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Blowin in the Wind

Help me find Rattle on archtop

Slaman Super 400 with CC pickup

Genzler Acoustic Array Pro vs Henriksen Bud 10

1967 Gibson ES-335

I don’t know man. I think again that our sense of what is rhythmically compelling is very different. Which is fine as a matter of taste, I suppose

Analysing jazz vocabulary

The short answer is no. Can you talk him into it …… ?

The New Campellone fall batch

That's very cool! The Japanese builders/factory are putting out a lot of interesting guitars these days. I just picked up a Stringphonic L-5ish guitar w/ a CC pickup, a configuration I've always...

An Archtop Tribute 330 type with mini-hums

I like the thinner body of the SS, and its wider neck, but I'm always afraid I'd miss the extra 15th fret on the Bruno. I don't often need it, but when suddenly want to reach a very high chord...

Sadowsky SS-15 - Sienna Burst

Very similar thread from about a year ago has the licks with sound examples: Modular lick compendium

The Notated Lick Compendium.

This might interest you, or not. Three solos on Summertime. The first one's straight but the next two have subs (only the solo, not the chords): Am/E7 - % - % - Am/A7 Dm - % - E7 - % Am/E7 -...

Analysing jazz vocabulary

Mark Campellone has a Wesmo in his shop right now that has some cosmetic issues. He is going to fix the finish and flip it. Might get a good deal on that one. He likes to fix and flip Gibson’s like...

What beats an L5?

Is Mark Campellone making sharp cutaways as an option nowadays?

The New Campellone fall batch

I thought you are all sight readers? Audiation, baby!

The Notated Lick Compendium.

They do both, it's notated on the sheets hard swing, or straight, or something in Italian or Latin that I don't yet understand.

Rhythms Complete Bugs Bower

Distortion on specific notes sounds like sympathetic vibration from the strings behind the bridge and in front of where they connect to the tailpiece. Pretty common problem. Try deadening the...

Help me find Rattle on archtop

thx Jim.... I will keep ya posted. appreciate the kind words re the design !! sent you an email via the system. Scott

Zen Guitar Trading t-shirt

EDIT: 95% of the noise is gone. The rest comes and goes. I’ ll try the tape around pu and a piece of reed / plectrum to stabilize. thanks once again for the help! I know that there are a lot of...

Help me find Rattle on archtop

Hah! Getting out of the subway yesterday afternoon I saw I guy in the station with glasses and two jumbo gig bags and thought to myself "hey, is that Jonathan Stout? Nah, he wouldn't be hanging out...

Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, an ongoing concert and livestream series

Might be good to include a sound clip with the licks for those of us away from the instrument.

The Notated Lick Compendium.

Analyzing

For those who went to music school, was it worth it?

Biting the bullet on an ES-175

Analysing jazz vocabulary

What beats an L5?

Came up with an epic tip for improv

No more Gibson archtops ?

Developing your own style/sound

Thumb pain

Groove comes and goes..

On Wes and improvisation (Octaves content)

Crazy Assholes--Don't Be A Dick

Stage setups for larger venues