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Today, 09:30 PM
I like the On-Stage bench style. It folds up and is sturdy, no back, no arms, nothing to restrict you. Good cushion. They're made for portable piano...
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Today, 09:14 PM
Not new ... someone in a similar thread mentioned that IKEA has a folding stool that works well on gigs. It's light, no frills, durable and...
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Today, 08:54 PM
Between a dick and someone who can pull off a miniskirt, I think I know what I'd prefer to see when I'm treating my ears...
Technically easy...
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Today, 08:46 PM
Thanks for your performance, JazzPad.
Another killer rendition of this tune is from Irene Kral's album, Where I Love? with Alan Broadbent on...
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Today, 08:41 PM
Ditto for me, I have the 1970's Japanese ES-175 copy discussed in this video, the binding and neck are good.
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Today, 08:36 PM
More weirdness.
Well You Needn’t - YouTube
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Today, 08:23 PM
All my guitars have about the same action (between 4 and 5/64” bass and between 3 and 4/64 treble) and relief ~.06”). My semi and my solidbodies...
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Today, 08:23 PM
The lightest strings I use on my solid-body are 11's and I use 12's on my archtop so no real difference, and the action is similar on both - but I...
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Today, 08:07 PM
no nothing weird in the alto high end. The speaker sim in the tc keeps everything below 5K
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Today, 08:07 PM
I suppose one test of the effectiveness of a music-generating theory/system would be (assuming the programming is feasible) what kind of work would...
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Today, 08:06 PM
There are several factors to consider here, Mark. I go from fat neck 7 string archtops to thinner and narrower neck 7 string solid bodies daily and...
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Today, 07:55 PM
Agreed, there is simple music, which some people fool themselves into thinking they can play. But to play at the level where you really reach people...
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Today, 07:52 PM
My 2022 Trenier Jazz Special.
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Today, 07:41 PM
Bro, you did that guitar way more justice than I ever could. And so many more people enjoyed the sound of it, thanks to you.
JD
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Today, 07:39 PM
Try A-Ab-A instead of G-Gb-G bassline:
C/A Am7) | 5-x-5-5-5-x | > Ab7#5 | 4-x-4-5-5-x |
Or Make Someone Happy changes:
C(Maj7)| x-3-2-0-(0)-x |...
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Today, 07:34 PM
I do not own a solid body guitar, and I do work on them, but it leaves me with a question for those of you who switch between them often. My archtops...
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Today, 07:30 PM
My mid 1970s 2355 was pretty well built, but off just a little. Nothing I could not fix:
Pots too high value, measured 1k-> new electronics...
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Today, 07:06 PM
Thanks everyone for the replies, they make for enjoyable reading!
Nobody has talked me out of buying one though :highly_amused:.
The local...
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Today, 06:44 PM
any new cool chairs you recommend?
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Today, 06:42 PM
I’m not sure if sitting in a chair like that would be comfortable for me over a long period
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Today, 06:41 PM
My best looking guitar is this Trenier Jazz Special. Photos borrowed from the internet .
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Today, 06:40 PM
unfortunately link is not working anymore. Do you kind sharing the name of the model?
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Today, 06:34 PM
Here's the short version of a song I wrote and recorded for YouTube 11 years ago.
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Today, 06:30 PM
So you thought viols is the generic name of the bowed instrument family?
Not wrong if you go back far enough, but if you do that they (can) also...
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Today, 06:28 PM
Watch for evidence of pickguard out-gassing. 70's Ibanez guitars were notorious for this as well as the aforementioned binding rot and...
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Today, 06:23 PM
I don't know; you tell me!
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Today, 06:23 PM
WOW! What an awesome ES-350!!
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Today, 06:19 PM
I can't get these grips to sound like the intro. I also only slept about 3 hours last night, getting home late from a gig... then up at 6 with the...
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Today, 06:09 PM
By fuzzy, I meant not sanded smooth per say. Not sure what happened when I loaded this screenshot the first time, but this stuff.
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Today, 05:38 PM
The first turn around is interesting, in C Major I'd play Fm7-Bb7 (IVm7-bVII7) rather than The bVIImaj.7 in this lead sheet. The bVII9, a.k.a., ...
