The Builder's Bench

Li'l Dawg 6G2 Choco Prince review (this one's...

Woods, drying, and neck stability

anyone selling a 535 or 335? And how do the new...

Do you play the alternating bassline on a bossa...

Stella by Starlight

I'm glad I found out on a $1k tele rather than a 175. Sorry you went through that. On the tele, i changed pickups and like the guitar but it's a completely different instrument now...

Anything that speaks against stainless steel frets?

i had my tele refretted with SS frets and it made the guitar unusable (bright). Also, was charged a $100 up-charge for a fret-level because of SS

Anything that speaks against stainless steel frets?

I like that southern feel to it, unique. Nicely done sir.

Georgia on my mind

As others have pointed out there is no guaranteed way to protect your instrument aside from buying a seat, which I have done before when I brought my Super 400 to Beijing where I live. Years back...

Flying with guitar

Mike, We don't know each other, but hanging around here for a few years, one gets some sense of some personalities, more than others. Your passion about life always shows through. I'm sure that...

Hello from Chicago from big Mike

Clearly a side gig as a stuntman for Borat has it's advantages, though I imagine there were certain standards needed to qualify. Did you work on "Bruno" as well?

Is this an overlooked part of Metheny's sound?

Hey, a different Ribbecke! Haven't heard this one for a while. Nice interpretation of an old warhorse, too!

Stella by Starlight

My partner in blues crime (we're the two guitars in the Philly Blues Kings) bought a 15W (6V6) 1x12 Choco Prince combo a few weeks ago "because it was available". We both believe in hands on...

Li'l Dawg 6G2 Choco Prince review (this one's available - PM me for owner's info)

I just returned from Japan (aka guitar shopping heaven) with a new archtop that had to be gate checked. The United employee at the baggage check-in counter shrink-wrapped the case with about 20...

Flying with guitar

I had to look up TRC… Funny! Great playing. If I could play that well, I would probably just stop and call it a day. He has a great feel for that guitar.

Time I grew up!!

Great, analytical post.

Anything that speaks against stainless steel frets?

Looks like a party to me. :thrasher::thrasher::thrasher::thrasher:

Is this an overlooked part of Metheny's sound?

Keep feeling better Mike! You know we are all rooting for you. It's great to see you posting and seeing the love here for you. Hopefully it helps in some small way!

Hello from Chicago from big Mike

If one builder carefully dries their woods, say like Benedetto does, and another builder, say a maker of very cheap guitars in China, builds guitars out of green, undried wood, which one is going to...

Woods, drying, and neck stability

Oh, I see what you're talking about, to the right of the right dot -- that "S" shaped pattern which beckons to those of us with "S" in our names ... Sell it fast please!

Humbucker partscaster tele - get your Ed Bickert on!

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

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

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Campellone PSA

L-5 Repair by Mark Campellone

All of Me - A7 on measure #28 (9th?)

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

Is this an overlooked part of Metheny's sound?

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

How bad is this?

Learning to play with a singer

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