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I purchased one of their Xaviere 57 strats a number of years ago. I think the single coil strat pickups it came with sounded really good but the neck...

I just wasn't satisfied.....still not totally satisfied (never will be), but I am with most of this new recording. This song has been very dear to...

I thought you'd appreciate the Lee Morgan story since you play trumpet because let's face it he was a monster. Truly one of the greats. Another cool...

She sounds exactly like the woman who killed Lee Morgan. Got him clean and back on his feet then when she saw him talking to another woman shot him....

Man that would be a dream scenario for me listening to the van Gough of guitar while eating Chinese. My two favorite things music and food. I should...

Replacement fertility rate is 2.1. More and more countries falling below the replacement rate every year. Victor Orban threw the kitchen sink at the...

Thanks, you're too kind, a recording always ends up telling the truth. Live on stage it's "What in the world is the drummer/bass thinking?!" When...

Yeah it's not what you know it's what you can prove. Same reason for Tupac and Biggie and even The Black Dahlia.

Occams razor my friend. Makes perfect sense to me.

For sure.... I was trying not to introduce politics into this discussion but the current administrations policies are, as you explained, the epitome...

Dude that's so cool. You probably know the Rush cats too. Toronto has a great cultural history especially musically speaking.

That's a bit harsh to denigrate a whole genre of music bro.

Why blame Canada? He was killed in Los Angeles.

They probably had a very volatile relationship a la crime of passion. And ? since Lenny was always sedated he would've been venerable to a strangled...

Hard to say, it would require a large study to confirm your suspicion. That (2019) was during Trump's first trade war with China (Trump Tariffs 1.0),...

Lee Morgan's woman killed him.

An issue facing our economy is that there are more jobs open than there are workers to fill them. The nativist push to raise birth rates in America...

I bet he was nodding out on the couch ? after shooting up and his wife took advantage of the situation whereupon strangling him. Then she somehow...

I just got the 3 types in standard 1mm. Funily I don't like the white bright one, warm(vanille colour) an dark one are quite nice. I have an triangle...

I don't think he strangled himself lol.

I think it's common knowledge that the U.S. has been a service based economy for a long time now, and our educational system, such as it is, has been...

One thing that still puzzles me about the Bud is this. By all accounts, it's good for voice as well as guitar. And, there are reports that the...

OK, let me play the devil's advocate for a minute. Since we know that Casinos weren't designed to have such a shoddy neck joint in the first place,...

they should be able to make a damn nice tenor for what Selmers asking for their guitar.

I don't care for the double cutaway look of the BK Gibson model, but I've seen one played in person and it was one of the nicest sounding jazz...

"Hmmm. By the data, US manufacturing is not at it's lowest ebb ever, nor is it at its peak; "skyrocketing" labor costs = families making more money...

Nice, paul. Different!

The movie seams to be in the public domain. You can download it here: THE UNINVITED 1944 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet...

What theory is that? Everything makes a difference, ask any physicist. Rigidity makes a difference in the way the pick releases the string. More...

That's a pretty exciting trio. Oscar Peterson really took the drumless trio to a high art. That trio runs a lineage back to the very iconic drumless...

Fender 358 heavy is what I use, and I play primarily trad-jazz/4 to the bar/probably-should-be-playing-tenor-banjo-but-everyone-hates-jazz-banjo...

. Well, me neither, but Shiri is Israeli so I’m just following her lead on this.

Back in the days of my misspent youth (1960s) I took lessons from a big band guitarist (Jack Ambrose, RIP). He liked big triangular tortoise-shell...

I got some Tusq picks as lagniappe when I bought a Tusq nut and saddle, and while I didn't initially like them much, I've found that they sound good...

I'm not well enough versed in middle eastern music to begin to say what other songs it might sound like. But I like it.

Any solution that results in more amps is the right one!:smile-new: Seriously, if you are talking about vintage tone, you first have to define...

But the tone is so rich that I can’t stop!

Why? This doesn't make any sense.

Call me when Gibson makes saxophones please.

+1 And all those things are cool. But I feel like it’s easy to see the simple changes and embellish but much trickier to see the complex changes...

