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Today, 10:11 PM
I'll add George Benson:
"I didn’t know anything. were trying to catch up with John Coltrane and Miles Davis, and I just wasn’t in that category....
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Today, 09:59 PM
I do not agree to disagree. I think Peter is simply wrong.
Two quotes:
Nat Adderley on his influences: "And then you'd get to hear T-Bone...
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Today, 09:57 PM
Yeah. The nature of most instruments is that they had to adapt that microtonality of a voice. So instrumental vocab is a little bit its own thing....
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Today, 09:55 PM
Ive got a Sadowsky T-style that im going to put a Lollar CC pickup in it.
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Today, 09:53 PM
One of BB's early influences was Lowell Fullsom.
And what you call horn blues comes from the breath of vocal music.
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Today, 09:48 PM
Nat Adderley:
"We belonged to the Episcopal church with its sort of Gregorian chantish kind of music. For the benefit of the music people, it's...
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Today, 09:47 PM
Yeah, for a cat from Mississippi his playing sure was "uptown."
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Today, 09:26 PM
Language acquisition is facilitated by music and poetry. That is why lullabies and nursery rhymes exist which expose babies/toddlers to the rhythm...
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Today, 09:20 PM
This is true. There is a trope about blues being pentatonic or blues scale stuff which mostly comes from the rock dudes that came later.
I’ve...
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Today, 09:17 PM
BB was a knowledgeable player...and he loved Django.
Whether or not he played "jazz licks" on a blues, he definitely played changes...he treated...
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Today, 09:14 PM
It came up in big band.
Somebody got a bunch of charts and the band played through them, one at a time. The tune was new to me. In cut time...
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Today, 09:07 PM
ED CHERRY, ERIC WHEELER & ANWAR MARSHALL - 06/3/2024 - YouTube
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Today, 09:02 PM
Performed in Chelyabinsk, Russia, shortly before the first cases of what was to become a global pandemic were reported. Chelyabinsk is in an area...
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Today, 08:59 PM
I’d sum it up as “cadence.”
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Today, 08:30 PM
'Let's Compare Improvisation to Spoken Language'
There's improvisation in spoken language. I do it all the time.
When improvisation involves...
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Today, 08:19 PM
not significantly different than mahogany , the nice thing is they are natural finish an absolute bonus in the humid Atlanta summers . I have 4...
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Today, 08:07 PM
I'm a bassman so like fat tone. Single coils are the thinnest. I also like the spongey attack of humbuckers because of the 2 coils. Single coils have...
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Today, 08:04 PM
What didn't you like about single coils?
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Today, 08:03 PM
Wow, visually stunning. I've always been curious; how heavy is a rosewood neck?
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Today, 07:58 PM
Single coils were my least favorite out of all the different types of pickups. Hums of any type were my favorite - regular, mini, single coil size....
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Today, 07:56 PM
I've heard others say they heard it straight from Pete. You'd have to go to the source of course but I know for a fact he brought the L-5 to Zeidler...
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Today, 07:50 PM
Tony was bad ass. He taught me everything I needed to play at an advanced level. I quit with him last November. I sold my digital organ rig because...
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Today, 07:49 PM
The noise of the 60 cycle hum with single coils seems a big factor that encourages some to go the humbucker route.
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Today, 07:42 PM
One of each.
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Today, 07:41 PM
a 2022 David Grissom trem with an Indian rosewood neck and Brazilan fretboard . 6100 frets , 11-49 strings 7.3K neck 9K bridge , with coil taps.
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Today, 07:40 PM
And your point, reinforced.
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Today, 07:40 PM
Either, as long as the single coil is a P90.
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Today, 07:39 PM
The irony of this meme is that it’s almost always posted in response to someone the poster thinks is Wrong On the Internet.
But your point is...
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Today, 07:39 PM
It's 2/2 or a "C" with a slash across it, "alla breve", two beats per measure, the half note takes the beat. It is the "same pace" per tempo as 4/4,...
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Today, 07:33 PM
Single coil for me.
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Today, 07:13 PM
I like both.
One of my favourite Telecaster neck pickups is the Bill Lawrence Micro-coil. Still a true single coil but almost noise free, capable...
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Today, 06:51 PM
yea there is always good advice.... but all the language and ideas in the world will not help.... if you don't get your chops... technique together. ...
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Today, 06:41 PM
Kind of both. I think that the Wilde (Bill and Becky Lawrence) L280TN stacked humbucker sounds excellent and is my current neck pickup on my...
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Today, 06:37 PM
I had a tele with a '51 nocaster pickup in the neck. Great sound and I see why people like them. For me, I need my sound to be really fat, especially...
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Today, 06:31 PM
Well kind of... your advice is getting better, just as your playing is getting better, really.
