Guitar, Amps & Gizmos

Anyone else use Genius Jamtracks?

Warm Up exercises

Cheap floating humbuckers

1988 Benedetto Fratello Honey Blonde

Henriksen Blu 6 w/ gig bag

Mark is the sharp cutaway to time involved vs the Venetian? It seems to have better access to the upper frets for the player. Perhaps I’m looking at it incorrectly? Thanks!

The New Campellone fall batch

I should have asked earlier; did the singer provide this version as how it should be done, or to just indicate the style, or just identify key preference; or did you pick this version because you...

Question about All of Me / Ella Fitzgerald version

My brand new B165 - I chose the slightly bigger model based on my previous ownership of a B120 (ca. 25 years ago), conversations with Roger and the recommendation of QAman (BIG thank you !!!). We...

PSA - New Borys B165 available

My knowledge of part writing and voice leading is next to nil but if we look at some drop 2 inversions of Bb6 | Db dim | Cm7 we get D G Bb F C# G Bb E C G Bb Eb So we have two notes shared...

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

There's a difference between playing and practicing slow. I'm just working on a new technique, the thumb, and a lot of what I'm practicing is purely mechanical. And it actually works, because I can...

Starting a phrase late

I don't. I meant the swing turnaround has a nice bass line.

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

This I think is a good argument for working slow. When I work with students I tell them basically that we won’t work on playing “fast” and that that will just come with time as the chops develop...

Starting a phrase late

moving the batch forward - rims after bending, and rims joined to end and neck blocks -

The New Campellone fall batch

To be able to play slow... you need to be able to subdivide mentally. The less free space between the notes or chords etc.... the better chance what your playing slow will be in time and have...

Starting a phrase late

ding ding ding

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

It slowly dawns on me why people have such difficulties remembering the changes of tunes and always need lead sheets ...

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

Not really, G6 > Bbo > Am7 > D7 could be written other ways: Em7 > A7b9 > Am7 > D7 GM7 > Em7b5/A7b9 > Am7/D7 - etc. The voicing of a chord defines its sound, not what it's named. That is to...

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

What about a Heritage guitar?

Like-New Gibson ES-335s

I've been relearning Bird tunes to play with my thumb instead of pick. The thumb is only downstrokes, so I have to rely on hammer-ons/pull-offs, and use different fingerings. I practice the heads...

Starting a phrase late

Absolutely.

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

Analyzing

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

Analysing jazz vocabulary

What beats an L5?

Came up with an epic tip for improv

Stage setups for larger venues

Developing your own style/sound

Thumb pain

Shape of jazz to come/that's here

On Wes and improvisation (Octaves content)

Help me find Rattle on archtop

Emily Remler

Rediscovering my lost passion for guitar