Electric Guitar

Guitars made from ash, such as this Butterscotch Blonde Telecaster, take translucent finishes particularly well. One of the first thing you’ll notice when it comes to electric guitar bodies is that they come in two main flavors: Ash and Alder. Why are ash and alder such popular choices? Where do they come from? Is one better than the other...

From Left: S2 Custom 22 and the S2 Singlecut On the first anniversary of the S2 Series, PRS is adding three new models to the lineup: the S2 Mira Semi-Hollow, S2 Custom 22 Semi-Hollow, and the S2 Singlecut Semi-Hollow. These three new models further PRS’s desire to create a complete product offering inside the S2 Series. “We are seeing...

The creation of the Jaguar began as Fender's answer to the growing popularity of Gibson guitars. Although it was intended as a feature-heavy top-of-the-line guitar, it never really caught on beyond that of the surf music scene – probably because Fender purposefully featured plenty of beach-centric Jaguar ads with classic beach babes and the like – and didn’t even compare to...

A push-pull knob is a common way guitars are able to switch on coil splitting with ease. If you’ve ever been shopping for an electric guitar you have almost certainly come across two terms that might have been a tad bit confusing at first – coil splitting and coil tapping. You might even ask yourself, what do those two...

Special Thanks To The Fender Website! Some high-end guitars and basses have “quartersawn” necks. What does this mean? Fig. 1 (above) and Fig. 2 (below) show the cross-sectional difference between plain sawn (also flat and slab sawn) lumber and quartersawn lumber. “Quartersawn” is a woodworking term that describes a certain specific and non-standard method of milling lumber from trees. Quartersawn...