The Builder's Bench

Getting hung up on rhythms when transcribing

band in a box tabs..

Now if only it had built in reverb...

Nows the time improv

Getting Transcriptions Wrong

I was talking about function, sorry. not sure when i'll learn no one wants to hear my 2 cents from the peanut gallery

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

still available :)

2009 Trenier Magnolia Classic $5900

I went to the venue and heard another band there. Quartet. Good band. Guitar, vibes, drums, bass. No vocals. Soul jazz. Song For My Father, Cantaloupe Island, like that. Guitarist used what...

Stage setups for larger venues

Just to reiterate, the distance from the top to the strings is not a meaningful measurement. It's not telling you anything about how a guitar plays. The measures that matter are height of the...

Epiphone Zephyr Regent

Thanks for the interest. I can ship it although it may be pricey . Cheers

Eastman T146SM

I don't write out transcriptions either. Everything is easier to learn the second time, or 3rd.... or the 100th if it's the dang bridge to Caravan. If I've learned 200 songs, 150 of them are the...

Getting hung up on rhythms when transcribing

Were you on the right side of the pond, this lovely guitar would already be mine !

Eastman T146SM

Ha ha ! Sorry, no tube, not good !

Now if only it had built in reverb...

It looks to me as if the neck angle may be the primary cause of the bridge height, along with the installed height. It certainly shouldn't need a reset, ever. I don't really see a problem with the...

Epiphone Zephyr Regent

Dear jazzers, You're too kind with your comments. Thanks for that. I am very glad if my playing is moving you. I feel honored, but I also know who I am and who I am not. I like to take for...

Slaman Super 400 with CC pickup

this is one of my total favourites - both this rhythm head and the whole glorious album I hope it's not just me.... (it's a recognised classic - yes?) I hope so. this is years before he made...

Summer of Rhythm … Changes?

Joe Pass had a huge impact on my approach to learning to improvise when - somewhere in his well known video - he recommends that you try to play straight eighths through the changes. the good bit...

Nows the time improv

The ES-335 in general has a more pronounced midrange quality to it. I’m not sure how much is the actual design vs. the variation in woods used throughout various productions. But like all guitars...

Like-New Gibson ES-335s

I did do a video, inevitably https://youtu.be/bAAWlzeKGRU?si=M4x2rDdxWC29Deo0

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

i don't know. I try to use as few BIAB features as possible. It's a pretty horrible program with a 1980s style interface. I've never used their guitar tab feature

Anyone else use Genius Jamtracks?

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

The New Campellone fall batch

Stage setups for larger venues

Thumb pain

Developing your own style/sound

Emily Remler

Rediscovering my lost passion for guitar

The Notated Lick Compendium.

Shape of jazz to come/that's here

Starting a phrase late