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Today, 10:22 PM
I have and use a lot of plugins and most of the were either free or bundled with my DAW (Reaper). I think there's a huge amount of mileage to be had...
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Today, 10:14 PM
follow up video he addresses these comments and shows that those algorithms don't matter. They all sound the same....
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Today, 10:12 PM
Sometimes I use it, sometimes I don't. Depends what I'm hearing each time I use the amp, what my mood is at the time, and whether I've been able to...
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Today, 10:12 PM
This guy has exposed the massive plugin scam that audio companies have going on. In this video he proves that all EQ plugins on the market have...
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Today, 09:38 PM
Hey thanks! This is not the one from 12th Fret. That transaction worked out quite well. No cross-border problems, nice folks as well.
This one...
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Today, 09:25 PM
You should try it. I faf with different notes / tonalities aside from the given minor 3rd. I haven't tried Phrygian tho.
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Today, 08:58 PM
^ Yep. I'm also gonna make the guideline of a set key per week, go up a half step each week. So for example, A this week, Bb next week, B the week...
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Today, 08:53 PM
Many thanks for posting these, enalnitram. Please do let us know when you find a new home for parts 2 & 3 of your tapes.
Here's one of my...
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Today, 08:26 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ-M5T31xso&list=RDLQ-M5T31xso&start_radio=1
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Today, 08:02 PM
I find it very tempting to try to beat the guitar down into submission. However its usually the guitar that comes out on top most of the time...
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Today, 07:37 PM
I decided to delete the comment. It came off as smart ass instead of inquisitive.
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Today, 07:35 PM
We know that but check the thread title. The OP wants it in minor.
- Blue Monk in minor
We're supposed to change it to a minor key, both...
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Today, 07:01 PM
if this thread can be deleted please do.
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Today, 06:59 PM
It's called "heavy mental guitar" :redface-new:
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Today, 06:57 PM
I observe the same thing, but Wes may not be the right example for encouraging three fingered technique with using a pick. He is an excellent example...
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Today, 06:39 PM
No idea if ed plays those on his tele, but I bought a set for one of my WesMos based on Ed's endorsement. Best flatwound I've ever played.
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Today, 06:38 PM
It's Memorial Day Weekend, the unofficial start of Summer, so here we go...feel free to join in, and tag me @RhythmGuitarNation1 (I decided Shorts...
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Today, 06:37 PM
One of my jam session mates here in Japan, a young up and coming guitarist, walked into our monthly jam with one of these a couple months ago. It’s...
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Today, 06:26 PM
Thank you so much for your passionate dedication and for sharing your treasure with us.
That’s what JGO is all about!
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Today, 06:13 PM
Just out of curiosity I searched "Brazilian Rosewood Bridge" on Reverb and got this Just a moment...
Most listings are in the US - a few old...
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Today, 06:09 PM
Beautiful guitar.
Gibson lawyers sent Steve a letter telling him to stop making his headstock shaped similar to theirs. Not sure exactly, but I...
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Today, 06:08 PM
That's a beaut Telephone! Is that the one you brought down from 12th Fret in Toronto? Did that all work out well?
I only mention it as I think it's...
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Today, 06:02 PM
What you say about the 60's is true Prince. I was 15 in '69. I had been listening to Birth of Cool, Giant Steps, Blue Train, some Django, some Wes...
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Today, 06:00 PM
Well, if I needed help learning to improvise, I wouldn't buy the book after reading that in the forward. It's like saying, "this is a really...
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Today, 05:52 PM
I want to install a set of TI Benson 12's on a little Ibanez guitar with a wraparound tailpiece. I think the ball-end wraps will clear the saddles. I...
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Today, 05:44 PM
Ken Parker addressed the overhanging top and back of violins and other stringed instruments including guitars in his video on his nylon string guitar...
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Today, 05:40 PM
I guess it's supposed to look hip, like the torn blue jeans that are sold? I always thought they looked silly.
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Today, 05:28 PM
This is the original intro to the tune from the play, which apparently is not at all popular with musicians, because I only found this one rendition...
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Today, 05:25 PM
^ I heard quite a bit of the first "Vitamin S" performance and it certainly had a lot of substance to it; very atmospheric, though the local cetacean...
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Today, 05:20 PM
Interesting revelation from Thomas in the forward to the book:
”.The Monophonic side was a lot trickier. I practiced these techniques regularly...
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Today, 05:04 PM
PM sent so as to not create thread drift.
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Today, 04:53 PM
The Sadowsky branded archtops are great guitars for sale and on sale in Japan. I just noticed Walkin JP has two new Semi-Hollows in its inventory...
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Today, 04:50 PM
Thomas Echols has a new video, giving samples from his new book on generating linear playing—i.e, lines using BH’s methods. I ordered the book. ...
