The Builder's Bench

How does your Atchtop play compared to SB?

My Christmas Song

Late 1970s Ibanez hollow-body quality?

A different Autumn in New York

The Way You Look Tonight

All my guitars have about the same action (between 4 and 5/64” bass and between 3 and 4/64 treble) and relief ~.06”). My semi and my solidbodies (Les Paul and Strat) are strung with roundwound or...

How does your Atchtop play compared to SB?

The lightest strings I use on my solid-body are 11's and I use 12's on my archtop so no real difference, and the action is similar on both - but I don't like really low action. However, on my old...

How does your Atchtop play compared to SB?

no nothing weird in the alto high end. The speaker sim in the tc keeps everything below 5K

Short clip of my Holst and my TC Combo Deluxe going through Alto pa cab

I suppose one test of the effectiveness of a music-generating theory/system would be (assuming the programming is feasible) what kind of work would be produced by a computer program employing it. In...

What do you prefer in music, originality or tradition?

There are several factors to consider here, Mark. I go from fat neck 7 string archtops to thinner and narrower neck 7 string solid bodies daily and on many gigs. My default gigging archtop (an...

How does your Atchtop play compared to SB?

Agreed, there is simple music, which some people fool themselves into thinking they can play. But to play at the level where you really reach people is not easy in any genre.

Too late to be a great jazz guitarist starting at 26 years old?

My 2022 Trenier Jazz Special.

The best LOOKING guitar you own......

Bro, you did that guitar way more justice than I ever could. And so many more people enjoyed the sound of it, thanks to you. JD

The best LOOKING guitar you own......

Try A-Ab-A instead of G-Gb-G bassline: C/A Am7) | 5-x-5-5-5-x | > Ab7#5 | 4-x-4-5-5-x | Or Make Someone Happy changes: C(Maj7)| x-3-2-0-(0)-x | > C+ | x-3-2-1-1-x | > Am(add 9) | x-3-2-2-(0)-x |

6th Diminished - Thomas Echols

I do not own a solid body guitar, and I do work on them, but it leaves me with a question for those of you who switch between them often. My archtops all have fairly low action by acoustic standards....

How does your Atchtop play compared to SB?

My mid 1970s 2355 was pretty well built, but off just a little. Nothing I could not fix: Pots too high value, measured 1k-> new electronics installed Pickup off center -> re-drilled holes and...

Late 1970s Ibanez hollow-body quality?

Thanks everyone for the replies, they make for enjoyable reading! Nobody has talked me out of buying one though :highly_amused:. The local Gibson dealer here does have a couple in stock, so I...

Talk me out of buying a Gibson ES-335

any new cool chairs you recommend?

Portable chair for gigs?

I’m not sure if sitting in a chair like that would be comfortable for me over a long period

Outdoor Folding Guitar Player Chair?

My best looking guitar is this Trenier Jazz Special. Photos borrowed from the internet .

The best LOOKING guitar you own......

The official mad-at-JC thread

What is your primary reference for practicing improvisation?

6th Diminished - Thomas Echols

The best LOOKING guitar you own......

How did the greats learn how to play?

Presentation is more important than improvisation? - Hal Galper

Chord Shapes as a basis for Improv

One octave scales - VIDEO

Experimental/free etc music

Talk me out of buying a Gibson ES-335

... But does it Jazz ??

Tonex One vs. TC Combo Deluxe '65

Anyone tried a compensated nut?