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The Unique Guitar Blog
15 Jun 20:56 • marcusohara@aol.com

Aspen Guitars

Aspen AD18 During the 1980’s my wife decided she wanted to learn to play guitar. We were shopping at a local department store and in their audio department, and I spotted a guitar for only $80. This was odd as it was there among the stereos, and speakers. ...

Pete Brown Guitars
15 Jun 03:03 • Wood With Strings

Archtop Guitar: A Dilemma

As I prepared to begin carving the top of this guitar I found myself facing a dilemma, mainly because I don't know whether I'll repeat the exercise. Ideally, for a project such as this one, I'd own a range of gouges and a convex-bottomed plane or two, but I questioned whethe...

Pete Brown Guitars
08 Jun 06:39 • Wood With Strings

Archtop Guitar: Soundboard

Given the significant investment of time and effort involved in crafting an archtop guitar, there's an argument for using the very best materials I can find. An equally valid point of view is that, for my first attempt at an archtop, there are likely to be mistakes along the...

Pete Brown Guitars
06 Jun 02:04 • Wood With Strings

Archtop Guitar: Something From Nothing

It was my admiration for the archtop guitars of Jimmy D'Aquisto featured in Guitar Player magazine almost 50 years ago that sparked my initial interest in guitar building. Despite that interest, this project will be my first foray into creating an archtop guitar of my o...

The Unique Guitar Blog
06 Jun 00:27 • marcusohara@aol.com

Hohner Guitars - A Look At Their Brief History

Hohner Guitars Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Company is the current name of Hohner Musical Instruments Company. This long standing German company is mostly known for manufacturing fine harmonicas. Hohner Hamonicas Since 1857 clock maker M...

A Luthier's Blog
05 Jun 14:19 • Gary Nava, Luthier

Westone Thunder I Bass Restoration

As you’ll know, once in a while, I like to do resto project: just for fun really! I’d been hankering for a Westone bass made in the legendary Matsumoku factory and I finally managed to get my hands on one. So, this series of videos is all about bring a 44 year old bass back to life!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

The Unique Guitar Blog
01 Jun 00:17 • marcusohara@aol.com

Fender Cease And Desist Letters

Cease and Desist DÜSSELDORF, Germany (March 9, 2026) — Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) has secured a significant legal victory following a ruling by the Regional Court of Düsseldorf that establishes broad legal protection for Fender’s iconic Stratocaster® gu...

Blog - Haze Guitars
25 May 11:10 • Gerry Hayes

PCB Perception

Gibson’s addition of PCBs gets a lot of criticism. Is it justified? Mostly
no but with a little bit of yes.

Blog - Haze Guitars
18 May 11:00 • Gerry Hayes

Travel guitar demonstrates neck resets

Presets can be a little tricky to explain as a concept, but a travel guitar
that came in for a setup gives a really clear illustration of what's
happening.

Blog - Haze Guitars
11 May 11:42 • Gerry Hayes

Aligning a bolt-on neck

Installing a bolt-on neck you have to be careful to get the alignment
right. Get it wrong and the strings can fall off the edge of the
fingerboard and that's never good. Here’s a tip to help.

The Unique Guitar Blog
06 May 06:58 • marcusohara@aol.com

It's All About The Bass

Leo Fender with '50's P Bass Leo Fender gets credit for inventing the first bass guitar, but did you know that another musician and inventor named Paul Tutmarc actually developed and marketed the first electric string bass guitar almost 15 years earlier in 1935. It...

Blog - Haze Guitars
04 May 11:10 • Gerry Hayes

The Haze Super Light

If you do this job, you'll find yourself needing good lighting in really
awkward areas. I decided to do something to try and make this easier.

A Luthier's Blog
03 May 11:15 • Gary Nava, Luthier

New Model Mandolin: 4

The body of the mandolin is now together, so what’s next? In this video, I look at routing the rebate for the purflings and bindings. The purflings take quite a while to fit as there are tricky mitres to cut and the bindings (made from walnut) need to be bent on the bending iron to fit exactly. All good fun! Oh, and a bit about the fretboard too!

Cheers Gary

Blog - Haze Guitars
27 Apr 13:50 • Gerry Hayes

Repairing shrunken and separating guitar binding

Part two of the shrunken and separated waist binding repair on this Martin
acoustic. Let's get this glued up and back in shape

The Unique Guitar Blog
22 Apr 00:02 • marcusohara@aol.com

Ovation Solid Body Electric Guitars

1967 Josh White Model It was in 1966 that Ovation Guitars first came on the scene. Their first instrument was "The Josh White Model" named for a folk singer. By February of 1967 Ovation introduced perhaps their most popular model; the 'Balladeer'. D...

Blog - Haze Guitars
20 Apr 15:30 • Gerry Hayes

Repairing shrinking waist binding on acoustic guitar

Binding shrinking at the waist is a pain. It can be repaired but does
involve a little work to do it right.

The Unique Guitar Blog
10 Apr 23:36 • marcusohara@aol.com

The History of Black Diamond Strings

Ed Sullivan and the Beatles 1964 In 1964 the Beatles made their first United States appearance on the Ed Sullivan television show. At that time I was 13 years old and like kids of that era I had to have a guitar. Harmony Patrician My Dad relented and bought...

The Unique Guitar Blog
06 Apr 20:44 • marcusohara@aol.com

Fibonnaci Guitars - High Quality Boutique Jazz Guitars

Fibonacci Guitars Fibonnaci Guitars are Boutique builders of some of the most wonderful handmade archtop guitars. Their shop is in London, in the United Kingdom. The company takes it’s name from the Middle Ages Italian mathematician Leonardo Bonacci who was co...

Blog - Haze Guitars
06 Apr 11:22 • Gerry Hayes

On it or behind it: Correct capo placement

I don’t feel like I’m a thought-leader when it comes to capo placement but
people keep asking me about it. Time to nail my colours to the mast.

A Luthier's Blog
04 Apr 15:25 • Gary Nava, Luthier

New Model Mandolin: 3

Here’s Part 3 of my New Model Mandolin build series. In this one, I look at joining the Adirondack soundboard and making and fitting the rosette. There’s also a bit more on the neck and last but certainly not least, the back gets braced and fitted and you’ll see how the radius dish (seen in part 1) continues to help the process.

Cheers Gary