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Today, 06:22 PM
That's the one I have for my 17" seven string archtop. They're 44" long inside, and my 7's extended headstock fits fine. When I checked the...
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Today, 06:19 PM
If you get stuck for a tune, ask the dog :redface-new:
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Today, 06:16 PM
Gosh, that was a long time ago. Is that the only one? :nightmare:
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Today, 06:14 PM
I was copying what most arrangements do which is insert those chord punches. I don't call that comping and I don't call two-note voicings shell...
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Today, 06:10 PM
Every time (ie., EVERY time) I see an old Gretsch, I’m reminded of the 2 or 3 old ones I once saw come into the shop where I used to work, where the...
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Today, 06:10 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrx24jofi0w
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Today, 06:08 PM
It is the golden age of affordable guitars. How I wish there were student guitars like this in the 60’s.
Let’s see if this strategy pays off. I...
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Today, 06:07 PM
North Florida and Nature coast area? Bring your MAGA hat.
You're asking about north Florida when you really mean central Florida. Central Florida...
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Today, 06:04 PM
I listened to your advice to listen to the Sinatra versions of tunes when you're learning them because he sticks to the exact melody. :encouragement:
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Today, 06:01 PM
It does, and it's why I thought it might be an optical illusion.
Either way it shouldn't be an issue. In fact, if there is some misalignment that...
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Today, 05:49 PM
You and me both. Applies to most commenters on the internet as a rule LOL.
It's worth remembering that ALL decisions no matter how trivial...
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Today, 05:39 PM
Thanks for your opinions. I don't need another guitar, just looking for a cool project.
The binding is aged but appears to be OK as far as I can...
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Today, 05:19 PM
I'm going to accept that as true in lieu of other evidence.
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Today, 05:13 PM
I bet it was Miles who called the tempo being the confident young man he was.
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Today, 05:12 PM
If your looking for a versatile, light and professional sound quality amp. This is the one. Sounds good going through anything from a nylon guitar to...
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Today, 05:12 PM
Wouldn't be the last time he would play a tune wrong lol....
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Today, 05:11 PM
Almost ... The L4 has a wooden piece going down the middle, but the L5 is all metal.
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Today, 05:09 PM
It is slightly in jest as well FWIW. Though I daresay that doesn't always come across.
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Today, 04:59 PM
Sounds like Miles didn’t learn it properly from Tiny!
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Today, 04:59 PM
Not just lore. There is a quite careful analysis in a volume edited by Dave Oliphant called The Bebop Revolution in Words and Music. The chapter by...
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Today, 04:58 PM
The internet is a wonderful thing (sometimes)
Intriguingly different tho, this version.
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Today, 04:52 PM
Before bebop there was rebop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fayt31lQiDI
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Today, 04:48 PM
That sounds classic - miles stealing it off someone else then getting annoyed when he got it stolen.
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Today, 04:39 PM
Isn't it an L5 tail piece? I mean, the L5 and the L4 being the same tail piece.
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Today, 04:36 PM
I bet that works well. I only have laptops so I had to buy some monitors. I tried doing playback back through the computer and its speakers and it...
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Today, 04:34 PM
Tonight
1 May 2024
Karrin Allyson joins Frank Vignola, Ted Rosenthal, Gary Mazzaroppi and Vince Cherico.
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Today, 04:31 PM
shreddin'
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Today, 04:28 PM
This is not true. You can get a brand new, made in the USA Les Paul for under $2,000 from the Guitar Center in San Francisco
Gibson Les Paul...
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Today, 04:25 PM
That's OK, I've come to accept it as your internet voice.
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Today, 04:24 PM
Hi all.
This video is the last in my 10 part 'Building A Jazz Guitar Workshop' series but most of the video, is me talking about different ways...
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Today, 04:23 PM
Why would Miles's word be taken? He was the jacker of all jackers. Read the wiki article:
Although Davis claimed being the author, noted...
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Today, 04:08 PM
Well exhibit A is this known Miles composition of the same era
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYHaEp5D6DU
Which to me sounds much more like DL...
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Today, 04:04 PM
This is standard Donna Lee lore.
Miles probably wrote it.
Who knows why it ended up that way …
Charlie Parker was the big cheese at the...
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Today, 04:02 PM
I am getting pretty tired the high real estate taxes in Illinois. My brother is going to move to the Milton Florida area. Looking a Zillow there are...
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Today, 03:59 PM
The Charlie Parker Omnibook credits it to Charlie (?)
Oh, there's some controversy about it....
Authorship. "Donna Lee" was originally...
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Today, 03:56 PM
I don't have 10 minutes for a phone call.
