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It is very heavily padded, suitable for a guitar funeral.... may it rest in peace!

tuner -> reverb/delay -> looper looks right to me. As for power, each pedal will have it's own mA requirement and that's between the power supply...

christian will know more but improvisation and composition were considered essential skills and standard at conservatories. late romantic period I...

Thanx. I did that and this is what I got. LoL!

I've lived in some dry places. And yea, winter can be a killer given heating. Rather than individual case humidifiers I've always found it cheaper...

That case looks a bit too small, but as you suggested, it's heavily padded and may just need time to settle in. A dreadnought acoustic guitar case...

Had both eyes done. Chose distance. Great! Got prescription glasses for reading, lost them a year ago. Bought readers @$35. Work fine. I agree with...

The Boveda packets are the 49% ones. I would think the inside the case humidity should be close to 49%. Not sure why it's higher than the room. My...

I'm reading Chopin's biography at the moment. Most of us are aware he could and did improvise, but I'm getting the sense improvising was a large...

I just saw that. I let my own ears and eyes make the descsion as we live in a time anyone can say anything without being informed rather than just...

If you never turn the knob and a cap value changes, the roll off value of the circuit will change. f = 1 / 2(pi)CR. But, knobs and turning kind of...

Here is an example of constructing stacked 4th chords from a scale (melodic minor in this case), which is something it would be good for me to...

Why would you expect the one in the case to read the same as the one in the room? You have humidity packs in the case and it's well sealed against...

I put one under the headstock and one in the depression in the case bottom under the heel. There's enough room in all of my archtop hard cases for...

Again.. they don't 'filter differently'. They filter exactly, precisely the same. uf is all that matters. It's not active.. it's passive. You...

Some don't care that much about their tone and write it off as either unimportant or as a non-addressable variable. Umm.. no. I'm more in the...

There's a bit of controversy:

From the Boveda website, I believe they recommend at least 3 in the case. I put one at the headstock and I drape the other two (in the 2-pack case)...

So, for archtops, the kit comes with the double-piece for acoustic sound hole and a single piece for the headstock. I have the acoustics covered now,...

Tough crowd.

ahh..the garage band moves to the nice hardwood floor living room..No Shoes please ! There are alot of "Kid" bands .. to me this one is average.

Can someone explain in general terms, for those of us who don’t have a lot of electronics knowledge, the difference between a tone control, a Low...

I think that’s all very fair and true but; most of this is stuff you can intuit and it’s what we call ‘taste’. I’m not saying you shouldn't...

I think this would very much depend on the period of Trane's music. He used plenty of chromaticism in his modal music, for example - to say nothing...

Right now I am fine with +2 readers for sheet music. I don't read tab I suppose I could figure out but I spent too much time being a decent sight...

Actually Coltrane did discuss his approach in this Downbeat interview, I think it tends to agree with your description: Prestige 65th Anniversary

https://youtu.be/zCIdMOt9iVk?si=sTtvL6Cr2T0rWNNY

I use a Midea Cube 50 pint dehumidifier for when it's too humid. I recently purchased some of the Boveda packs but I haven't been too impressed...

Yes, this has also been my sense with studying Coltrane solos. I could be completely wrong about this. But it always seemed to me that Charlie...

Your favorite wine may taste different depending on the day and situation. The same with amplified sound. From my sailboat years, I recall that...

I've been using these packs for years, but I buy the Bovedas because they're cheaper. The packs for guitar maintain a RH range between 40 and 60%. ...

You’ll feel the wind chill but the guitar won’t. I would never put a guitar in the trunk though.

Often the different sound of different material cap is not the material but different value. All the .047 uF caps are not .047 uF but higher or lower...

Room acoustics are crucial for the sound. You need to know your gear and what adjustments the room needs. If you can assess the frequencies which are...

Yes action is personal to player. I cannot play slinky strings and low action. I need to practice and adjust my playing if it happens. You can...

I usually measure my action with a pick. I have Blue Chip picks in .040" .050" and .060" thicknesses, and I usually try for .050", less if I can get...

