The Builder's Bench

Cheap floating humbuckers

1988 Benedetto Fratello Honey Blonde

Henriksen Blu 6 w/ gig bag

Bill Moll John Pizzarelli Signature

Question about All of Me / Ella Fitzgerald version

Ahhh..Ben Monder .. he does hear something very different

Shape of jazz to come/that's here

https://youtu.be/HujpKF9a8yw?si=tnFgctx0GCyeHngX I stumbled upon Joe Pass talking about it a few nights ago, at around 12:45: “You have a choice. You could either buy a book, clarinet or violin...

Scale/arpeggio/exercise books like this one for clarinet?

So as the fact checkers say on the podcasts, I was "directionally right". :pride:

Question about All of Me / Ella Fitzgerald version

I just transcribed Basie's intro to Lester Leaps In as Bb | Db dim | Cm7 | F7. But I believe Basie plays an A on the Db dim chord, so I changed it to Bb | A7 | Cm7 | F7. So although I'm not...

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

What else would you do but interact? Playing together is a sort of communication. For me it is something that happens on an intuitive subconscious level, e.g. reacting to and interacting with a...

Starting a phrase late

At about 1:42 the band modulates up a half step. From about 1:44, you can just kind of sing the chorus and bridge along with her scatting, and you'll see that the band is basically just playing the...

Question about All of Me / Ella Fitzgerald version

Surely they can put it back after taking it off. Though honestly businesses should really disclose when they're selling you demo gear, and discount it while they're at it. It's crazy that guitar...

The New Ibanez Pat Metheny PM3C Model

If anyone has any humbucking floaters sitting in a drawer that they have been thinking about parting with please reach out! Thanks all!

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Peerless Monarch 17 Lefty Archtop Guitar w case #7020 — Guitars 'n Jazz

Is Peerless still in business?

That's a great article. Thanks Paul.

The Unwritten Theory of Guitar Harmolodics

Sounds like they had a lot of fun.

Emily Remler

Yes I'm not seeing any pictures.

Benedetto custom Limoncello "Ben-Bino"

Yeah, what about past current forward looking stuff? This was my introduction to jazz and favorite record. Even after fifty+ years, it still sounds timeless to me.

Shape of jazz to come/that's here

Added pics

1988 Benedetto Fratello Honey Blonde

Your theory points to an interesting case of clairvoyance by N. Riddle: The recording sessions resulting in this and another album were finished on April 10, 1962. The first Bond movie "Dr....

Question about All of Me / Ella Fitzgerald version

Analyzing

For those who went to music school, was it worth it?

Analysing jazz vocabulary

What beats an L5?

Came up with an epic tip for improv

No more Gibson archtops ?

Groove comes and goes

Developing your own style/sound

Stage setups for larger venues

Thumb pain

On Wes and improvisation (Octaves content)

Help me find Rattle on archtop

Shape of jazz to come/that's here