Installing humbucker covers in a Schecter Omen 6 guitar

What should have been an incredibly easy operation to improve the aesthetics of this guitar turned out to be... a medium easy operation to improve the aesthetics.  After quite a bit of modification, it turned out rather nicely.

Breaking News: Trump selects Sarah Palin as V.P. Candidate

          Amidst the firestorm of debate surrounding the potential V.P. picks by the remaining candidates, billionaire business mogul Donald J. Trump dropped a bombshell this Tuesday by announcing that he would be selecting former Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate for this coming November election.

          While only eight years ago, selecting Sarah Palin as V.P. spelled the end for otherwise reasonable candidate John McCain, it doesn't appear that this move, or indeed any other move made by Trump, has had any influence on his unwavering standing in the polls.

Infinite Sustain with a Hollow Body Guitar Through Feedback

A brief technical demo of a cool and potentially even useful hack for infinite sustain on your guitar.  Hollow body guitars will work much better and at lower volumes, semi-hollow guitars likely form a nice compromise at performance volumes.

Photoshop Photo Prints

After completing the edits seen here

 http://mattwins.blogspot.com/2016/04/using-gimp-to-photoshop-my-friend.html

I chose the best several to print and "frame" as gifts.  As a college student with no car, money is tight and I have little way of getting real frames or prints if I could afford them.

Enter DIY approach, recycled cardboard and a school printer.  With some careful crafting and $0.75 total, we can get results that, if not exactly professional, look pretty great hanging on the wall around the dorm and make an excellent series of conversation starters.

Across The Stars Star Wars Improv

Happy May the Fourth with this one-off improv of "Across the Stars" from Star Wars.

The Making of a Starcraft Marine

I like to think I'm becoming rather adept at "Photoshopping" with GIMP.  In any case, this is one of the most satisfying pictures I've done yet!

Some in-progress pics after the break:

5000 Views!

It's only the beginning of the fourth month in and we've reached 5,000 views, thanks for the phenomenal growth rate viewers and I hope you'll come back for much more in the future, you guys rock.

WVU Honors Hall Open Mic Night 2016 Performance

My little performance of "Sweet Child O' Mine" in the dorm a few days ago, felt great!

Stripes the Stratocaster held up very nicely as well, and the scalloped fretboard gave me some interesting vibrato with my nervous hands.

How to Upgrade and Dampen Stratocaster Tremolo Springs

A very "quick" video tutorial I put together showing how you can upgrade your Stratocaster easily with replacement tremolo springs and aquarium tubing for just a couple dollars.

FPS 2: How Guitarists Spend Their Time

Again, seems "fairly plausible" :)

Non "meme'd" version below: