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Today, 11:26 AM
or
just try an Alnico2 humbucker
in the neck position
that should warm it up cp to
ceramic ….
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Today, 11:03 AM
yea... but at some point you need to have the technique.... to actually play.
Richie's cool... although extremely vanilla. He is organized, has...
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Today, 10:58 AM
Sorry, I guess it can be confusing, with the shoulder blade being located on the back...
I tend to restrict "back problems" to those directly...
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Today, 10:53 AM
A cheaper alternative might be to replace the volume pot (a 500k, I believe) with a 250k. That might just give you the warmer tone that you’re...
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Today, 10:46 AM
Shoulder or back pain, I'm not understanding which you are referring too.
FWIW, shoulder pain might be "frozen shoulder" also known as "adhesive...
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Today, 10:39 AM
The DPA 4099G instrument clip microphone is the ultimate miking solution for your live instrument application. Lightweight, flexible and simple to...
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Today, 09:42 AM
Sorry, in French, but this page stirred some forgotten memories:
Soulagez vos douleur entre les omoplates - PhysioWork
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Today, 09:25 AM
You might think I’m a little crazy for selling this.
This guitar is in factory fresh, as – new condition. Unplayed. Plastic on pickguard.
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Today, 09:11 AM
Of course, I'm not expecting medical advice beyond specific terms (like muscle names) I might search for.
The other (right) shoulder issue I...
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Today, 09:01 AM
Me too. I considered making the suggestion to turn the bridge 180° (not the saddle of course) because I'd feel better personally with the lean in the...
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Today, 08:27 AM
Without an actual diagnosis, it's impossible to give advice.
I had shoulder issues for about 2 years, long story short it was FINALLY diagnosed as...
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Today, 07:59 AM
You are correct sir
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Today, 07:51 AM
I thought it was a quite common location to have muscle aches but it appears not so much, or I haven't yet figured out the correct terms to search...
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Today, 07:43 AM
Pretty sure Joe Ds has one. @Max405
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Today, 07:34 AM
I might suggest taking a peek at the cross section of the wood provided by the cuts of the unbound F holes, or in the case that they're bound in some...
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Today, 07:33 AM
Can anyone post a pic of a Gibson Johnny Smith w a volute? like nshsi I can't recall ever seeing one.
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Today, 05:42 AM
Hi,
Does anyone know what kind / brand of strings Jesse is using ?
Thanks
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Today, 04:25 AM
Yes, that's a good one. That'll show you moving sixths, thirds, tenths, and so on, in use. That way you're learning the intervals and a good tune to...
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Today, 03:01 AM
Based on pics Your guitar has full size humbuckers. I am not sure if there is a MT mini hum that can be installed to a humbucker ring with the side...
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Today, 01:47 AM
Some examples here are more like just duos… I respect and admire many tasteful and skilful players and there are collaborations I really love…. but...
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Today, 12:55 AM
The side view of the bridge shows it angled to the body more than makes me comfortable; the direction of the down force from the strings aligns...
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Today, 12:53 AM
Yeah it's kind of a mish mash of four and how high the moon w the four section kind of serving as an intro of sorts.
Jack Mcduff was known for using...
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Today, 12:11 AM
Hi Mick
I have a box set from Mosaic entitled The Complete 1975 Toronto Recordings. It's superb!
Derek
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Today, 12:08 AM
Red Norvo and Tal Farlow.
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Yesterday, 11:23 PM
That's a beauty.
Waiting to buy strings in the Totowa, NJ GC last week, I opened up a D'Angelico hard case that was on the counter, something...
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Yesterday, 11:04 PM
Here's a better recording of Annotations of the Muses by Johnny Richards, played by the great Johnny Smith. It's come out on a Mosaic Select...
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Yesterday, 10:59 PM
Thanks for the suggestions, people. Working on some of them, already.
Stumbled on this yesterday. Demonstrates playing "Blue Monk" in 3rds, then,...
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Yesterday, 10:52 PM
I agree, the point for the student is to thoroughly internalize the lessons in the book and mess around with them six ways from Sunday rather than to...
