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Today, 10:29 AM
Mark that is a stunner guitar the woods are outstanding maybe the best I have seen on a Heritage. The real question though is do you want to part...
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Today, 10:27 AM
All the best Rob, thinking of you
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Today, 10:25 AM
But I would still solo on the #ivo7 there bwahahahaha. (The melody as written in the RB is agnostic.)
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Today, 10:19 AM
All this and he still had to phone up to book gigs and drive his band to them. (I remind myself of this when I’m feeling sorry for myself, or...
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Today, 10:11 AM
Get well soon, here's something nice to look at:
Gibson Super 400- CN
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Today, 10:11 AM
I was just pointing out that someone wanting to rewrite history related to this can even find scientific grounds for it.
But yeah, for most people...
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Today, 10:07 AM
There are two occurrences of it because in the original the tune also goes home from IV via IVm and not #IVo (bar 25 on, "You took the place where my...
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Today, 10:04 AM
Hot a new phone a few months ago and it totally threw off my ability to just punk down a Bluetooth speaker and play along and sound good...my old...
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Today, 10:02 AM
I used Black with a capital B as shorthand, meaning everyone who does not identify, or is not identified, as white.
Don't enter into a discussion...
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Today, 09:58 AM
It's not any more.
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Today, 09:48 AM
I'm selling my stunning 7 String Headless Guitar, it's a fantastic guitar, but the scale length is too long for stretch chords.
The Body is two...
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Today, 09:40 AM
To the OP: what you play is important but, I think, how you play it is even more important, and that's up to you, your feeling, your taste etc. I...
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Today, 09:38 AM
And we’re hoping right along with you, Rob. Here’s to the best possible outcome as soon as can be!
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Today, 09:21 AM
Well I bought one made by FIRDIKT,
Amazon.com
but there are dozens of brands, designs, and styles, and prices:
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Today, 09:20 AM
This is great! I'll start referring the vocalists for whom I play to you for an explanation of why what they want from an accompanist is wrong. The...
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Today, 09:16 AM
Yikes, what next???
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Today, 09:14 AM
Thanks for the nice words! It was performed live by two guitarists myself (melody/1st solo) , Doug Sours (2nd solo), and bassist Dave Lora. I really...
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Today, 09:13 AM
That is stunning!
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Today, 09:12 AM
The neck binding has cracked and has slightly shrunk away from nitrocellulose finish, a professional guitar repairer has brushed on some...
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Today, 09:00 AM
Yeah, it took me a minute to figure this one out. I a connected speaker to my ipad to play the track and then recorded with my phone.
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Today, 09:00 AM
There are two on Ebay UK. A '38 at 46000gbp and a '34 at 22000gbp.
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Today, 08:59 AM
All the best wishes Rob! Hopefully the new treatments will do the trick!
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Today, 08:48 AM
More get well wishes
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Today, 08:47 AM
Sales in the past few years for the prewar Super 400 have been more in the $15-18K range in North America. In Europe, probably worth a bit more.
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Today, 08:41 AM
spanish love song,I like
2 guitars.. still not convinced to play with only one( chord melody solo)?
I like your cat, a Maine coon?
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Today, 08:36 AM
Florentines are better to hang your fretting hand in during breaks or pure right-hand practise bouts.
Other than that I doubt there's any...
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Today, 08:35 AM
sounds good, I don’t record with a track because my phone can’t record a video and play music at the same time. But I play along to stuff most of the...
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Today, 08:30 AM
I have so many and as such every time I get one of my collection it's like having a new one.
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Today, 08:26 AM
i'm going to try wood on the L4 1st and then if it goes well, maybe gradually replace on my other ones. Any experience with this bridge?
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Today, 08:25 AM
I don't know his playing but that swirly-curly maple back might prove dangerous for the audience in the right hands! ;)
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Today, 08:20 AM
Very nice Barrington BGW400 for sale. I picked this up on Craigslist a while back but have too many arch tops and it's just not getting played. The...
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Today, 08:15 AM
As always, sorry for my English.
