The Builder's Bench

Vintage fuzz on "space" transistors

16" 1920s/30s L5

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Chet Baker - Time After Time guitar solo

1993 MINT Gibson L-5 Wes Montgomery James...

I always like the Branford thing of jazz being … Swing Blues Improvisation in that order So essential, but maybe not the most important thing.

Getting hung up on rhythms when transcribing

Totally agree with you on the Romeo.Otto really designed a great guitar.I have the Romeo-SC that has a single coil in the neck position and it is one of the easist playing and most versatile sounding...

Out with the old, in with the new - GB10, Romeo and, um, well, G6609TG

With respect I have to take issue with this conflation between jazz and improvisation. I mean I did a free improv class with a noted European free guy and he told me off for playing jazz, so...

Getting hung up on rhythms when transcribing

Beethoven called the guitar- the little orchestra. I've played in 3 piece rock and blues bands. My last gigs were with a 3 piece blues band 25 years ago. The most success I've had was playing...

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

There's another one, the Octagonal Core strings by Mapes

Round Core Vs Hex Core Strings

The CAC is a little too bare bones, sounds like it's just a dust cover. My understanding is Glen is still @ Tuki.

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This might be sleep deprevation talking but.. There is a perfect untrained sense of time within people, something universally given to everyone.. at least most people. So, when we try and learn to...

Groove comes and goes

Yeah I think that’s clear enough. Isn’t the only reason these things have to have a name because of teachjng? And the fact that classical music is a score based tradition that is also dominant...

Getting hung up on rhythms when transcribing

The CAC I got is totally different from any Tuki i ever saw. It’s one layer, unlined, unadorned, and simple as an unwound string. The “vintage canvas” option looks like it would please you, but I...

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There's also this company though I know nothing about them. https://rigg.us/product/fender-twin-reverb-amp-cover/

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Sorry I didn’t see this before the post I just put up. As you’ll read in it, I got a simple black cover from Custom Amp Covers last year because the order for it was changed to a different style...

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Custom Amp Covers is the parent company of Tuki. I wouldn't want vinyl, a quilted lined non padded cordura type would be ideal but I'm not seeing that option anywhere, most are padded foam. After...

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Cool. Dictation. Cool. I hear you regarding misapplication transcribe. It presents a problem for me. That's why I came up with "ear transcribing," which is still not quite right. But since I...

Getting hung up on rhythms when transcribing

Wow - I obviously haven't bought one from them in a while. My Twin (formerly Jazzkritter's) came to me with a very nice d2f cover. But they went out of business 6 or 7 years ago after a death in...

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Well I think that's good. It all depends on what you're going after. As a writing exercise transcribing it is great. As a learning process for what the soloist is doing - it's just too long winded....

Getting hung up on rhythms when transcribing

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

Analysing jazz vocabulary

What beats an L5?

Came up with an epic tip for improv

The New Campellone fall batch

Developing your own style/sound

Stage setups for larger venues

Thumb pain

Emily Remler

Rediscovering my lost passion for guitar

Shape of jazz to come/that's here

The Notated Lick Compendium.

Getting hung up on rhythms when transcribing