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In the practice room of the first bigband that I played in, stood one of these red stripe 112 Bandits. If I recall correctly, it was a 80 Watt single...

I think both are important, I did find after playing a lot of Conti solos that when I improvised I had a connection between my fingers and ears and I...

Not relevant to anything going on ITT but I purchased a travel acoustic guitar at a local gear sale (Orangewood Dana Spruce Mini) and it's the first...

I am about to trade it away, so if anyone wants it, it's available for sale for the next 36 hours.

Yep Bandits are very giggable amps

Well said.

I guess I’m damaged by the Peavey I had 30 years ago. It sounded awful no matter what you did. Maybe it’s the room. But now I’m curious, I’ll...

Hi, John. Nice. Perfect :-)

Triggs was intrigued by this design.

Wow, that is absolutely stunning and at a very fine price as well. I think that will make someone very, very happy. Good luck with the sale!

Good stuff. I think many pups like jazz because it stimulates them mentally and soothes them. I'm not joking lol. I think they can understand it...

Nothing wrong with a Peavey Bandit. I had an 1980s Bandit 65 that I foolishly sold. It sounded terrific and had a really nice spring reverb. All my...

My experience has been different. I found myself with more expendable income than I had ever had. Much of my salary went into the IRA, and after I...

Andy Brown used to use a Peavy. When people laughed about it, and were amazed that he got good sounds out ofi it, he said he got it because he...

Here we go. At some point I must have shedded this because I managed to find a print-out of a chart in pile of random charts I have on a shelf, but...

Thanks, hope you find it useful!

Dime a bandit with a good humbucker guitar and you’ve got one of the meanest punk guitar sounds ever!

The ES-175 originally had 19 frets and then 20, with the pickup mounted about an inch or so away from the end of the fingerboard. The JP20 has 22...

I remember seeing the Goodchord books around the time they came out. Though I had done a good deal of work with The Advancing Guitarist over the...

I seldom use the reverb in my LJ, because I'm not much into surf music. If I can easily tell that the reverb is on, it's too much. At the 9 o'clock...

I worked in a music store in the early 80s. I was dreaming of 175s and L5s even then. The store was a Gibson dealer, and we would get the...

Overall, it was a good experience. He answered my questions quickly and sent me extra pictures when I asked for them. He was also very pleasant...

Here's a video of a similar guitar... 1954 Gibson Super 300

It's so ugly I could tell w my eyes closed :cool:

Did you try squinting just a bit?

We can both leave our stamps to Jabber in our wills.

Hi Jabber, I don’t know, I’ve never had to order one! I’ve had mine at least five years I think, and they have plenty of ink left it appears.

I like this thread. I had a cat that was not perturbed by much of anything, but he'd shoot me the stink eye and leave the room as soon as so much as...

I ordered one a couple of days ago. According to the guy who's been making them for 30 years a pad is good for 10,000 imprints. Even if it's an...

Language is our best invention.

HI Johan, sorry for the late reply but I wanted to let you know my opinion on the bluesbucker pickups: I don't care for them! If you expect...

Religion hasn't been proven true or false so far. It isn't an invention, it's a hypothesis.

Thank you for the recommendation. I was all ready to order until I saw that replacement inkpads were $14.99 each. How many inkstamps can you make...

Well, I didn’t want to be the first but that's one ugly L-5 imo :sour:

Wow, Jimmy, that was unexpected. I am very glad that Mick liked the article. I’m sure that he has a lot of “students” out here who never sat across...

Dunno sir-vector. I got mine second-hand. I believe there is at least one forum member who has been in contact with the builder in the past and might...

Glad you found your Gibson Citation! Considering how much you paid for your 1993 Legrand Natch in 1993, the Citation ASB would have been $6300 in...

Ditto, Bandits are widely known as decent SS amps with good cleans.

I too wonder if anyone gets beyond it. I think I'm almost there, only so much to look at now, after excessive buy and sell.

Bandits are great!

Thank you Jeff! Yes that's a vintage Gibson EH-185 next to it, but for this recording I used my personal favorite amp, a late 50s Fender Harvard. ...

Well, not feeling it for the Trini Lopez soundholes and metallic Pelham Blue finish. I think I will pass.

Interesting, as I have found the same thing: when I am so busy I have little time to play, my eye wanders to gear online, almost as if I'm getting...