Your kind of still in that Vanilla mode... maybe...
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Today, 06:31 PM
I prefer a single coil, and the Fender Custom Shop Nocaster is very tough to beat. I think other options can work well, but I only have a Tele for it...
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Today, 06:30 PM
Speech and music both seem to be deeply embedded in human neuromuscular systems (and speech perhaps in those of other species). All neurologically...
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Today, 06:20 PM
I have owned three Telecasters (all long gone at this point). One had a stock single coil neck pickup, one had a Mini-humbucker neck pickup and one...
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Today, 06:08 PM
Thanks buddy :smile-new:
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Today, 06:03 PM
Amiri Baraka's other opinions notwithstanding, this is the best piece of music writing in the history of music journalism:
From the liner...
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Today, 06:00 PM
Musings on process and How High the Moon.
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Today, 05:49 PM
Better yet, Miles Davis on Don Cherry:
"But I didn't like what they (Ornette and Don Cherry) were playing, especially Don Cherry on that little...
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Today, 05:48 PM
A Charlie Christian style pickup does it for me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI2ea1VAFeU
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Today, 05:46 PM
Mwahahahaha!!!....
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Today, 05:41 PM
I know the Tele is well established in jazz realms. But how many are purists and stick with the classic single coils? Or do you swap out the neck...
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Today, 05:40 PM
Yeah we will.
Again — I do love BB and I’m not saying the music isn’t sophisticated. Learning Au Privave won’t really get you there if you want...
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Today, 05:25 PM
Maybe that’s what he meant
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Today, 05:22 PM
I remember he did an interview with Mike Moreno and he said the L5 didn't have a great setup, but my impression was both had merits.
Anyway,...
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Today, 05:21 PM
You guys are mad at tonewood. All the materials in an electric guitar that affect how it resonates end up affecting the amp'd sound. This especially...
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Today, 05:15 PM
It’s almost like they are complex hand crafted instruments with natural inconsistency and some are just better than others.
I mean if someone...
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Today, 05:11 PM
Interesting. Tbf I didn’t get that first hand so I may well be wrong.
Maybe all L5s are brilliant all the time :-)
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Today, 04:53 PM
I think we'll have to agree to disagree on that one. I can find many examples of him hitting/arpeggiating changes, and doing things like throwing in...
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Today, 04:51 PM
I think you're on to something. Ted and Ed basically played what was available at the time and probably didn't parse over it in the same manner an...
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Today, 04:50 PM
Bu the way, Fender needs to change the name of that guitar since its color no longer even remotely resembles the color of it's namesake, Lake Placid....
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Today, 04:44 PM
I mean, it is Don Cherrys words, presumably. But in his more social-political writing, Amiri Baraka was pretty controversial.
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Today, 04:22 PM
I have three Strats:
The black one has a maple board
The Ocean Turquoise one has a rosewood board
The Lake Placid Blue one has a roaster...
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Today, 04:18 PM
Well, that is honest! With Fender guitars, I have tended to do the same and have preferred a rosewood fretboard primarily because I just think it...
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Today, 04:11 PM
I bought one of Vinny's Campellones (V1K Custom) and it has a built in humbucker. It is first and foremost an acoustic guitar and is every bit as...
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Today, 04:06 PM
Op: you also want to work on outlining the changes. Jazz blues isn't only blues vocab on the 1 of the key. Although there is a lot of that and it's...
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Today, 04:02 PM
I'm a little different.
I think it's good to learn tunes, but I think it's much more important (for me) to write songs.
Certainly, knowing some...
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Today, 04:01 PM
These Robben Ford performances posted in a different thread (Younger guitarists are discovering the joys of having a jazz box. Good!) are a crash...
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Today, 03:58 PM
BB wont really help you hit the changes on a jazz style blues. Love him to death, but it’s not quite the same thing.
Then again a book of ii-V...
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Today, 03:56 PM
I disagree about BB. There's tons there for jazz blues playing.
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Today, 03:54 PM
Whoops should be good now
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Today, 03:52 PM
Difficult to take such things out of context.
1) First of all Amiri Baraka did not want to be called LeRoi Jones anymore in later years after...
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Today, 03:52 PM
I love how that sounds - " I am almost being forced, forced I tell you to, to head to Paris 'cause there's an L-5 there I have to check out !...
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Today, 03:48 PM
You need to update the access for that link.
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Today, 03:44 PM
This is an interesting rumor that I’ve never heard Pete say. What I heard was rather that he had a hard time deciding which of the two he was going...
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Today, 03:41 PM
If it's the latter, I actually just made this today for a class I teach on Wednesdays. I've been deep down a Clifford Brown rabbit hole lately:
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Today, 03:39 PM
There’s some conflation here of the blues form and the blues idiom.
