Building the Ergonomic Guitar

Musicyo.com Stops Selling Steinberger Guitars and Parts

Robert Irizarry — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:39:25 +0000

The online vendor Musicyo.com has stopped selling Steinberger guitars and parts. According to the site, the “complete line of Steinberger including Spirit, Synapse and the revolutionary new ZT3...

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June 2008 Most Popular Posts

Robert Irizarry — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:23:37 +0000

Here are the 10 articles folks from around the Net read the most in June 2008. Check them out and don’t forget to leave your comments and observations. The Most Ergonomic Electric Guitar...

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Canton Klein Custom Electric Guitar

Robert Irizarry — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:51:21 +0000

Tats Ohisa is the proud owner of this Klein style electric guitar assembled and finished by a luthier in Japan from a Klein style body purchased from guitar builder Rick Canton. The guitar body was...

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ABM Headless Bridge in Detail

Robert Irizarry — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:00:12 +0000

Having completed an electric guitar build, Romano Zambon purchased an ABM headless bridge for a future project. Finding little detail available on this bridge system, Romano decided to do some...

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Redwood Top Forshage Guitar Revisited

Robert Irizarry — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:27:56 +0000

Here’s a quick follow up on the completed redwood top, mahogany back Forshage electric guitar we first saw in Redwood Forshage Electric Guitar. It’s a real beauty. Note how the black ABM...

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Forums at Building the Ergonomic Guitar

Robert Irizarry — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:34:05 +0000

I’m happy to announce the launch of guitar forums at BTEG. Our growing community can now start its own topics and share ideas on guitar designs, musician’s health and guitar building....

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Dove Electric Guitar

Robert Irizarry — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:19:24 +0000

Rick Toone has been one busy guitar builder. The Orchid bass is complete, the Headless Monster 5 String Bass Guitar is moving along and now he’s also working on the Dove electric guitar - a...

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Please Welcome BIGROCK Engineering

Robert Irizarry — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:12:42 +0000

I’m pleased to welcome our newest sponsor BIGROCK Engineering - makers of the F-1 ergonomic grip guitar pick, the X-1 guitar pick grip and the Cord Lok system. The F-1 and X-1 picks have been...

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Short Scale Klein Style Electric Guitar

Robert Irizarry — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:27:39 +0000

Josemi and his friend Joserra build a Klein style electric guitar that mates the body to a 24 3/4″ short scale neck with headstock and conventional bridge and tuners. Let’s take a...

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Thinline Tele Meets Forshage Electric Guitar

Robert Irizarry — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:11:43 +0000

Here’s another interesting variation on the Forshage ergonomic guitar we first visited in The Forshage Hollow Body Electric Guitar - a thinline tele style influenced design. This one is made...

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Strandberg’s Floyd Rose Replacement Tremolo

Robert Irizarry — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:40:05 +0000

Until now, the main way to get a tremolo bridge for a headless guitar has been to opt for a Steinberger bridge. However, Ola Strandberg’s work on a Floyd Rose replacement tremolo designed for...

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May 2008 Most Popular Posts

Robert Irizarry — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:14:16 +0000

It’s time for the monthly roundup of most popular posts on BTEG. Did you miss any the first time around? Henry Olsen’s MaSh Acoustic Guitar - It’s not often we see radical approaches to...

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Romano Zambon’s Electric Guitar Plan

Robert Irizarry — Fri, 30 May 2008 23:21:02 +0000

Wanting to “contribute a little something back to the amateur guitar building community”, Romano Zambon forwarded a 3 page electric guitar plan of his recent ergonomic guitar build. The...

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The Littlest Guitar Builder

Robert Irizarry — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:28:51 +0000

In an unprecedented act of nepotism, BTEG has added newborn son Alejandro Logan Irizarry to the staff. Born Friday, May 23, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Alejandro will begin his editorial duties as soon as he...

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Romano Zambon Guitar Build

Robert Irizarry — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:53:40 +0000

This electric guitar build comes by way of Romano Zambon, a long time BTEG reader. Romano took on this project based on his review of Scott French’s bridge and headpiece solution and his...

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500,000 Page Views and Rising

Robert Irizarry — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:02:15 +0000

Strike up the marching band and break out the kazoos! Saturday night, Building the Ergonomic Guitar served its 500,000th page since moving to its own domain in April 2007. Cause for Celebration All...

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Reader Recommendations May 2008 Edition

Robert Irizarry — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:36:12 +0000

The following books come recommended by fellow BTEG readers - either in comments or by email. Have you read any of these? Do you have any recommendations to share? Let us know! Form, Function &...

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Canton Custom Guitars Ergo 2 Complete

Robert Irizarry — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:06:27 +0000

Previously seen in Canton Custom Guitars Design #2 and More on Canton Electric Guitar Model #2, the Ergo 2 electric guitar is now complete. Let’s take a look. Ergo 2 Electric Guitar The guitar...

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Headless Monster 5 String Bass Guitar

Robert Irizarry — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:16:20 +0000

It’s at an embryonic stage but guitar builder Rick Toone is working on Headless Monster - a 5 string bass guitar worth keeping an eye on. Based on the Orchid bass guitar, it’s a headless...

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Al Shaffer Demos the Koll RE7/F Guitar

Robert Irizarry — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:59:49 +0000

Al Shaffer returns with a solo demo of the beautiful Koll RE7/F guitar previously covered in Koll Guitars Multi-Scale Archtop and Shaffer on the Koll Multiscale Archtop. Listen and enjoy. Many...

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April 2008 Most Popular Posts

Robert Irizarry — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:36:15 +0000

Here are April 2008’s most popular articles. Did you miss any or forget to leave a comment? Forshage Guitar - Black and Beautiful - Another wonderful electric guitar from Chris Forshage with...

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More on Canton Electric Guitar Model #2

Robert Irizarry — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:29:12 +0000

Here are the latest progress pictures of the electric guitar model last seen in Canton Custom Guitars Design #2. Mr. Canton on the instrument: I decided to go further with the rounding of the edges...

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Shaffer on the Koll Multiscale Archtop

Robert Irizarry — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:58:44 +0000

A while back, Al Shaffer purchased the Koll extended range guitar featured in Koll Guitars Multi-Scale Archtop and promised to share his experiences with the instrument. And so, here is Al Shaffer...

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Threaded Comments Are Back

Robert Irizarry — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:24:19 +0000

Threaded comments? What are threaded comments? Glad you asked. Threaded comments make conversations in the comments section easier to follow. Rather than have one long list of undifferentiated...

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Redwood Forshage Electric Guitar

Robert Irizarry — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:34:36 +0000

Here’s yet another beautiful electric guitar from builder Chris Forshage. Being built for Mike Friedman, it includes a ported bout and a lovely redwood top. Mike on his search for the right...

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