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Yesterday, 10:50 PM
Johnny Smith performed a real concerto for electric guitar written by Massimo Joseph DeJulio, in one movement:...
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Yesterday, 10:44 PM
Time Out is still one of my favorite albums. Blue Rondo a la Turk is just beautiful. I should learn that one too…
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Yesterday, 10:43 PM
Great stuff, Decitrig. You have mathematically enhanced this august thread. I don’t care if the info is trivial for some.
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Yesterday, 10:38 PM
What’s up with this intro?
Is there a verse to How High The Moon? Are they quoting another tune, or is this just a bluesy riff kind of like Four?...
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Yesterday, 10:31 PM
Of course. I intended no snarkiness of my own either. I had realized before I even wrote anything that this thread is a ghost town and that I might...
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Yesterday, 10:25 PM
Truly.
I’ll always have a special place in my heart for the Paul Desmond solo stuff. Brubeck was my in for jazz and the Paul Desmond stuff with Ed...
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Yesterday, 10:12 PM
I was more like, spitballing as to why nobody is joining the conversation.
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Yesterday, 09:56 PM
That was merely for anyone who might come here looking for your own informed opinions about the book; more informed than mine, for sure. If I've...
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Yesterday, 09:56 PM
This guitar looks beautiful… Is it still available?
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Yesterday, 09:43 PM
OK, then! I'll refer to the books as 1E (for first edition) and 2E (for the second) so as to save a little on typing.
At a glance, the most...
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Yesterday, 09:34 PM
Wonderful album
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Yesterday, 09:33 PM
I haven’t had pain there yet, I suppose you’ll have to try stretches until you hit one that works.
I hold my left arm out with the palm out and...
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Yesterday, 09:23 PM
In a way. But someone has to have both versions of the book, and the time to sit down and compare them instead of practicing. Just seems like a poor...
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Yesterday, 09:19 PM
It is unfinished koa on the inside. I am not sure if all the plys are koa.
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Yesterday, 09:17 PM
Actually, I think Rob is the one remaining true spirit when it comes to the Micky Baker book around here. The rest of y’all are done and dusted with...
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Yesterday, 09:07 PM
I just don't care about the differences between the books and the errata sheet are. What's that got to do with playing jazz? Questions on the...
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Yesterday, 08:37 PM
Looks like everyone else has kind of clocked out of MB.
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Yesterday, 08:22 PM
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! I do NOT need another guitar! (But, I don't have a national steel bodied resonator. And, I really could use a baritone of some...
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Yesterday, 07:50 PM
Thank you. I was looking for some inspiration. This is an interesting and valuable work.
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Yesterday, 07:44 PM
i saw this the other day, looks great...if it was a Bruno i would have brought it
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Yesterday, 07:35 PM
There is also G&L for solidbodies.
Doug
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Yesterday, 07:33 PM
My Ibanez AF75G has got Classic Elite ceramic pups. They're good, though I don't know if they have that classic "warm, mellow" jazz tone. Still using...
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Yesterday, 07:22 PM
I was going to say! I happen to like Bud (the US clone) well enough (the original Budweiser is hard to find here too) but most of those IPAs...
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Yesterday, 07:15 PM
Woodworking note: that won't tell you if it's solid or laminate. The correct way to make any veneer glue up dictates the same veneer be used on both...
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Yesterday, 07:08 PM
It's only in the past 50 years that the globalists have designated "Nationalism" as a bad word. That doesn't mean I wouldn't buy a guitar from Japan...
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Yesterday, 06:59 PM
^ I saw The Knot Garden in the UK (somewhere near London) back in the 70s. The guitarist was playing a Gibson SG with a touch of amp breakup, as I...
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Yesterday, 06:52 PM
I could never give this one up, but adding the koa? Would be like Betty and Veronica. Betty has always been more faithful, but the dark mystery of...
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Yesterday, 06:51 PM
We have a bevy of overdone, alcoholic IPAs that don't taste particularly good. I'll take Europe's beers any day!
