The Builder's Bench

Mosaic Select's great remastering of Johnny Smith...

Big band music alive and well in Japan

Ben Monder talks Emily

Family Reunited After 33 Years.

Is this a counterfeit L4 CES?

It has in many respects—not a good thing. I get it—you like your Chinese guitars. That's fine. And when China becomes too expensive, production will be moved to a poorer country and the cycle...

Death of USA made guitars

Don't try to book your band while you're working one of JazzIsGood's gigs.

What not to do on a gig

Around little old Portland, Maine we have a few: Portland Jazz Orchestra (which I play bass in) has about four books, with everything from originals -- six people write for the band -- to the...

Big band music alive and well in Japan

The worst

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

Haha go play in a big band then. You'll be begging for ambiguity after two hours of reading charts where the arranger has put the horn arrangement in the chord symbols (pro tip - ignore that stuff.)...

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

Thanks Joe. Unfortunately, i need to get a pickguard put on it to play it. Otherwise, it puts my pick at a weird angle and I have a problem with accuracy on the bottom strings. But just as important...

Ibanez PM-120 sound check

I can't play the piano, I don't have the brain for it, I can't coordinate the two hands at all. But my mother was, or used to be, a concert pianist before the war. And, of course, there are all...

May 2024 - Goodbye

That was wonderful. Thank you

Mosaic Select's great remastering of Johnny Smith playing Johnny Richards' Piece

In jazz, all chord symbols are ambiguous. That's one of the things I love about playing jazz. In jazz, chord symbols are more of a guideline for what you could play, but you can ignore it and...

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

Ref my post #14. I shall be slacking 2 screws on my tailpiece and see if the strings pull the tailpiece into line. I'll probably loosen the strings a bit first.

how to fix string alignment

just found this from an earlier forum post - thought id repost it here in case it helps someone else too. it seems the issue is not unheard of with Eastman guitars. (no-one is a bigger Eastman fan...

how to fix string alignment

yeah , that’s a really nice sound Jack Surprising the amount of warmth on that one (for a thinner archtop) is the upper fret access any better than a standard type 14th fret neck fitting ? ...

Ibanez PM-120 sound check

Well, a chord is either specified or labelled 'alt'. I don't think alt is ambiguous, you can put what you want in.

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

I'm working on this for my channel - thought I may as well pop it up for proofreading etc. That said, @Tal I think you mentioned it as a typo in an earlier chart and I usually play G-Bb-Db-Eb but...

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

it has been like this always - though the bridge used to 'stick' in roughly the right place better than it does now (now it just slips back a bit to the bass side when I try to push it over towards...

how to fix string alignment

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

I just ordered all the Real Books lol

Death of USA made guitars

Grant Green, What is This Thing

A couple of Guitar Center stories...

FYI: Gibson L-4 HSL4 Light Cherry Burst, 2022

"Why Do The World's Best Guitarists Play On the Round Corner?"

Any other bakers on here?

Anyone had an archtop Plek'd?

Pickup Suggestions For Blonde 89 Emperor

Is the Bud 6 Really That Good?

Gibson Thin line Guitar Models

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