BB King for example will give you everything you need to know about the blues...
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Today, 03:37 PM
what is ‘cut time’ ?
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Today, 03:35 PM
I wasn't immediately able to find the Downbeat article. It could always be incorrect.
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Today, 03:32 PM
Ah yeah. I remember that. Disappointing, to say the least.
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Today, 03:20 PM
I think it's a fine plan.
Also, it's of course fun to do the extra stuff at home because we're not hearing the whole tune "fleshed out."
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Today, 03:17 PM
It's easy for me to go 4 to the bar with the big band, the band fills out the song, but at home I try to throw all the things in so they'll be ready...
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Today, 03:14 PM
This is an easy one to get "too cute" with...I'm noticing that a lot as I play through it.
But yeah, that's a great spot for that.
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Today, 03:10 PM
There's opportunity for a chromatic walk up from Gmaj to E- in bars 13 - 14. I didn't realize until after recording.
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Today, 03:08 PM
Copyright doesn't expire once a book is out of print.
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Today, 02:56 PM
I wouldn’t say no to an L5 CES or something, but if I had that amount of money burning a hole in my pocket for a new guitar - actually, no wouldn’t...
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Today, 02:56 PM
I choose whichever one I prefer the look of on that particular guitar. Simple as
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Today, 02:42 PM
I think I solved my own problem! :-)
I found a book called Wolf Marshall's Jazz Guitar Course.
He has a chapter on GUIDE TONES and that...
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Today, 02:30 PM
If I could afford another, this would be very tempting!
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Today, 02:28 PM
This sounds good. You've inspired me to use HHTM for my next vid.
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Today, 02:27 PM
I've seen the Charlton Johnson book, I remember it as being quite good. The Ranger Doug book is also very good.
The video...not so much...I guess...
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Today, 02:27 PM
The higher end Tokais are great guitars. They are very much copies of the Gibson 335, not interpretations of the 355 like a lot of maple necked/ebony...
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Today, 02:27 PM
LOL - perhaps... did not know George was a player... perhaps just a collector ??
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Today, 02:25 PM
Is it not kind of a natural thing?
one… two… ah one two three four
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Today, 02:24 PM
There are too many sources to list regarding basic to advanced blues and jazz blues studies in books..
the amount of recordings of jazz greats...
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Today, 02:24 PM
My L4-CES sounded glorious in our old Classic 20.
Wish we had kept it.
Wonder if the new ones would sound as good.
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Today, 02:23 PM
Just a bit of encouragement. Many think EQ controls on amps are adequate. When, in fact, they are almost always awful. A good EQ pedal may be the...
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Today, 02:19 PM
Forum member Pamos recommended the book Black Music by Leroi Jones, which I have been enjoying. Reading his interview with Don Cherry I came across...
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Today, 02:18 PM
in '64 an L-5CES was around $800, approx 8K today.
by the time Wes got his 2 custom L-5's he was a Gibson endorser and didn't pay for them.
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Today, 01:49 PM
Wasn't this George Jetson's guitar?
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Today, 01:46 PM
Just came across this:
https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/reviews/peavey-classic-20
I had a Classic 30 that I liked, just too big and loud for...
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Today, 01:35 PM
I've never even heard of this book, and signed by the master! :cool:
I see that it is out of print, but free copies of it can be found online, I...
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Today, 01:27 PM
To pile onto what others are saying here, people really don't learn blues soloing from books. People learn from listening and copying from both the...
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Today, 01:24 PM
I think this book might be right on target. It's a slim book with a lot of ideas. I wish it was longer, but it's very good.
Book Review:...
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Today, 01:23 PM
This book purports to be dedicated to the Freddie Green style of comping.
Swing and Big Band Guitar: Four-To-The Bar Comping in the Style of...
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Today, 01:06 PM
Just re-read that and have to add: Because you want to say something (and hopefully have s/th to say).
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Today, 01:00 PM
I recommend (as always LOL) to dig deep into the roots of African-American folk music to get a better feeling for where blues and jazz are originally...
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Today, 12:59 PM
Yeah when I find myself using language analogies, it’s almost always process-oriented.
We had a meeting yesterday for this place where I teach and...
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Today, 12:41 PM
Disco Volante - $4,950
Tao Guitars Disco Volante 'Fordy Nine'
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Today, 12:40 PM
You see right through me.
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Today, 12:38 PM
I had a Quilter fixed once which was worth doing financially. Would have been moreso if they had any east coast authorized repair centers. Had to...
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Today, 12:33 PM
Misunderstanding. Not thinking. Something meaningful just comes out.
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Today, 12:31 PM
Yes bluenote61, those Concerts are fabulous. I had one with 2 10" speakers, beautiful tone. Not only heavy, but loud too.
