The Builder's Bench

Pleasantly surprised at the Katana 50 for a clean...

Pürbach 14 (Andy Bartosh)

Humbucker partscaster tele - get your Ed Bickert...

1983 Epiphone Emperor F

Stan Getz - The Best of Two Worlds

These guys get a great sound for bossa. https://youtu.be/I90yvDwoY5Y?si=EeCwYRpCuQCsyZPI

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

I’m glad my question made sense. Thanks.

Bebop heads - Scrapple From the Apple

Fixed the melody, got a few fingerings. https://youtu.be/7qwicN1ZhS0?si=XLsVzj0Bd-9ETbTg

Bebop heads - Scrapple From the Apple

Oh, and I do not believe the Line Out in the 100 watt versions (or the newer K50EX) disconnects the speaker. The Volume knob on the amp affects the Line Out volume while the Master on the amp...

Pleasantly surprised at the Katana 50 for a clean jazz tone

If you have a minor lick you like, you can get obviously use it over a minor chord, but you can also use it over dominant off the fifth of the chord, major off the sixth, or half diminished off the...

Bebop heads - Scrapple From the Apple

The artist is bigger and heavier with a better speaker and extension speaker jacks. I had a pair of the Mark II Artists running in stereo and it was a really rich sound but the Artist is just way too...

Pleasantly surprised at the Katana 50 for a clean jazz tone

Yeah so that’s just two common ways to apply minor sounds. Simplest form, you get E G B which is 5 b7 9, and then Bb Db F which is b9 3 b6 over the dominant chord. So minor licks with those...

Bebop heads - Scrapple From the Apple

I LOVE these! The pickups are quite unique, and the guitar and electronics really couple to make an outstanding alternative to the L-5. Jim Hall loved the sound of these pickups so much, he had Jimmy...

Guild Benedetto x-700 Stuart. Year 2001. Price Drop, £3000 to £2500

So why do you go to the 5th or b2 on the bridge? Are you treating the A7 as a V and the V of the V would be a ii? and the b2 would be a tritone? I mean playing E- lick over the A7.

Bebop heads - Scrapple From the Apple

stunning axe!

Guild Benedetto x-700 Stuart. Year 2001. Price Drop, £3000 to £2500

I had one of the original katana 50 amps. I played through it around the time when I had my kemper and thought it was cheap and toy-like. Back-story - Around the same time, my dad retired from...

Pleasantly surprised at the Katana 50 for a clean jazz tone

Thanks again guys. Yes, I play with my fingers (both rhythm and lead). I also thought that Nelson plays with guitar volume turned down to increase acoustic sound, and I am doing that too. I am...

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

Get well!

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

Hi everyone, Im Brad, the guy that makes the Performaxe alternative on Etsy. These Guitar Supports - whether it's mine or the many other designs on the market - really do seem to help with the...

Performaxe - anyone try one?

Total bummer.

Campellone PSA

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

Time After Time - Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold - Tune #2

Campellone PSA

What did early Jazz guitarists in America play live pre-swing era?

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 3) - Straight No Chaser

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Learning to play with a singer

L-5 Repair by Mark Campellone

How bad is this?

I don't know how to go about learning jazz anymore

Just a Gigolo C7 Bb7 A7