Floyd Rose: Anatomy of a Cutting-Edge Legend—From Dive-Bombs to Stability and Tuning Nightmares
Hello, fellow musicians, and welcome to the dusty, fascinating heart of the workbench. If there’s one piece of hardware that literally splits the world of electric guitars right down the middle, it’s undoubtedly the Floyd Rose. You either love it madly for its endless expressive possibilities, or you hate it with a passion every time […]
A body made of ash or… Plexiglas?
Hi, fellow musicians, and welcome back to the workshop. Today I want to touch on a very sensitive topic—one of those subjects that, when brought up on a guitar forum, spark religious wars worse than those between tube and digital amplifiers. Let’s talk about tonewood. Does it really exist on an electric guitar? Does the […]
From Skateboards to Resin-Infused Briar: When Violin Making Meets Recycling and Unusual Materials
For decades, the world of electric guitars and basses has been tied to an almost sacred reverence for the usual traditional woods. Maple, mahogany, rosewood, and ash have been the undisputed pillarsupon which the entire history of rock and modern music has been built. In recent years, however, a quiet but incredibly fascinating revolution has […]
“Crooked” keys and slanted handles: a stroke of genius in physics or just a fad?
Anyone who frequents music stores, industry forums, or Instagram feeds has surely come across—at least once—an electric guitar or bass that, at first glance, looks like it came straight out of a Salvador Dalí painting. We’re talking about instruments featuring True Temperament—frets that are literally zigzagged—or the now-famous multi-scale fingerboards, also known as fanned frets, […]