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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 looks...
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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, 10:24 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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Today, 08:26 AM
I think to reframe ragman's point: a book will contain vocabulary, maybe some concepts. But the question is still how to incorporate it into your own...
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Today, 08:22 AM
They use eBay's name in the title of at least their landing page, but without any indication that I could find of an official affiliation or...
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Today, 08:20 AM
Not everyone needs one (or more) but they may still want one (or more).
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Today, 08:17 AM
Not being objectively better (as in demonstrably so with quantitative criteria) doesn't mean they can't be subjectively nicer. It's hard to tell from...
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Today, 08:11 AM
I had this happen on a couple of Gibsons. My luthier, who worked at Gibson for many years, said this can happen and it relates to something in the...
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Today, 08:05 AM
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It's an instrument you grind and get chops with :cool:
Esp. when the box isn't a box at all?
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Today, 07:55 AM
You can either get a book, wade through it, eventually play some kind of beginner's solo and sound second rate like everybody does, or you can go to...
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Today, 07:43 AM
This is exactly what I was talking about. Lift a rhythm and fit chords to the rhythm. If you’re paying attention you can kind of fit the shape of the...
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Today, 07:27 AM
Emily sure knew her way with the ES330. Although she altered the P90s into humbuckers.
Boy, could she play and we lost her too early
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Today, 07:26 AM
Besides which not all old Gibsons are good instruments. according to Peter Bernstein his old L5 was a bit of a dog, and moving to the Zeidler (then a...
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Today, 07:22 AM
Better than a book…for a one time purchase of $15 you have 40 minutes of instruction on the topic forever. Watch and listen. I love books and held on...
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Today, 07:21 AM
Not everybody wants a Gibson L5
Depends on your style and the way you play.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Today, 07:17 AM
These two oldies but goodies got me on the right track when I first started back in the 1980s, and are still worth a look today:
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Joe Pass...
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Today, 07:13 AM
This is me as well- it's all about the SONG. It has to be a song I love, regardless of the guitar content. I can't learn a song by rote if I don't...
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Today, 06:38 AM
Thanks for the head up. I saw the offer, too. It took some days until it is now deleted.
It looks like that the new ownership of the platform was no...
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Today, 06:29 AM
There are 3 Campellone guitars on Reverb. If somebody really wants a Campy you buy one of them no question. Then if you still want your own you stay...
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Today, 06:28 AM
Regarding the older BF and SF Amps, they are indeed better serviceable than newer Amps.
But if you ever have been faced to the problem of "campfire...
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Today, 06:20 AM
So I posted the other day about trying to develop my Jazz and Blues comping skills - and there have been some amazing replies - thanks!!
What I'm...
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Today, 06:20 AM
I stumbled onto an interesting thread on the Gibson forum. nitrocellulose laquer soft (ruined) - how to re-cure? - Gibson Custom - Gibson Brands...
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Today, 06:10 AM
2 books I like are :
All Blues for Jazz Guitar: Comping Styles, Chords & Grooves: Comping Styles, Chords and Grooves by Jim Ferguson (Author)
...
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Today, 06:07 AM
A general warning for Lang lovers: scam with Lang guitars is increasingly severe now!
Some of the fraudsters are not just occasional crooks, but...
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Today, 06:02 AM
You are just wrong. No way else to put it.
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Today, 06:02 AM
Any polish with silicone should not be used. The silicone gets into the nitro cellulose and makes it difficult for a repairman to do future finish...
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Today, 05:53 AM
{I know it's an old thread, but...}
That is a nice trap but I don't get the square end. Is that the end that people attached by the neck, or is...
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Today, 04:43 AM
Except it's not always an analogy
Talking drum - Wikipedia
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Today, 04:42 AM
There are of course companies besides Fender that are manufacturing telecaster type guitars, and some of them are said to be superior to Fender's...
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Today, 04:23 AM
Sorry, wrong thread, I meant to post this in the rhythm guitar thread.....
This book purports to be dedicated to the Freddie Green style of...
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Today, 03:33 AM
If I could afford them I'm happy to take the risk. They are particularly nice to have and play!
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Today, 03:23 AM
The question was just out of interest. I personally would rather an old Gibson even though they are tough to find over here in UK, much more...
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Today, 02:16 AM
True, but a bandstand education is simply not available to most aspiring jazz musicians. Books, YouTube videos, jazz camps, college programs in jazz...
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Today, 01:55 AM
Is there a standard way to do this? 4 half notes? 8 quarters?
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Today, 01:40 AM
There are parallels, but I don't think they're the same. To be able to do them you need the same type of study and tools but then they don't express...
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Today, 12:55 AM
I can’t imagine it would sound much different since they are the same….. slap on some Thomastik flatwounds and a 330/Casino turns into a jazz...
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Today, 12:38 AM
Music and language have different purposes. Questions and answers in music are not real. No information is broadcast or received.
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Today, 12:28 AM
Gibson guitars from the golden age of archtop building are old. They are expensive, and insurance premiums are going up. Their parts will wear out;...
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Today, 12:03 AM
The higher wattage CUBE amps can develop buzzing/vibration between the amp chassis and cabinet. Roland puts rubberized tape on the chassis edge that...
