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	<title>Handmade Guitars - Handmade Amps</title>
	<link>http://www.jacksaxe.com</link>
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		<title>Output Transformers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Transformers are the most expensive parts of your amp. When you are first starting to build you may be lured into buying the cheapest thing you can find. I know I did.
Everything starts adding up and you want to hurry up and get it going. Patience is a virtue! To really get the tone your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jacksaxe.com/2010/05/output-transformers/</link>
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		<title>Better Tone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Searching for inspiration from your amp can really get addictive . It can really cost you when your going through the pedal phase where you feel the right combination of pedals is going to get it for you.  I went through that and don&#8217;t even know how many I gave away because they just weren&#8217;t cutting it.
Then, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jacksaxe.com/2010/02/better-tone/</link>
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		<title>Point To Point Amp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having made several guitars, my interest in tone chasing eventually took me to the point that I wanted to craft the second important part of guitar tone. The amplifier. Playing guitar is also playing the amp.
I really wanted a small low volume amp for practice. It also needed to be all tubes and wired point [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jacksaxe.com/2009/12/point-to-point-amp/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Have Tools?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I first got into building guitars, I read a lot of books and articles on the Internet to get an idea of what I was getting onto. Some of the articles I read seemed to me to be disparaging of the true craftsman. I remember reading one author saying that the only legitimate way to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jacksaxe.com/2009/12/dont-have-tools/</link>
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		<title>Deer Bone Nut ?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Building guitars can become an expensive endeavour. Tools, parts and shipping can add up pretty fast. I like to use as many local materials that I can find.
Bone nut blanks are kinda pricey for what they really are. If your building your dream guitar, your not to going to want to put a plastic nut [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jacksaxe.com/2009/12/deer-bone-nut/</link>
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		<title>Why Handmade Guitars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Handmade custom guitars lets you get an instrument that is designed with your hands and tone in mind, instead of  something engineered for a generic player.
Though I can&#8217;t deny that there is a place for an inexpensive guitar that you purchase from a large center, it allows a starting point for a beginner that really [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jacksaxe.com/2009/11/hello-world/</link>
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