One of our most well-received new products has been our MK-0112 series of heavy knurled barrel knobs. A customer recently shipped us a sample of some of these knobs that we just love, but we’re not sure what to call them. Reliced, aged, modifed, improved… you can be the judge.
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Home Reliced Heavy Knurled Knobs
Posted: January 24, 2012 in Commentary, Product AnnouncementsTags: knobs, new parts, relic, vintage
Customer Profile – Redtail Guitar Accessories
Posted: November 28, 2011 in Commentary, Customer ProfileNext up in our Customer Profile series is Redtail Guitar Accessories in Colorado Springs, CO. Proprietor Greg Martin has been an Allparts customer since 1998 and was kind enough to send in some photos that help tell his story as quality builder and luthier. Greg’s first project, an all walnut guitar named Brownie, was built [...]
Radiosthesia’s Jennifer Turpin Turns Allparts Guitar Parts into Jewelry
Posted: August 8, 2011 in Commentary, Customer ProfileTags: knobs
Today we’re excited to once again take a break from guitar parts news and focus on an Allparts customer who has found new ways to push creativity, artistry, and business savvy – all without having anything to do with sound or instruments.
Titanium Tone Talk
Posted: July 27, 2011 in Commentary, Product AnnouncementsTags: analysis, material
Is there an objective science to the quality of what we hear? Can you outfit your guitar with light equipment without sacrificing tone, sustain, and quality? KTS – makers of Tone Resonant Titanium – say Yes, and they have the data to back it up.
Showing off Phil’s 1965 Fender Jazz Bass
Posted: July 27, 2011 in Allparts Company News, CommentaryTags: bass guitar, relic
Another final destination of our product is that it ends up being beat up, defaced, scratched, dented, dropped, dragged, thrown, burnt, and chemically treated for the purpose of producing that reliced style. Believe us when we say that you’ve seen our customers’ work at shows, on album covers, and everywhere else you can see a guitar. Our customers’ reliced guitars are truly works of art, but even they will tell you that there’s often times no substitution for the real thing. And that’s why we want to show off a bass belonging to one of our salesmen, Phil.
Top 10 Best Selling Guitar Parts of 2011
Posted: January 31, 2012 in Dealer News, CommentaryTags: accessories, jazzmaster, new parts, telecaster, tools
Here’s our top 10 best selling guitar and bass parts of 2011, without the stuff that we normally blast out the doors. Share your thoughts in the comments at the bottom on what makes these parts sell so well and what, if anything, they have in common.