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It it was in Australia I would be collecting it tomorrow.. its a beauty..................

The Yamaha Pacifica 012, Zoom PX5D (Tweed 2x12), into the Crate GFX15. This is the gear I usually use to practice with IRealPro. Work Song 4Mar21...

I have an American Standard Strat with the stock (non-staggered pole-pieces) pickups. I generally use D'Addario round wounds (nickel plated...

My semi has been feeling a bit neglected of late, and I felt like switching it up a bit. Maybe later in the week I'll do one straightahead . It's...

Oh, god, later, later...

You can't please everybody and I thought you did very well. It was most entertaining and fun to have solos all together like that. Besides, you only...

I must’ve missed him out. It’s my bad. Sorry for the confusion.

I've had other One Control pedals -- they're pretty cool! GLWTS!

I'm not saying this is gonna be enjoyable, but it sure is... different Love My Job, But Sometimes... I Wanna Retire Early by Irez87 | Free...

It doesn't get better than this folks. If I did not already have two L-5's, this one would be sold already. Someone will pull the trigger on this...

There are two types of *real* CC pickups. One of them has a notch under the B string. One of them doesn't. Mine doesn't. I use pure nickel strings...

kent armstrong was the original bill lawrence disciple...bill was the pickup scientist...worked with kents dad, the great dan armstrong in nyc's...

I miss my JC-120 - it hissed but it had a gorgeous tone. It's one amp I really regret selling!

Roger Borys Borys Guitars

I’ve owned a large number of guitars with Gibson BJB pickups. They all sounded fine with T-I Benson .012” rounds. All my current guitars have...

The top of LC's Lester looks flat under those lights, anyway. And yes, soapbar P90s are what those seem to be.

I've also used the VVG CC, like entresz, as a floater in my archtop and the regular ring-mounted style in a Tele. Great pickup, with a wound G it...

exactly e...so then the only fix with bronze strings becomes an extremely light 09-08? high E string and the bronze strings are not best with...

HARDLY. Start shedding:)

My mind is fixed with BIAS-FX as the 3rd party VST that I am eyeing on. But I am also considering this Amplitude 5. The more the merrier! ...

Absolutely WORLD CLASS. Mark I wish there was a way I could take this one home with me. Your price is very fair. Some one is going to get a world...

Yeah I was hoping the bronze strings would make the difference between the wound strings and the plain B less apparent. Which it did actually -...

Hi Keith Any chance of some pics please? Cheers

Week 13. Day 4. Pretty good session this evening. I was feeling a bit drained from the day when I picked up my guitar. I backed down the bpm a hair...

It's a challenge. But if there is a will...

Thanks, I agree, the 2nd is it.:smile-new:

Summary of experiences so far: -Players can get round uneven string response and sound good -(Pure) nickel strings tend to achieve good string to...

My takeaways on my first lesson: *My brand new teacher went online right on time. * Addressed holes in my playing technique. * Taught me a...

It's too difficult for me :smile-new: (Some v. nice stuff in there, Mr. B)

as per benedetto s6...if B string amplified volume is too low compared to high E string..then the type of string used for the wound strings is ...

A Morning Glory is a Bluesbreaker pedal variant. Those are generally low to mid gain, maybe not enough saturation for fusion? But the good news is...

Navy/Schmavy - what is the AMA scuttlebutt on MMR, doc?

Nat Adderley ft. Wes Montgomery - Work Song - YouTube

So indeed not too amazing even with bronze strings. Thanks for the input. Like you, I thought the tone was quite good. Oh well...

Thoughts on this tune... My introduction to it. Played this in a jam band I was in from the age of like 16 to 21. Never dawned on me they just...

I accept your challenge, Mr. B. I will try to get something posted either tonight or tomorrow. :cool:

What are the neck measurements depth wise at 1st and 12th frets ? Thanks John D

really don't understand why you always feel compelled to attack other peoples (or the internet in general) views as dumbass, before you give your...

Benedetto S6- completely and utterly hopeless. B string is extremely quiet and the high E is too loud. Bad with nickel plated strings, pure nickel...

what the alnico grades do (for pickups), is signify maximum gauss possible...but many pickup makers deliberately don't charge their magnets to...

Shadows and Light maybe It wasn’t a ferrari .... but it was a beautiful sailboat (and the outro to Dry Cleaner is pure JAZZ high energy and...

