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Today, 08:25 PM
^ Country boy Allan!
Uh I'm not sure the melody is accurate. :P
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Today, 08:12 PM
Plectrum tuning is great for chord work but tough when trying to work out song lines. My Dads old banjo deserves a good setup, maybe I’ll take it...
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Today, 08:11 PM
How well does the one knob EQ work?
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Today, 08:05 PM
It's time for Mick to fire up his own peer-reviewed / sustainability of fine, albeit unsustainable, guitar woods readers club thread elsewhere on the...
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Today, 07:59 PM
He does talk about it for the scale outlines but that’s to get the sound in your ear. The rules themselves communicate the emphasis.
BH — if you...
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Today, 07:28 PM
Applies only to the dominant scales (aka "mixolydian" to Berklee-oids). For major and minor (melodic minor ascending version for ascending and...
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Today, 07:22 PM
A passing note in my understanding is a note located pitch-wise between two notes. Which happens with Dave Baker's one chromatic passing tone in his...
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Today, 07:10 PM
He does indeed. The expression I used ("rhythmically correct") comes from one of the ca. 50 videos from master classes at the Royal Conservatory at...
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Today, 07:02 PM
That.
I have some scans of real "original vocal / piano sheet music" somewhere (like they where sold originally, one song on a few pages with a...
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Today, 06:58 PM
Not so sure about that, in the article it said: "In the United States alone, approximately 1.85 million acoustic guitars were sold in 2021,...
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Today, 06:55 PM
I was one note away from figuring it out. Haha.
Thanks
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Today, 06:50 PM
Because the 7 and 8 throw it off.
Playing it for the second octave (or playing it starting anywhere but the root) and you end up switching to...
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Today, 06:49 PM
Makes me wonder what percentage of the global consumption of wood is attributable to guitar-building, both aggregated and broken out by species, by...
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Today, 06:49 PM
First take, still trying to figure out my old Zoom recorder - and where did my favorite pick go?! (I play with a plectrum so can't use the broken...
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Today, 06:42 PM
This link has a set of original changes for I Got Rhythm. They look different from the set of changes Dick Hyman cites. I’ll have to look it up when...
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Today, 06:40 PM
What do you mean by "the Barry Harris scale"? If you mean the scales with the added chromatic "extra notes", those were taught descending. Then you...
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Today, 06:40 PM
John A is they. As he said Regga.
Also, like Ipanema covering Latin for most people. The only Raga you need to know would be Within You Without...
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Today, 06:37 PM
Well, excu-u-se me! I am so sorry that some of you are so thin-skinned and/or insecure that you cannot take a little ribbing!
Those who were...
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Today, 06:33 PM
This looks like a recycled hand-engraved original vocal/piano score. The chord symbols / guitar grips were possibly added later. Most important for...
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Today, 06:32 PM
Sitting on the deck pondering jazz and a thought came to me.
Why do we need the Barry Harris scale at all? If every other note of a scale is a...
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Today, 06:31 PM
Thank you for the offer, but unless you are also footing the bill to fly us from the Boston area, regrettably we will have to decline the offer...
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Today, 06:22 PM
Think I got it. Working off the Oscar Peterson, Getz, Mulligan version.
Sucks how fast you forget. But things are easier to learn the 2nd or 3rd...
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Today, 06:20 PM
We actually skipped Porchfest this year (a music fest on the streets on Grants Pass Oregon where muscians and bands set up on porches and front yards...
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Today, 06:05 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxWiWcBNcVY
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Today, 05:50 PM
yet another for sale thread pooper, shame.....
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Today, 05:50 PM
I was curious about the original changes. I couldn't find the 1930 sheet music, but I found what seems to be an early version.
I got -- Bb and...
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Today, 05:37 PM
A couple of observations:
A) Those who complain about others having too much have usually not done very well in life and tend to have unresolved...
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Today, 05:27 PM
Who "they"?
Raga is not a style but a scale for modal improvisation in traditional Indian classical music. And there are many Ragas.
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Today, 05:09 PM
Hi yes, sold it this evening.
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Today, 05:07 PM
Sorry, you mean it’s already been sold ?
if so then no worries !
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Today, 05:05 PM
Maybe they meant Indian Raga?
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Today, 05:02 PM
It absolutely matters to share my music; I once complained about how little feedback original music gets on this forum in general for example, so...
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Today, 04:58 PM
Really enjoyed it. Thanks
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Today, 04:55 PM
You're incorrect, and you need to calm down. There are other knowledgeable people besides you.
