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Here is a really good book in my opinion https://www.amazon.com/dp/0634017721?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

Nice! I have a Sansui AU-6500 integrated amp (1973). The pilot light has died twice and I just keep replacing it (only thing that has ever gone...

Awesome. Looking forward to hearing how this works out long term. I need a couple for my 2nd Twin!

It’s all good—I’ve been known to change my mind on occasion. Thanks for the suggestion!

And that varies with the style of music & gauge of string - string bending messes up your intonation, because strings don't stretch evenly, so the...

i started off with classical so thank dog there was no TAB or guitar hero diagrams, but once i started moving away and looking at other genres, TAB...

A picked solo with the beginning and ending as "bookends" of thumb and fingers is very cool.

IIRC Joe Pass said he changed strings when they broke or something to that effect. I play out with my Benedetto often and usually change the TI JS's...

I bought these a couple of years ago and didn't really care for how they felt.The Petrucci black jazz iii i liked a lot more and still use...

In addition to my 1990 Benedetto Cremona, I take my Eastman Pisano 880 along as well. The Pisano is always a bridesmaid never a bride, however it...

He does the magic pick switch too...

There is this one from a Japanese re-seller on eBay: Error Page | eBay It's not mint but it has an acceptable amount of patina. Interesting the...

We tend to think of melody as horizontal/monodic and chords as vertical/harmonic. From that point of view, the ultimate horizontal technique would be...

Yes, I think one of those would probably fit my style a tad better. I'm looking for something a tad less acoustic sounding, w/ a little more...

Yes actually! I do love the sustain on an electric, but I'd like to someday get an acoustic nylon 7 string with a cutaway & a moderate nut width...

I have never seen a Gibson Johnny Smith with a nut width that was anything other that 1 3/4”. Keith

I worked rotating shifts, 7 days on/7 days off for a long time. The 7/7 schedule lasted for decades, but the rotating days/nights was intermittent...

Not common knowledge to me, I had not seen him using his thumb like that before. I think in his earlier years in Toronto, before he picked up the...

What's horizontal on a guitar neck? What's vertical? These are terms which make no sense. If I play with the neck parallel to the floor,...

It is guitar into amp for me and will be till the end. I do use a wireless system, but I carry a cable (along with spare strings). On a high dollar...

Do you mean this? It comes from this but it doesn't sound much like Jack's 251 displacement. ...

Personally I just bounce it a bit. If it sounds okay, it's okay.

Phone apps, laptops, bluetooth, .. it's just a disaster waiting to happen on stage. The simpler the better. For me now this translates to a tele, ten...

Vast improvement over its pathetically clumsy predecessor.

The best players do though.

Maybe this is controversial to the Swing Can Be Quanitfied crew, but I think swing is good by definition. I don't think something can swing poorly....

The only other guitarist credited Afaik is Bowie himself on Lazarus Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

these images are apparently from reddit/dalle2 and about 3 years old. they seem to have made their way into facebook and X, aka the pits of hell,...

Maybe we would do better to stop worrying about peace & celebrate War

It's a valid point but we're heading into an age where even a phone app may be a necessary part of your kit. Still, have to wonder about those huge...

Listening on studio monitors and just commenting on the first video. I like it. I would like it more with a top end roll off. Everything above...

I definitely agree that there is a "floater" sound and a "set-in" pick-up sound, and that this exemplifies the difference. I don't think the floater...

P.S. his "acoustic edge" leans more towards a nylon string sound rather than a steel string acoustic.

Listening on a crappy laptop. 1. The prominence of acoustic tone was nice, but the tone effects on the amp ruined it for me (I like very plain and...

Huuurrrr durrrr Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Great guitar. Good luck with your sale, I don't think this will last long.

To my ears it sounds very much like a (electric) jazz archtop, only more "punchy" and certainly less dark/muddy, if that makes sense, than a...

Opening notes of the first one sound largely acoustic. Ringing out really well. Later, the guitar sounds more electric. It's what he's playing at the...

Thanks for the post! Hugo Lippi is a new and very interesting acquaintance. Through my less than hi-fi laptop, the sound is pretty consistent,...

Ha! I always think the opposite lol Thanks Joe. Kind Regards

yeah sorry I'm seriously not trying to dredge anything up again! I just like to give Christian a hard time

…and the keyboard in the background has 2 sets of keys.

I feel like it is a good sign the seller has a Stew Mac matt. glws

he has two right hands

Gorgeous sound and playing. Articulate, somewhat 'hi-fi' top end in the sound, and a spot of reverb.

