This site is built using Hugo, a blazing-fast static site generator based on the Go programming language. I’ve put together a writing and publishing workflow that can be used across devices, including mobile, that I’m really happy with. It’s not for everyone, but if you favor Markdown as I do, and want to have all your content in a single managed place, it could be a good solution for you. This post outlines how I went about setting it all up.
This guitar project was simple but the result is one of the best guitars I’ve ever assembled. I ordered a Warmoth pre-made swamp ash body that features contour cutouts that make it really comfortable. The neck is a custom-ordered slim profile AAA flame maple with ebony top (without dots). The fretboard radius is an unorthodox 12″ that I really like (the classic Telecaster fretboard radius is usually a much rounder 7.
This was the first time I’ve tried to paint a guitar that I assembled. Sparkle paint is very difficult to handle. I went through a couple of spray guns and more than one can of Big Daddy Roth Rattlebomb paint, which is usually used for hot-rod and motorcycle builds. The bridge is a Mastery Offset Bridge with Vibrato. The pickups are Lindy Fralin Hum-cancelling P-90’s. Maple body and neck with rosewood fretboard.
This project used the “Champ Ultra” chassis from Ceriatone without tubes or transformers, which I sourced and soldered separately. The head and speaker cabinets are made with hand-cut dovetail-joined maple. The speaker cabinet holds a Celestion Gold 10" speaker.
This hand-built case is dovetailed walnut. The juxtaposition between the organic and space-race aesthetic is what made this project appealing. It houses a combination of Verbos Electronics and Make Noise modules. The sounds it makes seem to be limitless.