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Today, 11:10 AM
I wanted the same thing and got an Eastman AR503CE. You might look into those.
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Today, 11:10 AM
But it does have distortation!
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Today, 11:07 AM
yes that’s very useful alpop
nice playing and sound ….
that has re-assured me that its
not too bright too
thanks man
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Today, 10:57 AM
Thanks both!
@supersoul - lol! The laundry is sort of a work in progress :)
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Today, 10:52 AM
any idea why Band Box guitar tabs look so bizarre....sometimes look unplayabe..Can I get Band-in-a-Box to display more realistic guitar tab/fingerings
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Today, 10:47 AM
Ztucker you have any idea why Band Box guitar tabs look so bizarre....sometimes look unplayabe..Can I get Band-in-a-Box to display more realistic...
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Today, 10:34 AM
Would a top sink at the neck pickup position? It's very close to the neck block.
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Today, 10:32 AM
shreddin'
Amazon.com: Fojill Travel Portable Silent Practice Electric Guitar Built In Effect Overdrive Distortation Headphone With Gig Bag (Cream)...
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Today, 10:32 AM
Thanks for taking the time to answer my question Mark. I’ve always admired your guitars!
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Today, 10:27 AM
I call it free-ing up.
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Today, 10:26 AM
I think I'll steer clear. I am just looking for a good value, single pickup archtop as a workhorse jazz box and thought I found a good value. Guess...
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Today, 10:24 AM
There don't seem to be any currently available in the UK anywhere near that price.
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Today, 10:16 AM
And yet you strum a semi unplugged and a solid body unplugged and they’re dramatically different. So obviously there’s something going on...
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Today, 10:12 AM
I would not order that guitar, if that's your plan. The pickup and bridge look weird, if the shop says it does not seem sunken, I suspect they don't...
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Today, 10:10 AM
I think it sounds great, and a long way forward from when you posted something a few months back. The lines sound more original, and you have more...
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Today, 10:09 AM
nice playing!
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Today, 10:00 AM
Thanks, I'll add proof reading the recording to the line into my routine.
I purposely picked a different position this time too, per your advice.
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Today, 09:46 AM
There are some general guidelines, depending on the type of maple the back is made from and how it's carved:
A back made from stiffer or more...
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Today, 09:35 AM
Please let me know your thoughts, criticisms etc!
https://youtu.be/LtKC1Yyaads
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Today, 09:26 AM
I have to disagree with ragman, as I understand him, about how diminished chords are different than dominant. For example in practice I would play A7...
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Today, 09:22 AM
Definitely better than no transcribing.
Honestly I wouldn’t worry about this a bit. If it’s close enough that it sounds like the lick you want,...
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Today, 09:14 AM
Yes, the Florentine cutaway does allow for better high fret access, and yes, its construction is more involved - there's the bending of the cutaway...
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Today, 09:05 AM
I'm doing a bit more transcribing these days. On the plus side, even after just a few months I can sense my ear improving, I'm finding things more...
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Today, 08:59 AM
Lots of great insight on this thread. I retired last May. I messaged Roli, with genuine intent to purchase his TF-sold JD's in a short-lived...
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Today, 08:58 AM
I did call the shop (which seems fairly respected), and they did say the top does not seem sunken. They said the action was a touch high and after a...
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Today, 08:54 AM
Thanks for the kind words.
I think the guitar sounds clear but not thin or brittle.
Some folks like to tinker with changing pickups as an...
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Today, 08:43 AM
I can’t tell from just the one picture. It could be a sunken top, or a bad neck angle, or it could just be that the action is cranked way high. Are...
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Today, 08:34 AM
Ditto:smile-new:
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Today, 08:25 AM
really pretty finish on that L5 - don't think I've ever seen one done in that color before.
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Today, 08:14 AM
Agreed, but I'd say there are 2 authors then. The doctor, and then a pharmacist who scribbled his or her interpretation above the hieroglyphs :cool:
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Today, 08:11 AM
Alpop, beutiful tone and nice playing, too. Sure should silence these who think the pickup is too bright.
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Today, 08:10 AM
I admit to being tempted by both of JZ’s L4 and Rolli’s Tal. But, I am also in the demographic where I’m looking at retirement in a couple years,...
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Today, 08:06 AM
I had to go and listen to both. I hear what you're talking aboput. Something must have been in the air.
One sounds like "heavenly clouds of...
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Today, 08:04 AM
I would say it had a longer afterlife in the Bossa repertoire…
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Today, 07:51 AM
I've had my PM3C for about a month now.
I've kept it completely stock, strings and all and have no complaints about anything.