The Arpeggio VS. Scale debate do not make a lot of sense....even if I am a great fan of the "Arpeggios/Changes...
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Today, 08:14 AM
All the best Rob !
If this place sold magic tea to go, I'd certainly send you some ! Take care !!
Dennis
shakespeare and company - Google...
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Today, 08:00 AM
I just got one (Les Paul ‘50s Tribute goldtop with P90s). This brought my number up to 5 (plus a guitelele and a U-bass). I usually have a 1-in1-out...
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Today, 07:58 AM
the back wood is stunning
its almost a shame no-one will
see it when you’re playing it !
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Today, 07:52 AM
and put in shorter M3 allen screws
getting there ….
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Today, 07:51 AM
Here's the story. About a decade ago a newcomer to the Heritage Owners Club Forum posted a Heritage Johnny Smith for sale. He was from Sandusky, OH...
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Today, 07:47 AM
I'd have to read up on the exact origins of the guitar as we know it - and I do mean well before Torres.
The instrument as we know it is probably...
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Today, 07:44 AM
Yes it is. Once I learn them, songs are kind of like 3D aural shapes or structures in my head. They’re not exactly like houses or sculptures - but...
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Today, 07:34 AM
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Rob.
Happy Landings,
Tony D.
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Today, 07:32 AM
Best wishes Rob. I hope the treatment helps.
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Today, 07:29 AM
Best wishes to Rob. This getting older (and falling apart thing) can get really rough :grumpy:
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Today, 07:24 AM
Yes, Stewart was rewriting history to suit his purposes. During the Spanish-American war of 1898, he emphasised the Spanish origins of the guitar, to...
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Today, 07:16 AM
Best wishes.
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Today, 07:14 AM
I learned today that gangsters have been caught carrying credit card knives into New Zealand courts.
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Today, 07:13 AM
Best wishes Rob!!!! I hope you get well soon.
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Today, 07:13 AM
My Father's day / 69th Bday present A Wood Library ( dealer selected 5 instrument run) PRS DGT with an Indian Rosewood neck and Brazilan FB, in...
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Today, 07:09 AM
Taylor says: 'A Florentine cutaway comes to a sharp point, creating a horn-like shape. It is more complex and labor-intensive to craft than the...
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Today, 06:55 AM
ATTYA:
https://youtu.be/puvZW5Parzs?si=bW5-4MYqL6z6p07O
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Today, 06:29 AM
Yes, and he still is "unusually talented." I'm betting, though, that the main reason he got so "unusually good" at being a musician is that from the...
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Today, 06:21 AM
Get well soon!!
DG
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Today, 06:19 AM
Thank you Mark for those sad news.
I hope every single guitar will end up with someone who appreciated Mike, here on the forum or anywhere else.
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Today, 06:12 AM
I thought I would do a workshop update.
Last week I was book matching and butt joining veneers. I tested a few methods and so far have settled...
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Today, 05:26 AM
I do all of these. I usually go into writing mode when i 'm working on a project, otherwise i prefer working on improvisation and technique. If...
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Today, 05:14 AM
Best wishes for a fast recovery Rob!
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Today, 05:13 AM
To get an idea of the size of the problem.
We know that the human body picks up a voltage from the surrounding mains wiring and can act as a...
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Today, 04:54 AM
Should be a beautiful guitar! From the top of my head, I believe it would be reasonable to price it anywhere between 10K-15K USD give or take. Ton of...
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Today, 04:53 AM
The Ab in All of Me is nice
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Today, 04:37 AM
Very sad to read those news ...
Sending healing vibes from Okinawa for a full recovery soon.
Just imagining your instruments waiting for you in...
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Today, 04:32 AM
All the very best wishes to you Rob.
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Today, 04:31 AM
Great, Doc, but it says ‘This Video Is Private’ - can’t hear a thing.
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Today, 04:28 AM
Best wishes, Rob, and get well soon. As things happen, I just recorded one of your compositions, actually in hommage to our church organist who is...
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Today, 04:23 AM
Sincerest thanks, guys. I did get sent home a couple of weeks ago, being told all would be well, only to wake up in the intensive care until three...
