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Hah! Getting out of the subway yesterday afternoon I saw I guy in the station with glasses and two jumbo gig bags and thought to myself "hey, is that...

This might interest you, or not. Three solos on Summertime. The first one's straight but the next two have glaringly non-diatonic subs (only the...

Might be good to include a sound clip with the licks for those of us away from the instrument.

ps - That's why it would be nice to compare the AA Pro to the Bud 10. Both have 10" woofs.

For what it's worth, I had a Fishman Loudbox Artist to try for a month to compare to the AA Mini. (Both 8" woofs.) The Fishman had a few features...

Do big bands not play swing eighths?

I don't know. It's simple to me, if it fits, then it's okay. If you hear something that makes you want to vomit then it's not...

Christian is incapable of withholding snark. If it makes you feel better, I was a jazz guitar student thrust into a classical major because of...

Very true, there are exceptions to the rule and every guitar is different. I have an old twin pickup Gibson that sounds so loud and full...

Agreed … also interesting note, there’s a killer G major lick in Cornet Chop Suey (from what … 1930?) that looks an awful lot like this one.

I am thoroughly impressed with this AA Pro. Full disclosure, I didn’t even know they existed until I first stumbled upon this one. I did know about...

I'm not sure why you feel the need to scoff at people practising something which they might not have a career in. It seems to me that in doing this,...

Benedetto buys pickups from Seymour Duncan, AFAIK. I'm sure they don't wind their own pickups.

I've just recently got my first hollowbody, and I set the neck pickup for 4/64ths on the treble side, and 6/64ths on the bass side. Gibson specs, and...

Just a note on the Wesmo versions sounding better acoustically than the CES versions: When I got my CES last year, I thought it had a very good...

It might be able to just "handle it," but The Bud 6 is not nearly in the same league as the AA Pro for fullness and range. Or the AA Mini, for that...

There's also a natural slide in the use of notes. For example, using the major seventh as part of a melody was common in the 1920s, but you...

My parents said college would ruin me. I'll never be respected in academia or the music business no matter how much experience I have. They had...

Of course not. I would never call it a wrong note. A inside note played haltingingly is a wrong note. But I brought it up because …. Which...

right. So this it, right. Analyzing based on the color of the note against the chord isn’t terribly productive because its rhythm and articulation...

I may have done, I can't remember now :-) It depends entirely on the context. I'd say that's the bottom line. Done skilfully it can sound...

Rim wood :smile-new:

My fault, I thought you meant the chord D over C, not just the note. So, D on C. Then it's C add 9 or CM9 if the C was CM7. I'd still say colorful to...

I have a PhD from St. Tropez University in Osaka. I'm a labor relations consultant. On a personal note, I'm in the world's worst techno band.

It occurs to me that you might have read that as a “D chord,” but the same still applies.

Being a club musician takes dedication. Everything is about networking no matter where you're at in music. You have to pay your dues in clubs. A guy...

I've got a 2011 SS-15 and the year is written on the inside label right along with the serial number... just sayin'

Apparently. First off, nothing distinctly “Lydian” about that note. But also you didn’t ask an important question … what comes before and after,...

Before investing money in new pickups, take some time to change things, as Jimmy blue note said. Change the volumes on the amp and guitar. I like...

Colorful, because it's pleasantly lydian, which is more than acceptable. Wrong notes aren't notes just 'not in the chord', they're basically mistakes...

Not so much as we might like to think. Thought experiment: You play C maj and I play the note D … is it colorful or do you barely notice it?

My parents were classical pianists and they said music school would ruin me. I dabbled in a class or two and hated it. I love dives. They're my...

A piece of reed or guitar pick can help damp the buzz of the pickup against the ring, if that's the cause. Most springs I've seen are identical, but...

I don't have that book and I'm certainly not going to buy it so I can reply to your post! If you have a link, post it. If you don't, and you have the...

To be a good sight reader is also a type of improvisation - if you’ve read a load of Sor or Giuliani or whatever you are more likely to know ‘how it...

The real Bobby is great.

Yeah that’s probably true. I wish classical musicians did a bit more. I remember my old classical guitar teacher had me do jazz adjacent harmonic...

Yeah, that's a good idea, I'll start forcing myself to use the other parts of the neck.

Very good solo playing. Very good jazz sound and very good jazz taste and feel. Best Kris

I mean - it’s no surprise when you go back to theory/practice from the era when it was actually about people being able to improvise and write music...

I know about their guarantee, so I’m not worried about losing the purchase money, just the return shipping. Based on the reviews I’ve read and...

