5 Important Caring Tips for Your Guitar (or other Wooden Instruments)
Love your Instrument? I know that we love ours, and try to take as best care of them as we can. This can prove to be tough however when life gets in your way and you got to run to work or your getting rushed on and off the stage for the next band. These [...]
Publ.Date : Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:24:41 +0000

Still the Beginning?. Lesson 2 ? Minor Chords / Bar Chords/ Beginning Ear Training
Ahhh… new finger positions for us to practice to assist in strengthening our hand versatility and build callouses on those virgin fingers. In our first beginner’s lesson, We covered the 7 Major Guitar chords and focused on becoming comfortable with the transition of changing between chords seamlessly. In this lesson, we are going to introduce [...]
Publ.Date : Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:40:36 +0000

Forget all the Technical crap, Lets play some guitar!!!
Found this clip from the Spread Entertainment Group Mania TV with Dave Navarro and George Lynch jamming out and talking about various techiniques, swiching them up, and thinking outside of the box with your playing.  Many times, a slight variation in your typical runs makes the biggest difference in the world.  Not trying to dis [...]
Publ.Date : Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:54:14 +0000

In the Beginning? Guitar Lesson 1 for Beginners?
We get a lot of requests for beginner’s lessons, which is something that we do not formally offer,   so we figured that we would post some info that helped us in the beginning. When people ask us about learning an instrument, we like to specify that playing any instrument well is 80% feeling and [...]
Publ.Date : Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:01:34 +0000

SRGuitars.com Lab ? Custom Collection Sneak Peak
Just a sneak peak into a short run of custom guitars that SRGuitars.com teamed up with some local artisans to do.  The project has lingered a bit ove a year or so, but these guitars have been transformed into instruments that will always be cherished… Check on back to the store in a bit as [...]
Publ.Date : Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:50:53 +0000

Enigma Guitar Repair
Special Thanks goes out to Andrew Kowal from Enigma Guitar Repair for the extra time and detail as he helped with the final setups on some of our custom line. Enigma is located @ 3245 Amber St., Philadelphia PA 19099. (215) 200-8076. www.enigmaguitarrepair.com
Publ.Date : Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:38:10 +0000

Sorry for the Delayed postings?
But we’ve been busy as hell over here @ SRGuitars. Especially since we had a small computer and then catalog meltdown. Please keep on checking back as we’ve been stock piling some new tips and techniques to share with ya’ll. We’ve also got some custom guitars coming through soon, and will be adding some more [...]
Publ.Date : Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:53:37 +0000

Vintage 1980?s (1982?) Washburn A-15V
I think that it’s from 1982 if I remember correctly off the top of my head. This guitar is truly a vintage Washburn gem for all ya’ll Washburn enthusiasts. I saw a few months ago in some Guitar Center or Sam Ash ad that Washburn was re-releasing this guitar for a short period. Here is [...]
Publ.Date : Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:29:05 +0000

Continuation of the Sticker Saga? MIM Fender Strat
Yep, more freakin’ stickers. This time on a MIM (Made in Mexico) Fender Stratocaster. Unlike the Squire, we took our time and put some care in bringing this beauty back. Yes, I realize all you Fender fans may nose up that this is MIM, but personally I really like this guitar… How it came to [...]
Publ.Date : Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:41:46 +0000

Alright Kiddies?. Save the Stickers for Your Cases?.
Seriously. Your parents will appreciate it…. I realize it’s a Squire. I tried to sell this at the AMRN Flea Market fo $65… No deal, so now it’s the new experiment. Check on back as you will see this piece (literally) showing back up in the near future. I spent last night peeling off stickers…. [...]
Publ.Date : Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:02:16 +0000

American Musicians? Resource Network Flea Market
We participated as a vendor at the non-profit American Musicians’ Resource Network Flea Market’s first musicians flea market. We had a really good time here, and hope that they do it again in the near future. It is nice to see organizations and people that are behind coming together as musicians and promoting a positive [...]
Publ.Date : Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:06:39 +0000

Bentforms Peavey Decade
This was not one of out jobs, but our friend Mat over at Bentforms had sent over some pictures this wonderfully presented rehab that he had worked on a while back. Mat has assisted us on multiple occasions with multiple projects including revision on some of our detailing techniques. We are blogging this as it [...]
Publ.Date : Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:03:01 +0000

Music Man Seventy Five Reverb ? 1980 ? 1984
No Bullshit, I think that we are keeping this one because it is so freaking sweet! The Music Man Company, long story short, Was a company that came out around 1971 as Forrest White and Tom Walker talked with Leo Fender about starting a company they would call Tri-Sonic, Inc. This later turned into Music [...]
Publ.Date : Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:40:16 +0000

1964 Fender Bandmaster ? Blackface
Awesome head. Truly a classic… awesome sound. Grabbed these specs from Ampwares.com Year: 1963-1967 Model: Bandmaster Circuit: AB763 Config: Piggy-back Control Panel: Black forward facing w/ white labels Front Conrol Layout: Normal: In, In, Bright Sw, Vol, Treb, Bass – Vibrato: In, In, Bright Sw, Vol, Treb, Bass, Speed, Intensity – Pilot Lamp Rear Conrol [...]
Publ.Date : Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:21:20 +0000

Sovtek MIG-100 ? A work in progress?
Mother Russia’s answer to the Marshall JCM-800. This head is BAD ASS with tons of power and tone to melt the crowds faces off. Nice warm tube tone, and ya can’t beat that tube overdrive. Not exactly a Marshall, but pretty close for the money. The other thing we really dig about this head is [...]
Publ.Date : Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:14:55 +0000

Ibanez Acoustic Fishman Active Matrix Pickup Install
We installed a Fishman Matrix active acoustic pickup for a customer in a mid line Ibanez acoustic. Now, I had someone ask me, ‘Why put an expensive acoustic pickup in a mid line Ibanez?’ Well, quite simple, it comes down to, that is what the customer wanted. I have to say however that I’m a [...]
Publ.Date : Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:04:20 +0000

70?s Rickenbacker 4001 Bass
A true beauty. Needed a bunch of work, and unfortunately we never snapped the end result pics, but this bass was so damn cool that I had to put it up. Rickenbacker 4001 – Before Disassembly   The Chrome was full of Scurve and Rust   The Nut was broken, and the fingerboard separating from [...]
Publ.Date : Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:05:52 +0000