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How to Guide - Fitting a 3-way Pre-Wired Harness to a Telecaster!

February 1, 2020 — James P Gascoigne

Tagged: 3 way harness guitar wiring guitar wiring install How to guide how to wire a 3 way telecaster how to wire a telecaster Pre-Wired harness Telecaster Telecaster 3 way wiring Telecaster wiring Telecaster wiring harness Telecaster wiring install

A very long overdue 'how to guide' post here today looking at the step by step process of install one of our Signature Series 3 way Telecaster wiring harnesses! Telecasters are an iconic modular design, making them very easy to work on, but I hope this guide helps you during your harness install if it is a new task to you. Here I will break down each and every step during the install process including removing the original wiring and installing your new harness. For this example, I will be retaining the original pickups but very similar steps would follow if you were to be installing new pickups and a harness at the same time. I will write a post about swapping pickups on a Telecaster in due course though too!

Green Sofa Chronicles demo the McNelly Duckling & A5 Signature Plus set!

January 5, 2020 — James P Gascoigne

Tagged: A5 Signature + A5 Signature Plus A5 Signature Plus demo Green Sofa Chronicles McNelly A5 Signature Plus McNelly A5 Signature Plus demo McNelly Duckling McNelly Duckling Demo mcNelly duckling pickup McNelly Duckling pickup demo McNelly Pickups McNelly Pickups demo Suhr Classic T Suhr Classic T demo

Jari reached out to me in November of 2019 expressing his interest in ordering a set of McNelly Pickups for his Suhr Classic T guitar.
After some discussion, Jari decided to give the Duckling neck position pickup along with a A5 Signature Plus pairing (which happens to be a personal favourite set for a Tele). Well, I heard from Jari again yesterday who let me know about his new YouTube demo channel along with an amazing A/B comparison video he has kindly made featuring his new McNelly Pickups! Both the Suhr and McNelly sets sound great here, so it was great to hear them side by side which is always useful for pickup buyers and Tele fans alike.
Thanks very much to Jari for making this video, and I wish him all the best with his new channel! I've linked below if you like the look of this video and wish to subscribe to his work.

Meet the maker - Leila Sidi of Tunatone Instruments

December 4, 2019 — James P Gascoigne

Tagged: Guitar design Guitar maker Guitar makers Interview Leila Sidi Leila Sidi Tunatone Luthier Luthier interview Meet the maker Mid Century Mid-Century design Tunatone Instruments

If you've followed the Home of Tone for any length of time, I'm sure you'll have noticed my admiration & appreciation of luthiers who forge their own path through guitar design and their approach to building. I love seeing a luthier display influences from outside of the guitar world, and I particularly love to see a designer & builder's own personality apparent in their final works. After all, so many of those early guitar designs that have been coveted so much since their inception started this way, with perhaps Leo Fender being one of the greatest examples of this. His iconic designs originated from the mind of a non-musician, a designer and inventor who felt like he could contribute to the music world, and that he certainly did. So with that being said, we still need those people who think ahead, the people who wish to think outside of the traditional box whilst being respectful of it to help keep the guitar world exciting and innovative. Someone who has appeared to me to encapsulate that from following her work for a while now, has been Leila Sidi of Tunatone Instruments. So it seemed fitting for me to get back to my 'meet the maker' blog series by reaching out to Leila and speaking about her work!

New McNelly Pickup models!

November 25, 2019 — James P Gascoigne

Tagged: gold foil pickups humbucker humbuckers McNelly McNelly Pickups McNelly Pickups UK P90 sized gold foil P90 Sized Gold Foils soapbar pickups Soapbar size gold foils Soapbar sized gold foils

Tim has been well known for his custom pickup work since McNelly Pickups began, and it's great to see some of that custom work find it's way to the standard range. Tim released some teaser photos of an awesome retro cut pickup cover as well as some P90 Soapbar sized Gold Foils and the response was superb!

Will McNicol pays a visit!

November 20, 2019 — James P Gascoigne

We were lucky enough to have the all round lovely human and immensely talented, Will McNicol swing by earlier this week to hang out a little bit and nerd out on guitars!

If you happen to be unfamiliar with Will's playing and music, I urge you to check it out as the compositions are varied, interesting, complex yet melodic and memorable as well as the execution of his playing immaculate. Big fans of Will in our house and within the family too and great to get chance to hang out here. Cheers Will!

Thank you for your Mind Charity fundraising help!

November 15, 2019 — James P Gascoigne

Just wanted to say another quick thank you to everyone who was able to help contribute towards our total donation amount of £604 to Mind Charity from our Coffee & Guitars event.
£434 was raised in cash at the event which I have just donated to Mind, and £170 was raised via my Just Giving page, bringing the total to £604 which is incredible.

