The Players

HBO Documentary: Stax - Soulsville USA

SNL staff guitarist?

Ibby Macassar Ebony Semi

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

George Benson / Pat Metheny style 2-5-1, using...

I notice that the earliest string in a set to lose it's life which always results in sounding thin, is the high E, then the B. In the lifespan of a full set i replace the high E about 3 times if not...

Cure for a weak high E string?

I think it's fair to say that it depends on your level (and that you may want a second opinion from another player). Some things are indeed subjective (some people play slide, some like custom gauge...

Cure for a weak high E string?

Lots of great advice here! I have one more: take the guitar to Ed Shaefer and ask him to fix it. Most luthiers have lifetime guarantee for their instruments and most of them want to keep their...

Cure for a weak high E string?

It is my understanding that Joe owned more than 2 D'Aquistos during his life, but only had Jim D'Aquisto build 2 guitars for him, which Joe kept for many years. The one on the cover of the Jazz...

Did Joe Pass NOT care much for his Ibanez JP20??

It means put the song in minor. Get it together ragman! You can also put it in any key you want. We're gonna get you guys playing in keys other than the same 3 over and over. Stream Blue Monk...

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

You know you're getting old when +/- 30 looks super young.

SNL staff guitarist?

She doesn't look THAT young-maybe you're just getting old! :smile-new: "Back in October 2020, just off to the right and in the back of the opening monologue frame, was guitarist Maddie Rice ...

SNL staff guitarist?

4 episodes on the late great record label, Stax. Just released 5 days ago. https://youtu.be/FAjCOWHUGM8?si=lhCUH1vzyNdWoEWZ

HBO Documentary: Stax - Soulsville USA

Oh, good, I've got a gig. Off we go. But I don't know what transposed into minor means. You mean in Bb minor, not major? Don't get that one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayXXNeMS6UQ

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

Not sure it was an argument, but they did each put up differing points of view. Surely one of the contentious points can be (poorly) paraphrased like this: Wynton - "It's a shame that great Jazz...

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

Thank you.? That is a beautiful instrument. The spruce top is beautiful.

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

Anyone know who the young woman is on the SNL stage band? My God, she looks like a child.

SNL staff guitarist?

That's horrible, I feel for you. Insurance: You hate paying for something you hope you'll never need, but you're glad you did when you do. I'm glad you had yours. I see the people this past...

Starting Over Again - House Fire

That’s actual Macassar ebony used for the outer layer of the laminate. If I wanted one I would go with one with more varied color like this one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ibby Macassar Ebony Semi

Edit: Genzler Acoustic Array Pro

Archtop with tweeter - yay or nay?

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

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

Cure for a weak high E string?

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