Getting Started

George Benson / Pat Metheny style 2-5-1, using...

Novax 7 string

Ibanez AF95-DA ... A first recording with a cheap...

Gary Zimnicki - 1925 L5 Derivative Archtop [Sitka...

Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold

I've seen that photo, but never put 2 + 2 together that it didn't match the gig photos of his working D'Aquisto. Thanks! As for who made the laminated ones, I have read that Roger Borys made the...

Did Joe Pass NOT care much for his Ibanez JP20??

Having listen to many classical guitars on youtube, I agree hanikas sound really good. Great tone and sustain. Kind of a pain to get them here. That store in philly carries them but they add a hefty...

Nylon Strung Ken Parker - could interest some

Beautiful write up. Look forward to future posts.

Gary Zimnicki - 1925 L5 Derivative Archtop [Sitka Spruce | Red Maple]

What does the B E stand for in JGBE?

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

Yes I don’t think it is well know, that Joe had two D’Aquisto’s. One was carved and he never took it out, the other was a laminate which he played from 76 to about 1980. I think I’ve figured out...

Did Joe Pass NOT care much for his Ibanez JP20??

Well, yes really. The weasel word is ‘mostly’; in other words they all use their pinky :) From a practical point of view I find that CG technique allows access to the higher positions...

Bebop Technique

That's not an f hole, it's a c hole. :cool:

Show Off Your Main Squeeze! Post a pic of the guitar you consider “the One.”

pete was totally on fire on that gig.

Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, an ongoing concert and livestream series

When I gigged with Raezer's Edge ER cabs I typically turned the tweeter control up about 1/4. This added balance to the sound and eliminated any vestigial boxiness. My AI cabs don't have continuous...

Archtop with tweeter - yay or nay?

Well, general rules apply, usually. And then there are the exceptions. I bought a Danelectro 7 string guitar. You'd think that the p/ups they used on this model would accommodate 7 strings,...

Cure for a weak high E string?

Parker's bridges are generally hollow. He removes most of the wood inside it to make it as light as possible, since he thinks heavy bridges affect vibration. A bridge that high that he made would...

Nylon Strung Ken Parker - could interest some

That's why I'm saying I don't really think it's voodoo - meaning some weird fault in the pup itself. Pups don't disfavor certain strings, it's only the distance from the string to pole, and the mass...

Cure for a weak high E string?

My concern is the 400 is a Norlin era model and has been stamped “2nd”… this could be my forever guitar but in the case of trade options or sale there might be a depreciation. Lovely guitar in all...

Benedetto Bravo Deluxe or Gibson WesMo Crimson

In appearance there was no change but as both pups don't have pole screws I suppose the slugs could generally be deeper into the AZ cover but that would affect all strings.

Cure for a weak high E string?

That's funny. I bought a 2006 AF86 in January (it's a predecessor of your AF95) that still had the foam strip under the bridge! As noted in this thread it was in serious need of a proper setup but...

Ibanez AF95-DA ... A first recording with a cheap archtop

Show Off Your Main Squeeze! Post a pic of the guitar you consider “the One.”

Can you call the music for J.Bond movies a genre?

Bebop Technique

Chord melody problem

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

Thoughts on Gabor Szabo? Was he a jazz artist or no?

A sign of the times - they can’t give this away…

Cure for a weak high E string?

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

Recording my acoustic updated with version with IRs.

Another way to look at the fingerboard