot all stack up in the...