I'd say they were an integral part of the music, classical included.

I put electrical tape around the pu and part of a sax reed to immobilise it (zoom in a bit) clumsey maybe but it works

You might have misread it. I said jazz players do it more than classical musicians and for different reasons, mostly to do with the demands of...

Color notes generally aren’t that interesting, alas. As much as we might like them to be.

Btw, why is neck pickup spring wider ? Less springy? Shorter? Is it because it isn’t supposed to be raised as high? EDIT. I have now mounted thin...

From my original order sheet: 16" body w/3"rim depth 25" fingerboard scale 1&3/4" nut width

That wasn’t what I saying. Jazz musicians analyse stuff all the time. Their purpose in doing is not (generally) the same as classical musicians....

Well, I'll play interesting color notes and you play a lot of nonsense. I don't mind, it's been done before :-)

Reading recommendation: Don Byas on Art Tatum in Art Taylors "Notes and Tones"

Also looks like Frank brought (or is using) a Princeton to which is lower wattage then what he usually seems to have there…a Deluxe? Maybe as a...

Ha, finally a (partly) acoustic evening with! :cool: (And no feedback! ;) ) It's true that you have to know where to look, the thing is in...

Funny enough I used to often consider switching to a Bruno!

I’ve long pondered switching from my Jimmy Bruno to a SS-15, but I can never decide.

True, true :smile-new:

Save the boxtops from 10 boxes of any of Zen cereals and send them with a self-addressed jetpack to Zen Guitars.

I really think it's a great pickup, especially if you're upgrading from a stock pickup not designed for a warm jazz sound. I've also come to like the...

Lol. He ought to debunk the whole “notes are wrong because they don’t fit over the chord” theory. You gotta get hip, ragman.

That's why it's a theory :-)

One person's 'wrong note' is another's colour tone. Much of it depends on rhythm, articulation, phrasing, the courage of ones conviction...

Thanks everyone for the info and deal alerts. I'm not quite ready to pull the trigger yet and financing is also a (big) consideration.

You can see Johnathan's mic more clearly in some of the later performances that night. The mic mount is attached to the tailpiece. The mic sits...

Selling Stuff? Read here first!

He ought to de-bunk the 'There are no wrong notes' theory as well because that is serious nonsense! Stream Uh? by ragman | Listen online for...

Thanks for your replies. I took away the pick guard. No result. I unscrewed the neck pickup and let it just sit there. No result. Did the same thing...

Henricksen has a 30 day money back guarantee. Also, a Bud 6 will easily handle your 7string low end. It handles mine.

Christian - I think your point about analysis being far more prevalent among players in jazz than classical music is a good one. Acidskiffle...

The Notated Lick Compendium. A thread for posting and storing notated licks? (maybe) Here's a classic lick I like:

Here’s another. I’ll stop now https://youtu.be/h93iH6N4-58?si=o4YT79Hna8jD-fnh Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've had the original spiral bound Lego Brick Jazz Harmony book for over 20 years. A few years ago, I bought and downloaded the newer Elliot book,...

This is from my the beard days, but I’ll put this in while I work up something fresh. Nice tune not often played around these parts ...

JB seems to use his arm more than his wrist when picking.

I'm also curious to know if with a Seth Lover on the neck the tone sound will be more to my liking!? I've heard and read so many positive opinions...

It’s also worth pointing out that much classical music theory is an attempt to elevate aesthetics to a science, to formulate objective virtue in...

Sounds good. Next up (if you don't mind some advice from someone who used that book): 1. read the lines in different positions and in different...

It’s possible to make somewhat objective statements about music - this musician is playing notes from this pitch set, this musician is playing behind...

That is possible. The guitar I had it on had limited clearance (1979 Maton Starline), so lowering the pickup wasn't an option, and it was fairly...

I will start a dedicated Israel-Palestine thread today in order not to annoy those here not interested in history happening right in front of their...

To quote Rahsaan: "The nose knows, y'all."

Came again, hoping things had cooled, to post about my music school experience, but here we go again! There are places to go to vent and argue. I...

I basically live in T-shirts and I can't wear one with a tag. I've also become a scrawny old man. But I do think it's a great design.

Great playing, Jonathan! :D

As always, I love JS' playing! FV's trad/gypsy/swing roots complemented JS quite well, I think.

Damn Vinny, what?!?! That's insane!

Cam-pell-own :)

^ That guy's friggin good. He kind of made Frank sound like a slouch on the 1st tune.

Thanks for your answers, I will do some tests

Just finishing watching tonight's show with Jonathon Stout. That was fun. I had other commitments, and had to watch it late, but it was definitely...