If you have a solid body with a shielded cavity,...
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Today, 04:43 PM
You asked “the bot”?!?!?!
Read the answer you got. It says that “he ground wire to the bridge ensures that the bridge, and consequently the...
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Today, 04:25 PM
I haven't been actively trying to sell this but going to give it a shot now. Thought I would bump it here before I post it on Reverb. Let me know...
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Today, 04:22 PM
Necks being glue :smile-new:
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Today, 04:21 PM
I agree with the sentiment, but there's a common denominator here - a pattern of behavior displayed in numerous threads. As there is no moderator who...
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Today, 04:20 PM
Duh……
There are metal bridges, tailpieces, and combos on solid body and semi-hollow guitars. It is these that one grounds to a pot. There are...
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Today, 04:10 PM
Maybe we be nice, guys? I don't want to be around here when this thread goes down this path again.
I liked this thread when it was on the original...
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Today, 04:09 PM
Thanks for the explanation and good luck.
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Today, 04:07 PM
Thank you for the lecture, sir. By the way, my family is having steak for dinner today, Father's Day. I await your thoughts on the subject.
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Today, 04:04 PM
Mick, I think we already understand it as the "used guitar market." Did the Martha Stewart Collection peeps lead you here to the Forum? The Alan...
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Today, 04:04 PM
Sure there's no downside to collecting guitars.
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Today, 03:51 PM
Just ranting.
On hollowbodies I think the common practice with humbuckers is to use shielded cable where possible and to ground the strings...
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Today, 03:38 PM
That's because you trained it with itself. Intellectual incest.
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Today, 03:37 PM
Sold
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Today, 03:36 PM
You’d think, but it keeps lying to me.
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Today, 03:11 PM
OP, You have not provided sufficient background information to answer your question. In addition to the incomplete serial number (which would help...
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Today, 03:07 PM
A common enough thought, mainly that arose on eBay to prevent scam lookalike auctions. I'm not sure how much difference it makes- it's not personal...
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Today, 02:50 PM
This is a trivial question to me, as I said earlier, "I am not one to collect things, the idea of owning a lot of things I will seldom if ever use...
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Today, 02:34 PM
No reason....other than an understanding that it was best practice not to divulge serials online!
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Today, 02:33 PM
You mean strum i or use to play lines? More or less, yes.
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Today, 02:30 PM
Thanks everyone for sharing their insights on this seminal form. Super helpful.
FWIW, two books I have found useful are "The Rhythm Changes...
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Today, 02:26 PM
Is there a reason why you're not providing us with the full serial number? Also, none of your pictures show the serial number. Perhaps this...
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Today, 02:25 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGXNNXldUfw
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Today, 02:22 PM
There are at least three thumbpick options that can function as a flat pick: the Fred Kelly Bumblebee (which comes in several variations), the Herco...
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Today, 02:13 PM
Hey! I have a Roland Cube-10GX and I've been looking at power supplys for going busking with it. I've got about ~€250 to spend and I'm wondering if...
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Today, 01:51 PM
Can you really use that pick as a thumb and flat pick?
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Today, 01:44 PM
Chopping veggies is an "art" that's fun to practise (until you chop your fingers). Scaling fish or cleaning squid, not so much.
But nothing beats...
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Today, 01:40 PM
Re-reading my quoted post I realise it may come across as a bit overly generalised or pedantic; I did mean it's a recurrent problem for me of course....
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Today, 01:27 PM
Making music is making art. The "art" part is what tastes good, what pleases the artist and the audience, what feels right in the doing and the...
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Today, 01:18 PM
Thanks for the insight! I wasn’t aware that this was a general problem on steel string phosphor bronze guitars.
I found that Black Mountain...
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Today, 01:13 PM
Thanks Deacon! You're the best!
I appreciate very much your keeping us informed.
Big Mike is one awesome guy that gives me hope for humanity with...
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Today, 01:10 PM
@nevershouldhavesoldit, I asked the bot and it said we're both right. Grounding the bridge both extends the chassis ground and grounds the player.
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Today, 12:26 PM
Hi!
This is a nice and well kept tal in wine red with a slight impression/ damage around the headstock. Here is the full reverb listing -
Just...
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Today, 12:21 PM
That's where artificial intelligence comes into play helpfully.
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Today, 12:14 PM
Do you mean Reggae? "Reggae" is as versatile as "Latin" or "Brasil". Most jazz and rock people do not even realize that there are straight eighths...
