www.shortscale.org

Thanks, Paul. That's too important and helpful to be called "trivia".

A question for everyone, not meant just for Paul...What makes a Fender a Mustang?

1. It seems to be the shape of ...

Can no one else hear a change in sound when he moves the guitar off of his body?

Are you saying this means you can hear the difference between solid body electric guitars made of different woods?

We, most guitarists, appreciate Jeff Beck's unique technique. We struggle for the right words...we might refer to his "Blues-Rock-Jazz technique".

Relistening to early Jeff Beck, his Bl ...

Buffalo NY produces some hot musicians like Jim Hall, Lucky Peterson, Ani DeFranco, Paul Siebel, Rick James, GooGoo Dolls, Pegasus, Billy Sheehan, Grover Washington, and the amazing Peter Case.

Pe ...

RIP.

Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane just died too.

Yeah, I was struck by Marty Balin's passing. So young. Thanks for reminding us, FM.

Otis Rush...so sad, such a loss! Ever since I first heard The Bluesbreakers cover it in 1967, "All your Lovin" has been my favorite Chicago Blues tune. Later I was blown away by the origina ...

Check this out, mates...Ian Moore creating some great power pop with a surprising partscaster...Strat body and Esquire neck (i.e. a pre-Tele Esquire)... Hey guitar techs, how they do dat, eh?

http ...

Anyone ever notice Blur's reference to Buffalo...I believe it's Graham Coxon wearing our Buffalo, New York sweatshirt with the Bison logo in this video...

https://youtu.be/6oqXVx3sBOk

You might like this instead:

a friendly caution to beware, Fakir. That "BS made up Slavic" just happens to be the language of Satan's Army. What may seem to some as disrespect or mocker ...

You might like this instead:

a friendly caution to beware, Fakir. That "BS made up Slavic" just happens to be the language of Satan's Army. What may seem to some as disrespect or mocker ...

Pretty good up to 2:56...

https://youtu.be/YZIwJIEfg3s

Jopn, that looks like great work...congratulations. It's got all the ratrod beauty one could want. I hope those pups work for you because they really add to the visual vibe.

From the MY LES PAUL FORUM:

The guitar played by Kurt Cobain on the Unplugged in New York album and also supposedly the last guitar he played before he killed himself was lost in a divorce settleme ...

Thanks Thom, Concretebadger, dezb1, Robroe, Nick for the suggestions and info.

Slainte,

I'm helping my god-son select a new amp to meet these criteria. Any suggestions?

-enough volume for jams or small gigs with drummer, bass, vocals
-playing mostly classic rock, blues rock. ideally ...

Sadly, Pops Staples' daughter, Yvonne, passed. As you may well-know, The Staples Singers were a major Rock-Gospel force in the 1960s civil rights movement.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/staple ...

Oh my god the orange one!.

Yesss! I'm wet.

I'll have another butchers in a couple days. I think it said Peavey on it but not 100%

But we do know whoever put it on there is a cunt.

Refinished. Modified. Forget the year it was made. It has ...

Here is link from Taylor Guitar's website.

http://www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/acoustic/features/woods

I know this for acoustics, but it helps explain where each wood sits in terms of tone and ...

Mkt3000, yer a good one. Makin the world better.