I understand that Gretsch guitars that were made at the Peerless factory in Korea have serial numbers that start with "GP" (= Gretsch Peerless...

Funny, I had the exact same problem on my Japanese ES-175 copy, a strip of fiberboard under the pickguard corrected it - you could also use a rubber...

Another recollection, too late for this party - Look at a picture of Metheny's ES175. Notice the toothbrush, plastic wood, and electrical tape....

I have owned several Genzlers. I started with the Compak 300. I now have both of the AA's, (the Pro and the Mini). I REALLY like them. I also...

Well if you want to save up another $2K I can let you have this. To my ears a 18x2.5 CES sounds the same as a 17x3.3 or at least to me.

Once it was the little screws in the tuners.

My ES-175 had a rattle which turned out to be the pickguard rattling against the pickup ring. I removed the pickguard, which ended the rattle, and...

https://youtu.be/iTp-a8Tp4uw?si=Pf4DdoSIVJ7qTTIG

Sorry you missed out. I got one while I worked at Ibanez and had literally the pick of any guitar to take home on Purchase Day. The PM20 is as close...

If it's for classical musicians, who should be no strangers to analysis (Schenkerian etc), then most aspects of the Jazz language obviously can be...

Hips square, above the knee line, heart over the hips, head above the heart, arms relaxed and reaching beneath the neck without twisting the back. ...

My sofa is not a “sink in” type. When you sit on it, you are sitting ON it rather than in it. I can sit on it and play a song or two for company. But...

A Strat that sounds like an L5? :smile-new:

Sometimes your nose itches, and something has to be done about it.

At the descriptive level, yes; the Greeks had Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. In jazz these may be thought to manifest as Authenticity, Appropriateness,...

Today was a travel day so I read about 150 pages of Lego Bricks in various airports today. Love it. This obviously doesn’t qualify as “working...

I hadn't played this since I listed it but broke it out today and it's really the most L5-like of anything I've owned since an L5-CES...Nice to have...

As long as were keeping it in the family prozzis 575 is sitting at a steal 16" all carved loud enough for practice and stunning plugged in under 3k,...

Since you’re the owner of an L5 Studio I hoped you would have chimed in since he asked about the merits of an L5 Studio.

I've sold a total of 3 guitars, as well as I remember. One I bought as an investment to sell for profit, and that worked well. I don't expect to...

Most of the players in the military bands already have degrees before they enter the bands. I have several friends I went to North Texas with who...

I don't know how it's possible to have good posture sitting on a sofa and playing guitar. I like a firm chair, or an office chair without arms. I...

This is a great deal! If I hadn't bought an L5CES recently, I'd have been very tempted.

Congratulations Fred! There’s nothing like the tone of a big box!

There are several threads on the forum addressing this. There are far too many possibilities to even begin to give an answer, but I'll try to start...

My pickup ring and knobs buzz. I found them by hitting the note and touching stuff till I found the noise. The weird thing, once I knew what the...

You should have kept to your initial inclination instead of showing (yet again, IIRC) that you can't read or read what you want to read. Or maybe...

I was too vague. I would skip the FX to have a monitor in your specific situation.

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There are 25 Peerless on the GNJ website: Inventory — Guitars 'n Jazz

Old thread, new (to me) issue. Brought about by jazz guitar! Well not by jazz guitar. But by my not obeying things that I know for ages. I’ve...

Reviving this as I recently missed a PM20 in my hesitation! If anyone has leads on a PM20 any help would be appreciated

Man, that's awesome!

Just a moment...

Good advice, but I don't know of an L-5 in any music store in the Twin Cities and I only even know of one guy who owns one. There have to be more...

Gotcha. My ES-175 does not have outstanding acoustic sound. It's adequate for practicing in a quiet room where I can at least hear the notes without...

Maybe saying I want an L5 is like saying I want a Chevy. New Corvette or old Chevette? Which L5?

If we're indoors (not yet clear, they also have a patio), we'll have to be careful about adding reverb. It's a very live room. I don't like a too-dry...

It is annoying indeed. I find it easier to ask someone (usually my wife) to play the note which triggers the rattle and move around dampening...

Yep, farther away vintages it out a bit, closer makes it sound more hi-fi. There is also fine tuning each side of the pup, bass and treble. ...

If my idea of "warm old style" is similar to what you mean by it, move the pickup as far away from the strings as possible before it becomes too...

RIP Getting kind of tired of this forum. If I want actual productive and nice discussion I can just post on Open Studio.