The Builder's Bench

Playing live and getting the best sound from the...

Nervous NGD x2

Bill Frisell - Moon River on 1958 Bigsby

StewMac Alnico II Neck Gold Humbucker $70

Shift Line Twin MkIIIs tube preamp/DI/headphone...

Recently ive just been watching Jens Larsen

Inversions

Whoa, I think that last sentence is going to turn out to be important.

Help, this theory question is blowing my mind

What effects/pedals are you using here Mikko? I like the celeste thing that's going on.

Palm mute

Agree! Best iteration of Patricia Highsmith to date I've seen. Really feels like the book. Certainly helps that they could take 8 hours to tell the story instead of the usual 1 or 2. I look...

Television

A device for measuring the gap of spark plugs works pretty well as a way to measure action height. They have a number of wires of varying diameters, around a circle. Not so great for measuring the...

Action height for acoustic fingerstyle archtop?

Having read a lot about neck angle issues on Loar guitars prior to my getting the 700 and the fact there is very little scope to lower the bridge (on mine), I've had it in my mind, for some reason,...

Giving the Loar some love - new saddle

I play fingerstyle acoustic archtop guitar. My instrument is a 17” solid carved top 1959 Rodebald Hoyer “Samba”. I use Martin Monel .012, .025w, .054w // 1st, 3rd, and 6th string. I like a flat board...

Action height for acoustic fingerstyle archtop?

https://youtu.be/4xgx4k83zzc?si=RT1E6kScPj095Eb-

65 Fender Princeton Reverb vs Vox AC15C1?

I’m just saying the minimum value on the knobs is 1. So I think you mean 1.5. I get what you’re saying though and I think it’s clear to the OP.

65 Fender Princeton Reverb vs Vox AC15C1?

News to me, that's how I always set my Princeton. Both barely cracked open.

65 Fender Princeton Reverb vs Vox AC15C1?

Hard to say what's going on, but I'd offer this. You mentioned tower speakers. Does this refer to a line array like the Bose L1? It should be possible to make an L1 or similar line array...

Playing live and getting the best sound from the guitar

Thanks much. After a very long time without success, I found a 2002 Heritage H-575 with a floating p/u at a reasonable price. Just need to lower the action a little but it will fill the bill for a...

Sadowsky SS15 or Jimmy Bruno

I put JS112 strings on an Ibanez AS200 once. It sounded great for jazz but I think it took the instrument outside it's design parameters. One thing I like about roundwound .010s on the yamaha is that...

Cantalope Island 1996 Gibson L4CES vs 2016 Yamaha SA2200, which do you like?

The Epiphone Howard Roberts archtop was specified with a carved spruce top, oval soundhole, and a 25 1/2" scale length. It's possible that some made it out with 24 3/4" scale boards, but I'm more...

Nervous NGD x2

I like the Yamaha. I'd really like to hear it with the TI 12's. I suspect it might really shine.

Cantalope Island 1996 Gibson L4CES vs 2016 Yamaha SA2200, which do you like?

How to play over Min7b5 (half diminished) chords, Gibson 175, FractalAudio

Anyone handled the new Epis?

Who's Your Favorite Bass Player?

Incoming 1968 Gibson Johnny Smith

Aint Misbehavin chord meldy theory help

Nylon Stringed Electrics?

Dorian b5 and Mixolydian b9 scales. Why not?

Benedetto Bravo Deluxe or Gibson WesMo Crimson

What are your rules when having to criticise?

New appreciation for Steely Dan

Ibanez GB10 vs Gibson L4CES over Doxy - which do you like better?

Help, this theory question is blowing my mind

Passing chord C --> Em7