The Builder's Bench

Pete Bernstein playing straight

Making A Laminate Jazz Guitar: Episode 1: Buying...

Henriksen Bud sounding killer

Armrest (or other solutions) for archtop with...

New ways to practice scales/making music out of...

From what I saw in the video, looks like a tele body and stratish headstock? Any ideas on PUs? He sounds awesome on anything he lays his hands on, one of my favorite players.

Henriksen Bud sounding killer

I think this is the reason guitars are a bad investment. There is the idea of buying a bargain, maybe cleaning it up and flipping it for a profit. But that is really a business, not a passive...

Buying guitars as an investment

Discogs has some info on Morte Goode: Just a moment...

Oscar Pettiford - Edge of Love

Holy grail nano reverb. I’ve heard Ed is picky about reverb and usually brings this along or his 90s Alesis nanoverb. I don’t blame him I really dislike the reverb on the henriksen. Too much slap...

Henriksen Bud sounding killer

That is smoking tone and nice phrasing, Ed is certainly top notch and I like that I believe he works very intuitively. In other words, he plays his ears and worry's less about things that get the...

Henriksen Bud sounding killer

That sounds killer. This is also a great clip, but with an archtop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxkxHS9EyIs&pp=ygUTZWQgY2hlcnJ5IGhlbnJpa3Nlbg%3D%3D

Henriksen Bud sounding killer

Thing is, I don't think it's even possible to respond to what you're hearing at such a tempo, which means you're relying purely on rote memory and your playing is by definition mechanical. So my...

Countdown – Any way to simplify it?

Branding, apart from Yamaha, Tokai and Ibanez, hasn't been a Japanese forte. Just thinking of the variety brands ES-175 clones from Nippon were marketed under. A multiple of the factories that made...

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

Ed Cherry is a wonderful player. It looks like he's got a box of some kind on top of the Henriksen .. any idea what that is?

Henriksen Bud sounding killer

Would be a good thing to see the same guitar under another brand name for a more realistic price.

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

Greetings, It sounds like you've been focusing more on the mechanics of playing than how to apply them. You should be able to play phrases you hear in your head, the fact that you can transcribe...

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

I'm just back from the Helsinki Tonefest guitar show with a carload of stuff. Those bags and boxes contain 17 Toob and Metro cabs, six amps, stands, cables, a rollup & everything else. The times are...

A sign of the times - they can’t give this away…

Some great Sax playing too. The whole band is top notch. :encouragement:

Pete Bernstein playing straight

There's wheels under it, no? Oh wait, you were quoting prices in € so you were in the real/original Dublin. Well ... doesn't it float (or only on rivers)? shreddin' Why is your piano on stilts,...

A sign of the times - they can’t give this away…

I was thinking it would be closer to an old book of John Mayer transcriptions

Chord melody problem

What not to do on a gig

Buying guitars as an investment

naming chords?

Chord melody problem

Bebop Technique

Would like some advice on improving reading from Real Book

Show Off Your Main Squeeze! Post a pic of the guitar you consider “the One.”

notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

What's The Answer?

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

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

What is the best Scale System to use when reading music?

Recording my acoustic updated with version with IRs.