T,FTFY :rolleyes: We've reached a new low in religious zealotism and numbwitism: the *sshole who did it claims he didn't do it...

Nice to see something different than a CC pickup! Really looks fantastic in black with that pickup. Great job on the pickguard too!

Yep nothin’ wrong with that amp. I had one, oh, about 40 years ago. Hated the name, but a good and loud amp.

I have a very similar Garouda sculpture hanging in my study - and she too often turns her back on me (whether I play or not btw) :cool:

But a Peavey Bandit 112 is a good amp…….

First, Rob Doolittle is a smart, talented and reasonable person. His standards are high. He will be a plus there. My guess is that he will do more...

Pot taper makes a huge difference.

Wow, cool guitar and great sound! Is that a Gibson amp next to it? Which amp did you use for recording? I agree that is a great vintage tone.

Bluedawg For the benefit of all forum members, how was your experience with Laurence Wexer, fine fretted instruments. Sent from my SM-P610...

Oh I see you live in Mecca…when I was a kid, “Kalamazoo” was a expression people used to mean far away, as in, “How far does she live from here,...

Well - Let’s just hope his impact exceeds his good name. AKA

Any takers?

Several years ago I purchased a used H535 from Wolfe Guitars. The guitar was great but had a visible forearm wear mark on the upper bout. I...

I retired, and that has left me with lots of time to really get to know the instruments I have. (Well, I did buy a beautiful ‘96 PRS McCarty a...

Beautiful L-5C, but that pickguard might put an eye out. :smile-new: Yep - It has it all! Looks, heritage, light weight, and an air of...

Sounds cool! Of note, when I'm working on this stuff, it's visual and aural more than it is literate. Meaning, I don't work this stuff out on...

How about meeting at one of the many vintage guitar shows held across the US? But then again, maybe not. It would be like holding an AA meeting...

She loves to sit and listen to me play.

Or cut your arm open on the up stroke.

How did you overcome GAS? (serious question)

Vinny1k is right--we may never see another Gibson Citation produced again.

I would love a copy of Vol III as well.

It's a Custom Shop guitar. I wouldn't hesitate to customize it further as long as what I would do to it is aesthetically reversible, and done...

Here we are talking about a very rarified elite of a handful of pianists and horn players that can play any number of notes in any amount of time and...

Beautiful L-5C, but that pickguard might put an eye out. :smile-new:

Would anyone be interested in writing some stuff using this material and maybe sharing what you've come up with, maybe, once a month or so? It can...

That is called beat width, as in, Sonny Rollins had a real fat beat width. Just casual measure of deviation one can manage and still sound nice. ...

Sorry, I didn't mean he gets ahead of the beat too much, I meant the times where we hear him struggling to play cleanly with 100% control at...

Maybe a state-of-the-art piezo hidden from view.?

Beautiful! Just needs a floating pu. Light weight, too.

BD that is a beautiful guitar and glad you got it. Larry has a Super 400 I sure would like to get he is a fine person to work with. A guitar like...

If it is fantastic, I don't see why you should risk modifying into something that, in principle, could not satisfy you as much as the way it is now....

Bluedawg, That is absolutely a killer! Sort of takes your breath away. I think Joe D captured it with his comments. Congratulations. Must be...

It was a 555 Semi with a sideways downward banana neck. The high E was off the fretboard. I sent it to them, fully paid and they said I didn't know...

Nice video. I prefer the sound of the original tele neck pickup.

If anyone is looking for a black L5CES, there is a 1994 Centennial Diamond Edition for sale in Toronto. I haven’t seen the guitar, but they say it is...

Big WOW factor ! Top of the food chain. A huge Congrats ! No where to go now but down. The way Gibson is going I doubt we will ever see one made...

My guess is that he will have his hands full with repairs to Heritage Les Pauls and Heritage ES-335s, since that's kind of 99% of what they've been...

omphalopsychos, GREAT guitar!

That Seventy Seven Jazz Deep is gorgeous. Enjoy it.

Gibson's Citations are absolutely ne plus ultra archtop guitars. Yours is a true beauty. Enjoy it thoroughly.

What has worked for me: edit the photo file by cropping slightly or changing the angle by a few degrees and save. For some reason, the photo...

