Guitar, Amps & Gizmos

Eastman 805 from 2005......$1,400

Jerry Lee Lewis - Trouble in Mind

Aria EA-650 pickguard question

Bebop heads - Scrapple From the Apple

A little help explaining shielding with archtop...

Can you really use that pick as a thumb and flat pick?

New Guitar Build (2 more months) Erich Solomon 8 string acoustic

Chopping veggies is an "art" that's fun to practise (until you chop your fingers). Scaling fish or cleaning squid, not so much. But nothing beats peeling onions of course shreddin' the primal...

I don't know how to go about learning jazz anymore

Re-reading my quoted post I realise it may come across as a bit overly generalised or pedantic; I did mean it's a recurrent problem for me of course. That said, even a luthier as knowledgeable as...

New Guitar Build (2 more months) Erich Solomon 8 string acoustic

i find that hard to believe. dunskus is a reputable expert on wes. what inaccuracies did you find?

Favorite Jazz guitarist book

Making music is making art. The "art" part is what tastes good, what pleases the artist and the audience, what feels right in the doing and the receiving. The "making" part might taste good, too (in...

I don't know how to go about learning jazz anymore

I second the notion that there should be a Jim Hall biography written. It is a shame one has not been written yet. There are still people/musicians living who can provide first hand accounts, etc. ...

Favorite Jazz guitarist book

Thanks for the insight! I wasn’t aware that this was a general problem on steel string phosphor bronze guitars. I found that Black Mountain thumb picks —a real pic attached via a hinge- have...

New Guitar Build (2 more months) Erich Solomon 8 string acoustic

This is the one I would advise everyone to stay away from. The entire book is rife with misspelled words, jumbled paragraphs, and even some unfinished paragraphs. No proof reading or spell check was...

Favorite Jazz guitarist book

Thanks Deacon! You're the best! I appreciate very much your keeping us informed. Big Mike is one awesome guy that gives me hope for humanity with his big heart, love of music nice guitars, being...

Campellone PSA

@nevershouldhavesoldit, I asked the bot and it said we're both right. Grounding the bridge both extends the chassis ground and grounds the player. There's a debate on my forum about guitar...

A little help explaining shielding with archtop guitars?

Here are a couple of not strictly jazz guitarist’s biographies that I really enjoyed:

Favorite Jazz guitarist book

Here are a few jazz guitarists biographies I enjoyed:

Favorite Jazz guitarist book

That's where artificial intelligence comes into play helpfully.

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

Do you mean Reggae? "Reggae" is as versatile as "Latin" or "Brasil". Most jazz and rock people do not even realize that there are straight eighths and swinging eighths grooves in roots reggae...

What are the essential grooves for jazz?

I don't know how your parents/mom approached this, but mine (and every other parent I've known) would say that AND do her best to make us enjoy those veggies despite the initial aversion. Usually...

I don't know how to go about learning jazz anymore

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 3) - Straight No Chaser

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

What did early Jazz guitarists in America play live pre-swing era?

Just a Gigolo C7 Bb7 A7

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band