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Today, 02:44 PM
Round wounds instead of flats. Improperly fitted bridge. High action out of the box. Why is ebony in quotes? Do you believe it's not ebony or you...
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Today, 02:36 PM
I think folks forget this when recommending 1950's archtops to less experienced players. Vintage guitars sound great. But vintage issues don't map...
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Today, 02:35 PM
I appreciate your perspective as a purist. However, I think the choice of pickups, while important, doesn’t fundamentally change the character of a...
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Today, 02:32 PM
I was surprised too that the 120 holds its own with the 175. They have a lot of similarities tonally but the playability on the ibanez is head and...
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Today, 02:24 PM
Mike Stern played the old Yamaha G100 amps a ton as well.
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Today, 02:22 PM
Since there seems to be so much uncertainty about it, it probably doesn't matter much as long as the band knows what's going on. There are lots of...
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Today, 02:21 PM
I've written a lot about the pitfalls of vintage instruments. I bought this '63 Gibson Barney Kessel last year and the pickups (billed as originals)...
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Today, 02:09 PM
Next, we can debate the sound differences between an oiled maple fingerboard and a lacquered one.
Anyways, I can't see how a glued-on strip of...
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Today, 02:04 PM
Gorgeous PRS! Wow. Let's see the rear shot of the rosewood neck.
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Today, 02:04 PM
Okay… I admit I’m an old man and a purist, but, in my opinion, a telecaster isn’t a telecaster without single coil pickups. It may LOOK like a tele,...
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Today, 02:01 PM
Jack, you sound great on any archtop you play. I'm not surprised that you love the tone and feel of your PM120. What I am surprised at is that you...
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Today, 01:55 PM
Yeah more medium (or less enormous) artists it would probably be the label working out the contract.
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Today, 01:51 PM
you guys with multiple archtops? Which is your favorite? I have a number of archtops including an L4CES, Gibson 175, vintage Barney Kessel but you...
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Today, 01:45 PM
That's right. I've never heard someone count off that way either.
If they counted as 1 2 3 4 then my interpretation would be that they are...
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Today, 01:41 PM
On his website he says it's a Norlin Era L5ces and a Yamaha G100-112. He likes the EQ on the G100.
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Today, 01:37 PM
Many of the guitars fetched very low prices, a few failed to reach their reserve prices, and the rest sold at average market prices, with a few...
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Today, 01:36 PM
I took this last night for a funk gig. And have also played it for jazz. Absolutely killer. The neck pickup is all mid push, the bridge pickup is all...
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Today, 01:33 PM
JRAD at Red Rocks in CO:
And Molly Tuttle with Golden Highway at the Slowdown in Omaha:
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Today, 01:31 PM
My Tele (which I just donated to an auction) had a Seymour Duncan Alnico 2 in the neck, which I thought gave a perfect, fat, warm tone with pure...
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Today, 01:30 PM
WOW - getting a lot of love. Thank you my friends :smile-new:
Hmmm - might be a good time to start downsizing.
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Today, 01:29 PM
Which reminds me of the joke about the muso who named his daughters Anna 1, Anna 2, Anna 3... :smile-new:
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Today, 01:29 PM
WOW - getting a lot of love. Thank you my friends :smile-new:
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Today, 01:27 PM
It very much depends. There are some venues where it will be an issue even clean. In NYC there were plenty of those. And here in China, what can I...
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Today, 01:25 PM
Metal horns do enlarge a tiny amount as temperature goes up, and this lowers the frequency of the "sweet spot" for notes by a tiny amount. But if...
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Today, 01:25 PM
I'm a Telecaster fan and I've tried a lot of different neck pickups in my Teles over the years. My all-time favorite for jazz is TK Smith's version...
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Today, 01:24 PM
The number of variables that would need to be isolated to really conclusively compare the two is enormous, and I've never seen anyone come close to...
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Today, 01:13 PM
Well, to me the twang lives at the bridge pickup. And classic filtertron is def twangy at that. The neck pickup is fine... but then again I'm not...
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Today, 01:08 PM
You should. At the very least, it should be "one and two and one and two and".
