zombywoof

I have had hand issues for years. It is worse in my right which presents a problem as I am a fingerpicker. One of the things I have...

Weissenborn paired maple and koa. But if you go back to the first half of the 20th century more often as not stained/dyed maple...

I have never cared for guitars bodies sporting a satin or matte finish. I prefer a well-done gloss finish where you can see the wood...

Neither the J100 nor the J200 were ever what I would call "loud" guitars. But 54.6 dB is not exactly what I would call loud for an...

It would have been easier just to place a link to that Moonlight Luthiers site. I recall them once telling me they could narrow down a...

Harmony guitars do not have serial numbers stamped anywhere on the instrument. There is generally only a number which may be a...

I still recall the first time I played a Sovereign H1260. It was around 1965 and the parents of a guy I had started a band with bought...

We have owned a J200 for more years than I can recall. Not really able to compare it to your new one though as ours was built back when...

My strategy would to be to buy a different guitar or change the way you approach the instrument. What you are really trying to change...

If you are still stuck on trying to figure out what wood the top is built with and it still matters to you, an easy way to go about it...

Not only neck carve/shape but neck depth at 1st and 9th fret, string spacing at the bridge, scale, and other aspects of the build come...

While I respect Dana as a builder, I have never really taken to his guitars so have not kept up with what is going on with his brand. I...

Do not know for sure by looking but as a rule of thumb Sitka spruce starts showing up on Gibson J45s and others in later-1944 along with...

People have for decades told me they thoght I was into Gibsons. My response is Nah, do not have a clue what they are talking about. Got...

I have played the Kalamazoo archtops and KG-14 flattop which Johnson was known to play. They sound nothing like a Harmony H1260. The...