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Today, 09:47 PM
I presume that enalnitram chose the middle strings so that one could add notes above or below them (he may correct me if I'm wrong)
Take pattern...
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Today, 09:42 PM
Ahh..it like seeing an old friend...Thanks so much
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Today, 09:31 PM
It's the leather ones Omph, lower quality leather in smaller pieces, thinner stitching thread etc
I have no experience w recent non leather.
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Today, 09:25 PM
I haven’t had any issues with my Chinese reunion blues bags and I’ve flown around the world with them (by that I mean telecaster in the overhead). I...
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Today, 09:12 PM
I have a couple old GK made leather bags but I think they're even heavier than a hard case!
If you're looking for a lightweight bag stay away from...
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Today, 09:01 PM
A regarded amp builder once told me that the standby switch could be put to "run" almost immdiatly after the "on". And warm up was a question of...
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Today, 08:44 PM
Vintage is not a synonym for excellent.
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Today, 08:39 PM
Luigi also showed up.
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Today, 08:32 PM
I've been researching how get a more natural sound out of a piezo with some judicious EQ cuts and I'd really appreciate some feedback. Thanks in...
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Today, 08:28 PM
Tonight
15 May 2024
Pasquale Grasso and Peter Bernstein are this week’s guests.
Frank Vignola's Guitar Night with Pasquale Grasso & Peter...
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Today, 08:15 PM
Good to know. I base my love of RB on the bag I have for my telecaster that I bought new in 1995. It has been used regularly ever since, has held up...
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Today, 08:06 PM
Price drop bump. Someone is going to be very happy with this versatile vintage masterpiece.
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Today, 07:59 PM
This was interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdnUvoGdpcU&list=LL&index=8&t=876s
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Today, 07:54 PM
The newer Chinese Reunion Blues aren't as good as the old San Francisco made ones by founder Glenn Cronkhite.
Glenns own bags are stellar but I'm...
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Today, 07:52 PM
It's possible to not buy the bulk of the functionality at a lower price. "Previously owned".
They're built like tanks and the ME50 and ME70 both...
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Today, 07:51 PM
^ Relaxing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpeVxysGJpk
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Today, 07:48 PM
let's see..hmmm..EMA7 no 5th and that can be move into inversions..things like this you often have to change string sets- the second inversion of...
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Today, 07:35 PM
No, the original changes of Stella fucking rule.
Everything else, sure ii V it to death, who cares?
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Today, 06:53 PM
I use a Mono M80 for my Comins GCS-1. It has stood up to years of hard use and remains in excellent condition. It's a well thought out bag with a...
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Today, 06:51 PM
Popularity isn't the same as musos squabbling over the first chord of Stella By Starlight. My guess is players preferred Em7b5 as opposed to the...
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Today, 06:46 PM
Well for starters, guitars don't have a keyboard, so that's a bummer. I'm also personally very slow reading bass clef and the following measure...
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Today, 06:36 PM
The leaf is £40 at 3000mm x 300mm
550x300 per half a top (16”) gives you 5 per leaf.
You need another leaf to make 10 sections.
Those 10 are...
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Today, 06:33 PM
I think you'd need a guitar with a keyboard!
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Today, 06:13 PM
Tried to noodle a bit with a looper and VST plugin to get something
Stream Always by Yury Liman | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
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Today, 06:06 PM
For many years I’ve used a Mooradian gig bag for solid body Strat/Tele style guitars. It has been outstanding.
I’ve used a Reunion Blues...
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Today, 06:05 PM
Everyone copied Miles because his records were popular and widely available. He was pretty far from a guru.
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Today, 05:59 PM
Do women have buttocks? Or just men?
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Today, 05:47 PM
Maybe sit on a higher stool, with a guitar strap holding the guitar, rather than resting on the right thigh?
I tend to practice this way...
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Today, 05:42 PM
I see this topic -Amp warm up- always coming back up. In other forums mainly.
Those conversations then centre around the standby switch use (or...
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Today, 05:36 PM
Mooradian bags have been professional players' choice for decades. Emily Hoffman at Emily@mooradian.com is now running the business....
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Today, 05:34 PM
Yes, I agree with Jim. The guitar is not currently being played and should be in the hands of someone who will put it to good use.
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Today, 05:30 PM
That's probably the perfect guitar for someone wanting to cop what Lenny Breau was doing late in his career. Kirk was a remarkably talented and...
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Today, 05:25 PM
For those 7-stringers, here's a lovely instrument that's NOT in Norway.
It's a wonderful Kirk Sand nylon 7-string hi-A electric guitar for sale, in...