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Today, 05:29 PM
Swingin', Jack!
I have an Alto TS110a which mostly sits off in a corner unused. I have run my SansAmp Para Driver DI into it with fairly good...
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Today, 05:16 PM
Actually on reflection I’d call it C+/Gb. Exactly specifies the voicing. I think Ab7#5/Gb is weirdly harder to read too, at least for my dense brain....
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Today, 05:13 PM
no, no, not a typo but instead ignorance. My only personal experience of that family is a cello that I played in grade school and observation of...
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Today, 05:13 PM
I did another one today. I love exploring in this form. I guess the birds become my rhythm section. :smile-new: I don't love this one as much, but...
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Today, 05:10 PM
So funny, I almost started a thread last week called "Show Us Your Backsides"!
But I thought I'd get laughed off the forum.
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Today, 04:49 PM
Another cool looking guitar is my Comins Zelig Hybrid Archtop…
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Today, 04:45 PM
The New Real Book calls it: Ab7#5/Gb. In fact, the same chord voicing I mentioned earlier: Ab7#5 | x-x-4-5-5-4 |
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Today, 04:44 PM
The disparity is stark and has been for most all of my adult life (65). A relative handful of musicians make six figures or more per year, a tiny...
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Today, 04:38 PM
I would say it simplifies the analysis of bebop eventually.
Although, mostly it was about playing in class, not so much analysing. But you can do...
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Today, 04:29 PM
I don't know. What followed serialism was also systems music, its just that the system was simpler and more obvious to the listener as an organising...
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Today, 04:28 PM
Not to mention vintage American guitars. It's inherent to the binding material manufactured at the time and can affect any brand guitar. But...
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Today, 04:26 PM
Seen him with Paul Dunmall, Tony Bianco, Faith Brackenbury and John Pope earlier this year. It was intense even by free jazz standards! Loved it.
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Today, 04:18 PM
I also have this unread book on my shelf glaring at me.
John O'Gallagher - Book
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Today, 04:17 PM
The augmented chord is in the horn arrangement, you can hear it clearly in the shout chorus.
You also have the iconic intro with the C/G -->...
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Today, 04:12 PM
I actually meant to post that on the progressivism vs traditionalism thread. But yeah. I think you'd probably like it? I looked into it, and it's...
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Today, 04:10 PM
Thanks for this info guys - very clear and helpful! I’m buying to play but the seller says all original and it looks in very good shape from the...
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Today, 03:53 PM
I didn't look at the channel but tagged it for Southern Baptist - contemporary gospel music. Probably too contemporary for most folks though, like...
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Today, 03:49 PM
Don't Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie On The King of Rock & Roll
apologies to Long John Baldry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj_lZ4hkJd8
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Today, 03:43 PM
M-a-d mad.
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Today, 03:39 PM
My thinking goes first to the ergonomics.
How does the neck feel?
How does the body size fit you?
The 335 feels too large to me. I play a...
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Today, 03:38 PM
I hate dixieland but I know better than to be mad at it
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Today, 03:35 PM
I hate it when they do that, "What is wrong with you?! Why did you even buy me?" :sour:
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Today, 03:31 PM
:dontknow:
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Today, 03:20 PM
Here:
Gustav Glassl rehabilitation
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Today, 03:18 PM
Well if you like boogie woogie then I think it would be a pretty good representation of yourself as a pianist.
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Today, 03:16 PM
yeah different instruments and styles have different learning curves.
Like it’s hard to learn to play the changes even on Autumn Leaves, and it’s...
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Today, 03:16 PM
I'm only suggesting that in the future you refrain from casually dismissing what others have invested a lifetime into.
Being a security guard is...
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Today, 03:15 PM
I personally think it's a really poor representation of one's self as a pianist. I would never want to do that as if it were good. Me personally. ...
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Today, 03:15 PM
Just did this, and it works well! No need to spend a bunch of dollars on a new pickup. Satisfying results! Thank you
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Today, 03:10 PM
Because you dissed it by implying it was easy. At it's root it is simplistic but to play it well it isn't. You can't play it well, so I don't need...
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Today, 03:08 PM
Because you said it’s easy and the lowest form of piano.
That’s money where your mouth is kind of talk.
