The Builder's Bench

Further dialing in the Ibanez AF95 ... I do like...

Hello from Chicago from big Mike

Heritage Johnny Smith incoming

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 5) - Mr PC

1946-48 Gibson ES-125

Very nice Lawson! I bought a 65 Fender Princeton Reissue a few months back and preferred the bass characteristics to those of my Vox AC15C1. The Vox has an overall warmer sound though. It was a...

Time After Time - Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold - Tune #2

Arrived in good shape. It's a late 1991, so it is an early one. The Kent Armstrong pickup is hotter than the standard Heritage Floating #3. It's light at 5# 8 oz. It's a keeper. It plays...

Heritage Johnny Smith incoming

God bless Big guy ! Can’t keep a good man down. :smile-new:

Hello from Chicago from big Mike

as a side issue are you loving your Borys ? is it a B120 ? If i ever had that kind of money I’d like a B120 one day

1946-48 Gibson ES-125

'Bout sums it up.

Heritage Johnny Smith incoming

im interested how you set the pre and post eqs would you share your settings ? not exact , just a rough idea really

Pleasantly surprised at the Katana 50 for a clean jazz tone

This isn’t figured bass. Thats an antiquated system I avoided in first year music school. And power chords are not chords. I always taught them as a guitar player bastardization. But 1-5 is a...

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

All masked up, ready for finish work -

L-5 Repair by Mark Campellone

I vote for ending #3, it's very timely. :drum:

Time After Time - Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold - Tune #2

Thanks Archie, that means a lot. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

1946-48 Gibson ES-125

So I've now played out with the AF95DA three times with good and improving results. I've done a lot of playing at home and some experimental recording. I've also done some simple adjustments. ...

Further dialing in the Ibanez AF95 ... I do like this guitar (06/22/2024)

Could you hand-make a pick from several tens of dollars, I'm sure those would scratch somebody's itch? :cool:

Reverb.com ad of the day

The seller is a stand up gentleman, who I have had the pleasure of meeting in person. I would have no hesitation in doing business with him, which I have in the past.

1946-48 Gibson ES-125

I can look at it multiple ways. If it had the external speaker jack and they fixed the line out issues I'd sell my fractal and gain a couple thou$and! Apparently the artist model has both features...

Pleasantly surprised at the Katana 50 for a clean jazz tone

I'm a big fan of Guild AAs. The Benedetto builds were great guitars too. I'm not sure why the finish was so thick, but the rest of it was wonderful. A mirror exam showed perfect workmanship too. ...

Heritage Johnny Smith incoming

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

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

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

Time After Time - Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold - Tune #2

Campellone PSA

L-5 Repair by Mark Campellone

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

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

How bad is this?

Learning to play with a singer

I don't know how to go about learning jazz anymore

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

AI music, yikes, it's improving fast