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Today, 05:23 PM
I compared the thinline semi hollow Collings SoCo LC Deluxe (laminated top) and Deluxe (carved top) and could not hear a difference. I bought the...
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Today, 05:05 PM
My question was about how to sit to practice when leg should not be bent at a right angle for long periods.
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Today, 05:02 PM
When I first discovered Ted Greene via Chord Chemistry..the guitar vs music war started to ease.
It was a great turning point..how serious was I...
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Today, 04:35 PM
Reunion Blues
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Today, 04:32 PM
Thank you everyone for your help.
I have quite basic digital piano (Casio Privia px-s1100), yes, Casio has a bad name but... I had quite limited...
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Today, 04:32 PM
Yes, I'm definately reinventing my playing technique. I didn't even understand technique was an important facet of being able to play well until I...
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Today, 04:31 PM
Purely coincidentally, I have one of these left for sale. And it's a really excellent guitar!
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Today, 04:25 PM
Undercover cases seems to be out of business. I know there was another company that made really good cases that were popular with pros. Does anybody...
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Today, 04:21 PM
We discussed the subject in this thread:
CBD for painful finger joints
I'm still taking the supplements I mentioned there, seem to be working.
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Today, 04:16 PM
I like the look of the boss. It has knobs. Also if it runs on double AA’s I might just have to go crazy and not buy it because I don’t have any...
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Today, 04:14 PM
There just isn't a single approach that you can apply to any music.
Even the thing about thinking about the range of the music. Obviously, you...
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Today, 04:14 PM
I see... sometimes it's necessary to reinvent one's playing technique.
I knew a guy who played cello in the San Francisco symphony. He injured his...
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Today, 04:03 PM
Certainly not here, not that I have seen.
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Today, 04:02 PM
My right knee is suddenly giving me problems - wear and tear. No doubt the cartilage is shot at. Drove 5hrs down into Spain last week and now waiting...
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Today, 03:58 PM
What do you mean by the "all keys" approach? I'm a little confused.
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Today, 03:43 PM
No, I can relax while playing. At this point it's building control of my fingers, which requires effort and some tension. They don't want to friggin...
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Today, 03:36 PM
:triumphant:
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Today, 03:35 PM
"But if you can sight read Donna Lee at tempo... "
I can't, but one wouldn't expect to be able to read anything well at tempo right off the bat -...
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Today, 03:28 PM
Same issue, isn't it, Jimmy? (relaxed playing)
Donna Lee fingering for speed
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Today, 03:27 PM
I tried not looking for kicks. I can play the first two phrases with my eyes closed.
Then things came off the rails rather quickly. This is...
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Today, 03:21 PM
Ah okay. With the quote above what you said, you actually said that sight reading was diametrically opposed to the accursed habit of trying to play...
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Today, 03:19 PM
We can share out of print materials here, see the attached.
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Today, 03:16 PM
If memory serves me well, Jonathan Stout uses his tri-cone (amongst other things) for outdoor concerts with his band.
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Today, 03:15 PM
You'll be happy to hear that your video has been heartily endorsed by the American Dental Association.
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Today, 03:09 PM
Chromatic Enclosures, using one finger per fret and lots of slurs is what I'm practicing.
This type of practice lick.
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Today, 03:06 PM
Figured I'd leave both since it's hard to describe. 2 goofy explanations is more effective than 1.
I'm goin Pebber Brown and gonna start doing...
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Today, 03:06 PM
Yes, that is what I said, sight reading is "diametrically opposed" to the habit of looking at the guitar fretboard while playing.
The question is,...
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Today, 03:04 PM
Observations from fifty odd years of using and abusing valve amplifiers;
A minute or so of warm up, and you are good to go.
After playing at volume...
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Today, 03:02 PM
Excellent, perfect in every way.
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Today, 02:59 PM
Great so maybe edit your post and put that description in there instead of what you have in there now.
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Today, 02:57 PM
Uh …… if you’re going to sight read, don’t you need to be looking at the music?
Rather than at the guitar?
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Today, 02:56 PM
I appreciate your post, I did something similar when I first got interested in jazz, but as I suggested, I approached it by constructing chord...
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Today, 02:56 PM
Maybe but not in the way you’re suggesting.
Honestly, I’d say sight reading absolutely depends on being able to practice and play music well. But...
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Today, 02:56 PM
No, we can always crawl back deeply into our cozy self that has very little to do with anything external. "External" would also be those random...
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Today, 02:55 PM
I had a Korean-made Epi JP, and I would consider it a solid instrument. My impression based on what I've read is that the first models after they...
