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Today, 10:14 PM
I'm playing Bb blues or I and V on the A no matter what:)
This is great though...could definitely do a BUNCH of Rhythm videos on RC.
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Today, 10:07 PM
Well howdy …
Summer of Rhythm … Changes?
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Today, 10:05 PM
I just had the idea that one could justify that by the saying both chords come from the double diminished scale ... just kidding.
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Today, 09:37 PM
Didn't you know? Les also invented the first 3D printer.
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Today, 09:34 PM
Rhythm Changes basically made me quit jazz guitar. It sounds amazing when the masters play it, but I could never pull it off with all those changes....
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Today, 09:19 PM
I've recently started working with a singer, so I've been thinking about how to approach it. This particular singer has a degree in music, plays a...
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Today, 09:15 PM
I've never been into black guitars that much, but this really floats my boat.
Just a moment...
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Today, 09:11 PM
The thing that kills me is he's asking 10K for the guitar pick and has to charge $7 shipping.Can't make this stuff up.
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Today, 09:03 PM
I don't know which one's better. My pref's always been the look of the curve so that's all I have. Lately I've liked the Florentine look on the wider...
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Today, 08:56 PM
Ok, good plan! Just kidding. No disagreement here that the best way to know how to back a musician is to actually ask them and collaborate.
I've...
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Today, 08:55 PM
Get well soon!
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Today, 08:55 PM
People! Insane deal alert!
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Today, 08:51 PM
I'm speechless .... but out of curiousity, how does one "hand make" a plastic pick?
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Today, 08:40 PM
Funny, I recall fusion was popular back then, for example, I saw the Mahavishnu Orchestra at Winterland and the place was packed. And I recall the...
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Today, 08:38 PM
I will have an opinion very soon. This one is being built to be played purely as an acoustic instrument.
AKA
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Today, 08:26 PM
Why not just turn off "comments" on YouTube? That way those who appreciate his videos will have access to them, and he won't have to hear from the...
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Today, 08:05 PM
Bbmin Eb7 is the backdoor progression. It happens in many tunes including Rhythm Changes.
Literally no one would say it's ii V to Ab, lol.
Tim...
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Today, 07:52 PM
Very best wishes, Rob. Lots of love and respect on here for you - hope that gives you some strength. Get well soon.
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Today, 07:50 PM
Here's my next take with the sort of ending that Lawson suggested (thanks!)
Time After Time, Take 3 (Basie ending): TAT Take 3 - Box.com
I'm...
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Today, 07:44 PM
Rob: I appreciate everything you've brought to the forum, including your music, photography, typewriters, commentary, and Bach Cello Suites for...
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Today, 07:40 PM
The shirts are hooped, not striped.
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Today, 07:24 PM
FWIW, the original ES-125 is a non-cut, 16”, laminate body guitar.
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Today, 07:21 PM
Love to you Rob.
Alan
Zither Banjo | Rob MacKillop ~ Musician
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Today, 07:15 PM
... and I lowered some of the prices. Buy one from me and we'll both be happy! Buy more than one from me and we'll talk!
-1998-2002 Fender...
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Today, 07:05 PM
About 2 years ago I got tried of lugging my PA around and decided on a line array system. My local GC had the Bose, JBL and EV products and I...
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Today, 06:59 PM
From what I've gathered, Gibson made a cutaway but they made it in the ‘proper’ way, so no extra binding to make up for gaps between the arch. Then...
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Today, 06:51 PM
BRW has been used for bridges and saddles by Gibson for so long that I honestly don't know when they started! Flat tops (bridges) and arch tops (base...
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Today, 06:30 PM
I believe close to the edge was voted the best progressive album of all times and I agree. Listened to it so much back in the day, I had to buy...
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Today, 06:29 PM
Thanks for replying Frank. That is truly sad about the cyber bullying. I know that I speak for most here that recognize and enjoy Mike's talent and...
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Today, 06:25 PM
That's really the way it was done back in the 70's for jazz, though. You had to get out there and get your music heard by audiences in order to build...
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Today, 06:22 PM
The Sweet 16 arrived in excellent shape. The wood inlay in the tailpiece has what I thought was a sticker emblem. It's not. It's a perfectly done...
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Today, 06:20 PM
It's drop dead gorgeous in person. I'm sure Mike's happy it's going to a good home.
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Today, 06:02 PM
Best, best wishes Rob! And all our hopes for a rapid positive response to treatment so that you can get home and on with your life.
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Today, 05:59 PM
Tim gives the example of Just Friends going to Bbm7 - Eb7. He doesn't agree with any analysis of this as ii-V in Ab. His reason is that in terms of...
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Today, 05:56 PM
Thanks Peter for the response and your own excellent examples.
Yes, that anticipation 'and of four' is a hard one for many people to both...
