The Builder's Bench

Rosewood vs. Maple fretboard head to head-...

Help me identify a song

Axe Fx III, Helix, or Boss GT 1000 for Metheny...

Too good to be true

Two conductor wire or this pre-tinnes gavitt for...

First page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyvP0pdGP8A

Tritone chord root movement

Probably not so much an issue on a fretted instrument esp. one where you can just replace the entire neck, but the main reason why luthiers moved to using ebony for fingerboards is that it is much...

Rosewood vs. Maple fretboard head to head- there's a difference

Worth listening to. This is about as careful a test as you'll get without a frequency analyzer.

Rosewood vs. Maple fretboard head to head- there's a difference

Not sure how this relates to what I said. He is not comparing a stock strat with a stock tele in the same amp/eq/tone control settings. Yes, you can get a decent jazz tone on a strat with some...

Itching for a Fender, which one?

In practice I have been using those full Mel Bay chords for quite a few years. I use my ear while singing the melody to find the inversion I like. I was playing duo for quite a while with a bass...

Mel Bay's Rhythm Chord System used by?

I only downloadable product I see there is the Kindle edition. Did I miss the pdf version? Amazon Fire tablets are relatively cheap compared to an ipad. Perhaps that's a solution? Looks like...

Searching a PDF version of A Modern Method For Guitar - Volumes 1, 2, & 3 complete?

the other thing to keep in mind is that companies do go out of business and/or change hands. Folks who had AcousticIMG stuff were lucky to have perhaps the best support in the business. But...

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

Send me a message and I'll send them to your email, greetings

Searching a PDF version of A Modern Method For Guitar - Volumes 1, 2, & 3 complete?

There are professional musicians on this site who make their living from intellectual copyright. Please let's not talk about piracy.

Searching a PDF version of A Modern Method For Guitar - Volumes 1, 2, & 3 complete?

Just to make things more confusing, Metheny uses a Kemper :)

Axe Fx III, Helix, or Boss GT 1000 for Metheny like jazz tones

Imagine drivers buying only Fords. Thousands of workers, from Bugatti to Lada, would die of hunger and this would be a shame.

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

This company AFAIK produces pastilles containing this. I have used them with good success against a sore throat, but not the honey-lemon flavor.

how to suppress cough on the bandstand ....

Thank you all for the recommendations. Yes, dry air makes it worse, and i notice with growing age it's becoming more of a necessity to always carry some drops to be able to lubricate the throat.

how to suppress cough on the bandstand ....

I think i never really experienced stress/concentration to have an influence on coughing when i got a cold. When i exhale, some remains from the cold/sore throat come up and cause the desire to...

how to suppress cough on the bandstand ....

Could you (or anyone) recommend someone in the UK?

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

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

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

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 1) - Blue Monk in minor

Cure for a weak high E string?

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

Please Recommend Me Some Beginner Solos/Heads to Learn

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

Thoughts on Gabor Szabo? Was he a jazz artist or no?

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

Itching for a Fender, which one?