by JensHuckeAdmin | May 1, 2020 | Guitar, Guitar Construction
More than once, I heard about people changing their guitar’s setup or swapping from standard to Top wrapping on their bridge tailpiece in order to change their string tension and make it easier to play. Sorry to say, but although some of those changes might make...
by JensHuckeAdmin | Mar 5, 2020 | Guitar, Guitar Construction
Finding real Korina in the UK can be difficult, and when I last bought some, although African in origin, it came from a US supplier. But I wanted to have a small chat about Idigbo. I have used Idigbo for bodies and have just made a couple of matching necks and must...
by JensHuckeAdmin | Nov 14, 2019 | General Blog- Hucke Guitars, Guitar
The quick answer is: Of course it isn’t 4 times better sounding or playing just because it costs 4 times more. Between 1894 and 1949, the Speed record for a production car was raised tenfold from 19Kmph (Benz) to over 200Kmph (Jaguar XK120). The record has...
by JensHuckeAdmin | Nov 14, 2019 | General Blog- Hucke Guitars, Guitar
Never mind the price, how do you even define a Custom Guitar? For our purposes, “Custom” is applied to describe guitars that vary or exceed what standard mass-produced models may offer. The often unique specification of individual guitars is what...
by JensHuckeAdmin | Jul 1, 2019 | Guitar, Uncategorized
When I first picked up a guitar and practiced in earnest, it wasn’t the summer of ’69 but my fingers did bleed. In due course even casual guitar players develop small calluses on the fingertips that make it easier and less sore to play, but there is very...
by JensHuckeAdmin | Jun 29, 2019 | Guitar, Guitar Construction
Using a Computer Numerical Control unit (CNC) to control the operations from a router is often seen as not “authentic”. But the same could be said of other inovations like vaccination, antibiotics, soap and democracy. We have access to tools that allow us...
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