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Today, 05:53 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqeSq8dRy_A
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Today, 05:45 PM
It's still available. Do you have any questions?
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Today, 05:42 PM
There are also very good reasons why one could go wrong with adding BRW to a guitar, but that aside, is there really a reason to believe that the...
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Today, 05:41 PM
looks cool, can you paste an individual chord diagram to an image format to drop into a document?
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Today, 05:38 PM
Acquired taste, I felt the same way about Joe Pass. I couldn’t tell what was happening and couldn’t hear the changes. It was all chords and noodling....
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Today, 05:27 PM
I think you’ll do just fine, keep working on the gaps.
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Today, 05:25 PM
This is the only player where I didn't like him at all at first, now I love his playing. WTF happened? Maybe I had no taste of wasn't ready for it?...
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Today, 05:25 PM
I was diagnosed with myasthenia about six years ago--fortunately, a mild case and easily managed with an immunosuppressant and pyridostigmine (and I...
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Today, 05:21 PM
thanks. I compared the bridge base on my kessel (oiled brazilian) to the one on the L4 and they are very similar in darkness but the oiled brazilian...
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Today, 05:21 PM
@Big Mike
This forum will not be same without you sir.
Your contribution here has been mighty.
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Today, 05:21 PM
Thanks for the video
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Today, 05:20 PM
This is all pretty helpful info in this thread. It has helped me get to the bottom of it a bit.
I am gigging like 4-8 gigs a month. Nobody gives me...
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Today, 05:15 PM
From truetone, where i think it was originally sold.
In the history of the Fender Custom Shop, few Masterbuilders have achieved the status level...
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Today, 04:57 PM
Not to throw oil on the fire, but the negative comments on here were about his use of filters and whatnots, not about the man's playing or...
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Today, 04:56 PM
Yessss. I have (mostly just loose leaf photo-copies) the Mick Goodrick factorial rhythm book. I never got through much because I never made it passed...
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Today, 04:49 PM
Best of luck in the coming weeks, Rob.
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Today, 04:49 PM
This looks wonderful! May I ask if it's a custom shop Fender? And which model? Thanks!
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Today, 04:43 PM
It’d be great if you could post a clip of this. I struggle reading rhythms.
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Today, 04:41 PM
https://youtu.be/Pj98pvfpCWA?si=EsjGqEQC7bD-7bYz
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Today, 04:38 PM
Truth!
Time for my favorite Emily Remler quote (regarding the Charleston)
"Nothing is corny if it SWINGS."
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Today, 04:24 PM
Garland's comping style could be reduced to rhythmic variations of the 'Charleston' pattern (usually represented by a dotted quarter note followed by...
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Today, 04:23 PM
Very sad...
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Today, 04:23 PM
Hey Rob, Wishing you a speedy and full recovery! Get well soon, my forum friend. This place needs you. -- Joe
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Today, 04:14 PM
I have Estonian upbringing with bland food. We do have a kind of expression of "enjoy something" and that is used in advertisement (exactly like...
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Today, 04:01 PM
I just remembered. 5! Yes. Thank you. C5.
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Today, 04:00 PM
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Today, 03:52 PM
I'm just waiting for the seller to get back so i can snatch up this one. Just a moment...
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Today, 03:40 PM
Hang in there Rob.
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Today, 03:37 PM
I always believed Florentines are easier to make, but then I read from Taylor's web pages that they start from a traditional symmetrical body,...
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Today, 03:27 PM
Well, the seller has no sales and thus no feedback on Reverb, that and his ad copy says "stay away."
So, looking at his pics, they show no...
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Today, 03:24 PM
They’re usually written as C5. You might have to explain it to non guitarists. But it’s regularly used on the tab/chords with lyrics websites...
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Today, 03:24 PM
I’ve been a reluctant composer in the sense that I’ve always tried to advance myself as a player. But it turns out most people see me as a writer. It...
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Today, 03:22 PM
A quick web search told me:
"The notation of power chords is simple, you only have to add the number '5' to the note that you want to use as the...
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Today, 03:21 PM
Scrapple — alternate fingerings and vocabulary
https://youtu.be/pN69X15JBJE?si=B3rPsJ86fC2X2dpk
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Today, 03:19 PM
Came across this ad for a "refurbished 1992 classical guitar". The poster admits he got the guitar free and did a little work on it. There is no...
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Today, 03:14 PM
Wishing you all the best Rob!!!
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Today, 03:12 PM
Beautiful DGT! I have one also. It’s a very versatile guitar that can cover Les Paul type sounds and a lot more. I was surprised at how good the...
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Today, 03:11 PM
More and more I mainly consider myself a composer. There’s no rhyme or reason how I write music. I just start. For me it rarely, if ever, comes from...