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Today, 04:30 PM
In Auckland, we have Vitamin S. Every Monday night, two scratch groups of three musicians play non-idiomatic improvisation — in a bar. The groups are...
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Today, 04:17 PM
That's one of those Fano guitars. They damage them in the factory, and charge extra for the service.
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Today, 04:17 PM
Let's not forget that he 1960's was History's most astonishing decade. Period. Everything that went in at one end of the 60's came out different at...
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Today, 04:15 PM
If anybody wants to see some extreme pronation and 3 fingered stretches they could google up Sonny Greenwich. I can't remember which vid showed it,...
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Today, 04:12 PM
And a sweet life it is. Nice Gibson.
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Today, 04:12 PM
Is that correct? Violinists use the pinky constantly. Interestingly, they don't have the thumb behind the neck. Is that what Mr Chang is talking...
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Today, 04:06 PM
'51 ES-350, a lifer.
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Today, 03:55 PM
Well, the Seller is European (I know him), and he's trying to sell a guitar; I also said I wasn't sure, but it never hurts to ask.
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Today, 03:34 PM
I think people are confusing two related, but not identical, things:
- using primarily three fingers vs all four fingers for single line playing...
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Today, 03:32 PM
I'd suspect that you would need a very light guitar to play in that Joe Pass position for long hours.
All of the guitar's weight seems to be held...
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Today, 03:31 PM
That's mental. He's DECIDED to hate them. I don't care who makes the slabs: 2 slabs of maple capped mahogany with quality PAFs in them will not...
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Today, 03:19 PM
I have never played a PRS but I have to admire how that brand has found a new perspectives to an electric guitar AND achieved a wide popularity among...
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Today, 03:07 PM
How are those pickups? Do they sound like regular strat pickups?
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Today, 03:06 PM
Beautiful family. You did good @Skip Ellis.
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Today, 03:05 PM
Now the fact that jazz lost its audience (and became the least listened to music in America) and that younger audiences exposed to "fusion" by solid...
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Today, 03:04 PM
A blonde on blonde rig. Very nice.
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Today, 02:46 PM
Hmm, I should be careful not to put words in the mouths of these guys! Herbie was and is obviously proud of his amazing early years, and Wynton knows...
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Today, 02:39 PM
This amazing Heritage H555 has been my go to, do it all guitar for many years.
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Today, 02:34 PM
You mean the website we're on? - .be = Belgium
Country code top-level domains (ccTLD) - Country Code domains are those an individual country uses,...
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Today, 02:27 PM
Pigtail night on S&L, maybe?
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Today, 02:26 PM
For the best harmolodic experience listen to all the videos on a page of this thread simultaneously.
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Today, 02:25 PM
Must have been because when I saw her she had the hairdo of a young teen.
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Today, 02:20 PM
That's a Utah local marketplace, what makes you think he'd ship it at all, let alone overseas? I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but the main point of...
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Today, 01:54 PM
Monk's chart for it....
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Today, 01:50 PM
Whether true or not and of course I bow to your knowledge, here are two picks both from 1971 of Joe playing and or looking at a D'Aquisto Excel. The...
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Today, 01:36 PM
It might be quite fun putting into Phrygian. Have to alter the chords a bit but never mind.
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Today, 01:15 PM
For those who would like to create introductions to their chord melodies, I've attached a copy of the first chapter of John Valerio's book which...
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Today, 12:45 PM
thx marcwhy....
Michael is an artist - in the real sense. I have worked on his builds for a long time - these pieces are both NOS builds that...
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Today, 12:36 PM
Fun and crazy -- love it!
:eagerness:
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Today, 12:36 PM
A vintage D’ Angelico. What’s wouldn’t one love about that? That is a beautiful guitar.
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Today, 12:35 PM
Correct, thanks! He told me he couldn't access it. Nice guitar for a decent price.
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Today, 12:33 PM
Gilad Hekselman plays and gets a sweet tone from his Moffa Lorraine.
https://youtu.be/PEwmcptx6ns?si=FRQWj-BTnMyotqMp
I like the fiddle edges...
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Today, 12:33 PM
Despite what I may have implied above I actually avoid all woods that may be a future source of annoyance. I can already foresee the hassle it'd be...
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Today, 12:32 PM
Thx. Yours sounds good too. I don't think putting it in minor is a gimmick. It's an overdone tune so this changes it up. And I think it works well...
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Today, 12:28 PM
Hmm, purple bindings on a blonde guitar is an acquired taste, but doesn't that wood turn brown over time anyway?
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Today, 12:10 PM
Nice. Looks like my collection except that I have two Ibanez guitars, a hollow and a semi-hollow.
I have a Martin steel string acoustic and a...
