I've made some serious progress on this thing over the past couple days. Securing the neck/pocket to the body has proven extremely tricky but I think it will be playable after some quick tweaking and a bit of reassembly. The action is unfortunately too high and I'll have to remedy it by installing a neck shim. On the other hand, the makeshift resonator has worked out impressively well & it rings beautifully if I happen to strike an open string. I'll go into more detail about

Seeing as I just made a guitar-related post, I figured I'd show off my RG as well. When I was probably 13 years old, I bought my first guitar. I'd already owned a cheap Peavey Raptor which was gifted to me a few years prior, but the first time I actually bought a guitar I lusted over it was an Ibanez RG with a mahogany finish. I loved it, especially the neck. Unfortunately, I had to sell it when I was in a rough spot after first moving out of my parents' house. I've always re

Admittedly, I already have too many ongoing guitar builds to keep track of.... but that hasn't stopped another one from entering the queue this week. I won't dive into it too much yet but the vision should be obvious enough from these pics. Check it out:

...The setting, the west coast brewery garb, the pizza on the rock, Emily being super photogenic. I think its my favorite picture of her...

For years now, my relationship with my phone has felt like that woman and her fridge in Requiem For A Dream . Social media crosses too...