The Builder's Bench

Epiphone Emperor Regent serial number registry

Hofner John Stowell model

Is this the wiring diagram I should use for my...

Chord melody problem

It Could Happen to You at a recent gig

If you do session work, even at a very basic pro level you can easily need 20-30 guitars. And if you are a name player, you do need to get into vintage territory for the authenticity of sound, so...

Death of USA made guitars

Sorry, I'll have to correct your statement, Allan Holdsworth played guitar long before learning the violin. Allan Holdsworth started learning Violin in Manchester in the 1960's, when he was...

Bebop Technique

I learned "Stablemates" yesterday and recorded a version of it today, so I decided to revive this old JGBE thread from the pandemic period and post my clip. Now I understand why there were so...

JGBE Virtual Jam (Round 83) - Stablemates

I'm starting this thread so we can collect and register as many of the Korean made Epiphone Emperor Regents as possible, I will start with the two I own: ROOF0712 NA made at Peerless, June 2000...

Epiphone Emperor Regent serial number registry

Im a old tube guy, when a tube amp gets hot the whole amp gets hot. As many know you can actually warm a room with a tube amp. So that means everything in the amp is hot, caps resistors wires etc so...

Tube Amps Need 30 min Warm-up? - Fact or Fiction

Thank you, sir. Mostly just guitar and amp, but I have the tiniest bit of tremolo and the tiniest bit of some of the oddball Strymon tape delay stuff on it.

It Could Happen to You at a recent gig

Ragman, is this a good time to remind you that you did post your own take for contrast, so this opinion will be taken for precisely what it is?

Chord melody problem

Which jazz guitar store?

Buying guitars as an investment

All right, personal view. I don't think he's very good. And I think he murdered a really nice ballad. Take it or leave it. If you don't agree you don't agree, that's fine. Go and buy all his records...

Chord melody problem

Wasn't it you that stated: I don't think he's very good. This is Misty? Poor man's murdering it. That doesn't sound like just a personal preference.

Chord melody problem

On the cassette (and CD I suppose) Joe plays all the examples from the book: Joe Pass - On Guitar (book/CD) - OR - Guitar Style -

Joe Pass Guitar Style

Isn't there an engineers quote "don't make what you can buy"? I agree with your thoughts and understand your operating position. If I start trying to build my own tuners, please give me a good...

Guitar Scanning, CAD, Forma's, Veneers, Vacuum Pressing.

Just saw this thread... a pdf copy of the Joe Pass Guitar Style book can be found online for free (like most things these days), e.g., at Scribd. I have a pdf, the printed book, and the cassette...

Joe Pass - On Guitar (book/CD) - OR - Guitar Style -

I have a pair of Sadowsky — a long scale semi-hollow I got used and a FV model I bought new. I also have owned 7 Eastman’s at various price points and currently still have 2 — a Romeo and a T64....

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

Even at the brighter tempo Hawk took it at, it's still a long tune...2 choruses, 3 minutes. You throw in two heads, maybe a piano solo...that's a damn long foxtrot. Hawk cut to the chase and got...

Chord melody problem

What not to do on a gig

Buying guitars as an investment

naming chords?

Would like some advice on improving reading from Real Book

Bebop Technique

Chord melody problem

Favorite jazz musician pairings?

notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

What's The Answer?

Younger guitarists are discovering the joys of having a jazz box. Good!

Another way to look at the fingerboard

how to fix string alignment

Modified Gibson Johnny Smith