The Builder's Bench

Ben Monder talks Emily

Family Reunited After 33 Years.

Is this a counterfeit L4 CES?

What not to do on a gig

how to fix string alignment

I realize it is a fake, but in my opinion, I think the real one SHOULD have bound holes and a bound headstock. JD

Is this a counterfeit L4 CES?

How much do these models weigh?

Comins GCS-16-1

Sounds good. Very much like the GB10. Would be nice to have a side by side comparison between them, if you still have the 10?

Ibanez PM-120 sound check

I'm listening to Rene Thomas now, since you mentioned him and I hadn't heard his playing before. My initial thought is that he never finishes a sentence. There's almost no call and answer in his...

Ibanez PM-120 sound check

I'll contribute one pet peeve. It doesn't happen often, but now and then. If you're the new guy in a group that's been together for awhile, don't bring in a sloppily handwritten original tune the...

What not to do on a gig

The Parsons Streets are very nice sounding pickups (I recently put a set into my D'Angelico semi-hollow in place of the original Kent Armstrong's). It's very similar in spec and output to a Classic...

Would a StewMac Parson Street bridge pickup be okay with a 57 neck?

LOL!!! I have been patient and kept these people at times but my metamorphosis into the soup nazi has been accelerating lately.

What not to do on a gig

I once met the Rosenberg trio on a festival and got to see their gear up close. Stochelo Rosenberg was using the typical thick Wegen gypsy pick, but about half of it was missing, he said he has had...

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

Hey DJ The years are 1961 and 1994. The burst is a Johnny Smith Award and it likely wont be restrung for some time; It needs to be re-fretted. I'm also happy to take the tension off the neck....

Family Reunited After 33 Years.

I'm not much of a gig getter. I wait for the phone to ring. I know my place.

What not to do on a gig

The gentlemen on the Gibson forum, commenting on the knob placement being correct, as to why he thinks it's genuine, is not entirely accurate, when he claims, most copies get it wrong. Japanese...

Is this a counterfeit L4 CES?

Nice. I’ll have two. But yeah the British marques have overseas owners. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Death of USA made guitars

I used this method to re align a zig zag tailpiece on a Japanese 175 copy. But because of the curvature of the butt end of the guitar, the new position threw the angle of the tailpiece such that the...

how to fix string alignment

Sounds more anal than my day job. :P Yeah no, points make total sense. But do you really fire people after 1 strike of those annoyances? Are you the soup nazi? :P

What not to do on a gig

Moving the tailpiece over is dead simple, what's the big deal?

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

Guitar Center CEO: No serious musician wants $300 guitars