The Players

Ibanez AF95-DA ... A first recording with a cheap...

Gary Zimnicki - 1925 L5 Derivative Archtop [Sitka...

Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold

Gibson ES-335 Sunburst 1988 including OHSC. UK...

Yamaha G100-II / G50-II impedance matching

100%. They try to use words like "sterile" LOL... which really just means ultimate consistency... UNLIKE Fender and Gibson.

Les Paul vs. PRS

Please tell me this was recorded for posterity.

Tips for translating ideas from head to instrument in real time

Yes, those low priced south-east built Ibanez guitars are a bang for the buck. Ok, some need a correct set up, and for all it is recommended to install better pickups. But done this, they are valid...

Ibanez AF95-DA ... A first recording with a cheap archtop

"Ironically I'm sitting in the car just as the rain has arrived." Oh my, what have we done? We should have started with But Beautiful. ;)

Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold

The Martin is gone and the first of two moderately priced archtops has arrived. I just thought this would feel a lot more at home for me (and so far I'm really pleased). Here's a short recording I...

Ibanez AF95-DA ... A first recording with a cheap archtop

Sure thing, but I need to install my copy of Guitar Pro first so I can post proper charts instead of "x-0-x-0-x-0" gibberish. Speaking of which..... One could do an open D string pedal point...

Possible Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold Study Group - Who's In??

Yea... It can happen ...a couple of ways, 1) Perform with real Jazz Players, what that means is we don't play Jazz Tunes...we play in Jazz Styles. When you play with jazz players... they will...

Tips for translating ideas from head to instrument in real time

Interesting viewpoint. I started playing in the mid-1970s. Jazz (and I could argue American culture generally) was forward-looking. In 1975 the "jazz" tent was big enough to include everything...

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

Based on this thread, I got Berkman's book. I'm part way though it and have already learned something that it feels like I should have known for years. It took some of the mystery out of...

What is your favorite book on jazz harmony?

The funnies example of this is with David Grisman and the album Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass. One side of the album had a dog with sunglasses, a man smoking a cig in what looks like a smoky bar, and the...

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

That makes sense

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

I think it's a fundamental skill even though we tend to talk about other things more often. It develops with time on the instrument, whatever you're playing. I don't know how much it can be...

Tips for translating ideas from head to instrument in real time

Michael (Mike) Danzi playing a rare Pilar archtop at the Scala Theater in Berlin, 1935: Mike Danzi - Wikipedia Mike's memories "American Musician in Germany 1924 - 1939" is an entertaining...

Vintage German Archtops

Here's my favourite rig: Polytone Mini-Brute 2x12 Cab Vintage "Lucky Buck" Thinline Telecaster Pedals on a slightly modified pallet :)

Show Off Your Main Squeeze! Post a pic of the guitar you consider “the One.”

https://fendercustomersupport.microsoftcrmportals.com/en-us/knowledgebase/article/KA-01901 This links to Fender's instructions for setting up a Stratocaster. I found it helpful for learning...

Cure for a weak high E string?

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?

Bebop Technique

Chord melody problem

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

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

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

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

Recording my acoustic updated with version with IRs.

Another way to look at the fingerboard

Cure for a weak high E string?