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Today, 03:56 PM
Miles wrote it tho
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Today, 03:53 PM
So am I, and I do care. Except that it's a sufficiently low-priority criterium that all my current guitars come from China...
Undoubtedly yes,...
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Today, 03:51 PM
Oh, I see, he reduced the tempo for Miles sake..... :turtle:
Billy Bauer: guitar - I bet he's glad he wasn't asked to solo on this!
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Today, 03:50 PM
Thanks for the info - that neck is too thin for me so I will have to pass.
GLWTS!
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Today, 03:49 PM
This is a demo of a tune I'm working on. I wrote it without anything specific in mind. For the longest time I couldn't find an apt title for this....
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Today, 03:48 PM
I must say you are out on the fringes of the US with in Cruces. The closes place would be Albuquerque or Tucson. I would try and see what is up in...
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Today, 03:46 PM
I don't know conclusively, but it seems plausible.
I know anybody, in town at least, with a 400 or Emperor to try to see.
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Today, 03:44 PM
I think it’s a bit of an illusion, because the hole and rosette sit on the arch where it is not entirely even given the location and the cutaway...
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Today, 03:44 PM
Hey Seattle-area folks:
I'm teaching at Matt Munisteri's "Red Hot Strings" camp in Port Townsend, WA May 14-18.
After the camp, I'll be in...
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Today, 03:44 PM
Yeah no, I'm so done with method books. I'll never buy another one. I can absorb a new concept in a few minutes on youtube. The bottleneck is...
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Today, 03:38 PM
I often joke about method books, but I am a real sucker for fakebooks/real books.
They're a great resource, if you know how to use them.
And...
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Today, 03:35 PM
There are 6 volumes. I got tired of trying to read scrubby lead sheets on google image for the standards thread. I already had volumes 1-3 but 1 is...
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Today, 03:35 PM
Here's a big store here in Calif., none of the guitars priced at under about $2000 were made in the U.S.
New San Francisco Music Store Inventory |...
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Today, 03:24 PM
I have done one neck re-set on a Gretsch from about 1963 and the neck set was actually easier than most. The reason is because how the neck is...
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Today, 03:21 PM
This has been a long time coming
Thanks everyone for commenting and wishing me well in this build; It's meant a lot.
In this video I talk...
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Today, 03:20 PM
Gorgeous (headstock aside...), this one would really tempt me if I were on the other side of the pond!
Is it an illusion or is that "rosette"...
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Today, 03:19 PM
For what it’s worth, in your recording, you are comping with shells.
I’m also talking about notes in the melody that are chromatic in that they...
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Today, 03:15 PM
I think that if you paid $500 for this guitar, it would be a $300 too much.
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Today, 03:14 PM
Yeah I mean I do know the fretboard in the way you describe as well. I would consider it part of learning one’s instrument.
If it comes across...
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Today, 03:07 PM
That's a better version to my ears, note that Parker starts without the triplet.
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Today, 03:06 PM
I do. I listen to everybody. It's an addiction :smile-new:
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Today, 03:02 PM
That neck isn't even on straight. Dumpster fire.
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Today, 03:01 PM
Here’s the version Bird did with Tristano, Billy Bauer etc. Actually it was recorded later in 1947 than the well-known version with Miles.
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Today, 02:57 PM
Good idea - here's what I'm seeing for the neck depths, fretboard to underside of neck (give or take a few thousandths of an inch):
@1st fret:...
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Today, 02:55 PM
Sounds easy. Are you going to call them?
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Today, 02:49 PM
It would take 10 minutes to call gibson customer service and confirm the serial number and specs match their records.
1-800-4GIBSON
Even if...
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Today, 02:48 PM
Good lesson, can't go wrong with Barney! I've never thought to approach chord melody by number of voices. I'll have to start doing that. The first...
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Today, 02:46 PM
Run away - don't walk. You'll never get it back to being a $1500 guitar due to all the past crummy work on top of the binding will probably...
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Today, 02:45 PM
That's a beautiful and comfortable-looking archtop!! Good luck with the sale.
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Today, 02:40 PM
Smeary is a good way to describe it. That combo seems to have the most notes that aren’t on my guitar.
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Today, 02:40 PM
i cant speak for Heritage but it seems to me alway that Fender, Gibson and PRS, G&L and others are have guitars made elswhere for the most part.
i...
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Today, 02:38 PM
Listen to the punches. Of course, Bill's doing it quick and modern so take it with a pinch of salt :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2th9PAy8o8U
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Today, 02:34 PM
I got to spend about a half an hour or so talking with Jorge at a Julian Lage gig around the time Arclight came out. He is a well read, thoughtful,...
