i will freely admit that i’m not particularly pleased with this week’s offering. but this isn’t about the inner critic getting his swipes in. this is about getting it done. this tune has very little resemblance to what i started with. let’s just say that there was a lot more banjo [...]

i started picking my way through jody fisher’s beginning jazz guitar. it is a very impressive introduction to jazz guitar and, more importantly, fretboard harmony.
the layout of the book is brilliant. each lesson has a segment on chords and a segment on scales. one could progress through the book in [...]

there is no more useful tool than a razor blade. someday, if anyone ever cares, i will be known as the crazy guy in texas who builds guitars with razor blades. i haven’t been slacking off on my guitar building project as much as one might think. my biggest challenge right now [...]