The Builder's Bench

Developing an Individual Style

Al Caiola

3 sets Thomastik Infeld Benson 14 flats

My favorite things - which version usually gets...

My modified D'aquisto jazz line

https://youtu.be/_RqM72fk75E?si=OwbSf5_qTmqM0qzz

Boulou Ferre solo performance

The tailpiece assembly is part of the system. There are several factors to consider when setting up a stop tailpiece, especially when the guitar got a carved top or an arched top like a semi. The...

Faber bridge or Gotoh replacements?

Exhibit 1 "Prenotched" doesn't mean we are good to go. It just means that we don't have to notch the saddles ourselves prior to slotting. Also note that "prenotched" always means that the...

Faber bridge or Gotoh replacements?

I have an 18 inch blond acoustic Campellone. I'm thinking about electrifying it. It's rather plain with no bling, but it's beautiful. It has a rosewood fingerboard and an extra wide nut. I...

Campellone Picture thread

Cummings has taken a nuclear action, terminating the performing rights agreements for all the Guess Who songs he wrote, removing the copyright protections that allow the band (or anyone else) to...

Randy Bachman sheds his vintage guitar collection

Individual style is important. To develop it you have to balance assimilating your influences with cultivating your inner values. Then practice hard to play well so your style can be realized. And...

Developing an Individual Style

I don’t understand what you’re describing. There is no such thing as a DC transformer. Transformers work because AC in the primary winding induces AC in the secondary winding, with the ratio of...

Joyo JF-14 American Sound

That was exhaustive- and exhausting- reading. The minutiae of guitar production and collecting is frequently astonishing. Especially in mass produced products where all kinds of variations happen...

Correct tuning?

Randy was a close friend of Lenny Breau's, so he might have some interesting guitars for auction. He's also Canadian, so maybe he's even got a Beauregard in there. Randy and the great vocalist...

Randy Bachman sheds his vintage guitar collection

I just did a quick test with my Joyo American Sound pedal into a solid state amp using a 1Spot power supply. I was using a single coil (non-humbucking) pickup and I was near some LED lights on a...

Joyo JF-14 American Sound

Epiphone are making really excellent guitars these days. I find they're coming back to the early 90's Korean quality I tried one of the very new ES335 with the new headstock, it was as good as any...

So what's the verdict re. current Epiphone Broadways?

Maybe, I just don't think of it that way because I could pick any set of notes and reassemble them like that, in this case the first eleven notes of the tune, which you could hardly call a lick...

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

You are correct. If the tone pot on typical magnetic pickup equipped guitar is rolled all the way back, the tone cap will be in parallel with the much smaller cable capacitance, so cable capacitance...

Joyo JF-14 American Sound

The longest I've used it was for a 4-hr job, running a Quilter combo and my 9v pedalboard using an iSpot. It only went down one bar. I can't comment on charging time because I've never had it down...

Busking with TOOB?

I have blonde Emperor F and it's the guitar I play the most. As already mentioned, they don't have carved tops. They're made with lighter/thinner laminates, similar in some ways to a 1950s/60s...

80's Epiphone Emperor v Elitist Broadway

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

Who's Your Favorite Bass Player?

Incoming 1968 Gibson Johnny Smith

Inversions

Aint Misbehavin chord meldy theory help

Heritage now offering the H-575 as part of their Core Collection Series

Benedetto Bravo Deluxe or Gibson WesMo Crimson

Help, this theory question is blowing my mind

Passing chord C --> Em7

Cantalope Island 1996 Gibson L4CES vs 2016 Yamaha SA2200, which do you like?

Dunning Kruger valley

NBD: new blade day

15" v. 16" archtop