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Today, 11:52 AM
I don't know how your parents/mom approached this, but mine (and every other parent I've known) would say that AND do her best to make us enjoy those...
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Today, 11:46 AM
If you want to listen to how the pros like Joe, Barney,etc accompany a singer, check out a software tool called Moises. It allows you to split off...
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Today, 11:23 AM
The 1st time I came across the Eb A7 movement was in Dark Town Strutter's Ball back in the early 70s. Thought it was cool then - and still do.
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Today, 10:51 AM
Hey Folks,
I'm selling this blonde eastman with a handmade Kent Armstrong and selector switch Kent Armstrong Floating Single Coil (Handmade) -...
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Today, 10:46 AM
I've owned and used RCF and HK Audio line array towers and they were both terrific.
Now I'm using a Yamaha Stagepas 1000 Mark II and it is the...
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Today, 10:09 AM
Lots of good, jazz specific advice here. I'll share my experience...
After our bassist left, my vocalist buddy and I carried on and played several...
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Today, 09:52 AM
Thanks for all the suggestions, I hadn't considered the "tower" style speakers for our application but I will now. At a porchfest I played at...
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Today, 09:41 AM
Father's Day price reduction to $3,750.00.
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Today, 09:40 AM
It's not possible to ground most archtop bridges. Wood is not a good conductor, and can't be soldered at all.
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Today, 09:33 AM
Five Todt archtops were were sold at the auction. Four of the five sold for $1,300 each. One (far left) sold for $2,600.
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Today, 09:32 AM
I’d like to buy this amp…am in UK (Scotland)…£450 ?
Sorry, but it wasn’t obvious how to DM you on here…?
EssMac
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Today, 09:21 AM
Saw this last night. Directed by Ethan Coen and produced by among others Mick Jagger. Released in 2022.
Very entertaining, and quite illuminating....
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Today, 09:13 AM
The Someday My Prince Will Come chord. Love it.
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Today, 09:10 AM
Wow…
At $1300 that was a STEAL!
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Today, 09:09 AM
I prefer Shtupp metal.
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Today, 09:05 AM
Ragman isn’t really interested in jazz
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Today, 09:04 AM
Zappa produced quite a few people back in the 60’s. I have an album on cassette I recorded from my girlfriend called Zapped. (She gave me the bumper...
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Today, 09:03 AM
Unpossible!!!!
Eo7 on F7 is like my make everyone go “ooo that’s a bit hip innit” power move. It’s that or A7.
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Today, 09:03 AM
I still have this so let me try to give this a new bump!!
i just tend to grab one of my tele's these days.
that said this is a great guitar for...
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Today, 08:44 AM
If only all sound persons were beautiful young women. In my experience they’re shlubby middle-aged guys with beard stubble and borderline hygiene...
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Today, 08:44 AM
Oh interesting, because what you actually said was that you couldn’t possibly help until you knew precisely what version the OP was looking at.
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Today, 08:40 AM
Back off, Boogaloo…
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Today, 08:33 AM
I was going to say some time ago that, if you know what you're doing, technically every verse is just Bb maj, with little embellishments obviously.
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Today, 08:23 AM
This is a recurrent problem with steel bass strings even on normal 6 string guitars. Not sure if it's inharmonicity or something else, but they just...
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Today, 08:19 AM
It's already basically beyond should or shouldn't; it's a fait accompli:
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Today, 08:19 AM
As aquin43 says, this is not correct. Strings don’t introduce noise, but we do. Grounding strings grounds us, which reduces the EMF we introduce...
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Today, 07:46 AM
Put what?
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Today, 07:42 AM
As they say, that escalated quickly…. From 1300 + auction costs to 8000 is easy money :cool:
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Today, 07:40 AM
Polls are polls.. it’s supportive to understand how the popular trend of members of a group or cult express their thoughts and interests- of course...
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Today, 07:25 AM
BUT WAIT
how can you replace that Cm7 and F7 with an Eb and Eo??
Its like the only point of these chords is to get you back to Bb!!
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Today, 07:19 AM
I transcribed a bunch of his solos on Bird recordings.
Probably because I was too lazy to transcribe Bird’s.
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Today, 07:18 AM
I had an uncle who was very much into this, with all the required licenses and a couple of big antennae on the roof of their appartment building,...
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Today, 07:17 AM
To get back to the original question:
So:
There are several variants for the WHOLE THING, not just those two bars.
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Today, 07:13 AM
He told me personally what pedals he uses or (used).
The point I was trying to make is that Rich’s sound isn‘t just his technique, or just the...