If I was looking to buy that guitar, I would rather it not have epoxy poured into the neck socket. I don't think this is a ticking timebomb, it's how...

Thank you!

I feel like most of the original changes are simpler and pretty nice. The realbook changes have turnarounds to ii V shoved in everywhere and...

Also, Mick, you might like this track better: https://youtu.be/2Y4TT5fRZ7o?si=WoblxA1PhhenB6dM

. of course we would. Percussion of every sort is fantastic for grooves and texture. We actually do have a guy in mind to add to this particular...

Wait a minute. That guitar is at least six years old. That neck joint is butt-ugly (pun intended) but it has held up for 6+ years. Play it...

So keep both. Neither is very big, and they don't produce the same sounds. (I have an Evans 80 and an earlier Bud.) You might even find you like...

In terms of melodic and harmonic invention, you guys are tops, but rhythm is your one deficiency. I bet you'd find it musically stimulating to have a...

Dirges are my specialty:) really, I’ve turned Giant Steps and Cherokee into dirges and lived to tell about it.

.... only $13 for this Polytone PA-60 if you can pick it up in Las Vegas, Nevada and are willing to gamble that much money. Polytone Amp (For...

Sounds like one of the jam sessions I'd hear at the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music back in the day, when the tabla player couldn't make it. In fact,...

We had a thread here a while back about guitarists who pick with the rounded edge rather than the pointed edge of their plectrum. Also, a few forum...

Thanks, you’re hearing the flavor of it, same as I’m hearing it. There’s still something on the tip of my ear that I can’t place. Thanks for...

It’s such a useful exercise. Going back to that seeing shapes and patterns thread, it’s a really simple thing that turns the way you navigate a...

Agree with that of course, different materials and thicknesses can have a huge impact, what I meant to say was that thin picks are not necessarily...

I think John Abercrombie mentions it in a video somewhere too (he probably got it from Mick Goodrick when he went to Berklee).

Thanks alot for the input all. Like spook410 said, i bring a container with a few. Currently its the dunlop gator 2mm and the dunlop 507&508 for big...

Oh boy!! Can't wait to listen to these on my walks!

In practice I find that the thickness/rigidity matters a lot. I mostly use Dunlop Tortex, but different thicknesses which all sound different....

My guess is that the H-575 is over-represented in this shot from Jimmy Webster Guitars. None of them are Core Collection.

Joe Satriani also advocated the one-string-at-a-time approach. Again, as an exercise, not something you'd employ in anger.

I like the 1.3 mm Dunlop small triangle Primetone. That line looks like they copied Blue Chip. But they're good with perfect finish and virtually...

It’s worth noting the full context of this - this is the section where he is suggesting improvising in each of the 7 modes of C major in turn, on one...

Just pour glue in there.

The model went out of production in 2019. I would like to sympathize with stressed factory workers, but this is, I fear, something older than Covid.

First time a couple of months back, mistakes and all... Stella

Yeah, that's the intro section, the basics, and it's only one exercise. In this part the focus is more on learning the notes up the neck string by...

as for modern players getting a vintage tone, I'd check out Bobby Broom's videos on youtube. I believe he is sponsored by Henriksen, and many of his...

I see.

You are looking at two sentences from a hundred page book. It's full of weird little challenges and games to make you a better, more versatile...

So advancing guitarist is a general guitar book, right? Not jazz specific? That's a pretty silly piece of advice to say never bend more than a half...

When the ear hears a bend up within a musical context, it instantly predicts the target pitch (the nominal "end" of the "proper full bend"). The ear...

It still sounds like middle position, but the jangles are reduced a bit, and the output is increased. Then the tone gets woolier and darker. Before...

Had it done, don't really find the extra tone useful and you can't slam the switch forward to get the neck pup, or you will blast past it. You have...

I'm in the middle. I think THIS is killer looking... Black Trini Custom, ala Gambale. Apparently original paint, I think I read, but if I found one...

I haven't had a chance to play either head. Would you say that the OD202 head is as versatile with the cleans as the Tone Block 202? I am mostly...

