Improvisation

Axe Fx III, Helix, or Boss GT 1000 for Metheny...

Too good to be true

Two conductor wire or this pre-tinnes gavitt for...

Parlor size classical guitars

Lets go and compare improvisation to spoken...

I would say it depends what's wrong. The most common failure in my experience is when a jack or pot is soldered into the board and the solder cracks. The result is crackling when you wiggle or...

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

Can confirm this with my QSC PA speakers—had to replace the entire motherboard—-thankfully, still under warranty, due to being a recent purchase. Whew

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

You want to use shielded coaxial wire in hollow bodies because the wiring isn't inside a cavity that you can shield like with solid bodies. Hollow bodies come wired this way for a reason. Otherwise...

Two conductor wire or this pre-tinnes gavitt for archtop/hollowbody?

I usually use braided shielded wire which is essentially self-shielding when using two versus four conductor setups, although dealing with the ends is a learning curve (getting the insulated core...

Two conductor wire or this pre-tinnes gavitt for archtop/hollowbody?

^ Yeah vibes are hella nice. I have to scheme about it. I probably don't need to take on debt just so I can get a 2nd instrument. If I get the money I can decide if I want to divide my practice time...

What instrument to get?

And therein lies the rub (including with some very reputable and expensive amplifiers). Most of them include boards with many or all of the components mounted and there is no service offered to...

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

Borrowing works well, i've used this many times. You usually need to have Adobe Digital Editions as a reader for the DRM. And as long as you don't strip the file of said DRM, it's just like a...

Searching a PDF version of A Modern Method For Guitar - Volumes 1, 2, & 3 complete?

James Chirillo is also the guitarist most of the time with Wynton Marsalis' Lincoln Center Jazz Band. The Ear-Regulars play regularly at the Ear Inn, an old bar in the West Village (NYC) – a hang...

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

They'll be going up to B next week :smile-new:

JGBE Virtual Jam Song List and "Rules"

Since the thread is getting far afield and into the weeds, the luthier who builds spot-on acoustic L5 replicas is Jackson Cunningham from SW Virginia (Cunningham Handmade Instruments). You would be...

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

Yes, I remember that Gary played in the Tal Farlow quartet. I have that and other CDs of the quartet.

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

Not necessrily. Dutchbopper on his Strat, bone stock with .010s... https://youtu.be/06qnbxerLq8

Itching for a Fender, which one?

And here is phase two of those diatonic turns. Nothing fancy yet, just the next part of practicing them. https://youtu.be/OGujoLOZk9E?si=-eUUoZxnlB9Jxe8e

Bebop Technique

All tubes are non-linear and have much higher total harmonic distortion be they in the pre-amp, phase inverter, reverb/effects loop, or the final power amp stages. They all change and color the...

Poll - Solid State vs Tube Amps for Jazz Guitar

Short story about Gary: he provides the bass lines at Frank's Big Jersey Camps. Frank sends out the lead sheets for the repertoire about two months in advance so students don't have to spend time...

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

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?

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 1) - Blue Monk in minor

Cure for a weak high E string?

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

Please Recommend Me Some Beginner Solos/Heads to Learn

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

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

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

Itching for a Fender, which one?