Mac McCaughan - Box Batteries YTV

15/09/15 YouTube Video

This week I am loving the video for Box Batteries by Mac McCaughan. Taken off of the album Non-Believers which was released earlier this year, Box Batteries has the kind of rock and roll sound that would be enhanced so much hearing it at a concert live. I can also picture this being played by a bar band in 50's/60's America, kind of like a grungier, more grown up Weezer - Buddy Holly. The video is also a funny watch with the woman seeming to pull every facial expression under the sun. Enjoy!

Stew Mac DOTM

Design Of The Month

My design, or more specifically design company for this month is Stewart-MacDonald. Through my project at Uni all I seem to be thinking about is guitars, guitars, guitars and more guitars so this company has been burned into my brain. They are based in the US and seem to produce every tool under the sun that can help luthiers produce excellent guitars.

Most recently I have been looking at some of their guitar jigs that aim to make doing certain tasks easier and give greater control to the builder such as the Tuner Pin Drill Jig (below) which makes lining up the tuner screws a cinch. I also bought a set of pickup templates from them recently and they are very high quality and should last a few decades fingers crossed.

The delivery of products from the US to the UK may be extortionate but when getting a job lot of goodies like I am going to do in the near future, it is well worth it.