I suspect your action is set much higher than mine. The higher the action, the less adjustment would ever be necessary. I keep mine set as close to...

I just measured my Gretsch, it is 1.5mm on the bass and 1.25mm on the treble side. I consider this high action.

I worked with Dennis Sands at Group IV Recording several times in the late 80's. The studio had a live side, where Joe Pass recorded several albums...

I suspect your action is set much higher than mine. The higher the action, the less adjustment would ever be necessary. I keep mine set as close to...

Boy, you aren't kidding

Sometimes the -15f (that's -26C) polar vortex with a -60F (-51C) wind chill kills the battery in your car and you have to take the wife's coupe. ...

I shudder to think of living in the great white north (anywhere north of the Mason-Dixon line). It gets cold enough down here on the third coast in...

I live 120 south of you Tom. I have guitars always in cases unless I am playing it. I have never done anything climate controlled except heat in...

I’ve posted the YT vids of the Synanon album before. But it’s worth a reminder because it contains some of the most wonderful jazz guitar ever...

That's been the case with me since long before my vision began to deteriorate. I suspect the fact that I see no value in tablature, thus never...

If Sonic Youth approved, she must be cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjiZ0-y82_0

Haha! There's You Tube clips of a young JP playing the Jaguar- amplified of course- and it actually sounds good. As mentioned, that was a random...

A lot of the things they sell are also decades past last manufacture and the only way most people could ever hope to own that type of technology. ...

I recently had a six-month checkup after cataract surgery. My left eye's vision is not as good as my right's but it's not bad enough to need...

Slight Digression: If you've never heard Bill Frisell (with Kermit Driscoll and Joey Baron) cover Madonna's "Live To Tell" you're in for a treat. One...

I think, as has been previously said, we all feel this on at least a semi-regular basis. I picked up one of my Teles (the one I don't play often) the...

There's no reason to go from a 20 degree car trunk to an 80 degree club, don't put your guitar in the trunk! Start the car, warm it up and put it in...

I'm with you here. 90% of the time I like the way my guitar sounds, the other 10% I usually knocked the knobs around setting up and didn't think to...

You'll need to tweak your truss rod seasonally, don't worry about it too much. In the winter when your necks will dry out, any sloppy fretwork...

The ‘Catch Me’ record has some tracks using a low-register guitar, it’s probably that one. Joe also plays nylon string on a couple of tracks, so...

Nice guitar for sure - but at € 5200,- PLUS 19% VAT PLUS 3% customs it would set me back € 6300.00 .... Yikes. Too bad thanks to the Brexiteers -...

If you’re having some work done on your guitar and want to pay a few dollars more for something you think will help then it’s not a huge deal. If...

Great! Thank you. I did not realize that the Humidpaks worked to maintain optimal range within the case.

Hello. I live in the southeast part of the states. With the seasons the humidity % will range from 100%-20% outside. Seasonal temperatures range...

There was another post here but it appears to have been deleted... Anyway, I found a very similar looking (different orientation?) pickup on Ebay:...

Climate controlled.

What is "cc"? Did you mean AC? I live in Midwest a few hours west. The only things you can do are to have an air conditioned room in summer and...

He played a Jaguar on the 1962 album Sounds of Synanon on Pacific Jazz. He was a resident / patient at Synanon at the time, and this was an album...

They ran tests that found you have more enjoyment of the same meal, if served on a different colour plate.

We think we know what we like but the truth is most like what they know. Lots of the perception comes from simply the day you're having, how you're...

Satan incarnate.

Aw, come on, it was quite funny!

To me, jazz is not about cramming the highest number of notes into a bar or playing furiously fast (though having the technique to do it is always...

Thanks for all of the comments. @Peter: yes, Coltrane's Countdown is almost super-human yet still very musical (at around 300bpm!). I read...

I use an Axe FX 3 digital amp modeler. Can use a variety of traditionally used Fender amps, but in my limited experience with playing traditional...

British humor.

I think that, pretty much, right there is it.

It's easy to do comparisons and end up with A < B < C < A. I've done it many times. When it comes to gear, the best approach may be players who...

