Newish Old Stock Gretsch 6120AM

Being a big fan of the Fuji-Gen made Gretsches, especially a certain 6118T that appears in the Gretsch articles http://gretschpages.com/news/tale-two-anniversaries/ the door has been open for quite some time for a Fuji-Gen made 6120. This virtually unplayed one from 2005 appeared not too long ago, so I bit the bullet and got it. Some will […]

Interview with Sonny Greenwich for Just Jazz Guitar, May, 2001, issue #27

There are a few artists whose work established an immediate paradigm the first time that I listened to them perform; Jim Hall, Bill Evans….a few others that I was so fortunate to have heard, and of course, guitarist, Sonny Greenwich. The first time that I heard Sonny was around 1979 or 80 playing with Claude […]

The Rasp Man Cometh

From time to time I like to post tunes that are still in the works and some non-musical projects. In that regard, this page serves as a blog, of sorts. A while back I started building wooden bridges for archtop jazz guitars, mostly because I needed one and out of curiosity about the tonal character […]