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Blowin in the Wind

Help me find Rattle on archtop

Slaman Super 400 with CC pickup

Genzler Acoustic Array Pro vs Henriksen Bud 10

1967 Gibson ES-335

I don't know what you mean by rhythmically compelling. I was really trying to demonstrate what are, or not, so-called wrong notes. I mean, I wouldn't normally play it like that :-)

Analysing jazz vocabulary

I have been watching the Birdland live streams regularly and Frank always seems to be using that blackface Princeton Reverb. Although there is often a Deluxe and sometimes a Twin on stage, it's a...

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

The 2 guitar builders I worked with and knew had their shop attached to the house. It was a dangerous thing in they could go out and simply work all the time. Bill Hollenbeck said to me I love to...

What beats an L5?

There are multiple ways to damp the strings between the bridge and tailpiece. You can use Velcro across the strings, or a piece of rubber, felt, whatever threaded between the strings, or (my...

Help me find Rattle on archtop

Thanks for your suggestion, I just reduced the price to $4200 in the original posting. There are indeed some other black ones for sale at the moment, but the examples I see either don't have gold...

1991 Gibson ES-175 Ebony

The Seth is on the chirpier side, but it is nice and vintage. Works better with roundwounds. It's not a fat and syrupy pup. Depends what you're going for. Think PG tone.

Humbucher height?

That sharp cutaway body is another Hammertone project - I'm gonna put a new neck on it for him.

The New Campellone fall batch

Sir, this is a guitar forum.

The Notated Lick Compendium.

Well I think so too, but you try telling them that haha. A lot of kids who've been in the system since a young age, too. And not everyone is like this obviously, and many grow out of it. But many...

Analysing jazz vocabulary

I am not great but decent at sight-singing from some time in a chorus. But if I don't sing it out loud I won't hear it that well in my head. And that is sometimes inconvenient if I am at say work.

The Notated Lick Compendium.

When you're reading a part that is supposed to mesh with the horns, it's essential to be really accurate. Notes need to stop, and end, at the right instant. As Allen pointed out, the chart may...

Rhythms Complete Bugs Bower

He sings too!!

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

Thanks for the reply and clarifications. I still think even if you're at an elite conservatoire it's still worth putting the effort in even if it's likely you won't turn professional. I agree that...

Analysing jazz vocabulary

Funny, I just had this very conversation with Kent Armstrong yesterday. He was adamant that pole pieces should be lowered never raised. He said raise the pickup to the overall level your after and...

Humbucher height?

While I don't doubt that a black 175 can be difficult to find, currently there are several for sale on Reverb and eBay. Would it make sense to offer a lower price with the next bump?

1991 Gibson ES-175 Ebony

Analyzing

For those who went to music school, was it worth it?

Biting the bullet on an ES-175

Analysing jazz vocabulary

What beats an L5?

Came up with an epic tip for improv

No more Gibson archtops ?

Developing your own style/sound

Thumb pain

Groove comes and goes..

On Wes and improvisation (Octaves content)

Stage setups for larger venues

Patrick Bartley on originality