The Builder's Bench

Thicker Plates - Deeper Carve

Misc Telecaster Parts and Seymour Duncan SH-1n...

My First Archtop!!!!!

Tone Poem for Mercy

Harmony Cloud App

This is a technique that interests me as it's something I think I have a hope of managing to pull off eventually. I wonder if anyone can recommend any exercises which might assist; normally I find...

Comping for yourself

Not directly related to the topic, but I think it is an interesting read - with a referral at hex strings too. I took this paragraph from ABOUT — The Archtop Project , and I advise you to visit this...

Round Core Vs Hex Core Strings

hi all a new guitar has led me to wonder about this: is it the case that the famous archtops of the forties and fifties from D'angelico, Gibson, Epiphone would have had thicker top and back...

Thicker Plates - Deeper Carve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNTUyKvMyo0&t=27s

Hexatonics - Triad Pairs To Go

Alan Kingstone’s book has a section at the end on ‘Partial Chords’ which are scales of various 6/dim voicings reduced to 3 notes. I haven’t looked at it much, but I could see these could be useful,...

6th Diminished - Thomas Echols

There’s also been an uptick of interest in indie makers among jazz players too. The sort of players who own just really one or two really good guitars. The modern carved archtop is quite popular. I...

Will archtops ever see a resurgence in popularity?

I agree that it’s a horn thing but for me I think it’s simpler - triad pairs sound really good on the saxophone. The sound of the horn lends it a lot of authority. I don’t think they sound so...

Hexatonics - Triad Pairs To Go

Thanks, very interesting. Then it appears that some people used some type of Flats already in the '40s. Herbie Kay was a guitarist, trumpeter and swingband leader, he knew the meaning of umph. (I...

The history of flatwound guitar strings

Black Diamonds were regular round wound strings. We all know the difference when comparing new vs worn-in round wounds. I think Johnny maybe wanted to speed up aging of the strings? Brand new,...

The history of flatwound guitar strings

I have had that app on my iPad for years now, but have never delved into it. There always seems to be so much other stuff to do, and then things like that drop off the radar and I forget all about...

Harmony Cloud App

On sale this weekend. Reason: I found another guitar I am interested in and would like to sell his one first. After this weekend the other guitar will be gone and this one will not be on sale.

[[SALE THIS WEEKEND 9,990 EUR]] 1969 Gibson Byrdland Iced Tea Burst

totally agree!

Stopped by the Ibanez booth today….

Cheating a liitle here by not being strictly single line with the melody (though far from chord-melody) and by including the first half-ish chorus of improvising. Just trying to make it a little...

Just the melody.

Parts and pickup sold. Keeping the listing up for future reference.

Misc Telecaster Parts and Seymour Duncan SH-1n ('59 Neck Humbucker)

Guitar volume on "7" provides the right jazz tone for me - it quiets pick, finger, and string noise. I set the amp volume for solo level with normal picking firmness. For accompaniment I relax my...

Days of Wine and Roses

RANT ---why?

Affordable, Practical, Vintage Tube Amp

More disappointment from Thomastik flats

Hexatonics - Triad Pairs To Go

Four

Pickup Replacement: Godin 5th Ave Kingpin

Semi-hollow an anomaly?

Giant Steps

Vintage Fenders - Treasure, Curse, or Something In Between

Great audience response

1968 Gibson Super 400C, 100% Original

Scrapple (a swinging version)

Days of Wine and Roses