There is a harmonic and melodic similarity between Countdown and Con Alma in the first 8, very clear in this arrangement. Nice playing on this.

Some days, I pick up a guitar and it sounds amazing but on other days the same guitar doesn't thrill me. I have learned not to make decisions to sell...

For the most part I always like what I hear unless the room or stage is lousy cause I use gear that is a known quantity, with standardized settings,...

Well, depends on the amp. Plug it into an old fender or even a Polytone, and it'd sound pretty damn good I imagine.

Looking for PAF type humbuckers and/or 12”, 8ohm neo/alnico speakers to trade.

Likewise on swapping pickups - I've done it a little with no appreciable differences and I always sound like me. Plus, I've always said that "any amp...

Thanks- here’s a video of the whole show from start to finish. I’m happy that you’re interested. https://youtu.be/UjnpApVIxho?si=0tbH9Z9vUfR7JGMo

I wouldn't have thought of bebop, but I bet every bebopper had heard it.

I've run into this, too - I have spent inordinate amounts of time dialing in the amp, pickups, strings, even the placement of the amp in the room at...

Science and Math, now you tell me!:doh: Roger Borys gave me Kent's phone number, so I could tell him what type of pickup I could replace the POS...

That happens to me all the time. I sometimes quit playing for the night and think the sound was about as good as it could be. The next day I turn...

True. But it would change the tone somewhat if the tone pot wasn't moved. If the capacitor was changed to a different value, and the tone pot was...

Is there a recording known to be Joe playing his jaguar?

I just downloaded 1 & 2. Sounds great!

I once bought a Empress effects para EQ pedal and spent hours in my room dialling in ‘my' sound. On achieving ‘my' sound, I went to uni and set up...

Haha, sounds reasonable. To me, I can hear a difference so I may as well spend a few bucks for a pio or orange drop instead of several cents for a...

I think if I were going to explain it to a five year old it would be more like “I have a plastic colander and a metal colander, if I get rid of the...

Sorta the first lick but overall no

I have prescription glasses with progressive bifocals, but I don't wear them that often. For me, cheap reading glasses from the drugstore work...

Non-sequitur. Those are not capacitors. You can find stuff on the internet to confirm any (and I mean absolutely any) belief you may have. And...

Tbh those are my favorite kind of pedals but that particular pedal is a bit of a strange choice. Subtle spices are usually the nicest tho so maybe...

I had that Blues Guitar inside and out book. It was crap.

Very nice I listened twice. Any more from that night?

Read my original premise. Highs passing through a cap and going to ground does NOT prevent different materials from filtering differently. This is...

Herring's a great alto player, but I have to admit that his jazz playing did not speak to me in a special way when I saw him live at the Phil Woods...

Wow, this brings back memories! I had Be Dangerous On Rock Guitar too, it felt like a secret manual back then. That and Mickey Baker’s yellow book...

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I have good distance vision in both eyes, post surgery. I wear progressive bifocals all day and I almost never have to think about vision issues.

OMG........another looooong thread I rarely if ever turn my (guitar) TONE control down because I like as much TONE as possible to go to the amp. ...

Hi. I'm not terribly versed in electrical physics either. I posted this outline from ChatGPT to Spook since he apparently is and has worked on NASA...

For someone who is anti pedal, I'm surprised PB going for the most snake-oily boutique weirdo pedal I've ever heard of. Those kinds where (according...

I went through something similar with my cataract surgery, I chose distance vision only in one eye to match the other. It really helped with driving...

Hi. I'm not good with these science based explanations. Please could describe the noticable sonic differences between equal value PIO and Ceramic...

The bot could not possibly be wrong about anything, of course.

How are you doing now?

You guys are mad at physics. What Governs How a Capacitor Affects Tone? Capacitors in a tone circuit behave according to electrical physics —...

How would a filter that passes all signal below a certain frequency and blocks all signal above that frequency made of one material sound different...

This may explain the mystery: "Approximately 180 years after his death, J.S. Bach will be reincarnated, in a country named America, as a piano...

What is PIO filtering that Ceramic isn't filtering? Toan?