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Thanks for the feedback, everyone!Regarding the technique: Being compared to Jim Hall is a huge compliment, thank you! But to be honest, I’m actually trying to learn the Benson grip right now—what...
Good to know the song's history. My reference is probably way out of date, no idea if it's still a 'simple*' rock tune that everybody learns... *it's deceptively simple, a lot of folk will just...
I've owned many semi-hollow guitars over the years (Gibson, Heritage, Ibanez, etc), and in my view, the JSM100 is the best of the lot.
Thanks. I apologize for the ratio between expertise and question quality. More seriously, thanks for joining us.
That thing on the upper bout looks like it could be a pot, rather than a toggle switch. Looks like there is an extra tuner on the headstock as well. Keith
You can always harmonize a tune the way you want it, without doing anything that crazy. That last line is kind of the refrain of the melody, so I wouldn't want to be crunching along with a cycle of...
I think the OPs guitar and the one pictured in post #21 both have stingers it is just that they are very difficult to spot against the very dark lacquer of the neck sunburst. Common on photos of 1936...
This guitar belong to the late archtop maker Bill Hollenbeck. His daughter called me today and found this guitar of his she did not realize he had. It is a Gibson Es 125 and he wrote a note on the...
An excellent post as always PK. Funny you should mention Johnny B Goode. Chuck Berry still receives full credit for that song but it was inspired by his piano player, Johnnie Johnson. In fact,...



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