The Builder's Bench

Eastman AR371 [Australia]

metronome: 2 and 4 vs. 1 and 3

Bobby's keys to happiness

1990 Ibanez PM-120 with pickguard, hard shell case

Take The A-Train by Clarence Gatemouth Brown and...

The way it was advised to me was Do the right thing. Then do it right. I consider happiness a gift - to receive thankfully and live within while it lasts.

Bobby's keys to happiness

Yes, I think that debating Mr. Stitt's theoretical approach to improvisation is unproductive. I already know how to outline the changes, doing more of it will not help me become a better...

What is your primary reference for practicing improvisation?

I noticed his main guitar also has two string trees and possibly different tuners. His signature model has vintage split post tuners, but it looks like his strings aren’t clipped here. I was under...

Mike Stern Yamaha Guitars

The tempo may or may not change, one can change the time signature without changing the tempo just as one can do the reverse. The duration of a note does not change when the tempo changes,...

Metric modulation question

Me and my buddy the bot: Is The Stranger by Camus nihilistic? ChatGPT said: Albert Camus's The Stranger is often considered existentialist rather than nihilistic, though it engages with...

Bobby's keys to happiness

Context, Bobby dearest. He envisioned his life's work being an illustration and then refutation of nihilism and meaninglessness as a way of being in the world. Sisyphus was part of the...

Bobby's keys to happiness

That story is extremely nihilistic. Did you not read it? Lol! It's about it doesn't matter either way if he murders someone for no reason and then ultimately goes to the guillotine!

Bobby's keys to happiness

didn’t love the stranger. Liked it but didn’t love it. And Camus isn’t nihilistic. He gets lumped in with all the existentialists because he was French and smoked cigarettes in a lot of black and...

Bobby's keys to happiness

What pickup does Mike have in his main Yamaha? I noticed it’s black and not zebra like on his signature model. Is it just a black SD 59?

Mike Stern Yamaha Guitars

Advancing age and infirmity mean a thinning of the herd and so I am hoping to sell my Eastman AR371, never-gigged, case-queen. Eastman specs as follows: Body Dimensions: 16" X 3 9/32" Cutaway:...

Eastman AR371 [Australia]

It's brilliant for sure, and absolutely beautiful in spots.

Bobby's keys to happiness

Great for practicing tango I imagine? I can't play swing of any kind with metronome on 1 and 3. So awkward. I don't think Jonathan Stout meant that :) However funk 16th rhythms are perfect....

metronome: 2 and 4 vs. 1 and 3

I liked The Stranger by Camus. I read it senior year back in the 00s. I had known of The Cure song 'killing an arab' 1st but didn't know it was from a book. Then when I read the book I came to the...

Bobby's keys to happiness

I liked this book.

Bobby's keys to happiness

No, happiness are the golf balls, marbles are work and sand is all the bullshit. You need to put the golf ball’s in the jar first otherwise you’ll fill up on work and bullshit and the happiness...

Bobby's keys to happiness

What is your primary reference for practicing improvisation?

How did the greats learn how to play?

Presentation is more important than improvisation? - Hal Galper

Chord Shapes as a basis for Improv

how old are we

One octave scales - VIDEO

Reverb pedals?

... But does it Jazz ??

Solo Guitar Albums - one guitar only

Guitar Duo Albums (guitar+ any other instrument)

Unhappy with sound after installing benedetto ebony bridge

Anyone use a thumb pick for jazz?

Bobby's keys to happiness