The Builder's Bench

Peripheral Gear, NWD

Is this an overlooked part of Metheny's sound?

"Natalia"

Power supply for busking

98 Tal Farlow Wine Red

I believe they are dimensionally the same. I feel a bit like Sherman and Peabody, having just used the Wayback Machine to go back in time, but by only two days in this case. Thanks, Wayback...

2008 Gibson L-4CES -carved spruce top, carved mahogany back -MINT

I also felt I wanted to protest this statement about being to use whichever top note as soon as I saw it. However I feel it can be sometimes helpful for the singer if you play the melody...

Learning to play with a singer

Wrong side of the pond and of my account balance (or something to that extent), sadly, but I'd sure love to hear some sound samples! How's the intonation with that straight saddle (looks like a...

1933-34 Gibson L-12 REDUCED $5500

[FONT=Book Antiqua] I think you might find some answers in Jeffrey J. Noonan's The Guitar in America: Victorian era to jazz age (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2008). He describes the...

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

Here's a version I recorded a couple of years ago. Some of the notes are incorrect. I'll try and get a new recording done once I've finished with Billie's Bounce. ...

Bebop heads - Scrapple From the Apple

no info on speakers but info on the Left and Right feeds afaik he used to slightly different delays (not pitch changes) very small delays something of the order of 7ms and 14 ms

Is this an overlooked part of Metheny's sound?

Power source for busking

Power supply for busking

The same for me. Yes was a big influence on my budding musicianship, and wide musical interests. Saw them in ‘75 and ‘76. One of the great things about their music is how positive their music is.

Most influential prog rock band

Yup..... finding more of 'em now! Waiting with baited breath for a reply from Peeless now ... hahaha ?

Help me date my Peerless Jazz City please

You sure about all that? :P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ3BRBIRJV8

Learning to play with a singer

Neither my knowledge of electronics nor my ability to describe the little that I know in English is good enough to make a contribution on the level of most previous contributors – But I know that...

A little help explaining shielding with archtop guitars?

How dare you accuse me of advocating "blues scale lines." But the hour grows late. I am weary.

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

What kind of blues are you talking about, though? For straight ahead blues, sure the key center thing can work fine, blues scale, sliding blues scale, a substitute blues scale here and there. But,...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

I might have mentioned this before - here is a really good Truefire course - 10 Principles of Jazz Accompaniment - Martin Taylor - Guitar Lessons - TrueFire 10 Principles of Jazz Accompaniment...

Learning to play with a singer

Yes. Thats the prog rock of prog rock bands for me. I saw them on their Close To The Edge Tour. Great. Never got with Genesis. Floyd was never Prog Rock to me ELP I liked. If you took the skits away...

Most influential prog rock band

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

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

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

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

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

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

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band

Just a Gigolo C7 Bb7 A7