The Builder's Bench

"Natalia"

Power supply for busking

98 Tal Farlow Wine Red

Eastman 805 from 2005......$1,400

Jerry Lee Lewis - Trouble in Mind

Just ranting. On hollowbodies I think the common practice with humbuckers is to use shielded cable where possible and to ground the strings through the tail piece. In case of unshielded single...

A little help explaining shielding with archtop guitars?

That's because you trained it with itself. Intellectual incest.

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

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Evans RE200 uk sale £550

You’d think, but it keeps lying to me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

OP, You have not provided sufficient background information to answer your question. In addition to the incomplete serial number (which would help answer your question), you did not say how long...

Help me date my Peerless Jazz City please

A common enough thought, mainly that arose on eBay to prevent scam lookalike auctions. I'm not sure how much difference it makes- it's not personal information that can be used in identity theft,...

Help me date my Peerless Jazz City please

This is a trivial question to me, as I said earlier, "I am not one to collect things, the idea of owning a lot of things I will seldom if ever use seems irrational to me, so my personal bias may be...

2008 Gibson L-4CES -carved spruce top, carved mahogany back -MINT

No reason....other than an understanding that it was best practice not to divulge serials online! Sent from my KFTRWI using Tapatalk

Help me date my Peerless Jazz City please

You mean strum i or use to play lines? More or less, yes.

New Guitar Build (2 more months) Erich Solomon 8 string acoustic

Thanks everyone for sharing their insights on this seminal form. Super helpful. FWIW, two books I have found useful are "The Rhythm Changes Guide," by Lukas Gabric, and Herb Ellis' "Rhythm...

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

Is there a reason why you're not providing us with the full serial number? Also, none of your pictures show the serial number. Perhaps this additional information might help with the dating. Lovely...

Help me date my Peerless Jazz City please

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"Natalia"

There are at least three thumbpick options that can function as a flat pick: the Fred Kelly Bumblebee (which comes in several variations), the Herco and the Black Mountain. I have the Fred Kelly ones...

New Guitar Build (2 more months) Erich Solomon 8 string acoustic

Hey! I have a Roland Cube-10GX and I've been looking at power supplys for going busking with it. I've got about ~€250 to spend and I'm wondering if the power station linked below would be suitable to...

Power supply for busking

Can you really use that pick as a thumb and flat pick?

New Guitar Build (2 more months) Erich Solomon 8 string acoustic

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

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

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 3) - Straight No Chaser

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

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

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band

Just a Gigolo C7 Bb7 A7