The Builder's Bench

Joe Yanuziello Electric

Quilter Toneblock 202

Quilter 101 mini-head

Help me make a decision: semi-hollow or small...

Recording my acoustic ... Have I succeeded in...

I gathered that he orients them by the two bottom strings, you can see that he has Root/3rd/5th/7th mapped out on them. Joe Pass for one, used that approach. Of course you'll also need to know...

Another way to look at the fingerboard

You know, there's someone here who is expressly focused on opening the real book and playing chord melody from the page. I can't remember who, but I bet they have a good grasp on what tunes work for...

Solo Performance good tunes

Electric - $5,300 Yanuziello Stringed Instruments Electric

Joe Yanuziello Electric

I already knew names of the notes when I came up with this thing. Yes, I wanted to be better at visualizing the neck, so I came up with this and other methods to help me to do that. I already...

Another way to look at the fingerboard

Solo guitar tune #1 - Days of Wine and Roses Solo Guitar Tune #2 - Here's That Rainy Day Solo Guitar Tune #3 - Tenderly Solo Guitar Tune #4: The Shadow of Your Smile Solo Guitar Tune #5 -...

Solo Performance good tunes

Learning and analyzing half of Donna Lee has markedly improved my playing. I'm going to try and keep this up with the other Parker heads, especially the contrafacts to tunes I already play, like...

Bebop Technique

I have a single pickup Kingpin that I bought in 2008. I still play it often... I think the Godin's are definitely worth a look.

First Jazz Box - Epiphone JP Emperor II Pro or D’Angelico Excel EXL-1

Ditto on all points. I was very happy with mine (which is still in the family).

First Jazz Box - Epiphone JP Emperor II Pro or D’Angelico Excel EXL-1

I had a Kingpin also. 2 in fact. Love those guitars--excellent ergonomics, and very well made. That would certainly be a good choice for a first jazzbox, in fact I'd recommend it over the Epi JP. ...

First Jazz Box - Epiphone JP Emperor II Pro or D’Angelico Excel EXL-1

Maybe my hearing loss is really bad, or maybe the tinnitus covers it up, but I can't really hear much piezo quack at all. Very nice sound to my ears. The Fishman Artist btw has an adjustable...

Recording my acoustic ... Have I succeeded in overcoming "The Dreaded Piezo...

Christian, you spoke of cumbersome fingerings, and later played a clip of Adam Rogers playing. Is he not using the "cumbersome fingerings" you advised against? P.S. - I'm not asking the...

Bebop Technique

I agree. That's why the Bill Evans/Jim Hall pairing is so effective. Or Jim Hall/Red Mitchell. It's a real conversation going on. The last album by Pharoah Sanders with Floating Points (Sam...

Favorite jazz musician pairings?

Well, all of this of course is subjective. The strings that came on my ES-175 turn out to be John Pearse Jazz 11s. I really like them and will continue to use them, although I may experiment with my...

Gibson ES-175 - Strings choice only (exit poll)

I recently played an Epi 335, the basic model. I was really quite impressed. It has some of the typical epiphone things like a thick finish and it felt a touch overbuilt but the basic design was...

Do you regret buying an Epiphone?

That L-7 might be the first time I've seen Vignola playing a vintage guitar.

Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, an ongoing concert and livestream series

What not to do on a gig

naming chords?

Buying guitars as an investment

Would like some advice on improving reading from Real Book

Favorite jazz musician pairings?

notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

What's The Answer?

Any other bakers on here?

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

how to fix string alignment

Ed Bickert's gig bag

I'm now fluent in every key

Modified Gibson Johnny Smith