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Today, 12:10 PM
It's an ad for H-575
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Today, 12:04 PM
GOOD CHOICE -- GARY ZIMNICKI
Some examples of Gary's labor of love from his exhibit at Woodstock October 2022 -- I love his guitars!
Purple...
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Today, 12:04 PM
“Blackie’s” love child. Maple board tuxedo. Nice.
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Today, 12:02 PM
Well, this is just getting more interesting!
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Today, 11:58 AM
My condolences to the CS Jackson’s p/u’s. Looks and sounds like you are in good hands with the Jean.
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Today, 11:56 AM
I don’t know about THE one, I have a few that are very special to me, but this one has a lot of magic and I feel like we have a very strong...
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Today, 11:53 AM
I find it interesting that Allan’s hand was quite pronated. If you look he almost had to reach around his third finger with the little finger. Which...
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Today, 11:52 AM
Moffa Lorraine and VB model 15. the Moffa has been #1 but recently pulled the VB back into the mix, great guitar
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Today, 11:33 AM
While I can understand that meaning (to be dismissive or even disrespectful), that POV when it relates to one's own legacy is misguided (at best), if...
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Today, 11:31 AM
Totem X.2-8 - $2,500
Spalt Instruments TOTEM-X.2 8
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Today, 11:19 AM
“Four fingers good, two fingers better! All guitarists Are Equal. But Some Guitarists Are More Equal Than Others.” George Orwell, ...
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Today, 11:13 AM
Got everybody polished up this morning - haven't had a group photo in a while. Everything here cures every bit of G.A.S. that I might ever...
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Today, 11:13 AM
My God, you guys are still talking about fingers?
2 was good enough for Django.
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Today, 11:09 AM
Well if four fingers was good enough for Allan Holdsworth, it's good enough for my meagre talent.
Watch this video of Allan Holdsworth trying to...
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Today, 11:04 AM
By that I mean what it usually means - to be dismissive, or even disrespectful... I think that Wynton may have inferred that by "stooping" (or...
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Today, 11:02 AM
I’m learning more about the history of the instruments and how they are valued to better understand the market.
There’s a sigma on the Gibson Norlin...
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Today, 11:01 AM
Ok, that sounds like good advice :-)
I'm not sure why I'd put it in minor, sounds like a gimmick. Anyway, here's something in Gm. It's a bit...
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Today, 10:59 AM
Yeah Reg. I want to hear this too.
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Today, 10:44 AM
Not irrelevant. I just need to remind myself sometimes that 1985 was a long time ago.
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Today, 10:23 AM
I don't understand what this means "turned their backs on their own important legacies ".
I.e. what is "turned their backs" supposed to represent?
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Today, 10:23 AM
I'm so happy I kept this guitar. I had tried to replace it recently but I think this one suits me...
Just jamming basically but inspired by a...
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Today, 10:09 AM
Have a Novax "Thinline fan fretted" 7-string guitar for sale at NOK 47 650,00 (NOK = Norwegian Kroner).Presently it is only listed on a Nowegian site...
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Today, 10:08 AM
There are more planned. It appears to be an open-ended ongoing series. Last week Frank announced the guests for many weeks ahead.
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Today, 09:59 AM
Being in my late 60's, I also have become a believer in "Murphy's law". I would not buy a guitar coming from another Country that I knew contained...
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Today, 09:58 AM
If you can't afford the real deal, but can afford a bit more than a Loar costs :cool: I'm sure it'll turn out great, so very premature kudos!
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Today, 09:49 AM
Lately, my "main squeeze" has been this Strat that I built from parts (Warmoth body and neck, all other parts are Fender, except the tuners which are...
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Today, 09:42 AM
OK, does that make the discussion irrelevant for you?
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Today, 09:39 AM
I think that’s exactly what it is. Nothing is allowed to be “better” than the big 2 I guess. However a friend of mine is a Gibson guy and the sound...
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Today, 09:38 AM
Sounds about right. When I decided my Sadowsky SS15 wasn't for me and spoke with a local shop that does jazz/archtop sales about consignment it was...
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Today, 09:33 AM
What a beauty! How did it find you..? Would love to hear how it sounds…
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Today, 09:30 AM
:dontknow:
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Today, 09:30 AM
I don’t have any hands on experience of a Norlin era S400- but I wouldn’t hesitate to buy one if I had the chance to demo it and thought it was a...
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Today, 09:27 AM
I've tried attaching the strap at the headstock, but just didn't like it. I started on solidbody electric before I ever got an acoustic or jazz box,...
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Today, 09:20 AM
1985 was a long time ago.
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Today, 09:19 AM
My most recent de-acquisitions have been Reverb (1), trade-in at GC, and donation (1 to a relative, 2 to schools).
GC pays a lot less than you can...
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Today, 09:16 AM
Until a couple of months ago, I played nothing but my Jean archtop that I received in 2021. Recently I put it to one side and played all my solid...