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Today, 01:04 PM
One person I know with formal musical education says that count-ins are always two bars. If there's a pickup of, say, more than a quarter note's...
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Today, 01:02 PM
If you're playing relatively loud in a place with dirty power, yeah, you might still hear some sizzle. I bought one of those Hum Debugger things...
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Today, 12:54 PM
Great info Christian, cheers. Now, how about this story about Bird liking (but not always?) leaning into the IV7 ?
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Today, 12:53 PM
No lingering odor. You can smell it when it's liquid, but it evaporates quickly. Once I wipe with a dry cloth I don't smell anything.
Caveat: I...
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Today, 12:52 PM
With cleaner jazz tones, usually not an issue?
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Today, 12:51 PM
If it's a tele, it should be a single coil. IMO. The tele neck pickup has been much maligned over the decades, when it's a gorgeous tone. And works...
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Today, 12:48 PM
Yeah ... there could be all kinds of reasons, especially for older analog recordings.
Analog recording and playback equipment can be operating at...
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Today, 12:34 PM
There are lots of things that determine whether a guitar is worth the market value, or even what the market value is.
My feeling is (minority...
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Today, 12:19 PM
A friend of mine has 1 of each. I'm curious now, and will see if I can get him to measure.
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Today, 12:11 PM
measuring at the rear point of the F-hole at the edge
175: 3.4"
L4: 3.6" almost 3/16 thicker
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Today, 12:00 PM
2 shows in 4 days...
Saw Joe Russo's Almost Dead at Red Rocks in Morrison, CO. They are a "Dead-adjacent" jam band that plays mainly Dead music....
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Today, 11:58 AM
I ditched a Gretsch with TV Jones classic because I couldn't de-twang it enough, even with the tone rolled way off. Maybe in a Tele they'd be more...
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Today, 11:51 AM
All the written specs I've ever seen for both say the depth is 3-3/8", but I've read/heard anecdotally that they're not 100% consistent and some are...
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Today, 11:49 AM
I asked a luthier at an acoustic guitar manufacture where they build various models and use many different kinds of wood. She confirms that the wood...
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Today, 11:37 AM
The L4 is even deeper than the 175? I thought the 175 was about as "deep" as an archtop got.
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Today, 11:37 AM
In general, the answer is "more guitars".
I would love to play the vibraphone. Beautiful sound, and I enjoy almost every recording with the...
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Today, 11:34 AM
The Mills Brothers
The human voice sings, imitates an instrument, and improvises.....
The Swingle Singers
The voice sings...
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Today, 11:33 AM
Hey! Thanks a lot for the detailed response,
I’m going to a school with other music students too. My budget is in about the 2,000 dollar range....
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Today, 11:26 AM
Ditto! I'm a charter member of the fan club!
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Today, 11:23 AM
To be honest, I don't know. But if you count off a 4/4 tune as 1-2-3-4 and a waltz as 1-2-3, 1-2-3, why not count a cut-time tune as 1-2, 1-2 ?
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Today, 11:14 AM
If you meant "the amazing slow downer", it is here: !Slow down and transcribe with Roni Music software - slow down the speed of music without...
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Today, 11:12 AM
Also I just wrote what turned out to be a 2,000 word essay on the history of the jazz blues from King Oliver to Joe Henderson. It was meant to be a...
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Today, 11:07 AM
Wow, that's shocking and not typical of the reports I've heard from folks who've bought via Lora and Mr. Wu. A regular setup seems to be necessary...
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Today, 11:02 AM
How much are you allowing yourself to spend? Don't neglect the used market, which could frequently turn up some gems that may not qualify for the...
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Today, 10:59 AM
I'm going to pipe up for Adam Levy's wonderful Sight Reading for Guitarists book.
Quite a few of the reading exercises are based on a blues, and...
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Today, 10:59 AM
I was out last night and a friend did mention that naptha can leave an odor. Have you noticed that?
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Today, 10:57 AM
Thanks for the advice.
I ordered a Di Marzio Area T dp417. It is on the way.
