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very nice. That neck looks wide. Is it?

Yes, speaking for myself, I would consider getting a second LJ for louder gigs, unless it creates a transportation problem. Currently, I love the...

You're right, I was not all that fond of the arrangements in the book I mentioned, kind of stilted. Got a a couple of harmonic ideas from the book,...

An archtop is the most versatile acoustic guitar. This all goes back to what the great Jimmy D'aquisto thought and built and believed. Unlike a...

Oh, it’s definitely Leon Rhodes. It’s from the Gatemouth Brown video in the other post. I took that other screenshot. Here you can see Leon and Roy...

Christian is making me dizzy... or maybe Dizzy. That wouldn't be so bad. :topsy_turvy:

Again, I’ll go back to Wes Montgomery and Tal Farlow. Welder and sign painter, semi-pro hobbyists by your definition. This discussion and moving...

There's an anti-anxiety medication named Propranolol that many have found helpful for overcoming stage fright. Users have said they only had to use...

Hello. Inspired by a riff from Wes Montgomery’s “Missile Blues”. First take, call it “Jalapeño Missile”....

From what I've read that's not at all what Gibson designed the L5 for, and it's also definitely not the only thing properly built modern acoustic...

Three options come to mind (only partially tongue-in-cheek - see: An Old Man's New Semi-Modular Rig - 1st Impressions): Get a lightweight 8 Ohm...

Sitting in the living room a flat top guitar of most any type might sound loud and even louder than and arcthtop. Go into a large gym or concert hall...

Great amp folks!

Yes, and it exists perceptually too. The exact expression was rien dans le ventre (except for the treble strings). And it's the impression I've often...

It is very easy to do an A-B-C-D test and end up with circular results of A > B > C > D > A.

Designed for different things. The CG (in the lineage of Segovia) is designed mainly for use as a solo instrument with a loud, strong bass...

More tests today, this with another set of ears. My wife thought the LJ was a little more distorted than the Blu. Surprisingly, the LJ seemed...

Classical guitars emit mostly bass frequencies, with a huge broad peak at around 500 Hz and virtually zero above 1k Hz so I agree they would not be...

This. As a former actor, I (along with my fellow professionals) always described a professional actor as someone who earned a living primarily as...

You don’t need a 100w speaker for that amp. I’d know, I play one all the time through various cabs at full band volume. Great amp. Maybe a Jupiter...

I use a Mighty-Lite Mesh One foldable chair. Most comfortable chair ever (short of a La-Z-Boy lol). I can't help with back pain issues, I just wanted...

IMHO it's more relevant to how well you can hear the thing as a melody/solo instrument or in a small ensemble with similarly quiet melody...

Can't seem to find it now but last time I seem to recall that the saddle is made of the same artificial bone material they make nuts and flattop...

Loudness a few feet in front of the guitar isn't everything. Play some rhythm on those guitars with a big band, let me know which one is heard.

You no want Open Studio.

Thx for the tip How NOT to deal with a sticky neck s

I think it's Leon Rhodes too, mainly because of the tailpiece on that guitar. For those who don't know who Rhodes was, he was a Nashville legend....

That’s Leon. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Of course, the 2,500$ amp would survive the stairs test without damage:cool:.

You should have done all that work while you were gigging. You don’t need to be proficient in everything to start, just be kind, humble and willing...

It's pretty amazing that the LJ hangs with the Henriksen- I think I Paid $199 for my LJ! I mainly use it quietly in my office, but it can get...

Oh something else - ABLM Always be learning music It's not a very good acronym, but I think it can be very easy to spend one's time on...

I am 45. I started late. I got private Jazz guitar lessons for 2 years in the UK when I was about 23 id been playing solo country blues guitar before...

Yeah I suppose I was just drawing a distinction between my time travelling around Europe playing music and earning most of my income from gigs with...

Which sandpaper sizes did you use?

This is very interesting. Looking forward to more about the necks. Thanks!

It seems to me that if you make your living from any combination of music-making (performance, education, composing, arranging, production,...

Yours is very similar in appearance, Sky. Drop dead gorgeous. I will miss it, but selling is the right thing for me right now.

I call that finish iced tea. I own a similarly finished 17" Trenier Excel built in 2010. I love the D'Aquisto tribute style. Wonderful instrument....

To pick just one: I have multiple copies of a band book. That worked for years. Then came Ipads and emailing charts back and forth. And, people...

well, doh, the bit about a single nylon string was a PS. Note that it's the tension that counts. A nylon string reaches the same tension as a steel...

