Classical Guitar

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?

I saw those guys well over 100 times. Almost always a good time :)

Ed Bickert's gig bag

Is it a Morgan if it's made in China? Should Gibsons be made in China because then they would be cheaper to produce? Some of us consider more than simply "what is the cheapest thing I can buy." As...

Death of USA made guitars

I would also add that my experience is that if you want work, folks are looking for. 1. The best hang. 2. The best fit 3. The best player in that order But being a bandleader doesn’t...

What not to do on a gig

Most of these I agree with, but honestly this one doesn’t really bother me. I don’t expect loyalty from folks I’m playing with. Everyone does their own thing and that’s fine. I would replace this...

What not to do on a gig

Somehow this reminded me of a little company making beautiful guitars in a beautiful place: General 1 — Dehradun Guitar Company If someone choses locally-made over anything else regardless of...

Death of USA made guitars

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

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

Death of USA made guitars

I just ordered all the Real Books lol

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?

Pickup Suggestions For Blonde 89 Emperor

Anyone had an archtop Plek'd?

Is the Bud 6 Really That Good?

Gibson Thin line Guitar Models

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