Guitar Technique

Epiphone Emperor Regent serial number registry

Hofner John Stowell model

Is this the wiring diagram I should use for my...

Chord melody problem

It Could Happen to You at a recent gig

First off, it's not beginner-to-jazz material. Most chord melodies I hear are easier than the one you posted. If you're going to do it, it's going to be laborious, practicing a few beats,...

Chord melody problem

Treme has the same executive producers as the highly watched HBO series, The Wire. Actor Wendell Pierce is in both of them.

Television

Great job mounting the pickup! I’m in the minority here, but the only thing I’d change is the length of it. The Guild Benedetto’s had solid white binding pick guard’s so yours adds additional flair...

A Custom Pickguard For A Guild Artist Award

Hi StarJasmine, I can explain my setup to you, but I basically sound the same regardless of what I am using. (within reason) It is a 1980 Gibson ES175T (Thinline) with .12's and an unwound G....

JGBE Virtual Jam (Round 83) - Stablemates

The answer to this question is simple: You first have to possess Audiophile ears. Tubeophiles in the audio industry believe that tube amps clearly sound better after a 30 minute or so warmup. But...

Tube Amps Need 30 min Warm-up? - Fact or Fiction

+1 on Lawson's comments. Love your tone! Can you please tell us more about your rig? Guitar, strings, amp, how you recorded the clip? Thanks! SJ

JGBE Virtual Jam (Round 83) - Stablemates

Just watched The Serpent in Netflix. Not bad

Television

i bet i have 30 nice guitars here in the studio if not 30 really really close and although i have had a few i dont have any nice dreadnoughts sold that last one i had to a guy that loved it and...

Death of USA made guitars

That post needed more emojis. Most readers' sarcasm meters are not strong enough without lots of them.

Buying guitars as an investment

The polepieces become stiff when the pickups are potted with wax. The wax gets everywhere inside the pickup, by design, and a consequence is that the polepieces can become harder to turn against the...

Is this the wiring diagram I should use for my Emperor?

Didn't appeal to me, sounded like a goofy caricature of Misty. The wavering jumpy jerky pace sounded like struggle with physical technique. The reharmonization density felt inappropriate for the...

Chord melody problem

???????????????????? New Jim Hall, $3533.20. Fill in the dots. I suspect they will be for sale in Japan for a long time to come until the licensing deal is not renewed. All the announcement...

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

Wow that was really splendid. Great tone, great ideas, you played it like you owned it.

JGBE Virtual Jam (Round 83) - Stablemates

If you do session work, even at a very basic pro level you can easily need 20-30 guitars. And if you are a name player, you do need to get into vintage territory for the authenticity of sound, so...

Death of USA made guitars

Sorry, I'll have to correct your statement, Allan Holdsworth played guitar long before learning the violin. Allan Holdsworth started learning Violin in Manchester in the 1960's, when he was...

Bebop Technique

What not to do on a gig

Buying guitars as an investment

naming chords?

Would like some advice on improving reading from Real Book

Bebop Technique

Chord melody problem

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notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

What's The Answer?

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

how to fix string alignment

Another way to look at the fingerboard

I'm now fluent in every key