Yep! That's why I only started to like Jimmy Bruno's playing and buy his albums when he stopped playing every note he could every chance he got.

"something about speed being a tool and not a dog and pony show, sorry if I missed the point... but personally it's both. As a working musician, I...

Funny cartoon, but not something I agree with. I've transcribed a fair amount of solos and it didn't magically seep into my playing. Also,...

So how do I get the pictures to align the way I want them? I tried rotating and saving before I uploaded, and they still load in sideways.

Thanks I wish I could have given you my money and bought one of yours, but the stars weren't aligned for that then. There's another sister...

That's a very nice article and tribute to one of your major influences. I still have this LP along with most of Mick's recordings with Gary Burton. I...

Great take on Mick's style and that recording, also an entrance into a new world for me. I met with Mick for coffee every week before my lessons with...

maxsmith. I just saw Mick and shared your article with him, he really liked it. I asked if he had any memories of that session and he said: No...

That's sort of true, in that the singer will sing a cadential line that prompts a learned response from the accompanist, but broadly the harmonic...

Beautiful!

Another black L5! Well, it appears to have been played.

I think there are 2 separate issues in this. Except for those who play obsessively on it, each of us has a unique approach to the beat - especially...

Funny, that I can barely count the number of heritage guitars I’ve owned, yet never a single problem. Hmmm. I hope they keep Rob busy making...

Thx bro! It is much nicer than I anticipated, which is always a happy moment! Be well! Thx SF! Hope you’re doing fine! And thank you very much...

as Conti said If you practice modes and scales all the time, that’s what your solos will sound like – boring and uninteresting to say the least...i...

On man.... I need to stop, Christian, "The man is like a funky Swiss watch." That's the best line I've heard in a while. I'll be using that all...

round of applause....cccccccccccccclap

I managed to miss that he’d passed away; I was aware of him and his band even though I don’t listen to metal these days. How awful.

Although my post was completely meant tongue in cheek, I've never heard of any guitarist mentioned in this thread. But then I pay no attention to...

I once owned its twin sister: Same year, one number apart. Fabulous guitar--enjoy yours! Danny W.

I don’t recall hearing GB rush myself; I mean I’d love to have time as bad as his lol. The man is like a funky Swiss watch. In terms of the...

Then again, harmony in flamenco isn't fixed, especially when singer and guitarist play together. Sometimes it's the guitarist, but sometimes it's the...

Indeed. I don't think I've ever heard Pat Martino sound rushed, but often hear it in other masters (Tal, GB, even Wes sometimes). As alluded to in an...

A great player and teacher! I love this album..

My hope is that your bad experience is never repeated with others. Service has been almost non-existent or at least spotty. Some has been excellent...

Being able to execute a wide variety of phrases reliably and cleanly at fast tempos including a lot of cross string picking and so on as opposed to...

Yea chops are just part of playing jazz. Personally... good technique or having skills to play fast are more useful when playing in ensemble...

None for me.

I had a very bad and insulting experience with the Heritage shop. A neck as curved as a banana, and they refused to acknowledge it or fix it. ...

Some probably are. Some almost certainly aren't. Ohhhh yeah.

“bebop guitar dark woody thudding murk”? *gets popcorn*

Same here (not trying to imitate anything, really) and as a far better reference, so does Rob MacKillop from what I understand.

I always enjoy your playing. As for technique... When I play with fingers I use mostly lute right hand technique - not classical (though I studied...

O.K.. So, after three pages of posts, what is the musical goal of playing as fast as possible? There is really only one: to provide contrast...

Welcome! Lots of Moulder fans here, actually, and his newest release is fantastic, too! Marc

Thank you for a lovely and thoughtful article maxsmith. I'll share this with Mick when I see him later this morning. Maybe I'll ask him to share some...

Derek Bailey's conversation with Paco Peña in Bailey's Improvisation: its nature and practice in music is very insightful.

2B You have ,or had , a great number of terrific guitars ,we all suffer from this addiction, but it hurts no one. .Your photography too is...

Just heard this on a Rick Beato video (on Guthrie Govan) - "Thought is the enemy of flow" (Vinnie Colaiuta). Great at first look, though this must...

It makes me wonder if the seller reads here.

The late Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom) was voted best metal guitarist by Guitar World's readers in 2009.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that Bruce Bolen (BJB) later went to work for Fender.