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| 1500 G Neck Modification |
The 1500G neck
modification TM,
is Ed Roman's secret recipe for unfinished necks. Originally
conceived by... |
| 22 Fret Necks Versus 24 Fret Necks |
This is a debate that
many people avoid, In fact many companies just look the
other way. Normally a progressive company looking... |
| All Access Neck Joint |
No other company
offers this exclusive trademarked innovation on this style
guitar... |
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Babicz Guitars Technical
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Lateral compression
is created by anchoring the strings directly to the guitar
soundboard. The stored energy is released acoustically as
the... |
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Bent Tops |
A bent top guitar is a
guitar that has a totally artificial veneered archtop. It
is yet another way for the bigger... |
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Binding A Guitar |
The first step
after making the basic body is to route out an edge
evenly around the entire body...
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Black Saddle Piezo System |
The New "Black
Saddle" TM Piezo System is the first and only one I have
seen that I have been totally impressed with. There are many
significant... |
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Buzz Feiten Tuning 2001 |
Since we started installing Buzz
Feiten's revolutionary guitar tuning system almost fifteen
years have passed. We have done countless numbers of them
and... |
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Canned Air |
The fact
is, there is no such thing as "canned air". Traditional
aerosol dusters contain synthetic chemicals that emit
harmful and potentially toxic vapors. In addition... |
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Care & Cleaning
Your Guitar |
These plush, soft
microfiber cloths provide superior cleaning results. They
contain no chemicals and are ideal for any fine musical
instrument... |
| Color Perception 2000 |
Our eyes contain sensors which respond
to different wavelengths of light. The human visual system
works quickly to respond to all the potential... |
| Deep Set Neck Tenon
1997 |
A deep set neck tenon is an extremely
stable way to build a guitar. It also helps the tone and
sustain... |
| Direct Coupling
1996 |
Direct Coupling will add
tremendous sustain to your guitar, It will also give you up
to 25% more audible overtones. You can really hear the
difference... |
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Ebony Fretboards |
Good tone
is derived from combining different woods. We hang up
fingerboards, & body woods and tap them for resonance and
pitch. Most small hand builders will at least attempt... |
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Floyd Rose Tremolo |
Say
whatever you will about the Floyd Rose Tremolo. The fact is it is still the best straight ahead Rock n' Roll
tremolo on the market. Ugly and cumbersome as it may be it's the only one that
really stays in tune...
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Floyd Rose Speedloader
2004 |
The Speed-Loader Tremolo offers all
the versatility of the original Floyd Rose Tremolo™ with the
ease and performance of the Speed-Loader System. You can
still execute the most subtle... |
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Fretwork |
Fretwork is an art, there are few
people who have the fortitude, patience, level of
concentration and a steady enough hand to do fretwork.
Personally I consider... |
| Heel Removal |
Currently I do
this job on the PRS CE Models at least 10 times a month and
the custom models about twice a month. There has never been
a single problem with one of these jobs to date... |
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Intonating a PRS |
PRS hardtail
guitars have no intelligent way to set up intonation, there
are no adjustments excepting for the outside strings. It is
hard to believe that a company of PRS's stature could
possibly... |
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Intonating a Rickenbacker 12 String |
If you are a
Rickenbacker 12 string owner and you are having a problem
with keeping the guitar in perfect tune this little tech tip
will be of great interest to you... |
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Neck Construction
2001 |
A bolt on neck has a large flange that protrudes from
the body. The neck is usually bolted onto this cumbersome
flange. On a "Bolt In" the neck is actually bolted through
the back of the body... |
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Neck Mounting Myths 2005 |
Many players assume that to build a good guitar it
should have a glued on neck. I for one definitely do not
believe that... |
| Neck Stability |
A stabilized neck means that you are getting wood to
wood contact all around at the base of the neck. A neck that
has wood to wood contact is certainly going to sound much
better... |
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Parker Pickup Conversion |
The biggest problem with the Parker
guitars has always been the sound of the magnetic
pickups. Many people buy a Parker for it's rich deep piezo
electric acoustic sound, and easy playability. However... |
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Pearlcaster Tremolo |
The
new full floating Guitar Tremolo Bridge unites state of the
art computer design and the highest quality materials with
the new patent pending... |
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PRS Retopping |
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PRS Tremolo |
Over the years
Paul Reed Smith has used a number of different tremolo
systems. The original was made by a company known as Mil
Com. The original tremolos are sought after because they are
cast from one solid... |
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Poly Versus Nitro Finish |
Polyester Paint jobs are easy and
inexpensive to make look very good. Most every company uses
it from Ibanez to PRS. Polyester finishes are easily
identifiable by the thick glossy... |
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Quarter Sawn Lumber |
Plain sawn (or flat-sawn) lumber has
the growth rings of the tree parallel to the board's broad
face. Plain sawn wood highlights the grain... |
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Seymour Duncan Antiquity
Pickups |
Seymour Duncan uses the exact same
materials as Gibson did in the 50's when they built their
original pickups. For example the bobbins are made from a
butyrate compound that had to be specifically re engineered
to recreate the original models... |
| Spruce Tops On Electric, Acoustic, Jazz & Slimline Guitars. |
Experienced luthiers & guitar players
all pretty much agree that a solid spruce top is usually the
best kind of wood for Acoustic Flat Top Guitars & Archtop
Jazz... |
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Stainless Steel Frets |
Nothing sounds as good as pure old
fashioned Nickel Silver Frets!!! Stainless frets make your
guitar sound less than natural... |
| Steinberger Necks |
The original composite blend was a
mixture of Fiberglass, Kevlar, Strandular Carbon Graphite
Fiber and Epoxy. This blend works quite well it is designed
for stiffness reliability and stability... |
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Tension Free Neck |
These necks use a 3/8"
cold rolled steel bar to support the strings at the
headstock, thus removing all string tension stress from the
neck, leaving the neck free to... |
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Tone/Pros Bridges |
TonePros Sound Labs International is a
company comprised of professional luthiers and sound design
specialists with years of experience in the music
production... |
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Tremolo Stabilizer |
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Transposing Tremolo |
To my knowledge my
shop "Ed Roman Guitars" is the only place in the world where
you can still buy a brand new original Steinberger Trans
Trem... |
| Van Campen Rickenbacker Modification |
This guitar gets my
vote as one of the best guitars on the market for the price.
It has all the right components... |
| Vari-Phase System Explanation |
No excerpt available. |
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Who Is Mogami? |
Mogami has earned a reputation within
the professional recording industry as the finest cable in
the world. This cable is famous for... |