The Builder's Bench

Variation 1 - Chick Corea / Herbie Hancock style...

Flying with guitar

Anything that speaks against stainless steel...

A nice blond and Mickey Rooney on drums

Ibanez AG95 / Fender Mustang GTX Metallic Sound

The cutaway on that beautiful Sweet 16 is more the shape of what you see on a 335 - a tighter bend than the average L5 style cutaway, so I can see where it could a problem doing it with solid wood (I...

Circling back: Heritage Sweet 16 incoming

File under the old “spice of life” adage:)

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

They are the same.

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

I retrieved my vintage Gibson that I loaned to a friend for several years in Minnesota. While I visited there last summer, I packed it in the original case with cashmere fabric to completely cushion...

Flying with guitar

In a word, "no". The suggestions offered thus far all depend on airline employees breaking or bending the rules. Currently, the carry-on size limit for most domestic airlines is 22 x 14 x 9 inches. A...

Flying with guitar

It is a 17” I’m driving to pick it up!

Flying with guitar

So here it is a special thanks to Big Mike.

Incoming or better going to get

I had loaned out a copy of a Gruhn book, got it back, and it confirms my internet browsing conclusions. 'Trapezoid' inlays & neck binding were used 1950-1956, unbound with dot from 1946-1949. I...

L-5, L-50, ES-150 questions

As a general rule of thumb composers have become more strict in writing down what they wanted rather than expecting performers to share the same conventions re: execution. Not just w.r.t. what the...

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

I was just being tongue in cheek. Still — Christian would know more about this, but conventions generally spring up for a purpose and figured bass was less capable of fully representing what a...

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Convention you mean? Can't see I've seen many of his autographs but use of figured notation had been out of vogue in classical music for some time already during his life...

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

In monk transcriptions, you’ll often see an instruction at the beginning like “symbols are for solos only, during head Monk plays open fifths in left hand and clusters in right” … sometimes clarity...

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Yeah — I mean, they are different. In practice a quartal will be what a guitarist plays for a 7sus chord, but as you mention about the fifth, they aren’t the same thing. Agree about the symbols...

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Cabin crew can usually find a safe spot in their own quarters (or who knows, in a toilet that's out of commision). Maybe discuss this with the cabin crew on your inbound flight, supposing you're...

Flying with guitar

Amen, Brother Vinny! And thank you for that! I know you're one of the true believers! When I pick up that guitar I feel pretty blessed!

Campellone PSA

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.

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

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

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

Campellone PSA

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 3) - Straight No Chaser

Learning to play with a singer

How bad is this?

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

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

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band