Steinberger and Headless Guitars Explained: The L2, TransTrem and Today’s Successors
How Ned Steinberger's headless L2 bass and GL guitar worked, the TransTrem and double-ball strings, Gibson, and Strandberg, Kiesel and Ibanez successors.
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Fuzz Pedal Origins: Maestro Fuzz-Tone, Tone Bender, Fuzz Face and Super-Fuzz
Where guitar fuzz came from: the Snoddy/Hobbs patent, the Maestro Fuzz-Tone, Satisfaction, the Tone Bender, Fuzz Face and Univox Super-Fuzz.
Baritone Guitars Explained: Scale Lengths, B-to-B and A-to-A Tunings, Strings and History
What a baritone guitar is: 26-30 inch scales, B and A tunings, D'Addario string sets, Danelectro and Fender Bass VI history, and who plays them.
Gibson Les Paul Special and Junior: The P-90 Single-Cuts
The Les Paul Junior (1954) and Special (1955): history, single-cut vs double-cut, P-90s, TV Yellow, Gibson's lineup as of Oct 2026 and buying notes.
Gibson Les Paul Standard ’60s: The Slim-Neck Standard Explained
Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s explained: SlimTaper neck, 60s Burstbucker pickups, specs, prices as of Oct 2026, and how it differs from the '50s.
PAF Humbuckers Explained: What the Patent Applied For Pickup Really Was
PAF humbuckers explained: Seth Lover, the real patent number, how original PAFs were built and vary, PAF-style pickups, and what you can verify.
The Dog That Barks in Open G: Inside the Dobro Hound Dog Round Neck
The Dobro Hound Dog Round Neck delivers authentic spider-bridge resonator tone on a budget. Gibson heritage, $499, laminated maple — the honest story.
Gibson Theodore Standard: The 1957 Sketch Gibson Forgot for 65 Years
The Gibson Theodore Standard resurrects a 1957 McCarty sketch forgotten for 65 years. Explore its Florentine body, 57 Classic pickups, and unique feel. (151 characters)