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Today, 02:31 PM
But if you're working with the chords, which is what's really happening, it's the connecting chord tones that matter, not what kind of interval it...
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Today, 02:29 PM
thx so much.... sounds marvelous too !
Scott
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Today, 02:22 PM
In addition to Fender, Gibson and PRS, several USA guitar builders like Heritage, G&L and even a renewed Harmony are doing very well. It's all about...
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Today, 02:18 PM
Looks like it's already had a "neck reset" and not a well done one at that.
Gretsch's are notorious for having binding and neck joint issues.
I'd...
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Today, 02:16 PM
PS. Take this, but don't let it throw you... yet :-)
Stream Intervals by ragman | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
What interval is that F#...
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Today, 02:07 PM
I looked at a guitar yesterday--a 1960 Gretsch 6124 (Anniversary model). A guy is selling locally on FB marketplace. He says he's selling it for his...
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Today, 02:02 PM
Hi all,
I am listing some archtops for sale here before trying the usual consignment / trade in kind of thing. Aside from this one, I am listing a...
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Today, 01:57 PM
All my archtops are strung with TI Jazz Swing 012 except for the ES175 which when I got it, I only had a set of TIJS 013 to put on it. But I've been...
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Today, 01:56 PM
Trumpet/Alto in "unison" seems to be the toughest thing for my ears to pick out. Gets "smeary."
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Today, 01:54 PM
The reports of the death of the USA made guitars have been greatly exaggerated
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Today, 01:48 PM
Making progress :encouragement:
What string gauge do you have there, 13's? Look pretty thick.
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Today, 01:48 PM
$2200 shipped and insured CONUS. I'm taking a hit on this.
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Today, 01:43 PM
Gorgeous!!! :eagerness:
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Today, 01:43 PM
I see the nut width specs and the reputation for the necks on these is moderate/thicker, but these things vary from guitar to guitar so I always try...
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Today, 01:43 PM
Hi all,
I am listing some archtops for sale here before trying the usual consignment / trade in kind of thing. Aside from this one, I am listing...
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Today, 01:38 PM
Looks like Bird's first recording of the tune was in 1947 with Dizzy Gillespie and Lennie Tristano, I'd like to hear it!
Young Bird, Vol. 6: 1947...
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Today, 01:34 PM
So here's my mm1-14 played with the backing track at about 170. Still fumbling mm. 5-6 still but otherwise feeling pretty good about trying to...
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Today, 01:27 PM
Hi all,
I am listing some archtops for sale here before trying the usual consignment / trade in kind of thing. Aside from this one, I am listing a...
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Today, 01:21 PM
Billie’s Bounce is the same way… did I say that already in this thread or decide not to post it?
I don’t like to learn the Parker/Davis takes by...
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Today, 01:16 PM
Then you agree with me. :encouragement:
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Today, 01:13 PM
How does the Yamaha AE1200 compare with the Aria PE180? I had the chance to buy a 1200 for £1350 a couple of years ago but passed on it. Mistake?
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Today, 12:55 PM
Same tailpiece that's on my 1988 L4CES. FWIW
Seems to be the standard modern L4 tailpiece.
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Today, 12:54 PM
I’m European and indifferent to where a guitar is made. I care about how it’s made and under what circumstances (fair labour, sustainability, etc)....
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Today, 12:52 PM
This is a bit of a different thing.
Better (and more easily) understood as rootless shells, a la Ed Bickert. Just search his name (or rootless...
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Today, 12:46 PM
Pretty sure this is the only one. In complete savoy in addition to other compilations.
And yeah … Miles would’ve been 21 on this recording I...
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Today, 12:38 PM
Reducing the price to £1,399
Thanks.
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Today, 12:36 PM
This looks interesting and it might fit
RB Continental Voyager Semi/Hollow Body Electric Guitar Case
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Today, 12:33 PM
Looks good. Not sold on the tail piece, looks a little oversized for the body but I get the choice to use it.
That mahogany has some serious...
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Today, 12:30 PM
Nut width is 1.70". I don't have the kind of calipers that will let me measure those neck depths - I'd need to remove some strings to get access to...
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Today, 12:27 PM
Hauser - $3,500
James White Luthier Hauser
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Today, 12:27 PM
Is there a definitive recording of this tune by the man himself, Charlie "Yardbird" Parker?
I'm only seeing this one recording of it (on a few...
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Today, 12:26 PM
Valid question though ... take Autumn Leaves. First phrase in the bridge has a little chromatic approach note. So if we're working on a tune, it does...
