Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees

I remember running home to watch The Monkees on TV. Followed by Gilligan's Island then Hogan's Heroes. They don't make shows like that anymore.

Great songs from this show, whatever the reason for their creation.

Steve Marriott with

A 'burst!! This is the first picture I have seen of Marriott with a 'burst. And a beautiful one at that. Double whites in both positions. I ran across this picture on one of the forums and thought it should be shared.

New Sound Clip

James Anthony was kind enough to provide a clip of a 12k humbucker that I made for him. The guitar is an ES 339 through a '67 Vibrolux with Eminence Red Fangs.

The clip is here.

Melody Maker P-90 Mod

Here is an interesting little project I just completed. A customer sent me two Melody Maker single coils pickups for a re-wind and a P-90 mod. I can't take credit for the original idea as he provided me with a link to the site where he had seen it. The magnet in the coil is replaced with a steel bar and two magnets are used on the bottom.



You can see from this photo that the whole package still fits nicely in the original cover.



For the re-wind I used 43 gauge plain enamel wire and put 9800 winds on the bridge and 8800 winds on the neck. The inductance readings for both are right on with what I usually get from a P-90 so this set should really smoke.

Joe Bonamassa Interview - Fenderpick.com

I like it when Joe starts talking about how he can't get the tone he wants out of a Fender. The second part is there as well. It's obvious there's more but I can't find it.

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Superstition

One of my favourite guitar players with a great rendition of this tune.

1958 burst

Sweet faded top with a bit of flame. I love the aging on this one. There's a lot of great old bursts at Burst serial.