I bought a Norlin 72 or 76 175 cheaply about ten years ago. I found that the magnet in the neck pickup had degaussed to the point where it hardly...

i know a mastering engineer who says he infinitely prefers the Joyo to SansAmp (less compression) Unfortunately I could pick up Magic FM on both...

Sounds great! A bunch of nice harmonic ideas, all executed with good time feel and with bluesy melodies. I have to follow that?

Yeah that's why I've never really been into CAGED or 7-position system or whatever. I need to map the fretboard in my mind, but for fingering, I...

Pat and George for me, but this is all down to individual nervous system configuration. They're all good.

Well I understand Pat's "frustration" that they had a Ferrari and weren't driving it like a race car. But it WAS beautiful music. I love that...

Ha maybe! Look I don’t think there’s one way to do it; while there are many poor strategies there are also a multiplicity of effective ones. ...

There's no reason that shouldn't be a much more common way of construction, given modern CNC techniques. (Heck you don't even need CNC, just a router...

Degaussing...I like that theory! I remember from my childhood that magnets would mysteriously lose their strength. Why couldn't that happen to guitar...

Humans are funny. Just read some of the tin-foil hat views anywhere. But..., and it is a big butt... There is some advantage (on rare...

Nope, original :)

The Bling! That's beautiful, and very well done, however, it's not for me. I prefer the Combs posted above. Understated and classy. Like me.

I had a little fun with this the other night. With a strat I had to run it through a boost (DOD Bifet Boost) and 2 overdrives (Boss SD1 and DOD...

Yes, I admit I hijacked the thread, hopefully now the urge has passed and I'm not to bother anyone with this for a while.

The short answer is..."close". Strung with flats will get you a very nice jazz tone, however not as thick as a full hollow guitar. And there will...

I prefer the control separate fingers gives. It feels less sloppy to me. Awkward at first but getting more natural. It’s not practicable for all...

beautiful guitar! Refinished?

For me, the key to this phrase is to play the third note, Bb, with your first finger and to play the next note, F, with your fourth finger - even...

I use this line as a theme for a reflection on guitarist's reality -- playing it in different positions, with various picking patterns and...

I read somewhere that ’the secret’ of the Shaws is the Unoriented Alnico 5 magnets. Strength and sound somewhere in between A5 and A2. I have...

Yes but it has a C14 AC connector like your Voodoo for the AC input. Maybe a C14 in with C14 outs (allowing you to use C14/C13 short power cords)...

I have been messing around with: Joyo American Sound (basically a Tech 21 Blonde clone, but with a slightly different EQ) —> Quilter Microblock 45...

This PRS promo video explores the rock tones of this fine guitar, but this full hollow can get mellow. It comes close tonally to my H-525. The SE...

Sure you can play it like this, but does it feel and sound to you - smooth, articulated and funky? It is not kind of a line which is ok to be played...

Thanks. There is a is a US distributor with access to some. I have heard nothing but terrific things about the quality of these 77 guitars - normally...

Finally got the book a couple of weeks ago, been spending a lot of time with it. It's a really great book, giving insight on how Rodney moves across...

I'm not sure you can even get a 77 from Japan right now (at least not a new one). I've read in a couple of places (e.g., here Bobs Fine Guitars! |...

Tough crowd

Yes, something went wrong there I think. How could he leave out Midnight Blue? The whole album is based on interpretations of the blues, as I recall.

Personally I find the blues sound gets old quite quickly. Jazz players tend to use many more notes than the usual pentatonics, even with additional...

Indeed, Bill Frisell wrote a short essay, "An Approach to Guitar Fingering" about this very topic. It appears in a collection edited by John Zorn...

I don't think so. I've had the "Blonde", the RK OMG (it's supposed to be a hot-rodded version of the Plexi), and another one I can't remember at the...

Thanks for the heads up. I have not heard that from others but good to know.

Just to be clear I had to play it to work out what fingers I would use. It’s not something I think about before when reading or playing phrases by...

I have some interest. Send me a PM if still available.

I like both takes, but the second one I like a little more. Nice playing all around! :cool:

My bad- I see "Midnight Blue" in the thumbprint of the video. And if Kenny's around, when it comes to a blues, he's the man. (imo of course) ...

One thing that might be worth checking on is tuning stability. My Comins GCS-1 (not the ES) is a great guitar, but I have to keep tuning it. My...

