The Builder's Bench

Counting off a song in cut time

Aer compact 60/4 $1,450.CAD

Toru nittono model t

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

Carvin CL450 electric nylon crossover, rare flame...

True, but a bandstand education is simply not available to most aspiring jazz musicians. Books, YouTube videos, jazz camps, college programs in jazz performance, etc., are the replacement for being...

If you only had 1 book to work through…

Is there a standard way to do this? 4 half notes? 8 quarters?

Counting off a song in cut time

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JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 2) - Misterioso

There are parallels, but I don't think they're the same. To be able to do them you need the same type of study and tools but then they don't express the same things. You can't communicate literal...

Lets go and compare improvisation to spoken language.

I can’t imagine it would sound much different since they are the same….. slap on some Thomastik flatwounds and a 330/Casino turns into a jazz monster! Btw, I changed the saddles on my DIY...

Gibson Thin line Guitar Models

Music and language have different purposes. Questions and answers in music are not real. No information is broadcast or received.

Lets go and compare improvisation to spoken language.

Gibson guitars from the golden age of archtop building are old. They are expensive, and insurance premiums are going up. Their parts will wear out; replacements might be expensive. They might be...

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

The higher wattage CUBE amps can develop buzzing/vibration between the amp chassis and cabinet. Roland puts rubberized tape on the chassis edge that makes contact with the cabinet. If the mounting...

What do you think about Roland Cube 80X vs 80GX vs 80XL?

Tried 2 strings. Probably not making any more videos this week. Company coming tomorrow and 2 gigs this week. Back to repertoire. I’ll have to relearn and wrap up Donna Lee next week. ...

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

If I am working on comping, I will pick any comping phrase from a recording, then play throughout the whole tune keeping that rhythm and adjusting the chords. Then rinse and repeat choosing another...

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

Actually, not a huge difference. Of course the humbucker is louder amplified with more sustain and deeper lows. Unplugged the floater is maybe a tad louder but not by much. Being a Gibson guy I...

Campellone Cameo

Thanks! That’s a good description of the sound quality this instrument produces.

Manha de Carnaval

Eh. My point is, music didn't just jump out of nowhere.

Lets go and compare improvisation to spoken language.

What's the second best?

Lets go and compare improvisation to spoken language.

I know … just don’t think language is the best analogy for music

Lets go and compare improvisation to spoken language.

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

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

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

Itching for a Fender, which one?

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

Please Recommend Me Some Beginner Solos/Heads to Learn

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

how to suppress cough on the bandstand ....

Rosewood vs Maple fretboard head to head - There's a difference

Thoughts on Gabor Szabo?

Tritone chord root movement