The Builder's Bench

Cherokee excerpt at 325 BPM with slant picking,...

HBO Documentary: Stax - Soulsville USA

SNL staff guitarist?

Ibby Macassar Ebony Semi

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

Not irrelevant. I just need to remind myself sometimes that 1985 was a long time ago.

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

I don't understand what this means "turned their backs on their own important legacies ". I.e. what is "turned their backs" supposed to represent?

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

I'm so happy I kept this guitar. I had tried to replace it recently but I think this one suits me... Just jamming basically but inspired by a bunch of guitarists who recently posted extremely...

Cherokee excerpt at 325 BPM with slant picking, #gibson175

Stringman, Have a Novax "Thinline fan fretted" 7-string guitar for sale at NOK 47 650,? (NOK = Norwegian Kroner).Presently it is only listed on a Nowegian site with pictures: Logg inn - FINN But...

Novax 7 string

Have a Novax "Thinline fan fretted" 7-string guitar for sale at NOK 47 650,? (NOK = Norwegian Kroner).Presently it is only listed a a Nowegian site with pictures: Logg inn - FINN But should you be...

Novax 7 string

There are more planned. It appears to be an open-ended ongoing series. Last week Frank announced the guests for many weeks ahead.

Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, an ongoing concert and livestream series

Being in my late 60's, I also have become a believer in "Murphy's law". I would not buy a guitar coming from another Country that I knew contained Brazilian Rosewood. To me, doing so opens the...

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

If you can't afford the real deal, but can afford a bit more than a Loar costs :cool: I'm sure it'll turn out great, so very premature kudos! That must be the only faux pas for my eyes ... but...

Gary Zimnicki - 1925 L5 Derivative Archtop [Sitka Spruce | Red Maple]

Lately, my "main squeeze" has been this Strat that I built from parts (Warmoth body and neck, all other parts are Fender, except the tuners which are Gotoh). It has a lightweight Ash body, a 1 11/16...

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

OK, does that make the discussion irrelevant for you?

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

I think that’s exactly what it is. Nothing is allowed to be “better” than the big 2 I guess. However a friend of mine is a Gibson guy and the sound of a PRS makes him cringe. To him it’s like nails...

Les Paul vs. PRS

Sounds about right. When I decided my Sadowsky SS15 wasn't for me and spoke with a local shop that does jazz/archtop sales about consignment it was the same story. "any archtop is going to move...

Tell me your guitar selling stories (good or bad)

What a beauty! How did it find you..? Would love to hear how it sounds…

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

:dontknow:

In search of: Heritage H-525

I don’t have any hands on experience of a Norlin era S400- but I wouldn’t hesitate to buy one if I had the chance to demo it and thought it was a fine instrument. all the youtube video’s of Norlin...

Benedetto Bravo Deluxe or Gibson WesMo Crimson

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

Bebop Technique

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

Chord melody problem

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

Cure for a weak high E string?

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

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

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

Recording my acoustic updated with version with IRs.

Another way to look at the fingerboard