The Songs

Playing guitar with a broken clavicle

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

Guild X-150 (Westerly)

It’s the bleats and the growls! Kandinsky knows all the keys through C8.

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

Doc, I'm quite sure that Gibson did not consider the relationship of the zig zag tailpiece element to the introduction of force in terms of a strict definition of the vibrating string length of the...

Why Isn't the Original Zigzag Gibson ES-175 Tailpiece Available?

Gotta have earplugs when viewing Kandinsky.

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

My bike was not rideable after I had a disagreement with a cow in the High Sierra. I turned down the offer of a airlift and took the offer from the California Highway Patrol officer for a ride home....

Playing guitar with a broken clavicle

If you like the sound, your really can't go wrong with the GB10. Top grade build and a little Benson right in there!

Some thoughts on Ibanez GB10SE

Probably the best advice I can ever give you is don't ever design a guitar you can't easily get a case for (and preferably with as many backups as possible). Custom cases are a night mare.

Making A Laminate Jazz Guitar: Episode 1: Buying Wood For Veneers

Ireland is a really cool country, Jim. We absolutely love Dublin. If things get seriously right wing here next year and we feel threatened because of our ethnic heritage, Ireland is high on our...

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

Jim, thanks a lot for the tip. It had occurred to me when looking at veneers and figured boards, that I could make some money. I actually bought the domain VeneerHeaven.com lol Just in case it would...

Making A Laminate Jazz Guitar: Episode 1: Buying Wood For Veneers

If a guitar with parts of Brazilian Rosewood was built before March 1947 it will be treated as an antique and can be traded and imported. But the date of built needs to be certified with a CITES...

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

Wow that's a long interview. I would think they've both changed since then. Herbie since he has done even more pop-oriented things, including his work with Joni Mitchell and playing with Bonnie...

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

Or ... use the archtop as the proper acoustic guitar it apparently is, and get a proven off-the-shelf e-guitar for any electric needs? shreddin'

Cure for a weak high E string?

What you show is the motivic approach. I think it is super useful for many things such as burning certain phrases into your muscle memory, learning the changes to a new tune, hearing the harmony of...

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

Among guitarists, Hank Garland recorded it at about 235, Tal Farlow took it a bit quicker at 240-250, and Pat Metheny well north of 250.

Chord melody problem

Sorry to hear that. I've suffered 2 significant bike crashes (and barely missed a very serious collision with a car years ago) where I was thrown off the bike. In one I sustained a minor pelvic...

Playing guitar with a broken clavicle

Yeah, the "everything for $129" is absolutely a scam. The current "blowout!" prices on the real site appear to be 1 or 2% off regular price ;)

Sam Ash Blowout

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

Chord melody problem

Buying guitars as an investment

naming chords?

Can you call the music for J.Bond movies a genre?

Would like some advice on improving reading from Real Book

Bebop Technique

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

What's The Answer?

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

What is the best Scale System to use when reading music?