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Benedetto 16-B Opulent Brown for sale

Lesson #91: Days Of Wine And Roses as played by...

Jam Session Journal (April 2024)

Favorite jazz musician pairings?

D’angelico Style A/A-1 questions

@RJVB “In this case the guitar is relatively subdued in the kitsch department” Ha! Touche’

Vintage German Archtops

This is my beloved ES-330L. The neck meets the body at the 19th fret instead of the 15th as with a traditional ES-330. Basically a fully hollow ES-335 with P90's.

Gibson Thin line Guitar Models

Wow, that beauty goes way back - back to the days when quilted maple of that quality was much easier to get than it is now. At that time, the Special peghead inlay was not engraved - rather, the...

FS: 1996 Mark Campellone Special 17” with RC1100 Nice Quilt

Long reply via PM - thanks.

Comins GCS-16-1, Vintage Blonde [$1495]

That isn’t a modified instrument,it’s an butchered instrument. It is a Gibson Johnny Smith in name only now. Shame.

Modified Gibson Johnny Smith

In this case the guitar is relatively subdued in the kitsch department shreddin'shreddin'shreddin' (With this one we're getting close to what I call edel kitsch though - but not so much I...

Vintage German Archtops

Yes, but "that much" can be "only" 5 cents (and compensating that can be done by slipping the equivalent of a piece of toothpick under the string and against the nut). The "nylon" strings I use...

Ibanez archtop with 0.010 Thomastik strings and rosewood bridge intonation issues

No guitars here, but I find this awfully hard to beat. There are lots of great ones though. https://youtu.be/9dDPVUNk1Mg?si=cEFWfQndag456aNE Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Favorite jazz musician pairings?

The neck alone looks to have parts from at least three different guitars! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Modified Gibson Johnny Smith

As SS pointed out, some 70 GJS had volutes. They actually did them both with and without. Most I’ve seen do not have them. That said, that one doesn’t look like it has a volute to me. It looks...

Modified Gibson Johnny Smith

I meant no harm or competition about "who invented" the solid body. Just pointing to the fact that Paul Bigsby led the way in America, not Fender or Gibson. I respect all the different luthiers from...

Vintage German Archtops

I was addressing the OP. I have no disagreement with what you posted. But if an individual string is so far out that it needs that much compensation, something is wrong. The easiest thing to try...

Ibanez archtop with 0.010 Thomastik strings and rosewood bridge intonation issues

It'd be really interesting to see and hear a proper, in-depth comparison of a number of famous US-made archtops with their counterparts from the golden age of German archtop lutherie. IMHO that would...

Death of USA made guitars

I put it on when I went to bed last night, but I fell asleep. Have to try again. What I did hear of it, very interesting. I feel like people with either love to hate this one...

The Bill Frisell new and recent releases thread

Yeah, it was decided that 13 and 14 were part of the line started prior. I like it nice and slow too. Things get too fast and they sound spastic to me.

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

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...

2012 Gibson ES-175 thoughts

Gibson L-4 HSL4 Light Cherry Burst, 2022

Pickup Suggestions For Blonde 89 Emperor

Anyone had an archtop Plek'd?

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

Is the Bud 6 Really That Good?

Tone Master Twin at 5W (attenuator) is loud enough for loud gigs

Gibson Thin line Guitar Models