by astoundz | Dec 5, 2017 | Blog
Pickups aren't microphones You here a lot of talk about tone woods and resonance. But wait, the pickup is not a microphone. It is not picking up air vibrations. There is a vibrating metal line (the string) that is interrupting a magnetic field. How could the wood...
by astoundz | Dec 5, 2017 | Blog
Tone Woods 85-90% of the sound of an electric guitar comes from the pickups. The other 10-15% is a combination of things including the body wood, neck wood, fret board, bridge and nut, overall weight of the guitar and other things. The list goes on. But if your guitar...
by astoundz | Dec 5, 2017 | Blog
P-90s When I got my first loot of Melancon guitars in one of them was a P-90 Pro Artist. I was intrigued by the mahogany neck and body matched up with the P-90s. Vintage Gibson type materials on a Fender scale. I got this one out and took it home for a couple of days....
by astoundz | Dec 4, 2017 | Blog
New Orleans Guitar Semi-Hollow I could talk all day about that guitar but it would be nothing compared to playing it. When Vincent (New Orleans Guitar) told me he had built a semi-hollow I told him that sounds pretty cool when is he going to build another one. He said...
by astoundz | Dec 4, 2017 | Blog
Crotch Tops You may ask yourself… How does New Orleans Guitars get those killer crotch top sinker cypress pieces for guitar tops. Well I was asking myself the same question and realized I should not ask myself, I should ask Vincent. So here is the deal. They go...
by astoundz | Dec 4, 2017 | Blog
New Orleans is up to something special I have just received my first New Orleans VooDoo SL. This is the cajun version of a bolt on neck, but we know that cajuns always do things a little different. In this case, extremely different. When Vincent decided to design a...