I am a...
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Today, 06:33 AM
Yes, the lick works for both, due to the chord tones on the down beats.
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Today, 03:51 AM
The string figure in that part of the song was supposedly composed by Carol Kaye in the studio but it's almost identical to the one that runs through...
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Today, 03:08 AM
Coming back to Stella, I hear that opening C#°7 as linked to the end of the tune. A similar example might be how the final ii-V (C#-7 F#7) of Giant...
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Today, 01:56 AM
That bridge seems too high, as does the pickup. The f-hole looks distorted too: the inner edge seems lower than the outer edge. All clear signs of a...
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Today, 12:31 AM
This is the part that always baffled me: Given the hardwood block down the center, how do you get the hollow part to contribute to the sound/tone at...
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Today, 12:16 AM
So much for certainty.... :smile-new:
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Yesterday, 11:06 PM
This is a relatively painless place to sell an archtop, but it's only going to reach a small audience, and there's not that many new members, most...
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Yesterday, 11:03 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njRsP08TbBg
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Yesterday, 10:55 PM
My $.02. I have now an Epiphone 335 Pro, and an Epi '61 Casino RI. Both made in China sometime in the last 10 years. I don't buy guitars to look...
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Yesterday, 10:38 PM
Something just isn’t right when an L-4, priced significantly lower than a custom shop plank guitar, won’t sell. My wife or kids will have to sell my...
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Yesterday, 10:31 PM
I did my sell my 1977 Gibson Super 400ces to a fantastic young player named Raphael Silverman here in NYC. He's been playing it at every gig and just...
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Yesterday, 10:03 PM
I think the main quest is not for a louder box but for better sound quality. Loudness seems to be a secondary issue, as stated:
Whether a...
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Yesterday, 09:54 PM
Here's a go at Time After Time.
I learned the Jeff Arnold arrangement for the study group. As I've been practicing it I've slowly been replacing...
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Yesterday, 09:34 PM
Coming along nicely!
(check bar 3).
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Yesterday, 09:34 PM
Don't know about differences in early and late models. I have a Gibson 335 (late 90's I think) and a Heritage 535 (early one.. probably 1989). Just...
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Yesterday, 09:33 PM
There are many accepted methods for making analysis of different players.
Personally you need to start making analysis of what or whom you want to...
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Yesterday, 09:22 PM
https://youtu.be/ud9Bl68_XfY?si=7Ymw55ca5EEk6YVj
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Yesterday, 08:26 PM
Yep, in the other forums, younger guys are spending $3k-$5k on headless mayones guitars. Old jazz guys are retiring and dying out and the young lions...
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Yesterday, 08:22 PM
I think it is demographics, not economics. The demographic that likes high end archtops is aging out. Like JZ and Roli,we are mostly selling and...
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Yesterday, 08:17 PM
My 401k has made more during the biden era than during any administration history so if this is bidenomics, I'll take it!
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Yesterday, 08:08 PM
Here is a guitar version. I play this song with a few of the blues\rocker buddies I know.
https://youtu.be/EKyHYC92OK0
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Yesterday, 07:29 PM
Makes it look like a Hendrix strat without all the controls and tremolo stuff being in the way.
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Yesterday, 07:16 PM
and I took them sailing in my boat in seattle in 1990 or maybe 89 she was new to sailing and had agreat time had a very new york sense of humor she...
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Yesterday, 07:12 PM
That guitar was made the year I was born. I, too, came from New York - born in Queens. So I guess I must be "vintage" too. shreddin'
Anyway,...
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Yesterday, 07:02 PM
I can't believe Roli's TF and Jack's L-4 were not instantly scooped up. Both superb Gibby's at a smoking good price.
And this is JGF where jazz...
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Yesterday, 06:47 PM
Yes cool... generally licks have targets. Like in Guy's 1st lick. D to G to E. At least that's how it sounded when I see it on paper. Obviously...
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Yesterday, 06:37 PM
+1 on that.
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Yesterday, 06:33 PM
Analysis or just playing and trial and error both work. The important thing is.... They both create standard References for playing tunes. We as jazz...
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Yesterday, 06:27 PM
Don't overthink it buy the highest wattage you can afford. You might want to add a tweeter.
I don't use this one now that I got a Fishman LoudBox...
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Yesterday, 06:04 PM
The ebony board is brighter. The rosewood board is warmer and woodier. Can't go wrong with either but I do generally like ebony.
@herbie the only...
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Yesterday, 05:42 PM
"PNP connections"? Like a transistor? That's probably not what you mean. What is a "PNP connection"?
