Individual style is important. To develop it you have to balance assimilating your influences with cultivating your inner values. Then practice hard...
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...
That one on G&J is a B-420, which is his equivalent of a D'A New Yorker. There's some cosmetic damage on it (I don't know how severe), but someone;s...
regarding stuffing the guitars, me and Bob Roetker both stuffed our L5s after I studied with martino in the '70s and he convinced me to try it. There...
Power stations have inverters, which convert DC voltage to AC. Much of the cost and weight of power stations is from the inverter, but they're still...
You don't say whether the original TOM bridge is an ABR-1 or a Nashville style bridge. The ABR-1 has a retaining wire to keep the screws and saddles...
Lack of QC isnt the domain of the worker its the responsibility of management. A master craftsmen builds something to the spec they're given they're...
I too would be looking for the door if someone called my favorite things. Maybe soloists can sound good on it, but I doubt a random rhythm section is...
The Faber comes prenotched and is a drop in replacement. I have them on L-5’s and S400’s and they are far superior than stock. 1st order you get 20%...
Do you all find that some days you are really like an athlete playing these tunes? Yesterday I simply struggled to keep a smooth and even melody line...
I know next to nothing about guitar amps but I do know that a 5W amp could mean it can peak at 5W, give 5W "RMS" or 5W continuously. Those don't give...
This whole amp is just a chip running DSP software. If you want to call it something based on the behavior that the software emulates rather than the...
Yeah, I feel the same way, it can take me less time to figure it out than write it all down, so I'll usually only write down the phrases that really...
In addition I use Logic Pro. Im grateful for the eq advice re the high pass etc. I do have decent monitor speakers and decent KRK headphones. I find...
My son is a former drone pro, so he knows batteries and charging in and out. The drones would never carry a power station, i.e. the battery pack and...
Thanks fep. Great help on here. Barry Green states on the video below that that he uses a UAD Apollo Twin and plugins. He describes his setup in some...
All that customisation was a reason Heritage wasn't doing well financially. The business is apparently in much better shape now. I've played some of...
This is an important factor. The numbers on the attenuator do not correspond with the actual wattage of the power amp. The Tone Master Twin Reverb is...
Thank you all for great ideas. I fell down the rabbit hole and have stumbled upon the archtop tribute series. Im trying to work out how much it would...
One of the greats along with Sal Salvador, Tony Mattola, and Herb Ellis who could play anything and made their livings in the LA studio scene. I came...
I haven't checked recently, but Pete Farmer is the Master Builder at Heritage, and has made some gorgeous Custom Shop guitars in the years following...
I'm the guy who bought that Elf and what neverdave says is still true. Some of the gigs are moderate sized theaters. I also use it for bass (through...
For background: Bryant Trenier is building me a guitar, his Continental model (takes inspiration from 80s D'Aquisto New Yorkers), and I want to have...