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Today, 12:23 PM
I went through these books many many years ago. I still use the lick in bar 4 of the second example here. lol
Also strongly agree with Allan's...
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Today, 12:20 PM
Yeah this is a big jump in skill. Thinking in licks (lines, phrases, melodic cells, melodies, whatever your ego needs to call it) instead of notes.
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Today, 12:11 PM
I have listened to a lot of masterclasses of jazz musicians recently and once thing that is mentioned all the time (and has not been mentioned here...
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Today, 12:09 PM
The only meaningful point of comparison between language and music (at least that I can think of) is the notion of "fluency."
Take, for example, a...
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Today, 11:52 AM
This is almost exactly what I try to do to occasionally. And is the exact reason for starting this topic.
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Today, 11:52 AM
I see. A big & expensive brother of my own Loar, yeah, I can see why someone would want to be talked out of it shreddin'
Saves you effort and...
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Today, 11:47 AM
One thing spoken language and music have in common: Sometimes the best thing to say or play is nothing at all.
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Today, 11:37 AM
As a guitar player that doesn’t sing and sometimes writes music, what I will sometimes do as a useful exercise, is take a poem or any section of...
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Today, 11:33 AM
Very true, it's just funny viewing that quote from today's lens given the jazz box market today, especially vintage Gibson's. However, I do have a...
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Today, 11:30 AM
Yes, exactly. Some wild and transnational stories, sad for the unsuspecting buyers who mostly lost their money despite criminal charges. Some...
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Today, 11:27 AM
It was a different world then. Gigs everywhere, people had money to leave their house and enjoy life...
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Today, 11:25 AM
He says as he plays an L5 valued at or over $10k today.
I love Wes and I'm kidding, but only a little.
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Today, 10:46 AM
Pre pandemic I frequently played out (jazz duo) with either a Tele or an Eastman Semi-hollow. Both had Lollar Imperials in the neck position. I have...
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Today, 10:24 AM
'52 L5C
I'm actually trying to talk him out of it. He has enough D'Angelico's, Gibsons and Epiphones as it is.
I don't know if this would be...
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Today, 10:10 AM
Okay I think I’ll maybe adjust and say definitely the Randy Vincent. It’s got great stuff for how to start incorporating some of those licks and...
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Today, 10:05 AM
Damn, she's good!
Thanks for sharing,
Greg
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Today, 10:01 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNQBVX_qixQ
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Today, 09:57 AM
I read a philosopher once whose name I forget who stated that humans have five means of expression that do not significantly overlap, but convey...
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Today, 09:47 AM
There's a few live ones out, they're all absolute must hears, IMHO.
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Today, 09:44 AM
Ragman is right, transcription and pulling licks is something you should do, asap and then also forever. Eventually you hear stuff and play it later...
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Today, 09:37 AM
What kind of L5 is that if I may ask? My Pavlovian reaction :cool: to some L5 models might be strong enough to lure me to Paris even if it's just to...
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Today, 09:29 AM
Wow, a whole new album of Desmond/Bickert to me!
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Today, 09:26 AM
Are you talking about the Kleinanzeigen platform?
This website was previously owned by eBay and sold 1 or 2 years ago to the new owner from Sweden....
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Today, 09:26 AM
Yeah, I lusted over Gibson and Epiphone archtops my whole life. I bought these and consider them trophy guitars but, don't always play them for...
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Today, 09:24 AM
I can relate actually. I'm selling my L5. I'm not crazy about it but, I've played some that I wish I had.
A friend of mine gave me his Gibson...
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Today, 09:21 AM
Where are you in Europe if you don't mind me asking?
I'm heading there in a few weeks. In fact, there's a good change I'm bringing my L5 to a...
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Today, 09:20 AM
The trick is to treat songs as exercises. 12 keys, major to minor, arpeggios through the changes.
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Today, 09:18 AM
Very pretty burst.
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Today, 09:15 AM
Just searched it up, and that sounds brilliant! Exactly the style I love! Thanks.
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Today, 09:12 AM
Hmmm, are you not in the US?
It's Paul Desmond/Ed Bickert doing "Things Ain't What They Used to Be."
I consider Ed to be the best guitar comper...
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Today, 09:07 AM
The video appears to not be available?
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Today, 09:04 AM
Here's a smorgasbord of comping rhythms to lift.
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Today, 08:56 AM
Do we? I own the Skoda version of one of those, a 2009 which I've kept out of the dieselgate recall for good reason. From time to time it blows an...
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Today, 08:32 AM
I get that language's first purpose is to convey information and meanings. Yet, a conversation doesn't have to be meaningful or informative at all to...
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Today, 08:28 AM
The Accord is as much or more of an "American car" as you can get these days, basically. (Here in the US, anyway). They are designed and built in...
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