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Yesterday, 05:14 PM
I owned both a 335 and 345 recent 2022,2023 models. Both were excellent thinlines, and a great representation of the lineage of semi
hollow...
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Yesterday, 05:13 PM
Just to give an example: my teacher asked my if I'd hurt my left hand yesterday: there's hematoma-like spot over the centre of the back of my hand,...
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Yesterday, 05:11 PM
2b, I totally agree. Fred has a gift in that his playing is not over done, which is what makes it so easy to listen to.
It probably mirrors his...
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Yesterday, 04:59 PM
That lick implies altered chords though: Dm7b5 > G7b9.
Scale wise, D/F/Ab/B diminished or other scales such as C harmonic minor or Major, Ab...
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Yesterday, 04:42 PM
My Quilted Maple Campellone is way darker than my flame maple L-5CES (and both guitars have Kent Armstrong handmade PAF pickups), but it could be...
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Yesterday, 04:41 PM
A rare 1989 2 complete sets of Emily performing live in St. Paul, Minnesota
Emily Remler St. Paul MN 1989 KBEM Jazz 88 : KBEM Jazz88 : Free...
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Yesterday, 04:35 PM
I worked in that book and got a lot out of it.
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Yesterday, 04:27 PM
I can say this as fact. Quilted maple has a more mellow tone at least in comparison with my quilt vs flame maple Campellone’s.
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Yesterday, 04:22 PM
Yes my middle can use some elimination…LOL :smile-new:
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Yesterday, 04:20 PM
Hahaha :smile-new:
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Yesterday, 04:17 PM
If you have to turn way up the issue might be low output of the guitar. Gain is not identical to power, my Trace Elliot Elf has huge gain, meaning I...
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Yesterday, 04:11 PM
that's what I did on my L4. After putting it "on sale" for a stupid low price with little interest, I said, "screw that" and decided to keep it.
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Yesterday, 04:09 PM
If weight matters, the Beta 8A's is 6.6 lb vs Celestion's 5.1 lb.
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Yesterday, 04:09 PM
Seems like an odd spot for pain. I have no idea what would cause pain right in that spot, and not in the adjacent joint, except an injury.
My...
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Yesterday, 04:08 PM
Bump for price reduction.
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Yesterday, 04:04 PM
Final call! I’ve had this listed for two weeks now and plan to pull down the posting at the end of this week if there are no takers. I’m not in any...
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Yesterday, 03:49 PM
Tbh a thing having a nice bassline against the melody is 9/10s of the law
The inner voices often write themselves.
Then you have to write out...
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Yesterday, 03:46 PM
There are a great many questions in old school jazz harmony to which the answer is diminished chord.
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Yesterday, 03:41 PM
Almost – "emanate"
I agree with others that it's a strange place for arthritis. Like ruger, I have arthritis pain in both thumbs, in the joints,...
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Yesterday, 03:38 PM
About $7000 - seems like an attractive price.
No affliation, just passing along the info. I'm guessing they would ship internationally.
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Yesterday, 03:20 PM
I use Beta 8A too with my Quilter TB202 combo. The sound is perfect.
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Yesterday, 03:11 PM
I still find my L5ces in Cognac (?) Burst to be stunning. Depicted here with two other very strong contenders, though, the Aria Pro II PE180 and the...
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Yesterday, 03:04 PM
Hey, it really ties the room together.
And the guitar is now a mere $5,000.
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Yesterday, 02:45 PM
Looking at the rims, are there generic sonic differences between different kinds of maple? (Beyond the differences between any two pieces of wood.)
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Yesterday, 02:39 PM
Thanks Keith. Going to miss this one but going to make someone a very happy camper
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Yesterday, 02:36 PM
Love Handel, too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2CH8EzM5M0
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Yesterday, 02:24 PM
The singer picked this version because she loves it and the key is right for her. I can see why, it’s a barnstormer and Ella totally owns it. It’s a...
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Yesterday, 02:20 PM
Sorry, for me it's going to be either a 16"er which can still be played with normal comfort (for me), or an 18"er. A 17" is too much of the one and...
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Yesterday, 02:20 PM
That is a really nice guitar. I have a 1989 Fratello and it is absolutely fantastic.
Keith
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Yesterday, 02:00 PM
Loudness depends on two factors, input wattage and speaker sensitivity. I assume you mean Celestion TF0818, which has a sensitivity of 94 dB. Your...
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Yesterday, 01:58 PM
Jazzer EU, ultimately I think you have to free yourself from associating playing guitar with the bad experiences you've had with colleagues as a...