I think that's how most people would use the term today. In any case the point stands. There's a big range of playing skill between...

Ok to best use your iPhone to record an instrument, you need a kind of tripod dongle to hold the phone in place, in the air, near you. You can see...

It amuses me how similar grift is to graft. The word I mean, not the activity.

For the $1.3K it takes to get a Yunzhi built, you CAN have a lot of fun. Even with a set of curved cabinet scrapers, good sanding blocks and...

Stunning! GLWTS

Ah, I can see what you mean by looking at pics. I'm surprised the strip is that flexible.

Yes, fiddleback, quartersawn mahogany. It is not a carved back but a ladder braced back like a flattop.

In full agreement here. I do like the wider base foot of Jimmy D's guitars but the pokey stick, very limited and cumbersome. I did come up with a two...

If we are playing the chords in inversion - so with a 3rd or 7th in the lower voice, we can get into some SERIOUS beauty. Here we alternate inverted...

I have a Sonus https://brianboggschairmakers.com/sonus-guitar-chair/ The height is custom made for optimum ergonomics. A very fine piece of...

To my ear, neodymium speakers tend to lack lows in an open back cab. And they never are going to compare to say an EV or JBL. But at my age 67, no...

No, I'm pretty sure that picture is Roy Clark.

Actually it’s not a short scale,but it’s definitely a Custom Gibson. That’s Leon Rhodes from Texas Playboys fame. He wanted a brighter sound from...

Now that’s truly special - I love it! For years, I’ve been tempted to build one of the 7 string archtop kits I see on the web and work it like you...

The guitar is sold to a forum member.

A little extra to add: Professional musician to me is any multifaceted career with playing involved. -Bar gigs, teaching at guitar centre/L&M...

Look at the TOM placement and pickup spacing too. It’s a custom short scale. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There's traditional ways to voice lead a circle progression, and one way that's been present since at least the 18th century is the root third...

Pretty sure they mistook graft for grift. To be honest, I think a bit of grift is also needed, you have to make people who don't know you connect...

So Wes Montgomery and Tal Farlow weren't professionals. Got it, that makes sense....

Expression of the Dunning-Kruger effect everywhere, especially in music, but then, that's not a very kind or charitable thing to assess. The...

Fair enough but I think the two scenarios you describe on your career are the same thing: professional musician. Semi-pro is a weekend warrior or a...

I thought I might have to elongate the holes a bit, but it worked out for some reason. Didn't bother to find out why. It's always a struggle to find...

Miniaturized pyramid power! Yeah, baby! With quantum synchronization, you can play a gig on the other side of the galaxy in real time, no...

I think the consensus over the years is that type of bridge adjustment in concept is fine and cool but practically it does not improve the sound. It...

I have four different Weber Californias that came from different used amps, as well as a Weber re-coned EV SRO (black finned) from my long gone...

Old thread, however wanted to add that I have been using a simple Drummer's Throne for the last 15+ years. I play with a strap always. And play 99%...

I must admit, even tho archtop hollowbody guitars are the "norm" for jazz, I was expecting (at least a little) more solidbody players...

There is only one definition of "professional" that is objective and it isn't directly related to playing ability. Ten years ago I was a full...

The design of this particular guitar seems to pay homage to Jimmy D'Aquisto. On Jimmy's guitars, wood pick guitars were attached at a single point...

Wow - that would certainly be a classic “wham, BAM, thank you ma”am” !

I used the BlockDock 12HD with the OD202 head at one of our Sunday blues brunch shows to see what it could do, when I first got it. It’s definitely...

The guitar is still available. The Model E was Bryant’s precursor to the Jazz Special, but made with solid, carved woods. Bryant told me that less...

The serial number site I used dates yours to 1980 MIK. I owned nearly this exact guitar briefly this year. It's very good looking, doesn't have...

I will add that the compensation built into the Resomax archtop bridge saddle intonated my Broadway nearly perfectly.

That was my initial thought, but I didn’t want to sound argumentative when I didn’t really have the facts. I would think that if the label says...

THANK YOU ALL for answering my question.

Great story! I would consider your bro a professional guitarist fwiw

Well it's Northern English for 'hard work'. A grafter is someone who works hard.

There are different options available that contribute to the price. Follow the link, "build your own" and you'll find out the price.

