Improvisation

Ibanez archtop with 0.010 Thomastik strings and...

Pickup Suggestions For Blonde 89 Emperor

What comes of decades of “noodling”?

Are there good jazz guitar VSTs?

Soul Serenade

"Empanada." Excellent!

Pickup Suggestions For Blonde 89 Emperor

I have been very pleased. I use both channels, one for vocals the other for guitar (usually a 36 L-5 or a Holo gypsy jazz guitar). For the guitars I am using either an ischell contact mic, AT 831b,...

Is the Bud 6 Really That Good?

The sad fact is that most of the guitars that are 30+ years old are starting to show signs of aging. Sinking tops, loose bracing, neck twists, fingerboard tail rises, etc... Some of these can be...

2012 Gibson ES-175 thoughts

No bleed because your amp will be in the way :) It is also a unidirectional mic. Rather than a Tone Master I’d opt for a real tube amp. A Headstrong Lil King would cover all your bases. Personally...

Playing live and getting the best sound from the guitar

Or even travelling with them, if you can't do all the handling yourself. My contact at Dowina experienced that when they went to the last NAMM and found most of their instruments broken upon...

Shipping Catastrophe

I'm also looking for a thinline full hollowbody with floating bridge, and the Guild T 50 with the Dynasonics has my interest. There's also the Starfire 3 Special with the Dynasonics (30 only run on...

Looking for a "jazz box"

The guitar isn't an easy instrument to get right digitally, played from a keyboard. Any good software guitar instrument requires deft handling of the expression wheel. I have found pretty good...

Are there good jazz guitar VSTs?

mine is a 2012/2013, i did a video about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ziF2giwUU8 It's not as open sounding as the '80s models. Basically they've made the build heavier and heavier over...

2012 Gibson ES-175 thoughts

I had the cab speaker turned off. I put it next to me because that was the only empty space on the stage… The mic idea sounds good, but with the drummer right behind me, wondering how much of that...

Playing live and getting the best sound from the guitar

The two mechanisms of guitar damage in shipping are crushing and angular deceleration. I've experienced both. Crushing usually affects the body. The case is most compressible over the center of...

Shipping Catastrophe

In addition to the two channels, I like that Bud 6 has a preamp gain control (Blue does not). By turning it all the way up, you get a more saturated tone. It is not exactly tube-like, but you can't...

Is the Bud 6 Really That Good?

Yes. It is that good.

Is the Bud 6 Really That Good?

More body sounds appealing to me: the slightly slimmer Emperor already sounds thinner than the Zephyr. I have very little experience with pickups, jazz humbucker or otherwise, having come from a...

Pickup Suggestions For Blonde 89 Emperor

Some great answers here. Thanks again all. I’ll look to work on these ideas at the weekend and also check on my own SGear amp settings.

Which DAW / Equipment

it's really hard to pick just one, but i think i'll go with Dave Brubeck Quartet - Live at Carnegie Hall

Your Number 1 Favorite Jazz Album

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

Who's Your Favorite Bass Player?

Heritage now offering the H-575 as part of their Core Collection Series

Incoming 1968 Gibson Johnny Smith

Inversions

Aint Misbehavin chord meldy theory help

Benedetto Bravo Deluxe or Gibson WesMo Crimson

Help, this theory question is blowing my mind

Passing chord C --> Em7

Cantalope Island 1996 Gibson L4CES vs 2016 Yamaha SA2200, which do you like?

15" v. 16" archtop

NBD: new blade day

Holy ****, my (musical) ears are bad