Author: Mark

New Guitar Project

Post author By Mark
Post date 2023-07-16

So, when I last talked I was planning to make a new neck for my pink telecaster. Now I have a better idea. Make a new body to go with the neck.

I think this will be a Tele style body as well. I want to hollow some of the body out like a thinline Tele. I’ll prolly make the body from ash.

I want to go straight up the middle with 2 single coil pickups like a traditional Tele. This is something I kinda need since all my guitars have high output humbuckers. Having a guitar that’s super good at clean stuff will be great.

Sounds kinda boring, right? Here is where it gets fun lol

I really liked the way my friend’s Purple guitar turned out (metallic purple with purple glitter on top) so I wanna do that, except green.

The neck will be like I described before. A strat style inverted headstock with an ebony fingerboard. I got some locking staggered Hipshot tuners for it. Prolly paint the headstock to match the body.

I want to put some sort of LED inside the body that lights it up from the inside.

Toggle switch in the top like a Les Paul or Tele deluxe.

Kill switch cause why not.

music stuff

Mr. Brightside featuring Megadeth Drummer

Post author By Mark
Post date 2023-07-14

This is soooooo cool. This channel made a “drumless” version of the Killers’ song Mr Brightside and played it for the drummer from Megadeth. He was supposed to make up his own drum track for it. Apparently he never heard the song before and played a killer slowed down drum track that totally changed the song.

Guitars stuff

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.