The Builder's Bench

Wright SoloEtte Travel Guitar

1979 L5 CES - Sweden ~$7k

A duet piece for guitar and cello

Replacement Speaker [newbie advice please)

Anyone else use Genius Jamtracks?

Makes it look like a Hendrix strat without all the controls and tremolo stuff being in the way.

It’s coming…

and I took them sailing in my boat in seattle in 1990 or maybe 89 she was new to sailing and had agreat time had a very new york sense of humor she picked op an old guitar I kept on the boat while we...

Emily Remler

That guitar was made the year I was born. I, too, came from New York - born in Queens. So I guess I must be "vintage" too. shreddin' Anyway, nice looking guitar, in better shape than I am, but...

1953 es-175

I can't believe Roli's TF and Jack's L-4 were not instantly scooped up. Both superb Gibby's at a smoking good price. And this is JGF where jazz guitars are the main focus here. I can only blame...

2013 Gibson Custom Crimson Tal Farlow Archtop Guitar VSB

Yes cool... generally licks have targets. Like in Guy's 1st lick. D to G to E. At least that's how sounded when I see it on paper. Obviously articulation can change Targets. Anyway my point is...

The Notated Lick Compendium.

+1 on that.

Slaman Super 400 with CC pickup

Analysis or just playing and trial and error both work. The important thing is.... They both create standard References for playing tunes. We as jazz players hear and understand what another player...

Analyzing

Don't overthink it buy the highest wattage you can afford. You might want to add a tweeter. I don't use this one now that I got a Fishman LoudBox mini. It was a Sidekick Bass 65, new box with...

Replacement Speaker [newbie advice please)

The ebony board is brighter. The rosewood board is warmer and woodier. Can't go wrong with either but I do generally like ebony. @herbie the only thing clunkier about the Sheraton is the archtop...

Like-New Gibson ES-335s

"PNP connections"? Like a transistor? That's probably not what you mean. What is a "PNP connection"?

It’s coming…

I owned both a 335 and 345 recent 2022,2023 models. Both were excellent thinlines, and a great representation of the lineage of semi hollow originals. I really liked the T Top pickups as well. I...

Like-New Gibson ES-335s

Just to give an example: my teacher asked my if I'd hurt my left hand yesterday: there's hematoma-like spot over the centre of the back of my hand, right over where the big veins converge. I'd...

Thumb pain

2b, I totally agree. Fred has a gift in that his playing is not over done, which is what makes it so easy to listen to. It probably mirrors his personality. I can honestly say, every one of his...

Slaman Super 400 with CC pickup

This may interest some here. The auction ends tonight and bidding is low now. It looks like it's in good condition, used instruments usually sell for at least 4 times the current bid. Wright...

Wright SoloEtte Travel Guitar

That lick implies altered chords though: Dm7b5 > G7b9. Scale wise, D/F/Ab/B diminished or other scales such as C harmonic minor or Major, Ab melodic minor, et. al. depending on the alterations you...

The Notated Lick Compendium.

For those who went to music school, was it worth it?

Analysing jazz vocabulary

What beats an L5?

Came up with an epic tip for improv

Thumb pain

Developing your own style/sound

The New Campellone fall batch

Stage setups for larger venues

Rediscovering my lost passion for guitar

Emily Remler

Shape of jazz to come/that's here

The Notated Lick Compendium.

Starting a phrase late