Author: Mark

POD Go – “Cover Band” Preset

Post author By Mark
Post date 2023-07-01

I use a POD Go amp when I play guitar its super awesome, portable, customizable, and sounds great. It let’s me have all the sounds wherever I go (home, school of rock, or band practice) without lugging a heavy amp or pedalboard.

Anywho, Line6 just put out a video demonstrating a preset designed for a cover band. It uses one amp with a bunch of different pedals and uses the “snapshot mode” to totally change the sound of the amp with one button press. Snapshots are essentially changing a bunch of knobs on the amp and pedals all at the same time. This gives a bunch of different tones that have a lot of variation.

The video and a link to download are below. Also below, are the settings they used (read more).
Download from Line6 here: https://uk.line6.com/customtone/tone/6106966/

Funkenstein Sex Panther Tele

New Neck

Post author By Mark
Post date 2023-06-15

Ripped straight from the “can’t leave well enough alone” file…

I am super happy with how the neck on Sex Panther feels and plays and the quality of the build!, But…

I’m not really happy with the finish I put on the neck of Sex Panther. I also want a bigger headstock to display the beautiful (large) logo I made.

I have planned all along to strip the finish off and re-do it. I have also considered chopping up the headstock and gluing on some extra wood to make a bigger headstock.

I really want one of those big goofy 1970s strat headstocks. Like the bottom one in this photo.

Big goofy headstocks have a lot in common with me. I am big and goofy too.

I also have wanted to build my own neck. You can see where this is heading.

Why not make a new neck!?! And if I’m gonna make a new neck, might as well be goofier too and make the headstock inverted!

My beautiful ~~wife~~ design consultant and I decided to go with;

Maple neck, satin finish
Inverted big goofy strat style headstock. Painted black of course. Finished glossy
Ebony fretboard, natural finish
Dual action truss rod in the heel with a wheel on it
I’ll re-use the tuners

Off to StewMac! Here is my haul

I downloaded some neck and headstock designs from the interwebs and printed them full size. After some creativity with scissors and tape we can see the neck shape.