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Today, 02:50 PM
That guitar had a Blackstone non-cutaway body, Triumph neck and ostensibly a 60s peghead overlay.
I can't remember if the body was 40s and the...
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Today, 02:45 PM
Talent deserving wider recognition.
https://youtu.be/2ODm3n2f2tM?si=nuidIKDArFGPxf36
https://youtu.be/De9mi4dOW8Y?si=qKyLbpOYf70k2Lx7
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Today, 02:38 PM
Is it to be played by a nice buttocks, or an icky man buttocks?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4IuHaV-N2E
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Today, 02:36 PM
So show us. Anything can be read from a book or repeated from a YouTube video. Show us how you do it.
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Today, 02:31 PM
Hello,
My question concerns the various scale systems used in guitar playing. From what I've gathered, there are three popular scale systems:...
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Today, 02:30 PM
Right, so obviously they are not "diametrically opposed" but in fact interdependent.
FYI, Sight-reading is diametrically opposed to that...
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Today, 02:28 PM
That is called "gain staging" so basically yes but...in the digital realm you dont have the analog noise issues but you also have digital clipping if...
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Today, 02:27 PM
Except I'd be wearing a sports jacket and wingtips... and playing jazz with four fingers :)
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Today, 02:25 PM
https://youtu.be/YcEZp3uwC3s
"Smile!" They said. "Don't look!" They said. "It'll be fine, even better!" They said.
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Today, 02:19 PM
Thank you for the great advices! I will try everything, what about the input level? I assume that the more I move the microphone away the more I have...
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Today, 02:16 PM
Same here. I have four sounds programmed into my ME70 (I went backward after trading my ME80 for an ME90, which I didn't like). The ME70 has two...
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Today, 02:15 PM
There is no "correct" mic position as this changes with each scenario. The Oktava is particularly good at distance, experiment by moving it away 1'...
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Today, 02:08 PM
I believe Frank's score for guitar says to play this tone cluster at that point: 4-0-4-0-4-0
with the direction, "alla gluteal."
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Today, 02:06 PM
It's hard to control them precisely but not only that, it feels like their natural state is this writhed, crooked posture, rather than just...
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Today, 02:03 PM
I used to have National single cone reso, and I used it a lot for acoustic trad and Gypsy jazz gigs and jams. My experience is... the guitar's loud...
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Today, 02:00 PM
Worth an edit to find another way to describe how your fingers feel.
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Today, 01:56 PM
Actually I was under the impression that the II was considered more fundamental (due probably to fundamental bass theory?) I have seen a IV6 written...
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Today, 01:53 PM
When I'm practicing technique, be it my 5 finger patterns, trills, or riffs intended to focus on technique, my fingers feel retarded like they're...
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Today, 01:45 PM
I don’t see any of them as more fundamental
It’s just a different bassline with the same voice leading. Cadenzia doppia innit
Top voices be...
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Today, 01:45 PM
That would be interesting - my guess is there would not be much chronological difference in this chart across Beethoven's output- the chord to chord...
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Today, 01:34 PM
Actually the Oktava is exactly the one I was using in this video and I have recently bought the new Focusrite Scarlett, I love this setup but I’m...
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Today, 01:30 PM
Youll get as many opinions on mics as you would on guitars. The Oktava MK 012 is much beloved by classical guitarists and I have used it on archtops...
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Today, 01:21 PM
They were using up Epiphone stock.
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Today, 01:16 PM
Oh, right, it is a real piece for two buttocks. Well played, sir. Perfect timing.
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Today, 01:13 PM
Actually when I relax my face falls into what looks like a scowl. Drives my wife crazy because she thinks I'm mad about something. So I guess I need...
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Today, 01:12 PM
Here is Steven Mackey performing "Deal". Bill Frisell performed it live several times in the mid-90's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCizOhH9fnc
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Today, 01:11 PM
I know guitarists are divided between lookers and non-lookers, and I've always been a looker but I have played this so much I imagine I could do...
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Today, 01:10 PM
Great Balls Of Fire!
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Today, 01:02 PM
Yes, it's definitely a laminate. The 3 plies of wood are visible in the side of the unbound F-hole.
There is a Reverb listing right now (no...
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Today, 01:00 PM
I saw that also. The archtops that are currently for sale are the last of them. There are a few in the US on the Sadowsky site.
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Today, 12:58 PM
Mad at theory, mad at JC, mad at the guitar.
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Today, 12:56 PM
speaking of Sadowsky i got an email a couple days ago saying hes getting out of the archtop biz.