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Today, 10:52 AM
it's also slightly thicker , not the same depth as a 175
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Today, 10:47 AM
Yeah that’s another caveat. Part of the learning process for etudes is that you have to unpack and figure out what’s happening on your own.
Which...
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Today, 10:46 AM
Actually, I quite like that! You'd certainly get some vocabulary from it. Maybe not the theory behind it, though, and it's not that cheap either. But...
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Today, 10:44 AM
https://youtu.be/3oHjXTZO33g?si=nBYyuQyynUCmCIe9
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Today, 10:38 AM
so ... if your going to steal licks.... move on to sax players like Frank Morgan and Johnny Griffin.
The difference between Blues and Jazz Blues...
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Today, 10:19 AM
Thanks lawson-stone. Do you happen to know what kind of Yamaha he plays? I have a G-50. Pretty heavy amp but really powerful.
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Today, 10:15 AM
Oh, you could be right. Maybe it is Kyoto.
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Today, 10:12 AM
I'll look for that. Are you on a Mac?
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Today, 10:08 AM
Just the old Kay gussied up with some silly inlay stickers.
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Today, 10:03 AM
I like middle and ring for single note rhythm. I can help push with the index and it takes pressure off my individual fingers.
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Today, 10:01 AM
Having played Gretches for years the 3 control layout while different is comfortable territory. I leave it in the middle setting with the neck on...
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Today, 09:51 AM
Even today, there are some that believe that one should tune to A=442 or even worse. Horn players and even some conductors. They say that prior to a...
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Today, 09:45 AM
Wow, she's a looker!
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Today, 09:41 AM
What's the guitar you're playing? I don't think I've seen you playing that one before.
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Today, 09:38 AM
I have been experimenting since the last zoom meeting with composition using but strict composition and composing using improvisation.
It seems...
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Today, 09:35 AM
I have been a huge fan of Joshua Breakstone for many years. He is also a very nice guy. He's on Facebook and if you message him he'll reply and chat...
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Today, 09:29 AM
I had a buddy in college who was obsessed with the blues. He could barely play 3 chords on the guitar, but he used to wander around the house where...
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Today, 09:28 AM
If you spoke in rhyme 2 hours a day, your improvised poetry would be improve.
Also, freestyle rap, slam poetry and stand up comedy are verbal...
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Today, 09:25 AM
This is also a thing. I can’t vouch for it but a friend uses it with some students and likes it.
Three levels of “blues” ii-V-I licks.
Sick...
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Today, 09:22 AM
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift get Spotify contracts.
Nobodies like you and me are allowed to pay for our songs to be uploaded.
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Today, 09:19 AM
I thought it was in the On Don Cherry chapter. Whoopsie.
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Today, 09:13 AM
Clever solution.
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Today, 08:46 AM
When I run into this I use amazing slow downer to adjust the pitch of the recording.
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Today, 08:12 AM
Only the A side was about a half tone sharp. There are many stories about this, but the real cause was that the 3 track machine used to record the...
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Today, 07:58 AM
Tonight
5 June 2024
Mike Stern is tonight's guest.
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Today, 07:47 AM
Kendrick Lamar was apparently deep in a Coltrane phase in 2015 and you can hear it in the phrasing for sure.
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Today, 07:36 AM
I think language acquisition, fluency, vocabulary etc are just the beginning of the story. It's true that casual speaking is similar to improvisation...
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Today, 07:36 AM
I love a maple board on a Strat or Tele, but I honestly don't care. Any nice guitar in my hands is going to make me happy, whether it's...
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Today, 07:20 AM
Doesn't work that way. There are companies like CDBaby, Orchard, Distrokid that do digital distribution, meaning you upload your music to them and...
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Today, 07:13 AM
I’m not sure about the provenance of the quote. Possible Archie Shepp misremembered the publication. There were loads of widely circulated jazz...
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Today, 07:11 AM
Please do not do that: art historian in the room.
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Today, 07:07 AM
I've told this story before, but it's it's a good story....
I wandered off the road mid bike ride once in Senegal, I heard a really amazing bird...
