Guitars worth playing, the workbench skills to keep them alive, and the eye to spot the ones everyone else walked past.
From lap steels to superstrats: what actually changed, what only looked like it changed, and the one design nobody has improved since 1954.
No. 33Relief, action, intonation and a proper clean, with the order that matters and the mistakes that cost you a fret dress.
No. 32Serial ranges, neck heels, finish checking, the smell test (really), and the 2 minute routine that separates a bargain from a refin.
No. 31Heavy ash, 3-bolt necks and the years the big factories allegedly lost the recipe. The truth is more interesting, and cheaper to buy.
Stretch, lock and seat them properly and tuning stops being a personality trait.
Masking tape, micro mesh and the oil argument settled like adults.
Twelve short videos, one loved guitar. Filmed on the bench, not in a studio.
Pawn shops, marketplace listings and deceased estates are full of ordinary guitars priced as treasures, and the occasional treasure priced as junk. Members get the field guides that tell them apart, model by model.
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