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Today, 12:24 PM
Of course it would. But my point always was that the quickest way to get this is to apply it to something, work with it. There's a limit to endless...
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Today, 12:22 PM
Jonathan,
Do you think a Super 400 would fit in that bag?
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Today, 12:12 PM
death of the USA made guitarsNah, I don't see that, intuitively speaking. The USA guitar is an icon, it won't die. It may lull but something'll come...
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Today, 12:08 PM
It's a blues.
Stream Gbye by ragman | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
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Today, 12:05 PM
If a shop wants to be an official Gibson dealer they have to commit to making large annual purchases that include high end models that are hard to...
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Today, 11:52 AM
Mono makes a Jumbo-size bag, and it fits my 17" L-5 with room to spare:
I've been using it for 5 years, and I'm very happy with it.
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Today, 11:50 AM
I'm going with 2002.
Based on this web page:
Gibson | Serial Number Search
Carved Top models (serial number on orange label)
YDDDYRRR
YY...
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Today, 11:49 AM
Simply superb - Bounce | Jorge Roeder Julage Trio being just one of his many projects.
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Today, 11:48 AM
I'm trying to cut down, lol.
Oh I spent time playing family of dominants into each other. I just disagree that it provides a good insight into...
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Today, 11:27 AM
Yeah I mean that's not wrong. That's exactly how I describe in two of the videos I posted that I'm sure you watched lol.
The scale is the Ab7 to...
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Today, 11:21 AM
That's a great bag. I looked at it for my 17" Eastman but decided to go for the biggest Mono M80 because it's a bit smaller in outside dimensions...
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Today, 11:21 AM
Here’s the full Barney video:
https://youtu.be/6u5gtxLQJs4?si=R2iJ1Wn1mu4d4Al_
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Today, 11:17 AM
I'm sure you can find one if you try hard enough
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Today, 11:17 AM
Alright … on the topic of Donna Lee being vocabulary in its own right, here’s a bit on how I end up raiding stuff like this for ideas. Using m13-14...
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Today, 10:57 AM
You've never seen a certificate of authenticity?
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Today, 10:54 AM
Save your money and get a Herb Ellis 165 with a floater BJB.
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Today, 10:27 AM
Beautiful instrument but the nut is way too wide for me. GLWTS
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Today, 10:13 AM
Hi Folks,
Long time lurker and only recent poster so hopefully it's ok to list something for sale.
I have this listed on Facebook Marketplace...
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Today, 10:06 AM
this one was recommended to me...
ProGo series Ultimate Gig Bag for Acoustic-G-PG ACOUSTIC - Gator Cases
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Today, 09:56 AM
So, new to TF - if you go in for the 'yearly subscription', you get access to everything they have for the year?
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Today, 09:56 AM
There are a few gig bags out there for 17” twelve string dreads that should fit. Alvarez comes to mind. Unfortunately, Martin 12s are 16” IIRC. ...
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Today, 09:55 AM
I would think a call to Gibson is in order. Authentication through a guitar form is rather odd for a guitar shop. I have never seen one of these.
...
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Today, 09:33 AM
Any chance you know measurements of the neck? Would like to nut the nut width and the depth of the neck at the 1st and 9th frets. Thanks
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Today, 09:10 AM
Yea... so this is how you start. Your playing Diatonic 3rds in Dmaj. Scale, (Ionian).
Just for info. Your 1st finger defines what position your in....
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Today, 09:06 AM
Perhaps Barney can be of help?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtWukH-ClpA&list=PLK7wQ185qc97AVi7BTHls6U_xvfZBObqh
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Today, 08:33 AM
It's 17" wide by 43" long by 3" deep. It's got the extra long headstock so my RB continental doesn't quite fit it.
Probably going to order the...
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Today, 07:47 AM
For the analysis of bar two (F7b9 going to Bb7), backdoor with raised one is too clever I think. It's just the good old F7b9 arpeggio going up from...
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Today, 07:26 AM
Anyone raise their hand who wouldn't want a $300 guitar that sounds good (and plays well) enough to be enjoy playing and/or making money with all...
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Today, 07:14 AM
Oh yeah all those classic etude guys do that — Sor, Giuliani, Carulli. Probably Carcassi too but never played much of him.
Ive taught this one...
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Today, 07:10 AM
Thanks, I'll move onto the next 4 bars. :encouragement:
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Today, 07:09 AM
I think what Christian is saying is that you can work on scales any ole time. Donna Lee is already those scales and arpeggios transformed into...
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Today, 07:06 AM
Definitely a triplet.
Your guy might be doing an eighth note followed by paired sixteenth notes?
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