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This blog post shows how I designed this guitar for Han Solo and created a fan-fiction backstory for how he became the owner of it. Watch the video below to see the full design process and the evolution of this design from inspiration, to sketches, to outlines and the final renders and the backstory at the end! Scroll down to check out the pictures!  

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  This is the very first of my series of design projects! I want to show everyone my process of designing signature guitars for my clients and where these designs come from. You get to see some images I used as inspiration, the sketch process, outlines, renders and more! For this project in particular, I just pretended what I would do if Thor, the God of Thunder, shot down in a bolt of lightning and asked me to design a signature guitar for him. Watch the video to see it all and scroll down for pictures! Click on the main...

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Hey! My name's Erik Ulven and I'm a Guitar Designer, Industrial Designer and Luthier. This video in an introduction to what I do as a guitar designer and why I design guitars.

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Hey! This install is fairly easy compared to installing big pre-amps on your acoustic guitar. Just like anything else with guitar repairs and mods, having the right tools and knowing how to use them help speed things up!   Buy From Sweetwater Click there ^^^ Here's some info about the EMG ACS Soundhole Pickup: The ACS is EMG's solution for players looking for a great amplified acoustic guitar tone without the feedback issues. Offering a broader frequency range than a piezo pickup, the EMG ACS delivers authentic acoustic tone with enough volume to play alongside a large band.The ACS employs...

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This video is a review of a Gibson J-25 from 1986. History, thoughts and play-through.

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