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Yesterday, 11:38 PM
Tried 2 strings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=cYR82IY87aQzl5Ap&v=c7h0cTQln0I&feature=youtu.be
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Yesterday, 11:27 PM
If I am working on comping, I will pick any comping phrase from a recording, then play throughout the whole tune keeping that rhythm and adjusting...
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Yesterday, 10:48 PM
Actually, not a huge difference. Of course the humbucker is louder amplified with more sustain and deeper lows.
Unplugged the floater is maybe a tad...
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Yesterday, 10:27 PM
Thanks! That’s a good description of the sound quality this instrument produces.
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Yesterday, 10:23 PM
Eh. My point is, music didn't just jump out of nowhere.
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Yesterday, 10:22 PM
What's the second best?
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Yesterday, 10:18 PM
I know … just don’t think language is the best analogy for music
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Yesterday, 09:46 PM
Beautiful finish. I have one of these with a maple finish. The tone, sustain and playability are outstanding on these models. That's a good price.
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Yesterday, 09:44 PM
Mark's guitars have generally been consistent in feel and sound for the past three decades. If you don't want to deal with the wait list, buy a used...
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Yesterday, 09:38 PM
But there is so much more in spoken language than just that.
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Yesterday, 09:37 PM
This is the language comparison I like: speech patterns.
See Eric Dolphy.
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Yesterday, 09:36 PM
I'm not a huge fan of music-as-language comparisons, but two that work:
1. Question and answer.
2. The trope that 90% (or whatever someone...
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Yesterday, 09:19 PM
I don't use the tweeter on my Henriksen 112ER or Blu 6. The tones/highs/frequencies are the ones I try to avoid.
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Yesterday, 09:17 PM
Bump!
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Yesterday, 08:56 PM
Or dog language?
There was a video how a puppy was anxious, the owner didn't know what to do. But the older dog went to the door and tried to...
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Yesterday, 08:32 PM
Joe Pass explaining the premise at 19:50 - 21:00 then the demonstration preceding it at 18:05. How you're not just chunking out chords. You have...
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Yesterday, 08:29 PM
I highly doubt I'd tell the difference in sound, but I much prefer the feel of a rosewood fingerboard to a lacquered maple fingerboard. Previously I...
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Yesterday, 08:27 PM
Love it!
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Yesterday, 08:25 PM
Two other top level luthiers not yet mentioned are Victor Baker and Steve Holst.
Doug
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Yesterday, 08:15 PM
I understand, but I wouldn’t feel any better if someone referred to my oboe as a “sweet axe”.
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Yesterday, 08:15 PM
That's the same thing I said lol.
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Yesterday, 08:09 PM
Axe isn't guitar exclusive when talking about instruments.
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Yesterday, 08:03 PM
I do too…..but “axe” is worse.
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Yesterday, 08:02 PM
This one's really interesting. I hear no consistent difference between rosewood and maple. The maple does sound a bit richer in some of the...
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Yesterday, 07:51 PM
I turned off my volume and tried FG style over the bass solo at Saturdays gig. Someone took a video. Log into Facebook | Facebook
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Yesterday, 07:13 PM
that's a great summary!
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Yesterday, 07:07 PM
Vinny,
If you own a Campellone with and without a floater, could you describe the differences in sound to you?
Thanks!!!
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Yesterday, 07:00 PM
I will check that video out, but they are not that similar, the Empress has a lot more bells and whistles. I especially like the high and low shelves...
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Yesterday, 06:42 PM
"I got a standard box. I don’t never want nothing special. Then if I drop my box, I can borrow somebody else’s.”
— Wes Montgomery
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Yesterday, 06:30 PM
Great post! All that attention to detail would never occur to me. (Possibly because I'm concerned with just surviving)
That's a good insight...
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Yesterday, 06:07 PM
Today's musings:
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Yesterday, 05:56 PM
Thanks! It's one of the newer Kingpin P90 Jumbo guitars. It's 4 1/8" deep at it's max depth, and the extra air makes a big difference in oomph. ...
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Yesterday, 05:43 PM
Thanks, I will check into it. Albuquerque is only 3 hours away. It could be worth it.
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Yesterday, 05:42 PM
Nice playing, and that Godin sounds great!
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Yesterday, 05:42 PM
Wow... actual great advice that can work. Nice "Alter"
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Yesterday, 05:25 PM
This book helped me get to the point where I understood Peter and Jeff’s advice.
Its got a few ways to play through 10 or so standards.
...
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Yesterday, 05:01 PM
Comping phrases are just like soloing phrases: they have a melody (formed by the voicings top notes), and a rhythm. The comping language in similar...
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Yesterday, 04:44 PM
Here's a short one time through Indiana. I was participating in the Donna Lee thread, and I learned it in Ab, C, and F.
I thought I'd make use...
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Yesterday, 04:14 PM
Hi Jabber, I've sprayed a little Lemon Pledge on a clean washcloth (for years), wiping the sprayed side followed by the dry side on both the...
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Yesterday, 04:14 PM
I would take a look at this
https://www.melbay.com/Products/96842BCD/all-blues-for-jazz-guitar.aspx
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