The Builder's Bench

Elias Prinz -- young talent from Munich

Lucy’s Jazz Guitar Gretsch G5420 an Projects

Emily Remler

The Guild Surfliner ... So much to like for so...

PSA - New Borys B165 available

Hi Jimmy, Thanks so much for replying and that's very generous of you sir. Thanks so much! I'll send you my email address via PM too. Thanks again! Pete

Mike Stern solo transcription - Moment's Notice

Occasionally Mick :) depends what kinda mood I’m in. Always nice for a lil bit of a shimmer with the heavier guage flat wounds compared to the much lighter strings on my strat n les Paul.

Lucy’s Jazz Guitar Gretsch G5420 an Projects

https://youtu.be/3YnXUg3cIdI?si=mabnVW9rj33c28KO My favorite version of one of my all time favorite tunes, her first phrase of the ad-lib set a new standard, at least for me, in terms of melodic...

Emily Remler

I'm a longtime fan of her elegant playing and I learned some things I still use from her Hot Licks instructional videos. Her playing was joyful but her lifestory is sad.

Emily Remler

We've mostly worked restaurants without vocals, playing quietly enough that diners can converse. When we've had the vocalist, she brings a very small unit which is loud enough for that situation. ...

Stage setups for larger venues

The key is to apply it. Take this II-V-I example in Bb: On the II chord play 8-x-8-8-8-x (Cm7), then on the V go from 8-x-7-8-7-x (Co = rootless F7/b9) to 7-x-7-8-6-x (F7/b5 with the b5 in the...

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

...raise any note in a diminished chord and it evolves into a minor 6 chord C Eb Gb A so C E Gb/F# A - Ami6 / D9 / Ab7#5b9 (NR) / Gbmi7b5...and if you ask Ted Greene or Ben Monder there...

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

As an experiment, I did this with some small, thin nylon washers on my Gibson ES-175. The pickup rings are now about .01" above the top, about the thickness of a skinny high E string. You have to...

Nylon Washers under Mounted Pickup Rings

But it seems like you were working on a lot of different things at the same time so if at least something sticks in your brain 1.5 pages per month is OK :) My big advantage was that I had already...

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

I am a fan of Emily Remler. I have a couple of her recordings and her video lessons. I find her playing inspirational.

Emily Remler

Loud enough for anything isn’t a good priority for me. I mean, a Marshall stack is also loud enough for anything. You get my drift? How many of your gigs need a full PA? For me personally, we...

Stage setups for larger venues

It was. I'm just being difficult. I feel I should note here that Alan's book is of course, excellent. My brain is not special in anyway, so I'm on like ... page seven or something after about four...

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

My brain is big and quick but I thought it was clear that I learned the sixth/seventh and diminished scales from Alan's book (and from Chris Parks channel, too, I discovered both in late 2019) and...

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

Wow this thread has really become a lightning rod for my sarcasm today. Apologies to the innocent bystanders.

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

I have this problem too sometimes. Where I buy a book and then realize that my brain is so big I don’t need it after all.

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

Analyzing

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

No more Gibson archtops ?

Groove comes and goes

Developing your own style/sound

Stage setups for larger venues

Thumb pain

On Wes and improvisation (Octaves content)

Help me find Rattle on archtop

The Notated Lick Compendium.