The Players

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

Archtop with tweeter - yay or nay?

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?

The thing i don't get is all the hate on guitar forums for PRS.People complain about guitars from overseas and you have this great builder here in the U.S. building fine sounding ,beautiful...

Les Paul vs. PRS

In addition to a.m., in case I would have to sell a 63 ES175 here in Germany I would do as following. The authorities in Germany ask for an expertise about the instrument and the reason to be...

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

This is a helpful thread for someone like me, who hasn't sold a guitar since the late 80's. I have one that I'm thinking of letting go and been wondering how I should go about it in the modern world....

Tell me your guitar selling stories (good or bad)

I plugged my Sadowsky into the GenzBenz acoustic amp and it sounded really nice.

Archtop with tweeter - yay or nay?

I have direct experience to say this is basically true. We recorded an album late 70's. We were an eclectic mix of Brazilian, Caribbean, and jazz/funk along the lines of On the Corner, plus some...

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

It gets complicated, does the versatility of the Super 400 put offset the size..? As a couch concert artist, the option just came up..and of course just when you thought the holy grail of guitars...

Benedetto Bravo Deluxe or Gibson WesMo Crimson

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.

Cure for a weak high E string?

Another way to look at the fingerboard