I'm not sure if South Korea can...
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Yesterday, 06:38 PM
Currency translator says: 4,025.34 US Dollars.
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Yesterday, 06:29 PM
Are there specific albums by them you can recommend? I'm more familiar with Desmond's recordings with Jim Hall, which are excellent.
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Yesterday, 06:29 PM
I spent around 4 years in a band with one of those. Horrible thing. Both the amp and keyboard over 100lbs each if I remember. Speakers pointed at the...
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Yesterday, 06:24 PM
Good job! So, is it a koa veneer with laminate, or solid wood?
the website photos look like unfinished koa on the interior, through the f hole...
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Yesterday, 05:58 PM
Posted here:
https://www.jazzguitar.be/forum/players/74580-bill-frisell-new-recent-releases-thread-post1334227.html#post1334227
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Yesterday, 05:55 PM
It’s probably just hosted in a country that doesn’t care to prosecute.
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Yesterday, 05:52 PM
Hard to tell. The post spacing is very close but no idea if the post diameter is too big. Original ABR1 posts are smaller in diameter than most...
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Yesterday, 05:50 PM
Attached is someone's PhD dissertation re: Bill Frisell's playing on Paul Motian's On Broadway recordings. It includes quite a few transcriptions.
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Yesterday, 05:39 PM
Found the attached transcription on an old hard drive. Jim Hall's part from Paul Desmond's album of the same name.
Here is the track on YouTube:
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Yesterday, 05:24 PM
Bucky Pizzarelli and anybody. Grappelli and anybody. Zoot Sims and anybody. Django and anybody. Django and Grappelli. Pizzarelli and Grappelli. Zoot...
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Yesterday, 05:23 PM
If you like the sound and feel of nylon,you might think of trying Galli Black Nylon Tapes 12-56.The Galli's are stiffer than Labella's 12-56 and...
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Yesterday, 05:15 PM
Paul Desmond and Ed Bickert get a lot of airtime in my car and on my iPod. So does Zoot Sims and Jimmy Rowles.
Derek
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Yesterday, 05:14 PM
So... I found out the other day that there are a couple of dozen fake books (pdfs) on Scribd, including all the Real books (except I did not see Vol....
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Yesterday, 05:14 PM
Old thread or not, it would be interesting to hear about the second edition, and whether it does indeed provide a profound improvement over the...
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Yesterday, 05:12 PM
That reminds me of when the Charlie Parker Omnibook first came out in the early 1980s. I was excited to see it but didn't notice it was the E flat...
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Yesterday, 05:06 PM
Speaking of which, I’ve been on a Grant Green trip. This is after listening to tons of Wes Montgomery for a few months. Now when I listen to Wes...
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Yesterday, 05:04 PM
So to clarify, I don’t play from fake books often but i do need lead sheets for students so I would like them to be in the correct key.
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Yesterday, 05:01 PM
Play it in the key written as concert.
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Yesterday, 04:49 PM
It can also help your body get into it better rhythmically to stand. So I think it's beneficial to at least do some standing, don't have to do it...
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Yesterday, 04:44 PM
It’s stupid and makes no sense. He’s quite right.
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Yesterday, 04:42 PM
Really? One clarinetist I know transcribed a ton of Pat Metheny. Another one was obsessed with Grant Green….. I’m often surprised at how much they...
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Yesterday, 04:42 PM
One of my old professors (actually a trumpeter) plays all the rhythm section instruments except guitar.
me: why not guitar?
him: that...
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Yesterday, 04:41 PM
Tippett's 1988 opera, New Year, also uses electric guitar, as does this suite from the opera's themes:
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Yesterday, 04:40 PM
Trumpet friends?
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Yesterday, 04:28 PM
Yeaaaahhhh. You know it’s just one of those things. There’s a bunch of tunes I half learned wrong on the stand and then had to relearn. It’s a...