You might look at the Evans RE200 (now RE300, I think). Not cheap by any means but a great sounding amp - mine is 200 watts into a 10" and weighs...

I just noticed this for sale on Rich Severson's website. A new 2025 H575 with P90s (also a spruce top). Yet another new variation; one that is really...

Roundwound strings? It’s got a bright tone, great work.

I think the Aviator Cub series must also have somewhat cannibalized sales for the tone Blockdock + Toneblock concept.

Oh no! That's a sure sign you're feeding your guitar too many fat chords! Maybe that's the answer, it's the (un)handiwork of some poor Chinese...

I got my bluetooth working again today so I took a good listen to your video. You probably won't care for my critique but hopefully I am not being...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxayPQE6fJM

God, I hope not! :eek:

That confirms my beliefs that the Block Docks are too expensive and too few want to bother with sticking the head in the back of the BD cabinet. I...

Oh, mine come from Ontario originally

Yes. I create my own backing tracks to practice or record to. I quantize the bass line to have the notes be perfectly placed so it will get in my...

Hm. Artist vs. Entertainer vs. Wannabe of some sort

Some updates for this lady: strings installed, first chords strummed, auditory pleasure achieved. This is the iPhone recording of the first chord...

After mixing things up a bit, something strange happened. I was happy with my lines but frustrated with my comping. So, I started practicing one bar...

I was curious, as a Quilter head is on my to do list. Here was the response from customer service: "Truth be told, we are in the process of...

I mean equal temperament would be nice lol. What I have on my guitars is not that. But then that's why cats get the bendy frets?

The super-light Fender picks like the one Bucky had me try sound great but break very quickly. I am now using the yellow or green Dunlop Tortex for...

Granted..perhaps not a "tune" in all 12 keys..but the harmonic makeup of all keys to me is a must..I pushed myself to know the possibilities I have...

It's $100 off the Blu models and $200 off the Bud models.

Thanks! The only way I can make sense of this music is to play it myself. Of course it may sound completely wrong except to me:)

+1 ! I've always felt the same as you about that guitar. It's probably a great guitar, but I can't stand the look of it.

Complementary info: Only a few black-bodied Metros available until plastic pipe supplier Uponor produces a new batch of 200 mm pipe. This will happen...

sold

Sounds like someone’s visualizing some shapes

I recall an article in GP years ago about using that technique to make chords ring more sweetly by counteracting the effect of equal temperament.

From my many years of playing pedal steel, I mostly learn tunes with the Nashville number system - makes it real easy to transpose. I rarely play...

Lots of good ideas above. My thinking goes in a somewhat different direction. Strum Dm7 G7 Cmaj7 repeatedly and start scat singing. When...

Hi Ibanez I've just come across this post, if you're still looking I've got a Rod Hoyer Solist, I'm toying with the idea of selling. It was his...

I had a four-way switch in one of my Telecasters for a while. Pretty much just sounded like the usual middle position, just louder and a little...

The audience tips, the club owner/manager cuts the check. Entertainment is what I'm providing. I had a club owner tell me point blank he could hire a...

They're not different types of time, they're all principles used under the framework of how time feel functions. You need a steady tempo, and...

Probably his best friend did it to jolly along the other watchers. A time honoured tradition…

This thread is full of ideas on the subject: The Notated Lick Compendium

FWIW, I got an email from Henriksen yesterday or the day before that they're having a sale on Buds and Blus. I deleted it without reading it...

Yeah, well, personally I don't buy the "you must know a tune in all 12 keys" bit. Six out of twelve keys is sufficient, especially on the guitar...

Wow--sorry to hear that. I have treated a number of shoulder infections over the years. That is one of the more challenging sites for infection.

If it helps, here's my henriksen bud 6 with a Benson germanium preamp in front of it. Sounds old to me. ...

After harmony, yes, but you're not dealing with jazz harmony, just improvising over a single tonal center. That's a good place a start but it's only...

OK you have good technique..you need to adjust your "style" listen to alot of jazz guitarists from the 50's through today. You might like Joe...

I keep thinking of that video of Ted Greene playing at a wedding, making wonderful music while the social machinery operates all around him. ...

Just a moment...