Bear in mind I am remarkably dim witted

Harumph!

I sprained my neck bobbing my head to that swing example

Technically you're right, of course. If we're talking about Guy's first clip the answer is yes, it swung. The notes weren't equidistant nor of...

OK. Let's get it back on track. I hpoe my post is appropriate and noncontroversial without the joke: IMO, vertical and horizontal playing are...

I estimate I put my TI flats on about a years ago. I probably played 3 months, not played 6 months, and played the last 3 months. I can't say how...

Evans amps sound great! However a good cube gets you 85% of the way there for £1,200 less. If money was no issues, I’d be happy to buy one.

I'm in the "don't change them if they play and sound good" camp. I've got one set of Elixirs that I haven't changed in years, mostly because I don't...

oooOOOOoooo it’s a stretched out Super 400 inlay! I get it now.

The first one is bright but not shrill, over-driven but not distorted. He's toeing a lot of lines and sounds great doing it.

:highly_amused:

Another lovely take. Thanks for posting!

"on the bright side." But, there's nothing wrong with that. I find George Benson bright too.

13 years ago this was an interesting thread, but now.........................

As is being speculated, the "fan noise" is in-fact the air passing through the slots in the chassis, and (I assume) being enhanced by the tunnel...

Look closely at the fingerboard : )

For my first archtop, I did string it up before finish, thinking I might want to do some additional carving, and I was very anxious to hear how it...

I think that the picture is just one more example of the enshitification of everything being imposed on us by AI. So in that sense, I'm against it...

The new quilter combo coming out later this month will have the neunaber wet reverb algorithm (one of my top 3 reverbs) baked into the circuit.

Hugo plays a ton in Paris. If I make it up there this fall I want to go listen. He plays one of Franz Elferink's Tone Master with a Armstrong 12...

You'd probably be very happy with an Eastman Jazz Elite 7. The top is a bit thicker and the body a bit thinner than yours (2.5" vs slightly over...

Ever think of a 7 string nylon guitar? Just thinking of tone...

Very interesting to me as totally different through my phone versus my car speakers (listening here waiting for my son to get out of soccer practice)...

Neat headstock inlay on that spec piece! Never seen that one before. Seems like Mark is coming up with some new headstock inlay designs.

This is a community with a high concentration of content creators of some sort, whether they be performing artists, teachers, or online educators or...

His tone is what I expect from a carved archtop with a floater. Adding his technique, which with his liberal use of vibrato has a Django influenced...

Thank you for the compliment! The Eastman is my only guitar at the moment so wouldn't be able to sell unless I got another replacement, but who...

i did just point it out but was lectured that the image was real. i didnt enjoy that.

I have to say that the one weakness I have found with Henriksen amps (and I own one Henriksen amp and have owned three others) is the reverb. Like...

I understand and agree with your thinking. But I did not present that picture as evidence supporting the story. It's just an illustration for those...

I'm scared how anyone could second guess for a second whether this is AI or not

Indeed it isn’t. I typically take some time off in the fall and winter. Fall is especially nice, when it’s not too hot and the crowds aren’t there....

Yes.

I'm not really sure why djg went this route, rather than just pointing out that the image was AI generated and suggesting you do something different....

gaslight much? you presented the image as truth and gave me a lecture where it was taken. Originally Posted by djg ...

Absolutely. :smile-new:

Seriously, I show this to people all the time at our shop showroom, on gigs, or send a video clip demoing this, and it's as obvious as turning a...

Very nice ! And I vastly prefer this color for the GBSE version, the sunburst I find a little to yellow/orangy (not the case for the MIJ) The...

What a beautiful crop of Campellones!

Overall, I don't disagree with you. But many younger jazz guitarists have no idea who James Jamerson was, so they wouldn't get the joke without an...

I know punk rock snark when I read it

Oh, I thought I was making a joke. Maybe I should have added a smiley face.

Does Monder play ALL the guitar on Blackstar? Some of it sounds more like Earl Slick than Monder. But, maybe he understood the assignment. I...

That's what I meant too, man. Chill. Hope it goes well, I just meant its is a big task from my perspective

That doesn't sound very chill

I meant it in the jazz definition. Learn it by ear. Should we hijack OPs thread and debate if we can call it transcribing without actually...

Do you string them up raw for a few days? Bill Barker and Hollenbeck would always add the hardward in the raw and then string the guitar up for a few...

Guy, I'm sure you don't mean you haven't needed to change strings for 30 years, right?

