DIY

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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