Danelectro 12-string
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7 Rules a Guitarist Should Never Break

The 7 Deadly Sins of Guitar As a guitar player, you know that there are certain things you just can’t do if you want to play with others or for others. You may not have known they had a name, but now you do. These are the seven deadly sins 🎸

Marshall Valvestate 8010
Amp Repair

Easy Marshall VALVESTATE 10 Amp Repair

Welcome back to my blog. One of my buddies for whom I’ve repaired several amps by now, both solid-state and tube, brought me a small Marshall Valvestate 10 amp. Like the other amps he brought, this one seemed to have been stored in somebody’s outdoor shed for ten years. When 🎸

Univox Melody Maker
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Setting up a Univox Melody Maker

Can’t wait to se this up. Already plugged it in and it is enjoyably playable. The neck is straight, the pots are acceptable, but the switch needs a little love (neck position works intermittently.)

Marshall 75 Reverb
Amp Repair

Marshall 75 Reverb Restoral

A real gem of a solid-state amp by Marshall.  I mean, when my guitar slinger friend Neil came over and saw that I fix amps (I was rebuilding my Fender Blues Deluxe ’57 reissue at the time) he exclaimed, “Geez, I have this early-eighties Marshall amp that I love but 🎸