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Guitar DIY articles. How to build it, fix it, and generally have a good time making stuff happen.

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Guitar Keeps Going Flat? Try This.

Does your guitar keep going flat? Here’s a simple remedy if you’ve tried everything else and it continues to happen.

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Pedal Chain Basics: The Pedal Order

Continuing his series of pedal chain articles, Doug Knight takes a look at the order of pedals and recommends a tried and true order to get you started.

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Pedal Signal Chain Basics: Bypass, Buffered, And Effects Loop

Find out what the difference is between bypass and buffered guitar pedals, and more about your effects loop.

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Effect Pedal Chains – Signal Basics

Doug Knight takes on the topic of taste – guitar effect pedal chains – and demystifies some facts about signal chains that may shape your pedal layout.

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Late Night DIY: Repairing Minor Dents In Your Guitar

Doug Knight demonstrates a surprisingly simple technique to cover up and repair minor dents that your guitar may have accrued from years of use and abuse.

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Late Night DIY: Installing a Seven-Way Switch on Your Strat

Doug Knight digs into a Stratocaster to install a switch that gives his guitar a total of seven pickup settings. Check this out to see how this can be done.

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Late Night DIY: Building a Cable Snake Part 2

In this issue of Doug Knight’s DIY projects, Doug, along with his wife, sew together a cable snake to keep your keep your cables safe and organized.

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Late Night DIY: Build Your Own Cable Snake

Doug shows you how to build your own cable snake cheaply and fairly quickly.

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Late Night DIY: Modifying a Guitar’s Neck Pocket

Need to make some adjustments to your neck joint? Doug Knight breaks out the chisel and disassembles his guitar to show you how it’s done here.

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Late Night DIY: A Critique on Cleaning Guitars

Doug Knight tackles some methods for maintaining and cleaning your guitars and offers some alternatives for the amateur repairman and budding luthier.

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