The Builder's Bench

Left-Handed Non-Cut Carve?

My favorite show on youtube

T Monk altered sus 7 chords

Mandocello, Anyone?

Baritone tuning on standard classical guitar

Thing about Monk was his rhythm, virtually perfect, extraordinary. You should look at 6.00. Cigarette in one hand, handkerchief in the other, and he's still playing the piano :-) Terrific film.

T Monk altered sus 7 chords

I'm now at 45 years of studying jazz and still don't play at a pro level. I am starting to suspect that my lack of actual musical talent might be the issue.

POLL- Time it takes to learn pro level jazz improv?

T Monk altered sus 7 chords

That’s exactly why I’m remaking it :) I wanted to do a series of archtops that could have been vastly improved (in the publics eye) if not for one or two alterations. I was going to call it the...

Steve Holst - Jim Hall / D'Aquisto mini review part II

Player here, no building experience. I saw an Eastman non-cut 805 listed as a lefty. Other than the nut and saddle, what would make it left-handed? Are the two sides of the top carved differently?...

Left-Handed Non-Cut Carve?

This is a great thread.

Gustav Glassl rehabilitation

Yeah I'm a grown adult with job / kids ... have a group of friends since HS that I play music with but obviously don't have as much time as I used to. Regarding reading ... my main goals is that...

Is there a consensus on the best books for learning how to read?

Thanks everyone! A lot of great ideas in this thread!

Is there a consensus on the best books for learning how to read?

Oh dang. I didn’t think about that. Not a bad idea. Read them in third position. Go through again in fifth, etc.

Is there a consensus on the best books for learning how to read?

My recommendation is How to Play Bebop vol 2 by David Baker. It's a compendium of turnarounds in the key of C. So you build vocabulary while you develop some basic reading skills. After working my...

Is there a consensus on the best books for learning how to read?

Here's Howard Roberts sight reading book (out of print) that I posted in another thread: What is the best Scale System to use when reading music?

Is there a consensus on the best books for learning how to read?

Nothing when I reread it. I was really stuck in thinking only about music students.

POLL- Time it takes to learn pro level jazz improv?

Yes, I didn't mean to imply that he plays mostly 2 note chords, I'm just challenging myself to do it.

6th Diminished - Thomas Echols

Bought a guitar from Ric, and will vouch that his packing and shipping were very well done, and he was very conservative with the way he described the condition. When I got the guitar, it looked...

$1400 Shipped US Eastman Elite 16 Fully Hollow Archtop 2.25 inch body depth

This is a fun album: Gatemouth actually opened for my band once long ago in the Bay Area. Must have been filling in an off night. He rolled in about a half hour before the gig, killed it, and...

Take The A-Train by Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Roy Clark

The official mad-at-JC thread

6th Diminished - Thomas Echols

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

Experimental/free etc music

One octave scales - VIDEO

Talk me out of buying a Gibson ES-335

Tonex One vs. TC Combo Deluxe '65

Chord melody technique: do you keep a first finger bar position by default?

Anyone tried a compensated nut?

12 Hour Practice - Thoughts?

How does your Archtop play compared to solid body?

What Archtop Guitars have no binding?

Transcribing melodies vs solos