I think it's safe to say Coffee & Guitars needs a follow up, and hopefully I can bring together an even better gathering with the great relaxed atmosphere this year's event captured.

Thank you,

James

Josh Smith, a Retrograde Cambridge & a set of McNelly Stagger Swagger V2s!

November 15, 2019 — James P Gascoigne

Tagged: Josh Smith McNelly Demo McNelly Pickups mcNelly Pickups demo McNelly Pickups videos McNelly Stagger Swagger McNelly Stagger Swagger demo McNelly Stagger Swagger V2 Stagger Swagger demo Stagger Swagger pickup demo Stagger Swagger pickups Stagger Swagger V2 demo

Josh Smith is a player on most guitarists radars these days. Whether you are a blues/jazz fan or not, the respect for his ability is undeniable, and rightly so! I just came across this video by a wonderful looking US store, Music Emporium, of Josh playing a stunning Retrograde Cambridge guitar which has a set of Dogear mount McNelly Pickups Stagger Swagger V2s fitted.

Although that particular mount style is custom order (but can happily be made again no problem!) this is a wonderful demonstration of how well this pickup responds to the guitar's they're mounted in.
Enjoy!

Podcast with Tom Sands!

November 13, 2019 — James P Gascoigne

Tagged: Home of Tone James Gascoigne James' Home of Tone Podcast Tom Sands Tom Sands Guitar Tom Sands Guitars Tom Sands Podcast

Tom Sands not only is one of the worlds finest luthiers, he also (among many other things) runs a regular guitar based podcast alongside his apprentice, Daisy Tempest. The Podcast has featured some inspiring guests since it's beginnings, and it's one I've enjoyed as a listener for some time now. Well, somehow I have found myself now featured on the podcast as a guest! Tom & Daisy traveled down from Yorkshire for my Coffee & Guitars charity event, and were kind enough to hang around and record this podcast with me along with making a fantastic video here inside the Home of Tone too.
It was such good fun, I find both Tom & Daisy very inspiring in my journey and am grateful for their support and friendship, so it was a genuine honour to record this with them. Hope you enjoy listening to a little about my story!

Coffee & Guitars helps raise £604 for Mind Charity!

November 10, 2019 — James P Gascoigne

What a wonderful get-together! Thank to everyone who made it down to our Mind Charity event today, such a lovely atmosphere, lots of friendly faces.
A huge thank you to family and friends that helped make it all come together!
I barely had chance to leave the kitchen to grab photos, but luckily my wife Emma took charge of the camera and grabbed lots of photos to share along with luthier, Daisy Tempest too.

Workshop Spotlight - Diamond Bottlenecks glass guitar slides with Ian McWee

October 8, 2019 — James P Gascoigne

Tagged: Diamond bottleneck Diamond Bottlenecks Diamond Bottlenecks slides in stock Diamond Bottlenecks slides in stock UK Diamond Bottlenecks Slides UK Diamond Bottlenecks UK Dealer Diamond Bottlenecks Ultimate Diamond guitar slides Diamond slides glass guitar slide glass slide Glass slide guitars glass slides guitar Guitar slide Ian McWee lead crystal lead crystal slide Slide guitar slide guitars

I have known Ian McWee of Diamond Bottlenecks for many years. When I first became interested in slide guitar, I was reading an issue of Guitarist Magazine and a review of some beautiful glass slides caught my eye. After reading I realised these were made local to me, and knew I had to pay a visit. This must have been over 15 years ago now, and Ian was as enthusiastic about his slides and slide guitar in general as he is today.

Coffee.Guitars - The Home of Tone 2019 Mind Charity fundraiser

September 28, 2019 — James P Gascoigne

Tagged: Coffee Home of Tone James' Home of Tone James' Home of Tone open day Mind Charity Open Day

Each year I have tried to organise a fundraiser, for Mind Charity, a cause which has proved to mean as much to my customers as it has to myself. This year I wanted to organise a relaxed get-together and what better way to do that than over some coffee. So I'm going to be your barista for the day, apologies though, my 'latte art' leaves a lot to be desired, but it should taste good! (Other warm and cold drinks will be available of course, as well as some nibbles of which I'll do my best to ensure a mixture of foods to cater for a variety of dietary requirements).

Yellowcake PSYCHOTROPIA demo by the awesome Living Room Gear Demos!

September 24, 2019 — James P Gascoigne

Tagged: Psychotropia Yellowcake Yellowcake demo Yellowcake effects Yellowcake Pedal Yellowcake Pedals UK Yellowcake Psychotropia

Well this was a rather pleasant surprise! LRGD is one of my favourite guitar channels on YouTube, his demo work is always creative and that really suits the new Psychotropia! Great to hear the pedal in action on his channel, and don't forget, I am a UK representative of Yellowcake Pedals and handle UK orders of this awesome pedal!

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