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Yesterday, 04:25 PM
Michael Tippett introduced the electric guitar to the orchestra in 1970 for his opera, The Knot Garden.
https://youtu.be/BYCygItYjx0
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Yesterday, 04:22 PM
The vintage sound is definitely there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmLZ34bsMkM
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Yesterday, 04:22 PM
Hi, yes that is very true I had forgot about those videos. I sometimes have to use real pro and when im sitting the audience can't see my guitar or...
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Yesterday, 04:18 PM
Possibly. I had a far worse problem caused by just that with the Pyramid tape-wounds on an acoustic flat-top. Those actually have a quite high...
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Yesterday, 04:11 PM
Price Reduced!
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Yesterday, 04:08 PM
If you have a kneading machine (Kitchenaid, whatever) with ditto hook, try the "add moisture and knead until it forms a ball on the hook" method....
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Yesterday, 03:58 PM
I’ve known a lot of jazzers over the years, and if I listened to their opinions I wouldn’t even think of playing jazz guitar. I never met a...
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Yesterday, 03:54 PM
I never looked at a video of Wes Montgomery or Barney Kessel and thought, I only wish they were standing up.
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Yesterday, 03:51 PM
No idea how I got it, but I've been annoyed by a "wry neck in my left shoulder", more precisely at the level of the left shoulder blade, since at...
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Yesterday, 03:43 PM
Single floating pickup, cherry red, located in Toronto at the 12th Fret. Price translates to about USD 6950.
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Yesterday, 03:41 PM
so many but the first one that pops into my head is Lee Morgan and Hank Mobley
Ceora (youtube.com)
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Yesterday, 03:35 PM
Walkin had two of these. I bought the other one last month. I had it shipped to the US from Japan. The guitar looks, plays and sounds great! I...
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Yesterday, 03:32 PM
^ What was that thing, like 300 lbs?
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Yesterday, 03:25 PM
I smashed my guitar in anger; very embarrassing to say. But in my defense, as an xray tech of 15 years, the amount of fist vs wall fractures I have...
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Yesterday, 03:24 PM
Peter Bernstein and Jesse van Ruller.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Iw3FRVj68
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Yesterday, 03:22 PM
Incidentally...
I have a tenor uke.
I wonder if instead of expanding to the rest of the guitar, I were to shrink down the instrument instead.
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Yesterday, 03:20 PM
Louis Stewart and Martin Taylor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gDzo50gRek
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Yesterday, 03:19 PM
^ That's nice.
I didn't mean exclusively duo, I meant the pairing of 2 unique featured greats in any group setting. If I meant duo, I would have...
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Yesterday, 03:18 PM
On the Bill Frisell Recent Relelases thread I called his new album "Orchestras" the closest thing to a concerto for Electric Guitar. Here is...
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Yesterday, 03:16 PM
I just bought the Comins GCS-16-1 on sale here and it was great to hear it worked fine with your bum shoulder. With guitars that aren't quite right...
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Yesterday, 03:10 PM
Dear everyone, First, I really appreciate your suggestions re: archtops and I just purchased the Comins GCS-16-1 for sale on this forum! I'm excited...
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Yesterday, 03:08 PM
Did you see the Comins listed here for $1495? personally Id be pouncing on that if I was in the market and not up to my ears in guitars.
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Yesterday, 03:02 PM
Seems like a Google search for anything jazz, especially hardware, jgo is sometimes the only source for feedback for the "general non posting public"...
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Yesterday, 02:51 PM
Jim Hall and Bob Brookmeyer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsvan-Q7mww
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Yesterday, 02:29 PM
It's not like duos are a rarity. A few I like are Joe Pass and Herb Ellis, Duke Robillard and Herb Ellis, Herb Ellis and Red Mitchell, Howard Alden...
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Yesterday, 02:28 PM
Through the '80s and '90s, I worked with a piano player who used a Rhodes and the matching Fender amplifier / speaker cab that also served as a base...
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Yesterday, 02:23 PM
Classical guitarists don't stand while playing, so why should we? I've done it, and can do it, and don't find it that different from sitting, but at...
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Yesterday, 02:20 PM
Me too. :)
As I aged I got to a point where I only sold guitars locally, as I had no time or patience for the packaging of a guitar. I haven’t...