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Today, 03:11 PM
Yes, you did say tonic "note"... so after the last G7(b5), are you thinking of something like this?
x-x-5-5-5-8
> x-x-6-8-6-8
> x-x-7-8-7-8
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Today, 03:07 PM
Hey guys. Simple question that I have no idea. I have a song I’m writing and notating for our next rehearsal. This song is a cross between a hard...
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Today, 03:06 PM
(We have this tendency — or maybe it’s just me — to steal the “interesting” rhythms, and ignore how frequently guys are playing the “boring” ones)
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Today, 03:05 PM
Hey nothing to be ashamed of there! You have the arrangement in place and you play it with a solid flow. I personally would dial back the reverb some...
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Today, 03:05 PM
Post deleted.
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Today, 03:03 PM
I’ve always liked the 50s Miles for comping stuff and jacked a lot of rhythms from those groups, with red garland and wynton kelly, but I should...
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Today, 03:00 PM
Get well soon, Rob. You are an inspiration.
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Today, 02:59 PM
Here is my progress video after starting back on it this morning. Be warned it's fairly rough and the sound is terrible as it's just a phone video. ...
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Today, 02:57 PM
Great. My old teacher Warren Nunes told us to listen to Red Garland for comping. Simple. Elegant. Perfect. Never gets in the way.
Sent from my...
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Today, 02:56 PM
He speaks the truth.
(and for what it’s worth, the worksheet is because it’s even a bit harder to explain when you get into the particulars haha)
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Today, 02:55 PM
A few more, from French (!) composer Maria Linnemann:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXzDoqCjBlM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAj8UB0urzE
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Today, 02:51 PM
Very best wishes Rob and thank you for all your inpout and sharing.
David
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Today, 02:50 PM
Simple to explain, hard to master.
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Today, 02:50 PM
Reviving this old thread: the Bonfa/Manha de Carnaval arrangement linked to above is by Noriyasu Takeuchi, from his book Bossa Nova & Latin Pieces...
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Today, 02:48 PM
There are like 5-10 venues that come up when I search jazz on Google maps. Comparing it to where I live, that’s a jazz utopia.
I’ll reach out to...
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Today, 02:45 PM
You're not paying attention. I'm talking about the last note of the TUNE. i.e, the MELODY. You can play a descending chromatic line of chords with...
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Today, 02:43 PM
I hope you feel better soon, Rob! All the best to you, now and in the future.
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Today, 02:40 PM
I think it could be a great tool for ear training. Learning melody by ear. Probably better than something like this, which I have used as well.
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Today, 02:39 PM
I think that would rather have the opposite effect, making the brain and body talk even less to each other.
Besides, a good (really Southern)...
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Today, 02:35 PM
I don't know if one is better than the other, but I like the extra access to higher frets on my Campellone EP.
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Today, 02:31 PM
I don’t know Bham that well, but here is what I am aware of from visiting a buddy who lives there. Avondale brewery has a small club upstairs and a...
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Today, 02:27 PM
Wow, Mr. MacKillop has published a lot of books, I count over 2 dozen there on AMZN!
Thank you for your musical contributions and I sincerely hope...
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Today, 02:20 PM
My best wishes for you, Rob, for a speedy and full recovery.
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Today, 02:13 PM
Not thus far…
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Today, 02:11 PM
I am sorry to hear about the health problems.
I am not a neurologist, but I have had many patients with myasthenia, most of which were well...
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Today, 02:11 PM
"That ending is one I use on tunes that end on the tonic note of the scale."
Tonic note? It does end on I Major, his last chord is C 6/9 with the...
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Today, 02:09 PM
Not too much to talk about here, but when I'm working on comping with students, I try to start with set pieces –– set rhythms, predetermined approach...
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Today, 02:04 PM
I don't know, I used to have that LP, and transcribed some of it, don't recall his guitar tone being so dark, like he's using gain on his amp? -...
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Today, 02:02 PM
Dear friend, I am no God follower, but regard myself a Humanist, and recognise the love and humanity in others. Best wishes to us all!
Rob
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Today, 02:02 PM
Nice tone on that take. That ending is one I use on tunes that end on the tonic note of the scale. Arnold's ending is more like a Count Basie ending,...
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Today, 01:58 PM
Sorry to hear the news about Mike
Here's hoping for some healing and comfort in the future.
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Today, 01:58 PM
Nah, baby. One chord per bar or I’m going home.
So for the first iteration of bars 1-4, I’m doing Bb blues through the whole thing.
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Today, 01:57 PM
My experience, and maybe that of most here, is that the character of what you learn and its source changes through time. In the beginning the primary...
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Today, 01:54 PM
Hi Rob - so sorry to learn of your condition. Like many other members here- you are in my prayers and wishing you a speedy recovery.
Keep the...