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Today, 07:04 AM
There's a Jamie Aebersold book/record called "Nothin' But Blues" that is, um, nothing but blues. The book itself has a lot of decent information:...
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Today, 06:58 AM
Research is just my word for work put in to find out what you need to answer your questions.
You say you're learning the Charlie Parker solo. Why?...
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Today, 06:57 AM
The DGTs are special guitars. The finish on that one is insane. I have to tell you, I have never been a fan of the splits tho, and I don't find them...
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Today, 06:41 AM
And that clarification is very useful.
If this is the goal:
Then now — as a mea culpa — all this would, in fact, be very good stuff (in...
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Today, 06:41 AM
Published in this Down Beat magazine it was an interview with Archie Shepp and not Don Cherry.
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Today, 06:32 AM
yeah, you have to just tune to the recording, the same as if you're playing with a piano that's not precisely in tune to A440.
I had the original...
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Today, 06:30 AM
I found four or five Lennie Tristano Down Beat interviews but not the one Don Cherry talked about.
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Today, 06:26 AM
I'd like to read the actual quote from Lennie Tristano. I searched for Tristano Downbeat interviews but didn't come up with anything.
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Today, 06:24 AM
*eyeroll*
Grant Green is where it’s at. He has a later period where he’s playing a bit more of a funk thing (which is also awesome) but any of...
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Today, 06:18 AM
Those old recordings are analog recordings, any difference in recording and playback spinning rate will introduce detune.
Try tuning your instrument...
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Today, 05:41 AM
Terrible story, but one worth telling to get the balance of reality for prospective buyers! It is just a shame that you had to go through the process...
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Today, 05:38 AM
Thanks for this reply. I’m a bit confused though as I view this as me doing research? I'm obviously off-base with that.
I am totally new to this...
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Today, 05:21 AM
I second Mark's words. Having purchased from Vinny before as well, you won't find a more honest seller, and his guitars are always kept in mint...
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Today, 05:09 AM
With the coils split on the neck pickup with the tone rolled back she's Magic for jazz. Rosewood necks have a delightful chime that really makes it a...
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Today, 04:36 AM
I just recalled: Furniture grade pure beeswax in turpentine is safe to use on sticky nitrocellulose. I used to wax the back of the necks until my...
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Today, 04:26 AM
Here's the video with Johnny Griffin that Reg was talking about on the comping thread but never posted.
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Today, 04:24 AM
My Japanese lawsuit copy of a 60's era ES-175 has the same skinny neck, which is the one thing I do not like about it (other than the original...
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Today, 04:16 AM
Hadn't heard of him, sounds good, his phrasing and timing is very precise, is that what you meant by "theatrical"?
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Today, 04:08 AM
The pitch can get altered during the film or video processing, especially in the case of older films like the one in the link you posted, those are...
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Today, 03:58 AM
I see that you are correct, the copyright is still in effect unless the author has been deceased for at least 70 years, I hadn't given it much...
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Today, 03:55 AM
How about Free Jazz Guitar Lessons ... you'll find all the answers you are looking for in these lessons.... should keep you busy for months if not...
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Today, 03:35 AM
No. And I wouldn't recommend it to anyone either. It's beautiful, yes. On closer inspection, it did not have everything I paid for and the setup was...
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Today, 03:31 AM
No, Jamie. Do your own research, don't be lazy. If you want to do this, you'll do it. Sorry, but there's no end to asking other people to do it for...
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Today, 03:25 AM
That’s interesting my 175 has a skinny little neck (60s) and I would say it encourages me to play three fingered much of the time. Which is something...
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Today, 03:07 AM
I tuned my guitar with my Peterson strobo tuner, and I'm reasonably confident that it's in tune. Then I try to play along with something on the...
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Today, 02:53 AM
Yes, great! Can you recommend any recordings, transcriptions, exercises (or resources) that I could start with?
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Today, 02:41 AM
Correct.
Well, as the man said, there's only 12 notes. The main instrument you have is your ear. The way to absorb a style is to listen to it...
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Today, 02:09 AM
Does it?
I have had mine for 12 months now and I can't get it out of my hands.
It was well worth the wait and the stress of the delivery...
