First I’m hearing of this folks… Jazz guitar great Herb Ellis died Sunday March 28, 2010 of complications associated with Alzheimer’s. He was 88 years old. Ellis was inspired to play the guitar because of guitar legend Charlie Christain. Due to a lack of funds Ellis dropped out of college and went on the road… Read More »
Here’s a clip of Canadian jazz great Ed Bickert. Jazz on a Tele……..nice! Tweet
Here is a clip of Russell Malone, Christian McBride & Benny Green doing a Wes tune called Jingles. Warp speed captain!!!! Tweet
Ok, listen up jazz peeps. If you like high quality, hand crafted archtop guitars you should check out Ron Smith Guitars. I had the pleasure of meeting the man himself and playing his fine guitars at the Great Americal Guitar Show. These are finely crafted instruments constructed from hand selected materials chosen for tone. Each… Read More »
Here is a video clip of the late great Ted Greene playing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”. I love Ted’s playing and I always find it very moving no matter what tune he’s playing. Pay attention to the way he sort of shakes the guitar neck to get a nice gentle vibrato effect. I also think… Read More »
There is a new Spotlight feature this month on Igor Boiko- Ukranian Jazz Master. Igor is a master jazz player and instructor. In this interview Igor talks about how he got started playing guitar, his “Laboratory of Professional Education for Guitarists” and his favorite guitars and amps. Click here to read the Spotlight interview. Tweet
One of the simplest, effective mods you can do to your guitar “on the cheap” is to experiment with tone caps. First before we get started lets get answers to a few questions about these little buggers. What is a tone cap and how does it work? Read more...
One very simple maintenence procedure can help keep your guitars’ signal at its best and prevent the loss of ground connection. Clean your jacks! We are talking about the 1/4″ jacks on your amplifier as well as your guitar. Read more..
The Guitar Gallery needs some fresh pics of the awesome Guitars you all rock out there. Send a .jpg, .gif or .png of your favorite guitar photo to [email protected], and I'll get it right up in the gallery. Check out the Gallery now! Click here...