Soul Train was must-watch TV at my house on Saturday afternoons.* I tuned in for the great music - the visuals were a bonus. :cool: * The kids...

This is a good example. I look at the notes and pick an area where they're playable. It wouldn't occur to me to think about a fingering pattern. ...

many guitar pots have a tolerance spec of +/- 20%...even premiums may have 10%... so using better +/- 10%, a 250k pot could be 275K, and a 300k...

Jeff: Not similar construction. The 446 model has a carved spruce top over a hollowed-out mahogany body, and is completely hollow. The 336/356 models...

That looks, color aside, like my '55/'78 "reissue. If so, it's a one-piece mahogany body and one-piece neck and P-90s. A very comfortable and...

I really enjoyed your post Dr jeff. I had forgotten that Jaco was on that tour also, and it was the first time i'd heard a fretless bass played like...

Thank you Stefan....I was about to question the Guild Franz inclusions in the P-90 list too. Guild's Franz pickups do resemble Gibson P-90's, but...

track 8 is sublime

Right on! :) Glad you liked it, big thanks for listening - I'm a big fan of your videos too, always great stuff!

I don't know any details...Pat had a history of one-off collaborations, with David Bowie and Ornette Coleman for instance. But Joni did have an...

Cool .. So apart from establish beloved players like Sco and Metheny and newcomers like Elenora Strino ... You also dislike the playing of your...

They do clean perfectly well and have served me in a pinch like when I’m touring and there’s no house amp at the venue (I also like them for warming...

I hear there's a Diatonics Anonymous 12-tone program that might help a lot of people here.

I always like some good dancing. One of my regrets is that I can't dance. If I were out there on the dance floor, I'd make Elaine look like a good...

There is zero way any person serves on a Navy ship these days without 2 MMR doses. Plus about a dozen other vaccines.

Thanks! Concerning the Guilds: the Franz pkups look like P90‘s but they’re different beasts!

Step dancing, a Chicago tradition.

Oh, Kenny's a blues master too, but he didn't make it into this video.

300K is not very far from 250K, and is Gibson's way of being different. The 300K just let a little bit more treble through. If it were mine, I...

Well, I stopped when you were pleased with my comment that it sounds great through a Princeton, so I assumed.... See? :smile-new: And...

Bear in mind that all strings will eventually go bad, even ones in sealed envelopes. So don't plan on building a reserve for years, a few months is...

Fixed it for ya.:smile-new:

I bought a box of pure nickel round 13's. I do like TIs, but I the price helps me overcome any reservations that I might have had! Thanks for the...

Oh I stupidly practiced that without the Eb in the pickup so I would actually in context instinctively use 3 1 2 1 / 1 for Eb Db Ab Eb Db, (but that...

Why are we alive?

Have to type that I miss Kenny, but Wes all day (yes, I'm biased. Can't help it.). Honorable mention goes to PM and JP.

Lovely! GLWTS!

Yeah that’s absolutely fine with separate fingers. I use 3 2 1 / 1 instinctively but I might practice 3231 to eliminate the slide But it’s not...

So beautiful

very nice..felt the peace cheers

Lovely improvisation. Really dig the mandala animation! :encouragement:

Well, I asked around and nobody was in the market right now. Sorry, piedaddy. I don’t you’ll have a hard time selling it, though, it’s a real beauty.

All of those tracks are well known to me. Here is another: a blues that really swings. (and thus that make it less "blues"?). Barney...

TTT. Quick search on Reverb shows no ES models available - new or used.

For me, it's the Joe Pass cut. I mean they are all good, and all of them exhibit aspects I really dig. But the Pass cut just transcends. The Raney...

From Cosmic Gumbo 28-June-2020:

Just play 3 of the 4 notes. Life is too short.

looks cool, but what is that? Just a tiny power strip?

It is maybe 3rd time you mention this. I wonder why trying to eliminate anything which actually can be useful/ Let us say you thoroughly untrain...

Haunting - and lovely! Thank you for posting this! :encouragement:

If you need AC outlets on a board, not hard. (link points to a small AC adapter on Amazon in spite of forum SW bug): Sorry! Something went wrong! ...

Definitely a level of quality higher than Gibson. The Savannah Benedetto 16B I owned had the nicest finish I've ever seen in person. This is a...

yes! I saw that and then I went to YouTube… And saw the demo from pro guitar shop. That is just a great sound. I have been very happy. It can go from...