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Yesterday, 02:19 PM
Yeah, that's the one. I didn't think it was difficult to play, but I was afraid to play it for fear of scratching it, or worse. Joe didn't think it...
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Yesterday, 02:13 PM
It was intriguing, as the translation I got suggested it might be solid wood, but you are probably right. Here's the translation I got:
"This is a...
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Yesterday, 02:04 PM
As someone with a right shoulder issue, I think I might make this decision on the basis of which guitar is most likely not to irritate the shoulder. ...
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Yesterday, 02:01 PM
I have owned 6 of them personally. I still have 2 New Yorkers a 49 and 37. I owned an Excel, Style A, and a Style B. In addition another New Yorker....
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Yesterday, 02:01 PM
It’s mostly true- life has been good!
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Yesterday, 02:00 PM
Thanks very much !
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Yesterday, 01:51 PM
https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/%E7%94%B0%E8%BE%BA%E5%85%85%E9%82%A6
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Yesterday, 01:51 PM
Id be voting for the Comins, however I must mention I bought a Guild T50 very recently (the black dynasonic) and the quality was superb. Not sure if...
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Yesterday, 01:48 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRa4QtL08UQ&list=RDhRa4QtL08UQ&start_radio=1
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Yesterday, 01:34 PM
I remember playing that guitar at the "flagship" GC on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood. The store is in a converted movie theater, and where the screen used...
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Yesterday, 01:21 PM
If it was good enough for Jim Hall...
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Yesterday, 01:20 PM
Thanks for your helpful reply, SS. I was hoping you would comment given your extensive knowledge and direct experience with D’angelicos. I hear what...
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Yesterday, 01:15 PM
Really great looking guitar! I've often wondered why laminate archtops are almost exclusively maple. Gibson I guess. There's a huge world of face...
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Yesterday, 01:14 PM
Hi
so for nearly all of my time playing as a Jazz guitarist, I have always sat down. It feels comfortable but I think deep down it is laziness. I...
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Yesterday, 01:14 PM
^ They are lighter. I looked it up and it weighs 75 lbs which is much lighter than the vintage ones which were around 130 lbs apparently.
For the...
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Yesterday, 01:12 PM
Bump with price reduction.
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Yesterday, 01:04 PM
Well done. Nice tone, that's a lot faster than I can play the phrase. :encouragement:
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Yesterday, 01:04 PM
If the dough springs back when you try to shape it, let it rest for a few minutes. That should cause the dough to relax and be more workable, unless...
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Yesterday, 12:52 PM
Will this work (no affiliation)? Base for ABR-1 Style Tunematic Guitar Bridge Rsewd BP-0037-0R0 | eBay
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Yesterday, 12:51 PM
Hope they at least make the new Rhodes a little lighter in weight.My back still has bad memories of transporting them to a gig.
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Yesterday, 12:49 PM
The drool from looking at those pictures just shorted out my key-board. Wow, what fantastic instruments!
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Yesterday, 12:47 PM
I have the Comins-16-1 and I had frozen shoulders. This is an excellent guitar and very comfortable to play. Shoulder pain is no joke and the...
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Yesterday, 12:45 PM
I think you might mean Guild A-150, not A-50 (the A-50 is a vintage acoustic, not a current production electric)? Anyway, the A-150 is a 17" guitar,...
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Yesterday, 12:45 PM
Here's my 180 bpm clam bake. Tried to push it as hard as I could with several new fingerings that I hope ultimately will help me play it a little...
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Yesterday, 12:36 PM
You overestimate how much I care about the opinions of my trumpet friends.
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Yesterday, 12:35 PM
learn how to read it in C, impress your trumpet friends!
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Yesterday, 12:34 PM
The guys who play the first group GASB and swing tunes are the OG realbook haters. That’s what I meant earlier in the thread when I said we don’t...
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Yesterday, 12:15 PM
just my thought as i the poster has removed the post i will leave the name off but wabted to give my thoughts.
i dont live in or near a large city...
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