"After 20 wonderful years, I have decided to...
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Today, 12:51 PM
New dooberries
https://youtu.be/j92-7zvOyhY?si=Ijct19J14TvV-Ehi
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Today, 12:49 PM
Selling a Tower RE 2x8.
As new.
499,00 Euro.
Feel free to ask questions.
Best,
lapideus
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Today, 12:47 PM
Thank you so much, I will try both!
Really nice sound and playing :)
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Today, 12:42 PM
I had suggested to Lawson to try to play a take without looking at the fingerboard.
I thought that I would put my money where my mouth is, and...
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Today, 12:39 PM
When I get stressed playing the guitar I pucker up my lips like a fish :grumpy: Instinctively when that happens I move my head towards the guitar...
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Today, 12:36 PM
Didn’t most all of the classic laminates have mahogany as a substrate? Curious if anyone knows how that layering of rosewood actually added to the...
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Today, 12:35 PM
Oh I was going to add. If you are committed to the close mic approach, I think an archtop sounds better with the mic pointed at the body instead of...
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Today, 12:29 PM
I'm not even joking. I am working on relaxing my thinking scowl into a smile. If I don't look like I'm enjoying myself play, why should I expect...
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Today, 12:25 PM
Joking aside, being relaxed is crucial for this shit. Maybe not as relaxed as jazznylon practically laying down, but yeah, relaxed.
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Today, 12:23 PM
Another thing I'm working on is relaxing my forehead and raising the edges of my mouth in a smile. So I might look like I'm enjoying myself and not...
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Today, 12:18 PM
Dont most people complain about this most of the time?
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Today, 12:09 PM
Modelers, even the fancy ones, just aren't that hard.
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Today, 12:05 PM
Personally I was more reminded of a Belgian comedian called Urbanus van A(n*s) :doh:
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Today, 11:57 AM
My first electric guitar was one of these:
I got it in high school for $75, and sold it after about a year for $100 (I guess that answers the...
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Today, 11:55 AM
Assuming the body is a Zephyr Deluxe, it would be laminate.
Based on the info on Jim’s site, the neck was made between 1946 and 1954. In 1954 Epi...
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Today, 11:53 AM
This is cool! I’d be interested to see a comparison between early, mid and late LVB.
And between him and others.
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Today, 11:51 AM
I have seen complaints in several forums online but not even close to those for Kenny G. So I agree that there is a double standard.
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Today, 11:44 AM
Agreed, that thing is flippin' SWEET.
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Today, 11:42 AM
I agree with the forum consensus that this is an original Gibson factory-assembled guitar using Epi neck, body, and a mix of Gibson and Epi leftover...
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Today, 11:32 AM
Demonstrated on piano at 1:15 here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5pGS0OJyu8
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Today, 11:25 AM
Good idea. I will try also. I think it might help for improving the "muscle memory" of the fingers. Lawson mentioned that "muscle memory" in one of...
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Today, 11:25 AM
I'm confused, how is that not a winner?
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Today, 11:21 AM
Open to sensible offers. I am based in West Wales now if you wanted to come see/try it.
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Today, 11:13 AM
They can't all be winners. This guitar demonstrates what happens when 40s, 50s and 60s Epiphone parts are force-fit then hit with a bandsaw:
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Today, 11:10 AM
Reading this thread pains me.
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Today, 11:00 AM
To my ears, Beethoven does the IV-V-I more than his predecessors, but even then ii is more common. Everyone gets taught that IV is somehow more...
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Today, 10:57 AM
In my experience, there are certain fingerings that are better suited to certain kinds of styles, lines, or concepts.
Both "three note per string"...
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Today, 10:57 AM
Man I love a good chart. And this is a GREAT chart.
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Today, 10:53 AM
Interesting!
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Today, 10:49 AM
So you got a Fake Real Book. Which is a Fakebook. So a Fake fakebook is a real book?
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Today, 10:44 AM
The outside looks weird - the cover is just white rather than parchment, and the spiral binding is different. And the pages on the inside are just...
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Today, 10:40 AM
Your sound is always good. You have some great guitars and amps. Whatever set-up that you play through has a nice jazz tone to my ear.
I have...
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Today, 10:34 AM
How can you tell? :smile-new:
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Today, 10:30 AM
Thank you. Someone is going to very happy with this one.
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Today, 10:30 AM
Stumbled across this study of the chord transition frequencies in the Beethoven String Quartets, which can be assumed to be fairly representative of...
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Today, 10:29 AM
I think MAYBE jim777 posted this just for the sake of humor?
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Today, 10:20 AM
Beautiful.
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