The Builder's Bench

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band

An interview with Henry Robinett

Artur Lang Super early to mid 1960s

1960? Guild Starfire at Goodwill

500 Miles High

I find that sort of thjng hard to do on Musescore. Perhaps it’s a skills issue. I just end up posting a million screenshots into word which is LAME Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bebop Technique

Reading the list of those on the notice that comes with NSAIDs really gives me pause, esp. the increased risk of developing cataracts. Plus they interact with SSRIs and that's usually not mentioned.

Playing guitar with a broken clavicle

Every bowed instrument that gets played will need a fingerboard replacement at some point (and hopefully "much" more frequent reshaping of that part). I'm not aware that tailpieces wear out but I...

Pitfalls of a vintage archtop

Why would that change the amplified sound of an e-guitar - assuming we're talking about a solid-body? All I can really think of that might be different is the break angle behind the saddle.

Rosewood vs Maple fretboard head to head - There's a difference

:D You might have actually pushed her buttons if you had said something like Then why do I hear a crackling noise whenever I get close to a radio or my guitar amp?! (As a teen I was once asked...

Cheaper and perhaps better alternative to Dynarette cushion?

I have never understood why people would voluntarily use ugly imitations of handwritten notation. Probably they think jazz notation has to look like that because of the handwritten notation in the...

Bebop Technique

Unscrew them, put candle wax on the screw threads, then tighten them.

Seeking advice - New used archtop purchased

Well the natural extension of that would be less metronome, e.g. what Romain was doing. Miles Okazaki does this thing where he’ll play a bebop tune with the metronome clicking only on the third...

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

Peter? Hello? Yeah my secret? Never use jazz font. It’s just finale. I’ve gotten pretty good at the spacing and stuff over time. Not sure beyond that.

Bebop Technique

You're fine to share it. Just pretend you're a library.

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

You feel my pain! I will post how the in-ears work in the next couple of weeks

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band

I am not Peter, but this looks simply like the Finale Maestro music font plus Times New Roman for the text.

Bebop Technique

Sit next to the horns, not behind them. Don’t be too far away. Position yourself between the drums and the horns. Point the amp towards the horns, they need to hear you more than the audience. If...

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band

General comping vocab - check out Randy Vincent’s ‘the Guitarists Introduction to Jazz.’ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

How do you make up your worksheets Peter? They look nice. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bebop Technique

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 1) - Blue Monk in minor

Rosewood vs Maple fretboard head to head - There's a difference

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

Itching for a Fender, which one?

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

Please Recommend Me Some Beginner Solos/Heads to Learn

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 2) - Misterioso