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Today, 03:08 PM
DB seems to.
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Today, 03:07 PM
Going out on a limb, I don’t think anyone cares if you like it or not.
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Today, 03:06 PM
Why would I have to play a music style well to disapprove of it?
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Today, 03:03 PM
You can't play it well.
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Today, 03:02 PM
Which music is easier to play? What types are easierr?
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Today, 02:58 PM
I don't like boogie woogie and you can't make me.
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Today, 02:55 PM
Perhaps not, but there is definitely some music that is easier to play than other music. Even some types of music that are easier than other types.
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Today, 02:37 PM
yep right in the Melody
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Today, 02:37 PM
Mark is that a 1960’s Gibson Super 400 Florentine Cutaway,you are re necking? And do you offer a florentine cutaway on all of your models? Thanks!
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Today, 02:36 PM
There is no "easy" music.
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Today, 02:34 PM
You said it was easy, which means you don't respect it, and as a result also means you can't play it well. "Mad at bandleaders".
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Today, 02:34 PM
https://youtu.be/kbd91k-3zdA?si=x7dGWRpChKtAf4fQ
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Today, 02:32 PM
Sorry, can't get behind that one...
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Today, 02:30 PM
What part of A Train? That opening lick? Is it in the D7#11?
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Today, 02:20 PM
#2 non-cut gets a floater - #5 non-cut gets a built-in CC pickup (w/2 screw mount).
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Today, 02:16 PM
To clarify, I like some stuff. That acoustic Stevie clip you posted DB I thought was awesome. I really like the old pure blues piano playing from...
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Today, 02:12 PM
I have owned, and regret deeply selling, a few 2616 and 2355 models that were superb guitars. The binding rot as already mentioned by wintermoon and...
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Today, 02:10 PM
Bobby’s extraordinary talents are wasted on all but the most impressive and musical of musical music.
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Today, 02:09 PM
My head is spinning just a bit from this long and interesting conversation, but for some reason a phrase of John Gardner's keeps floating up into the...
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Today, 02:06 PM
ooooooooooooooooof
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Today, 02:02 PM
Boogie woogie sux.
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Today, 01:56 PM
I also have this unread book on my shelf glaring at me.
John O'Gallagher - Book
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Today, 01:51 PM
If I'm coming off as a dick, it's cause I'm a bandleader, that's part of the gig sometimes.
"Mad at sidemen"
LOL
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Today, 01:50 PM
Post it up then. Should be no problem. Anytime someone says "______ kinda music is easy" I know I'm gonna watch someone fall on their face. People...
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Today, 01:48 PM
Circling back to guitar then...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_csIYsswGU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGQg1qRWiSc
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Today, 01:46 PM
I can't stand it so I never work on it. I could play that basic noob piano style easily.
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Today, 01:45 PM
my man more in an out of shells than a hermit crab.
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Today, 01:44 PM
Just tell me you can't play it worth a shit and I'll be satisfied.
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Today, 01:41 PM
I don’t know if these will help, but I suppose they are good for general documentation in the least. These are in situ pics of the electronics in my...
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Today, 01:39 PM
I no want woogie.
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Today, 01:39 PM
I owed a 2355 (ES-175 copy) from this era that I would describe as okay. It had very nice flame maple laminate but it never played as well as I would...
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Today, 01:37 PM
Jack Z years ago, a musician friend of mine taught me a very important lesson. He said “You either sell tickets or drinks, and we ain’t selling...
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Today, 01:33 PM
Crap? Serious?
Because stride and boogie woogie are foundational?
You are......you're mad at the woogie.
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Today, 01:33 PM
This is 'Blowin' In The Wind' as performed by an asparagus. Just saying.
Stream Asparagus by ragman | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
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Today, 01:31 PM
I started violin at 9 but only became really serious about it in my very early 20s (after my teacher had confirmed to me at 17 or so that, sure, I...
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Today, 01:27 PM
I can resist the urge to observe I've seen even greater :cool:
Yeah. Musically it isn't very complex (not very relevant here) and even if it's...
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Today, 01:22 PM
I dont play boogie woogie because I hate it. Why would I work that crap up? :nonchalance:
I likes me some Monk stride but I don't like the style...