Generally, an archtop needs heavy steel strings and a heavy hand to get maximum volume. Nylon strings cannot generate enough energy to drive the...

Metal tailpieces also create those metal overtones, so you might not get rid of it, even if you change the bridge, if you have a metal tailpiece.

A common method is to have a block under the pickguard at the neck, with screws horizontally through it and into the side of the neck. At the bridge...

Was easy to sand. The top of the guitar I was using the Resomax bridge with was flatter than the default radius of the bridge feet. Because the feet...

That's a 7, yes. 16". I built one with a medium gradual arching pattern and it came out so well that I sent the specs to Lora to see if they could...

It's luthier magic. That's how that's done. It's floating on the good vibes emanating from the f-hole.

Height adjustment, ala D'Aquisto.

Cool color!

love this, thx

What is the thing sticking out of the bridge?

Barry Harris comes up a lot on the forum. I don't doubt many find this very annoying. Especially those who haven't delved very deeply into the Barry...

On this archtop the tailpiece looks like symmetrically.

Man, thanks for sharing this. I can never find good info on Neos so I've been hesitant to drop coin on any of them so I've stuck with heavy ceramics...

Thanks! Very helpful description!

Approximate cost , pls ?

How hard was the material to sand?

These are on sale for only $109 at Sweetwater right now Access to this page has been denied

Yeah, 29/32 = .906. :encouragement:

2003-2012 L-7C was made in Bozeman. L-5 Studio was made in Nashville long with L-5CES, L-5WES, S-400, Byrdland, Legrande, and so forth. If the Gibson...

Interesting. I think the modern L7’s were made in Bozeman, so I guess these could have also been made there. Keith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeymTf5RcVA

Godzilla I recognize. But what’s that 7 ? I assume there’s a story behind having a floater and a set p/u - is it just to have both tone options? I...

Agreed - most musicians/orchestra chairs aren't very welcoming as their seats are slightly tilted forward (adjustable in the more expensive...

My brother-in-law was an extremely accomplished classical guitarist whose final at the conservatory in Firenze was a master class with Andrés...

Hard to argue with almost any of this. However, I'm not so sure what level of graft is required... :highly_amused:

I'm pretty certain I've seen asymmetric X-bracing too. Maybe not so much in the X itself but there usually are some additional braces. BTW, don't...

I think someone called this duckshit green here on the site. I don't find it totally offensive other than feeling like I join the Army. Not my sort...

Off the record I have made hints about selling guitars like this on this site. Have to avoid Reverb police so disgression is advised. People can...

Because when I ran the Gibson serial dater the Bozeman plant came up.

Thanks for the input. These appear to be Korean made (although there were some Japanese versions also with different tailpieces) and folks are...

To be honest, personally I’d always rather go direct to the source, use my ears. I’m not really into having people tell me where to put my fingers....

To be even a mediocre musician requires a level of dedication and graft which is kind of … deeply moving? Besides mediocrity is relative. What is...

Mine cost me a little over a thousand. Last month I re-graduated the top and it plays like a million. I will say though, it plays more impressively...

Thanks Archie. I was a little long winded there. What I was trying to convey in a broad sense is dont get bogged down chasing dimensional perfection...

This is the sort of thing you think would be a problem and yet when working with good musicians it somehow isn’t. Comping is often about playing...

Looks like it may also be attached at the top of the f-hole.

1970s Gibson Johnny Smith with tone knob and output jack mod, strung up with Thomastik-Infeld Bebop 11s, round wound with a round core. Playing it...

Or answers every post with an add for open studio

And who says there’s no money to be made in jazz…? Based on this thread jazz guitarists seem to be the best paid bunch in music ;-). On the one...

Ah, a DGT. Wonderful solidbody guitars. Dave and Paul really hit it out of the park with that one. Will never part with mine.

Jensen Neo and Tornado are Neodymium speakers. They tend to sound best in closed back cabs, to have enough low end. DV Mark makes a super light...

The attachment is probably to the neck,underneath the pick guard.

Over time AI may prove to be a good tutor by setting up practice routines and tunes in a manner that focuses on improving weaknesses or discovering...

:ranger:

Or maybe someone here uses the word "mad" too often.

Selective reading comprehension loss I see. And you were being critical of me before for calling people on irrational, neurotic behavior due to deep...

How about guitar -> reverb/delay -> Empress Para EQ -> amp/cab? ParaEq MKII – Empress Effects Inc.