I like that you decided to go with the blue fretboards on these

With the final clear coats applied, the spray work is completed - next comes final wet sanding, fret dressing and finish buffing - then, hardware...

I smiled when I saw that old chestnut, the "horizontal versus vertical" drunk-musician joke. Personally, I don't like it when the joke becomes a...

FWIW, Wes loved this and used it frequenrtly. His classic ending to Gone With The Wind (on The Incrdible Jazz Guitar of WM) is a truly beautiful...

I’m working an average of 60hrs every week from the start of June to the end of August this year, including a lot of weekends. Time off is quite...

transcribe it? damn you cra'y

I still have and occasionally use my original Picoverb. These were all well designed and built. The reverbs and delays sound great, and the stereo...

Yours is better

I was making a joke, not a point. From now on, I’ll sketch my impressions of any images I want to post. I’m done with this interchange.

For book exercises, I want to have the notes and time right. Preferably recording with a clean and dry tone to hear everything. For duets pan hard...

We all know that the definition of "swing" isn't a fixed, mathematically precise value. Personally, what I hear is *not* swing, but something akin...

yup. That’s exactly what happened. It was relatively new and still under warranty, fortunately.

I started carrying a spare amp when the Crate PowerBlock came out years ago. Since then, I’ve used a variety of little amps (Phil Jones Cub,...

No, it's like saying I'm a Shakesperean actor because I speak in strict iambic pentameter.

faking historic images to make a point? tell me you're american without telling me you're american, lol. this is music history, this is...

Jokes aside... I' too, have a fat archive of my own licks, if I come up with a new one I particularly like, I record it on the fly and either dive...

I’m sorry I didn’t read all the posts here but hopped on to point you in the direction of Raezer’s Edge. These are great amps and if you’re...

Same phrase every day for a month... no more than once a day (I hope) or, otherwise, 30 times in a row, once a month... :highly_amused:

Yes I do. How lines sound and the feel you impart to them are what matter most to me. You can play a line or phrase in multiple positions using...

Once had a “reliable” tube amp’s (I think) secondary fuses blow after a break on a gig. Don’t remember what happened exactly. I called the builder...

That's a good one, Guy. You can play it on G major too

Phrase of the month July 2026. Play the same Phrase everyday for a Month challenge. I've been playing the same Phrase everyday for a month, but...

Good, so you too agree with what I posted in this thread back in 14th Sept 2013. Here: Vertical vs Horizontal Jazz Guitar Playing

Very nice, I really like the GB10. Enjoy!

Looks very nice! No laminate is going to have an acoustic strong point but it has its own electric voice. Enjoy!

who are your fav players?

Swing has a rhythmic component but also actual swinging requires active engagement with the time. The eighth note in one part of a Clifford Brown...

It is a very good place to start. Each chapter gives you something to work with. The writing is agreeable and light-hearted. The author does not...

Yes!! That’s exactly why I said what I did in my first post in this thread: It’s all about the sound and feel. Where and how you play a line...

Have I ever had things sound weird (or not sound at all) because of confusion over settings and connections when using multiple devices? Yes, of...

What if a string breaks in the forest and no-one hears it? etc.

I assume it is because people think jazz is so fearsomely complex that you must learn it from a book or something, and nowadays we are awash with...

Of course not. These images all come up on any web search for pictures of JJ playing while drunk. You’re perseverating over a non-issue and missing...

How long do unplayed strings last? The question makes me want to form a band called Berkeley Schrödinger.

Simple Phrase 9. Let's learn this simple phrase by Ear. Ongoing "Simple Phrase" learning thread. Simple Phrase 9. Stream Simple...

I clean them using a cloth under the strings with a little Johnson's Baby oil. (Mineral oil) Seems to have worked for me, at least for the last 30...

It was interesting to read what I posted in this thread on 24th Sept 2013: Vertical vs Horizontal Jazz Guitar Playing Concerning fretboard...

Yes Graham, I think we all agree that copying from recordings is the best way to learn how to play authentic sounding Jazz. As teenagers most of...

Its pretty amazing how small changes make significant differences I know its not a real test but I have boards that essentially make a false floor...

And the shape of the shadow of the bass neck on the floor makes no sense. This is like those spot the difference quiz things we used to get in...

Thanks again everyone ... and once again ,thanks to Ragman.. I'll sit down and have a play with your chords :encouragement:

Ben does have a tendency to disappear into the mix. Especially when he kicks on the drive because then it compresses everything as well. Especially...