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Today, 01:22 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLn6v0V3QUw
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Today, 01:20 PM
That's the famous portrait of Marin Marais but definitely not the usual way of playing the bass viol! (I've seen the used as a kind of...
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Today, 01:19 PM
I tried to mean the type of drummer, not exact person. At least here in Finland there is so few big bands that no one can specialize in them. But I...
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Today, 01:14 PM
Ler's see your stride and boogie chops or are we mad at the woogie?
LOL
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Today, 01:12 PM
The 5 songs on Jim Hall "Live".
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Today, 01:08 PM
Thank you.
Disturbing what several decades of exposure to air (and whatever it bears) can do.
Murray
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Today, 01:07 PM
I started playing guitar at 14 :dontknow:
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Today, 01:06 PM
We had the same problem, but they ate all the kibble. We knew something was wrong because the cat was suddenly out of tuna.
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Today, 01:01 PM
Here's mine
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Today, 01:00 PM
14 isn't late to start. Especially not to master the lowest form of piano: boogie woogie. :nightmare:
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Today, 12:53 PM
All the best drummers will have a swinging groove regardless of whether they can play swing type music or not. Listen to Phil Rudd's work with AC/DC...
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Today, 12:40 PM
Hard to generalise on this one, much depends on the particular composer. I mean, there is more in common between Berg's free atonal music and his...
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Today, 12:39 PM
On the fence about letting this go… these are such great instruments!
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Today, 12:39 PM
I think that, to Mark's deleted point, many great jazz musicians have stated in interviews that they think about these things in the practice room,...
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Today, 12:34 PM
In Adobe Audition, go to the Effects menu at top, go down to Noise Reduction/Restoration, then select "DeHummer..."
There are different presets for...
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Today, 12:21 PM
Yes, but how many of us look great in a mini skirt? (sorry, couldn't resist)
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Today, 12:21 PM
I don't think they give a blessing for those guys to play secular music outside the church environment. From what I have gathered they are slightly...
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Today, 12:18 PM
thx jazzgtrl4 - appreciate the comment !
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Today, 12:13 PM
You know it!
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Today, 12:07 PM
'Serialism, which emerged in the early 20th century, particularly through the work of composers like Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, and Alban Berg,...
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Today, 12:04 PM
I’m in no rush, and yes I’d like to save a buck.
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Today, 12:01 PM
Beware of falling Chickens from the sky too. I had 2 lost Roosters in my yard recently. They stayed, in a driving rain, searching for food. I only...
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Today, 11:58 AM
'51 ES-350
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Today, 11:51 AM
"Music of Miles Davis"....such a modest proposal.:smile-new:
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Today, 11:43 AM
This kind of piezo is included in the Udo Roesner set.
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Today, 11:30 AM
Marin Marais playing the Viola da Gamba
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Today, 11:30 AM
Make sure the binding isn't cracking because it'll only be a matter of time before it starts flaking/chipping off, a common problem w vintage...
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Today, 11:28 AM
I think I would use something like this first. Its cheap, can maybe reposition the disks easily to find the best tone.
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Today, 11:13 AM
Thanks. I love twelve-fret guitars and I am a big fan of koa wood guitars. This guitar does not disappoint. If it sounds as good as it looks, it is a...
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Today, 11:11 AM
Thank you kindly for listening and commenting.
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Today, 11:09 AM
Can't recall at which age the OP started, but re: the idea you have to start playing an instrument at a really young age to be able to become great...
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Today, 11:07 AM
This is the Holiness-Pentecostal denomination making a joyful noise.
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Today, 11:03 AM
There is a lot of talent to be discovered there. Steel Guitarist Robert Randolph is who led me to the Sacred Steel players who play in the...
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Today, 10:55 AM
So many beautiful guitars! Amazing pics!
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Today, 10:53 AM
Jack I live in Pittsburgh. Where do you play out in your area?
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Today, 10:42 AM
Can we see more of the Bashkin 00 please?
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Today, 10:39 AM
heading over to reverb next week.
I can do a much better deal here so if you have any interest, let's talk
robert
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Today, 10:37 AM
"kind of fuzzy" means a nicely textured surface on which glue will have a great hold?
Are you dextrous enough to "prime" the spots where you want...
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