The Builder's Bench

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

Guild X-150 (Westerly)

Crimson/Hutchins Gibson L-5

Odd Gibson L-5 on Reverb

Cure for a weak high E string?

And what's odd is the focus here on "Misty" but in fact a ton of jazz standards were originally ballads and became wildly up-tempo barn-burners. "All the Things You Are" is a great example. A very...

Chord melody problem

I never measured the one I had, but Godin 5th Avenues have the thinnest laminated tops I've ever seen (made from wild cherry), and quite a lively unplugged sound. Might be worth trying to talk to...

Making A Laminate Jazz Guitar: Episode 1: Buying Wood For Veneers

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Cure for a weak high E string?

It kind of reminds me of hiking in the high mountains of Colorado. You see a summit ahead and think you're at the top, then as you move onto it, you realize it's a "false summit" and only a step up...

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

In 2017, when Henry J was facing foreclosure of Gibson, he sold many guitars through Chicago Music Exchange to the public at wholesale prices (I am sure his other dealers were furious). Some of...

Titanium saddles

Big fan of blonde, single pickup laminate guitars. Looks like the Ibanez Metheny models

Guild X-150 (Westerly)

Great job! Soon you will at legit bop tempos.

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

I've simplified Countdown but maybe not in an acceptable way to some people. The nice thing about jazz is that you can interpret a tune any way you want. Purists might object but that's too bad,...

Countdown – Any way to simplify it?

I decided to try playing this in some other keys, starting with C. This was fairly easy because I had room to move up my fingerings from Ab. This is a sloppy 190, but I'm not giving up on this...

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

https://youtu.be/Dv2yJSqOoQg Finally made it to 200 bpm! I hit it yesterday but couldn't play it reliably. Today without any warm up or build up, I just fired up the gear and rolled "tape" and got...

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

By the way, the chord diagram at the end of that vid is misleading, it seems to have done a mirror thing on itself. Should look like this:

Can you call the music for J.Bond movies a genre?

Many of the older tunes adopted by jazz musicians were written in 3/4 time.

Chord melody problem

New pickguard + new pickup with adjustable pole pieces? AKA

Cure for a weak high E string?

If I want to buy eg. 40s/50s/60s Gibsons from US to UK what do I need to do regarding CITES rules? Does the seller need to provide documentation? TIA

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

My 2cts: Replace the high E string for a fresh one. You never know, might just be a faulty string. I had that once and a fresh string was the cure. Another way is trying the weaken the signal of...

Cure for a weak high E string?

Show Off Your Main Squeeze! Post a pic of the guitar you consider “the One.”

Chord melody problem

Buying guitars as an investment

naming chords?

Can you call the music for J.Bond movies a genre?

Would like some advice on improving reading from Real Book

Bebop Technique

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

What's The Answer?

What is the best Scale System to use when reading music?

A sign of the times - they can’t give this away…