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Today, 04:09 AM
Neither, just byproduct of noodling around.
Sure why not? Worked for Bach.
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It matters a lot, naturally I wanna it to sell and be...
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Today, 04:07 AM
My thoughts, wishes, hopes and most sympathetic mojo are with you Rob. You have the gift of touching and reaching in your music. Here's back to you....
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Today, 03:51 AM
Also from my side best wishes! Hope you'll get better soon.
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Today, 03:46 AM
Hope you feel better soon Rob, love your work & I have learned a lot from watching your videos & reading what you share over the years.
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Today, 03:33 AM
Hello,
within the last year, I came to the conclusion that sooner or later I will part with this very special guitar due to severe shoulder...
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Today, 03:29 AM
Pat was obviously unusually talented as a youngster, but not knowing the names of what you are playing was fairly common back then. Theoretical...
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Today, 03:17 AM
Intriguing, especially the notion about the guitar coming from a Black background as opposed to the pure banjo. I always thought that the banjo was...
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Today, 03:15 AM
Rob feel better soon! God bless you. One of the best friends I’ve made through the forum.
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Today, 03:01 AM
Oscar is over playing during the vocal. He eases off a bit during the sax solo. Perhaps he and Nat had a squabble earlier!!
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Today, 02:53 AM
I've not seen cash, a card, nor a wallet, in a long time.
But that card holder does look pretty neat.
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Today, 02:11 AM
All the best, Rob.
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Today, 01:55 AM
Best wishes Rob. :encouragement:
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Today, 01:37 AM
nevershouldhavesoldit, I agree with your writeup about being tactful when accompanying a singer. And I saw that I overlooked that you wrote that...
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Today, 01:28 AM
nevershouldhavesoldit, I follow your post and I think it's logical, I just disagree. I think the bridge is also a chassis ground. My experience when...
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Today, 01:00 AM
Sorry to hear. Hope you get well as soon as possible. All the best.
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Today, 12:41 AM
Maybe Mike or his manager asked to delete the videos? Just saying it might be a possibility.
Doug
EDIT: I emailed Frank V asking for an...
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Today, 12:37 AM
Thanks, guys. My brain can’t talk to my tongue - so I can’t speak - or to my throat, so I can’t eat - and now to my lungs, so I can’t breathe. But we...
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Today, 12:32 AM
Often enough, yes.
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Yesterday, 11:57 PM
Healing vibes from California. Feel better soon, Rob.
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Yesterday, 11:55 PM
Pamo, you seem like you have a bee in your bonnet or something. Let it go, bro. Okay? I'm not here to argue with people. I'm here to give my humble...
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Yesterday, 11:48 PM
Definitely nothing wrong with playing with a track...I do that often and will be doing plenty of that in this thread as the Summer progresses.
A...
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Yesterday, 11:37 PM
Hey Mike.. (via Deacon..) I still have every Yunzhi and Wu guitar I bought. They were my first archtops and your insights were key to getting them....
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Yesterday, 11:34 PM
Nobody else gonna talk about Dewey Square?
To spark conversation, I'd like to change my response to Eb Mixolydian until the C7 bar in which I'd...
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Yesterday, 11:33 PM
Had to google...sounds really unpleasant. Rob, get well soon. Positive healing vibes on the way.
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Yesterday, 11:27 PM
Best wishes Rob, one of the class acts on the forum!
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Yesterday, 11:25 PM
Best wishes to Rob.. medical sucks. Please let him know his presence is missed.
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Yesterday, 11:19 PM
He didn't say but told me he was starting his second round of treatments.
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Yesterday, 11:19 PM
Not to split hairs, but I believe this thread was dormant until you revived it to point out how distressing it was that the word "arpeggio" didn't...
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Yesterday, 11:08 PM
It's too bad some people seem to get hung up on terminology, because you are absolutely right, when it comes to the part about actually making music,...
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Yesterday, 11:06 PM
I know I'm being less than generous, but he's just about got on my last nerve. It's probably time to begin ignoring some posts.