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Today, 07:09 AM
Sending all my best to Big Mike.
He taught me a lot about Japanese guitars when I started out over 15 years ago. He was always very generous.
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Today, 06:47 AM
Or ... someone ask their favourite Mozai to compose a jazz version of this (with new music video, preferably)? :D...
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Today, 06:21 AM
The player is usually the main source of hum and the purpose of grounding the strings is to ground the player.
Most guitars seem to be already...
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Today, 06:18 AM
Aero Instruments makes a product which was reviewed in GP.
Basically one end of a wire attaches to ground and the other to something that looks...
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Today, 06:13 AM
How do you remember where you put it, though?
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Today, 05:45 AM
There’s also things like Miles ‘the serpents tooth’ which is not unlike progressions in tunes like Mean To Me, Bewitched, Ain’t Misbehaving (that we...
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Today, 05:39 AM
There’s so many nice variants of RC. Here’s some swing era ones
https://youtu.be/PRQ8wbwUtg4?si=7Sn6zAamOlYe-psv
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Today, 05:19 AM
So, here’s what I make out as the changes to Lester Leaps In, for example. In fact the head is played over a sustained Bb chord.
So, standard...
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Today, 05:07 AM
There’s an argument to say that Miles was returning to the approach of Lester Young which often ignored the details of changes and forgrounded the...
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Today, 04:48 AM
New poll idea: How many people don't like participating in polls?
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Today, 04:40 AM
Since the hum cuts when you touch the strings, that means the bridge is grounded.
Your only option for improving things is to use shielded (2...
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Today, 04:21 AM
Plectrum tuning wouldn't be too weird. CGBD. All you have to do is lower the A and the E strings a full tone down on a standard guitar and ignore the...
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Today, 04:02 AM
So do a new poll that's delineated to your liking.
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Today, 04:00 AM
I'm no compositional expert, but I'll answer the questions regardless. I agree with both Jim and rpjazzguitar in spirit and method.
1: I rarely...
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Today, 03:35 AM
Those look amazing, and I'm sure they play and sound excellent as well! I have one that unfortunately I must sell. Please PM if interested. (Hope...
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Today, 03:22 AM
Sounds great alpop. It'll be fun once we know this tune so we'll to the point that we can Improvise with it.
Are you still playing Rainy Day....
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Today, 03:04 AM
This sort of thing. $180 on sale for an established brand when I posted this and certainly more than necessary for busking. Also useful in a power...
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Today, 02:37 AM
The most clarifying, informative, and motivating path to learning music is to form a band and book paying gigs. When you have an upcoming commitment,...
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Today, 01:32 AM
Shuffle
12/8 (slow blues feel)
Montuno
Regga
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Today, 01:30 AM
Well, there is another LJ for sale on reverb.com for $25,000. This one might be a bargain in that context. It's a pretty unique design and seems to...
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Yesterday, 11:02 PM
So this buddy of mine who teaches the trumpet students at the afterschool program where I work was super amped because he decided to take some...
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Yesterday, 10:30 PM
Stream C Jam Blues by Clint Jones | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
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Yesterday, 10:24 PM
I've used the Mackie Thump 12 with good results. Presently I have a homemade speaker with a 300 watt Faital woofer and a tweeter with crossover...
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Yesterday, 09:28 PM
Hey all, I'm wondering what a good approach is for learning how to play with a singer as a solo guitarist.
I really have no experience playing...
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Yesterday, 09:03 PM
Not sure a Bose S1 would keep up. Was thinking more like a Bose array for a 3 or 4 piece combo. Especially with multiple mic's/sources to drive. ...
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Yesterday, 08:52 PM
Getting back to topic,
my dad played plectrum banjo Dixieland music as a young guy but also learned enough trombone that he could jump on that when...
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Yesterday, 08:34 PM
17 guitars? That's just getting started among people i know.I know one pro player whose basement is literally lined from one end to another with...
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Yesterday, 08:06 PM
The topic of how many guitars one owns has been covered. Do the research. And who is to be a judge of "the right number"? Who cares? You are becoming...
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Yesterday, 07:27 PM
Or a Rap group, in which case they do have eyes, perhaps set in a face in a jar by the door, next to a jar of peanuts, which are in fact not nuts but...
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Yesterday, 07:23 PM
Add a floating pickup and we're all set!
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Yesterday, 07:15 PM
Thanks, did not notice that poll, but beyond the first two categories (owning 1-5 guitars), the numbers are way too arbitrary to be meaningful. The...
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