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Today, 09:15 AM
Hi guys, I know this thread is a couple years old, but just came across it and had to weigh in. I own the 620s, had it for close to 20 years. It is...
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Today, 09:04 AM
People: the OP is having problems accessing this site -- anyone else not getting it?
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Today, 09:02 AM
I had to return these, too short to wrap behind the first posts. Gotta find something a little longer.
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Today, 09:00 AM
Nice loafers. :smile-new:
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Today, 08:55 AM
It’s a weird one. I started watching a lot of classical piano videos online, and they spend a lot of time talking about the physicality of a master’s...
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Today, 08:46 AM
I should have written "Wynton's perspective back then". Naturally you'd assume he's changed his views about a lot of things in 40 years, although it...
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Today, 08:41 AM
Not to mention that it only offers access to the higher positions without shifting if you don’t … yknow … start in a lower position.
Im 100% a...
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Today, 08:30 AM
Guilty as charged…
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Today, 08:22 AM
All true. However, I will say, I've never seen the "animosity" between Fender and Gibson... as much as those 2 "representatives" give it to PRS....
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Today, 08:20 AM
If I had purchased an ill performing custom built guitar I would likely ask the builder for advice first.
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Today, 08:18 AM
you make it sound like that is a good thing.
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Today, 07:00 AM
Yeah, I guess one could say that - though my personal interpretation is a bit different (didn't listen to the end on this one because too many notes...
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Today, 06:15 AM
He is a communitarian these days:
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2023-24 season focuses on the concept of community; the broader community of jazz; the...
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Today, 04:50 AM
Weasel words? Haha you are definitely trying to wind me up.
No this is a really obvious distinction. Everybody seems fixated on the fingers for...
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Today, 04:07 AM
In my post I was refering to an instrument made in the US and traded in a different country. It is evident that it must have been imported in the...
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Today, 03:33 AM
I notice that the earliest string in a set to lose it's life which always results in sounding thin, is the high E, then the B. In the lifespan of a...
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Today, 03:01 AM
I think it's fair to say that it depends on your level (and that you may want a second opinion from another player). Some things are indeed...
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Today, 03:00 AM
Lots of great advice here!
I have one more: take the guitar to Ed Shaefer and ask him to fix it. Most luthiers have lifetime guarantee for their...
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Today, 02:54 AM
It is my understanding that Joe owned more than 2 D'Aquistos during his life, but only had Jim D'Aquisto build 2 guitars for him, which Joe kept for...
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Today, 02:01 AM
It means put the song in minor. Get it together ragman!
Stream Blue Monk A- by Clint Jones | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
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Today, 01:55 AM
You know you're getting old when +/- 30 looks super young.
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Today, 01:31 AM
She doesn't look THAT young-maybe you're just getting old! :smile-new:
"Back in October 2020, just off to the right and in the back of the...
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Today, 12:59 AM
4 episodes on the late great record label, Stax. Just released 5 days ago.
https://youtu.be/FAjCOWHUGM8?si=lhCUH1vzyNdWoEWZ
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Today, 12:26 AM
Oh, good, I've got a gig. Off we go.
But I don't know what transposed into minor means. You mean in Bb minor, not major? Don't get that one....
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Today, 12:04 AM
Not sure it was an argument, but they did each put up differing points of view. Surely one of the contentious points can be (poorly) paraphrased like...
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Today, 12:01 AM
Thank you.That is a lovely instrument. The woods used, the aged patina of the finish and hardware. Wonderful looking archtop.
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Yesterday, 11:51 PM
Anyone know who the young woman is on the SNL stage band? My God, she looks like a child.
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Yesterday, 11:14 PM
That's horrible, I feel for you. Insurance: You hate paying for something you hope you'll never need, but you're glad you did when you do. I'm...
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Yesterday, 10:53 PM
That’s actual Macassar ebony used for the outer layer of the laminate. If I wanted one I would go with one with more varied color like this one.
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Yesterday, 10:44 PM
Edit: Genzler Acoustic Array Pro
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Yesterday, 10:42 PM
Very cool color.
Access to this page has been denied.
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Yesterday, 09:56 PM
Well I'm in. It's time to start the Summer of Rhythm Guitar...might use this as a influence.
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Yesterday, 08:54 PM
Sorry I thought was just being a nice way of saying you liked it, not that you actually would like more. Happy to oblige!
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Yesterday, 08:49 PM
1. Yes, it will handle a minimum of 4 ohms for all combinations of speakers. The external speaker jack is in parallel with the internal speaker...
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Yesterday, 08:36 PM
I'm bringing back the virtual jam mofos. Seeing if people would be up for doing all jazz blues. Go deep dive with different heads, work on vocab,...
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