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Yesterday, 11:04 PM
I'm friends with him on FB and he posted a photo of him in his hospital bed - they had him pretty wired up yesterday and on a respirator. Had they...
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Yesterday, 10:49 PM
That is the part I was asking about earlier in the thread. I'm trying to understand if you are experiencing the process of improvisation differently...
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Yesterday, 10:43 PM
I just spoke to Rob today because i hadn't seen him on the forum and he told me he is under treatment for myasthenia gravis.He says to say hi to...
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Yesterday, 10:22 PM
Or maybe it's fruit salad in this case.
I got the guard/rest, mounting bracket & P-90 spacers today. I am argumentatively sure this is older, like...
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Yesterday, 10:02 PM
But I know where a ‘58 can be found.
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Yesterday, 09:48 PM
As I often say in threads where Mike is mentioned, there are few musicians who beam with such joy when playing.
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Yesterday, 09:34 PM
I've got the striped shirt but not the hair. Damn it! I came so close.:redface-new::doh:
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Yesterday, 09:12 PM
Yes, it's nice, but I don't like the part where he moves up the fret-board from the Fm6 to Em7/Am7 and plays open E & A strings for the bass line,...
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Yesterday, 08:44 PM
My motivation for responding to this is not to deride it. I simply don’t like seeing erroneous statements left unchallenged, because others accept...
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Yesterday, 08:36 PM
@AdroitMage said “It does look like his 15's were probably JBL's then. That would mean that his 15's were alnico magnet speakers too, because,...
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Yesterday, 08:34 PM
Hey, this looks awesome! Thanks for posting. I've never looked at Truefire before.
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Yesterday, 08:26 PM
It may be from having been playing for over 60 years, but that thought and visualization are ever present - I can't turn it on and off. I like to...
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Yesterday, 08:11 PM
Those half notes are a powerful tool. Just the notion that you can’t play a complete triad on most chord changes is really useful. Or more to the...
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Yesterday, 07:44 PM
Never in all my days have i ever wanted a George Benson Ibanez of any kind. The only thing I could use from George is his chops. I am not even...
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Yesterday, 07:44 PM
Thanks for that great info. I have read the quote from his website before, HUGE Metheny fan here.:redface-new: I had never seen the one you posted...
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Yesterday, 07:34 PM
Well that’s the goal. In the final analysis terminology doesn’t matter.
But - It’s a hell of a job breaking that muscle memory aspect though....
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Yesterday, 07:25 PM
The more I think about this, the more I think “arpeggio” sticks for guitarists (and I’m not knocking it, and I totally use it all the time) because...
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Yesterday, 07:09 PM
Apologies to any recovering alcoholics out there but this reminds me of the saying "practise like a scientist, play like a drunk" (btw, I had a good...
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Yesterday, 07:02 PM
Otoh Wikipedia says this
‘An arpeggio (Italian: ) is a type of broken chord in which the notes that compose a chord are individually sounded in a...
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Yesterday, 06:50 PM
Reacting to this once more after seeing the Kirk guitar a few more times in different videos:
That Kirk Sand nylon stringer seems to be closer...
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Yesterday, 06:47 PM
I think anyone who posts quotes from ChatGPT deserves all the derision he gets, as does a keyboard player posing as an authority on guitars. It...
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Yesterday, 06:41 PM
When George Benson updated his GB200 to the LGB300 he had them add a Florentine cut.
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Yesterday, 06:33 PM
Nice, who makes it?
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Yesterday, 06:27 PM
Me neither. But I think you will find that the '58-'59 Venetian s with PAF's are the biggest ticket items!:smile-new:
Extremely hard to find.
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Yesterday, 06:27 PM
ok sorry i was wrong about the
pitch thing
:stupid:
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Yesterday, 06:24 PM
Meanwhile, back at the ranch.....
I actually just tried this so you wouldn't say I was unfairly dismissing your hypothesis. I did it with my Epi...
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Yesterday, 06:22 PM
Aesthetically, it’s Venetian for me without a doubt. Overall, I just prefer a non-cut, and that includes for electric.