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Yesterday, 01:55 PM
I was fortunate enough to own 3 L5’s. A blonde CES, a sunburst Wesmo, and a sunburst CES. All I can say is, their build quality was second to none,...
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Yesterday, 01:47 PM
Eminence Beta is the speaker used in Mambo amps and is what I'd recommend.
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Yesterday, 01:44 PM
Fred’s taking a nod from Miles Davis. Space is just as important too. Let the music breathe.
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Yesterday, 01:43 PM
Skip warming up play a melody. I warm up practicing tunes bebop in particular. Play changes to a tune bottom line is practice what you are going to...
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Yesterday, 01:40 PM
I can’t wait to see those non cutaways completed!:drum:
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Yesterday, 01:37 PM
"clean, warm, loverly ... ", loud enough and cheap ...
That's going to be hard to improve on.
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Yesterday, 01:36 PM
I like the CS ES-335 reissues.
The inherent sound of those instruments is richer with harmonics or something. Think it is the woods and...
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Yesterday, 01:35 PM
The Notated Lick Compendium.
A thread for posting and storing notated licks.
Another classic Lick:
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Yesterday, 01:33 PM
why not just post the photos in the forum ad?
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Yesterday, 01:32 PM
i tried it and to me it's horrible. When it encounters an Fm7 chord, it doesn't seem to know that it can use Fm9, Fm11, doesn't seem to recognize...
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Yesterday, 01:30 PM
The R word, in this case.
I don't really care who you feel you need to "put in their place," you can think of another way or my opinion of you...
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Yesterday, 01:25 PM
Thanks guys!
Forgot to mention that I will include a custom black pickguard that I had made in an effort to get away from the BB King Lucille...
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Yesterday, 01:24 PM
Assuming you're not BSing do people think you're undercutting-downsizing? It's just you and a singer while others need bigger combos?
It's too bad...
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Yesterday, 01:21 PM
Quite possible. It's the pesky dim chord syndrome again. Maybe, as you say, he treated it like an A7 but I can't say I noticed any real clash with...
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Yesterday, 01:20 PM
I think you really need to define "offensive" here. I don't think you can put someone who's being unreasonable in his/her place while remaining...
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Yesterday, 01:19 PM
Beautiful
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Yesterday, 01:16 PM
No, I just changed it to A7 because it's easier for me to play and Basie plays the phrase G E A G over it, so I thought he might be thinking A7.
I...
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Yesterday, 01:10 PM
Right, got it. Thanks for the vid, nothing like the real thing.
Well, I hear a dim chord, the object being (as with most dim chords) to make a...
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Yesterday, 01:10 PM
Looks classy! GLWTS
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Yesterday, 01:03 PM
The Precision Technique by Robert Conti sounds exactly like what you described, notation, tablature and video.
Here's a link, read the reviews, and...
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Yesterday, 12:56 PM
That's what pearls are for.
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Yesterday, 12:52 PM
https://youtu.be/G0dVZlw2GDM?si=Iyw1djJuoLld9ifJ
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Yesterday, 12:51 PM
That's how I feel. Getting a peek at some of these builds-in-progress is one of the best things about this forum, imho. Thanks, Mark!
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Yesterday, 12:37 PM
Very nice looking guitar. I have a couple of Electromatic Gretsches myself, great value for the money
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Yesterday, 12:35 PM
They really do have a different sound to my ears. The ebony board made it a little brighter. But the big difference to me was the stereo wiring and a...
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Yesterday, 12:19 PM
So blessed to see one of the best builders on Earth posting here! Thank you, Mark!!!
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Yesterday, 12:15 PM
Yea supersoul.... there's a big different between just playing and practice. There's technique practice and performance practice.
Very cool your...
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Yesterday, 12:04 PM
lol
I’m shocked. SHOCKED.
(clutches pearls)
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Yesterday, 12:03 PM
It is always good to eliminate the middleman.
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Yesterday, 12:01 PM
Lester Leaps In is just a swing version of Rhythm Changes. The bit I mentioned is just an intro to the tune played by Basie before the rest of the...
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Yesterday, 11:56 AM
Joe- thanks for the kind words – greatly appreciated. My intention with this post was to share my recent experience with Archtop guitars produced...
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Yesterday, 11:56 AM
Wait, is Mark allowed to post photos of his own builds? I thought by the laws of the jazz guitar forum, photos had to be posted by Vinny?!
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Yesterday, 11:54 AM
Was he? Oh, my mistake then, don't know Lester Leaps In. I better explore it.
Oh, not at all, perennial problem, how to navigate difficult...
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Yesterday, 11:54 AM
This is a rough of an original tune of mine recorded about 16+ years ago in tribute to Emily using a Bossa progression she taught in her...