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Today, 01:53 PM
Oh, I thought it was how you navigate each bar. It seemed really, REALLY, complicated.
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Today, 01:51 PM
I shared a rough take of the tune in a previous post in which I played the ending in my chord diagrams. However, I'd play it differently now that...
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Today, 01:47 PM
Glad that you're able to play again!
I have pretty much got this memorized now, so I should be good to go by Sunday as well. I have a short intro...
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Today, 01:42 PM
Vinny, thanks for updating us on Mike’s condition. Mike was very generous to many people on this forum, and I’ve always admired his philanthropic...
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Today, 01:34 PM
if you go to the Federico Labbiento's artist page he's got a few "singles" where he's got three tracks for each song - one combined, one rhythm, and...
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Today, 01:33 PM
Hey, Doc, you’re not allowed to play it better than me! Talk about kicking a man when he’s down!? Seriously, that was great. I loved it! Well done....
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Today, 01:31 PM
Thank you
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Today, 01:31 PM
I never use those terms unless I'm eating at an Italian restaurant and ordering chicken florentine.
all these yrs later when speaking to my friends...
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Today, 01:27 PM
Hey Mike
Wishing you well. I’ve thought about you a few times when enjoying my Cameo. I recall we both like twin pickup guitars!
Rog
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Today, 01:17 PM
Yes, Fender used to offer the D130F in the Showman and Dual showman cabs, and even as a "factory upgrade" for Fender Twins. The F in the name D130F...
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Today, 01:16 PM
Outstanding news! She’s one of the last great 18’s built by the Master! Congratulations!!!
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Today, 01:13 PM
Thanks Marty, I did exactly what you suggest and this one is shipping out this afternoon on its way to me. And I agree, both brothers were very nice...
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Today, 01:13 PM
I’ve often wondered where those labels came from. Venice and Florence Italy! Duh! It never occurred to me. :doh:
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Today, 01:13 PM
get well soon, rob.
i found this book highly enjoyable. if anyone was on the fence, now might be the time.
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Today, 01:11 PM
Looks like a pretty good beginner list
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Today, 01:10 PM
Six variations on each four bar segment
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Today, 01:08 PM
He hasn't been wearing the striped shirt much lately, I miss it. Hey Pat, bring back the striped shirt, we miss it.
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Today, 01:08 PM
I don’t understand why there are six bullet points for four bars.
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Today, 01:00 PM
Hey Rob.
Sorry to hear you’ve not been well. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
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Today, 12:38 PM
Thanks for the offer 2B! We'll see what happens. Looks like if I want to go I'll be driving though, which could put me on Chuckanut at some point,...
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Today, 12:38 PM
Sweet 16s are sweet!
Congrats.
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Today, 12:35 PM
From Seattle to Scotland, Rob I hope your treatment is soon providing you some relief. You’re in my thoughts.
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Today, 12:28 PM
I’ve not read a more heartwarming story on this forum. I’m truly sorry to hear about the passing of your daughter. I hope you and your wife are...
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Today, 12:24 PM
Somehow, I don't think you can go wrong with Brazilian rosewood. It is a celebrated guitar tonewood for good reason. If that were an option for me,...
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Today, 12:21 PM
Good luck Captain
(I’ve been after one for years myself
or an AF220)
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Today, 12:18 PM
I replaced the bridge and saddle on my archtop recently aiming for ebony bridge with the matching ebony saddle, but that one turned out to have not...
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Today, 12:18 PM
I’m 30 minutes from there. Happy to give you a lift! :smile-new:
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Today, 12:12 PM
Correct, the cyber bullying got to him so he asked to have all vids removed. He thought about quitting guitar because of all of the negativity. The...
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Today, 12:09 PM
Cool, I also struggled not to keep paying through the head. Unlike Donna Lee, I kind know this one so I wanted to keep going.
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Today, 12:08 PM
My luthier has some really old brazilian rosewood that's very dark but not quite black. He carved a footer for my Kessel. I'm tempted to go with that...
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Today, 12:08 PM
And in this particular case, does it do the Run in more or less parsecs? :doh:
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Today, 12:06 PM
She’s truly a very special Heritage Sweet 16! Light as a feather and plays like butter! It’s great guitar karma that she ends up back with you Mark....
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Today, 11:57 AM
I do wonder if the initial brightness of probably any kind of new string has to do at least in large part with absence of fret wear. Once that sets...
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Today, 11:49 AM
I have never tried either of those bridges, but the Benedetto bridge looks good and would be my choice between those two.
My experience has been...
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Today, 11:41 AM
I'm back in the saddle as of this morning. Will get cracking and will hopefully have something decent to present on Sunday. shreddin'
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Today, 11:33 AM
I am afraid Mike will not be returning home. His condo is being sold.
He had 3 horrible surgeries. The specifics he doesn’t want known.
Do keep him...
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