Deacon Mark, I think the...
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Yesterday, 06:18 PM
Florentine cuts were already around w the intro of the ES-175 but it was Kenny Burrell that got the ball rolling on them w/ Super 400's, L-5s and the...
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Yesterday, 06:14 PM
Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?
Whichever cutaway is on any given archtop I'm selling on this forum is better, of course.
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Yesterday, 06:08 PM
Great advice. This is a very nice section.
I'm getting my fingers under this stuff now as well and it is quite gratifying to play when you get...
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Yesterday, 05:56 PM
I consider them triads unless there's a 7th added to the sus4.
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Yesterday, 05:55 PM
Upper structure extensions of the chord and alterations of the chord would also be chord tones.
Sorry to … um … split hairs.
Anyway … arpeggio...
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Yesterday, 05:53 PM
I've spent this afternoon working with the Coda section and have come to appreciate the way Arnold has constructed this section. There is some very...
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Yesterday, 05:51 PM
I’m confused as to why the Florentine would cause more breaks? Surely the inner radius of the Venetian is greater because it has to do more bending?...
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Yesterday, 05:31 PM
I beg to differ on that point. Here is what Merriam-Webster's dictionary has as the definition for arpeggio:
arpeggio
1: production of the...
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Yesterday, 05:23 PM
Bars 7 and 8 of Martin Taylors chord melody of Don't Get Around.... in Dmajor.
On the word 'more' :
| Abm7b5/Gm7/ | D(f# in bass) /// |
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Yesterday, 05:11 PM
10-4. Up to now, I've only heard about a tri-tone sub being used as a primary or secondary sub and just assumed that was the only appropriate use of...
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Yesterday, 05:07 PM
If there isn't going to be a lengthy debate about what a triad means on a playing the changes thread, then they might as well shut down the forum.
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Yesterday, 05:06 PM
When speaking of L-5s and Super 400s, I believe that a Florentine cutaway guitar will have a larger neck-block than a Venetian cutaway guitar, as...
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Yesterday, 05:02 PM
You are talking about tritone sub of a dominant perhaps? But here it is a major chord.
A substitution always preserves the fundamental role of a...
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Yesterday, 04:59 PM
It’s just like BM to pay it forward! I hope he has it comfortable and is at peace. He has a good soul!
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Yesterday, 04:59 PM
I presume the context is more what **** should people work on first, rather than trying to define what is and isn’t a triad?
Sent from my iPhone...
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Yesterday, 04:52 PM
So, I see what you're saying but...isn't the Tritone used to create tension and dissonance? Isn't it used to LEAD to the tonic?? Not be the tonic.
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Yesterday, 04:42 PM
The best one is the one you haven't got a great example of. Or the one that you only have a few of.
Just to confirm my heretic status: I think the...
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Yesterday, 04:37 PM
Nice guitar. Frank Hicks?GLWTS.
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Yesterday, 04:35 PM
Not finding much time to record but thought I'd throw this up. I like playing to a metronome so you hear some swoosh in the background
Nice...
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Yesterday, 04:30 PM
A great thread and interesting topic. Sound wise I hear little difference between venetian and sharp cutaways. To the point though for best acoustic...
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Yesterday, 04:11 PM
Dbm7b5 is the tritone substitution of Gmaj.
The notes are: Db Fb Abb Cb
Enharmonically: C# E G B
That's G6#11. Would work particularly well as the...
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Yesterday, 04:10 PM
*Shrugs*
Maybe.
When we were saying “triad” with no additional modifier, though, we’re probably talking about three note, tertian, and...
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Yesterday, 04:09 PM
I was hoping to see if there might be a Super Eagle in the batch at Butler but they told me no when I called. I'll likely grab one of his Ibanezes...
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Yesterday, 04:09 PM
what is your choice for strings on your Sand?
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Yesterday, 04:07 PM
I have no opinion on tonal difference but the access difference is enough for me to wish that my Ibanez had a Florentine cutaway. I've lost some...
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