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Yesterday, 11:50 AM
Can we also agree that bullying in return and using offensive language to describe the person with whom you are in conflict is not an appropriate...
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Yesterday, 11:50 AM
I was in the market for a small, portable amp for jazz. I settled on a TC Electronics BAM20 after seeing a YouTube video. The cab I am using is an...
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Yesterday, 11:49 AM
He was talking about Lester Leaps In. You brought in that Bernstein video again.
Because what they’re doing bears no relationship whatsoever...
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Yesterday, 11:45 AM
All absolutely beautiful Borys guitars
Thanks everyone
(Going back to my Ibanez laminate for now
of which I can't complain anyway !)
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Yesterday, 11:41 AM
I saw one of these modern versions, called ’Sixties Cherry’ in a near shop. It was so beautiful! I try not to think about it in my arsenal… I ain’t...
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Yesterday, 11:40 AM
That was absolutely awesome to listen to :) amazing playing an loved listening to the interactions.
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Yesterday, 11:36 AM
I'm hard-pressed to remember ever seeing a neck-pickup that high.
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Yesterday, 11:35 AM
Maybe nylon saddles for the bright strings would have done the trick?
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Yesterday, 11:34 AM
I didn't bring it up, I was replying to charlieparker (see quote in post).
Why? I've played it a million times without having a meltdown. So...
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Yesterday, 11:30 AM
Reviving a bit of an old thread. I found one of these but the bridge is quite high (at least compared to what I'm used to). Does the top look sunken...
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Yesterday, 11:23 AM
Then for the love of all that is holy stop bringing it up. In all the threads you reference, it’s just you bringing up Stella.
And again … it is...
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Yesterday, 11:11 AM
Sorry, haven't done Lester Leaps In yet. Will get back to you. But what you say seems very reasonable :-)
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Yesterday, 11:11 AM
bump!
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Yesterday, 10:45 AM
Mark is the sharp cutaway to time involved vs the Venetian? It seems to have better access to the upper frets for the player. Perhaps I’m looking at...
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Yesterday, 10:28 AM
I should have asked earlier; did the singer provide this version as how it should be done, or to just indicate the style, or just identify key...
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Yesterday, 10:14 AM
My brand new B165 - I chose the slightly bigger model based on my previous ownership of a B120 (ca. 25 years ago), conversations with Roger and the...
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Yesterday, 10:13 AM
My knowledge of part writing and voice leading is next to nil but if we look at some drop 2 inversions of Bb6 | Db dim | Cm7 we get
D G Bb F
C# G...
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Yesterday, 10:02 AM
There's a difference between playing and practicing slow. I'm just working on a new technique, the thumb, and a lot of what I'm practicing is purely...
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Yesterday, 10:01 AM
I don't. I meant the swing turnaround has a nice bass line.
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Yesterday, 10:00 AM
This I think is a good argument for working slow.
When I work with students I tell them basically that we won’t work on playing “fast” and that...
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Yesterday, 09:57 AM
moving the batch forward - rims after bending, and rims joined to end and neck blocks -
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Yesterday, 09:43 AM
To be able to play slow... you need to be able to subdivide mentally.
The less free space between the notes or chords etc.... the better chance...
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Yesterday, 09:40 AM
ding ding ding
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Yesterday, 09:30 AM
It slowly dawns on me why people have such difficulties remembering the changes of tunes and always need lead sheets ...
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Yesterday, 09:24 AM
Not really, G6 > Bbo > Am7 > D7 could be written other ways:
Em7 > A7b9 > Am7 > D7
GM7 > Em7b5/A7b9 > Am7/D7
- etc.
The voicing of a chord...
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Yesterday, 09:17 AM
What about a Heritage guitar?
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Yesterday, 09:17 AM
I've been relearning Bird tunes to play with my thumb instead of pick. The thumb is only downstrokes, so I have to rely on hammer-ons/pull-offs, and...
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Yesterday, 09:11 AM
Absolutely.
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Yesterday, 08:59 AM
I’m rubber, you’re glue.
Oh lord.
Bb - Bb
Db - C
E - Eb
G - G
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Yesterday, 08:58 AM
New clip, with round-wound strings :
https://youtu.be/rTwpWdsh2d8
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Yesterday, 08:46 AM
Chords are both vertical snapshots of linear voice movements and vertical sonorities (especially in the way they are played with accompanying...
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Yesterday, 08:44 AM
I find this app so much more useful to play along to that iReal Pro, and much easier to use than Band in a Box.
The one drawback is some of my...
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