The first time we saw a direct-mounted humbucker, we didn’t know what we were looking at. It was the mid-90s, a guitar shop in Freiburg, and someone had brought in an Ibanez RG Prestige for a setup. The pickups just sat there in the body — no plastic rings, no chrome bezels, nothing between the […]
By The Guitar Storyteller We get more emails about bass pickup mounting than you’d expect. Not about tone. Not about winding specs or magnet types. The emails are always the same basic complaint: “My pickup sinks.” Or: “The screw just spins and nothing happens.” Or our personal favourite: “I turned it half a turn and
Leo Fender’s Foam, James Jamerson’s Thump, and the Tiny Screw That Won’t Stop Stripping Read More »
Every guitarist knows the toothpick trick for stripped neck screws. The Mad Professor puts it under the microscope — shear strength, fiber alignment, and the math that explains why it always fails again.
The Toothpick Fix: A Forensic Engineering Analysis Read More »
There are 120 pounds of string tension trying to rip your guitar’s neck off right now. The only thing stopping it? Four wood screws using 1950s technology. The Mad Professor investigates why threaded inserts are the cheapest and most important upgrade you’ll ever make.
Your Guitar Neck Is Held On by Hope (and Four Mediocre Screws) Read More »
Step-by-step guide to installing threaded inserts in your bolt-on guitar neck. 20-minute upgrade for permanent, strip-proof neck screws. Includes sizing chart and tips.
How to Install Threaded Inserts in a Guitar Neck — Step by Step Read More »
Stripped guitar neck screws? Skip the toothpick hack. Learn how to permanently fix loose bolt-on neck screws with threaded inserts — better tone, zero risk of stripping again.
How to Fix Stripped Guitar Neck Screws — The Permanent Solution Read More »
The only scientist who ever measured sustain across different neck joint types found no difference. The Mad Electric Guitar Professor examines why coupling stiffness matters more than whether you glue, screw, or go neck-through.
According to the ADSR envelope model, ‘sustain’ is a level maintained while energy is continuously supplied. A plucked guitar string has no continuous energy input. So what guitarists call ‘sustain’ is actually… something else entirely.
Finally Revealed: Electric Guitars Don’t Have Sustain! Read More »
This Blog post is also available in English , please read over here.. Hattest du auch schon mal das Gefühl, wenn du eine Strat oder Tele mit Schraubhals gespielt hast, dass irgendwas nicht stimmt? Die Gitarre ist eigentlich klasse, sieht großartig aus, hat fantastische Pickups, aber trotzdem: irgendetwas fehlt! Die Ansprache ist nicht gut, es
Did you ever found yourself playing a bolt-on guitar like a Strat or Tele and it didn’t feel right. The guitar is great, great looks, it has awesome pickups, but still, the feeling isn’t there, there instrument just does not respond the way you would want it to do. Maybe threaded inserts can help you here.
3 reasons why guitar neck screw inserts are better for bolt-on guitars. Read More »