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Today, 02:00 AM
Today, a bassist mentioned that he buys basses with satin finish on the neck, not glossy, for this reason. The drummer then mentioned that he used to...
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Today, 01:50 AM
I’ve seen a few sets when he tours Japan. I like his playing, too. In fact, I’ve used his arrangement of Autumn Leaves when I call it at jam...
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Today, 01:25 AM
Awesome! Congrats!
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Today, 01:14 AM
That new dangelico looks sick. I’d get one as an upgrade to the Eastman for sure.
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Today, 01:14 AM
Thank you for all of these replies and sorry for the confusion (however it's sparked a really interesting discussion that I've enjoyed reading).
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Today, 01:06 AM
My 2nd guitar is Squier thinline tele with Fender wide range (i think thats what they called?) humbuckers, and it's also a beautiful thing. The best...
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Today, 12:50 AM
Yea I do, totally. I tried some regular humbuckers, and it was... weird. But Filtertrons in a tele is like Gin with Tonic, it's just made to be,...
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Today, 12:49 AM
You could play the melody and bass together (bass will follow the harmonic rhythm of the tune, not an actual walking bass line).
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Today, 12:48 AM
I did not get it was about 2/2…
classical conductors do not count at all and it works but in most cases with 2/2 the music is familiar or...
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Today, 12:47 AM
Musicians have contracts with Spotify? Who makes the contract happen the musician or Spotify? I thought with Spotify and Pandora they just stream...
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Today, 12:43 AM
You're not allowed to say Billy Strings on this forum.
BZZZTT!!
OUCH!
See what I mean?
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Today, 12:40 AM
I don't buy that. I hang out with Pandora. Many of the smooth or contemporary guitarists exceed West Montgomery and most traditional Jazz guitarists.
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Today, 12:30 AM
https://youtu.be/AAiPj-KFx70?si=sd585bkIKBtinPYQ
I've loved Joshua Breakstone ever since I heard his song above 20 years ago. He's based in Tokyo...
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Today, 12:07 AM
Listening a lot to traditional folk and urban blues singers definitely helped me a ton in understanding and navigating the 12 bar blues form for jazz...
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Yesterday, 11:48 PM
Yep ... I didn't even quote your post to disagree with it.
I just said that the OP could clarify what he's looking for because the question was...
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Yesterday, 11:41 PM
Pamosmusic, maybe look again at what I said in my first post where I mentioned BB? I think it’s actually pretty on point to what you’re saying about...
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Yesterday, 11:40 PM
Hey,
I’m currently playing an Eastman AR-371CE and I’m looking to get an upgrade since I’m going to college in the coming fall. I was looking for...
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Yesterday, 11:05 PM
Maybe I should’ve just answered this post like I do every post, regardless of topic:
Learn some Grant Green
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Yesterday, 11:04 PM
Okay. Well good, then. I think that’s excellent. Don’t think I suggested otherwise.
I would agree. Which is why I figured some clarification...
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Yesterday, 10:43 PM
Oh didn’t know that he brought it in. Either way I like his sound more on both the Zeidler and the 175 than the Wes. Having gotten to play his...
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Yesterday, 10:43 PM
What I am talking about is immersing yourself to the whole of the African-American music tradition. Listen, listen, listen with your heart and soul...
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Yesterday, 10:41 PM
Do you find Filtertrons twangy? I know "twang" is a Telecaster thing but it's usually not a jazz thing.
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Yesterday, 10:40 PM
The count is typically the number of beats in a bar and the time is beats per minute. For cut time, the counted beats are one and two, the quarter...
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Yesterday, 10:38 PM
Spoon recorded with Jay McShann after Yardbird had left Hootie's big band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIDHsdpdbYo
Hootie's dedication to...
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Yesterday, 10:31 PM
okay dude come on.
You’re trying to say that jazz guitarists are influenced by blues guitarists and vice versa, yes?
This is obviously true...
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Yesterday, 10:20 PM
Single coils out of question for me. Not for the tone, which I rather like, but the hum makes them unusable in a lot of situations. And no, I don't...
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