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Today, 08:05 PM
Come on man, that's not what I said.
You literally have me quoted there, so I'm going to assume you've actually read the discussion that came...
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Today, 07:59 PM
I agree. Rhythm and various forms of inflection change or enhance the impact of whatever (rudimentary) notes are played, and sort of lend a 'color'...
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Today, 07:48 PM
Bobby, just for whatever it's worth, this is basic jazz pedagogy. And basic counterpoint. Stuff that's been out there for several centuries.
The...
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Today, 07:42 PM
I use those on my Loar 700.
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Today, 07:41 PM
Then maybe get a pup like that! I don't have experience with Gibson pups, I was an SD fanboi. So what I can recommend that I know that's syrupy but...
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Today, 07:37 PM
I have only played one Wesmo, a 2016, just once and found that both E strings easily slipped off the sides of the neck. My 2005 CES doesn't suffer...
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Today, 07:34 PM
Neck humbucker , TI jazz swings 13
on my two jazz boxes I've ended up with the bass side of the pickup
maybe 5-8 mm lower than the treble end ,...
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Today, 07:27 PM
Beautiful
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Today, 07:03 PM
Ur mad at notes bro. Color comes from the notes. Rhythm is a main element of what makes melodies function, but it doesn't factor into how the melody...
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Today, 06:58 PM
WOW - another Gibsollone coming. I covet the 1st one.
And for those wondering the E is not silent in his last name. Vowels are never silent in...
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Today, 06:41 PM
I am the son of an Italian immigrant and my Italian is decent. In Italy, they would likely pronounce it "Cam-PELL-own-eh" (the emphasis being on the...
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Today, 06:11 PM
I understand totally …. but don’t compromise
You have found the source
keep going till you fix the rattle
even if the bridge pu has to go !
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Today, 05:54 PM
10%. It's not especially high by international standards. GST in Canada ranges from 7% to 17% depending on the province.
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Today, 05:38 PM
Ahhhhhh to be young again. This would be news to David Baker, I think.
The dose makes the poison.
The rhythm makes the tension.
Sure the...
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Today, 05:38 PM
I played a WesMo today, and while the neck needed an adjustment and other things (the action was uneven and a tad high), it had a pleasant acoustic...
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Today, 05:34 PM
Grommets are designed to fit into holes, to protect wires or other things from being damaged by the material the holes are in, usually metal. In...
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Today, 05:18 PM
Just curious Bobby, for a "syrupy" not muddy - not fat neck p/up for say, a 335, do you have anything in mind? I played my friend's '63 today and...
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Today, 05:07 PM
Very nice offer, but no details! Where are you located. I would welcome the chance to view/play it. Price???
Photos would be nice too. Help us...
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Today, 05:05 PM
Bring back the Beard!
That is an absolutely lovely arrangement of Early Autumn. Clever moves without showiness, ringing melody notes, tight...
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Today, 05:00 PM
Still looking!
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Today, 05:00 PM
In the North Jersey I grew up in a bazzilion years ago in a predominately Italian culture we called pasta noodles, sauce gravy, and calzone pacheese...
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Today, 04:48 PM
grommets are rubber washers with a groove along the edge.
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Today, 04:44 PM
I’m 2-1/2 years later answering this, but I replaced the whizzer with a Beta 8A and like the tone better. As I recall I found it warmer and cleaner....
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Today, 04:37 PM
So, this is Cal zon ee or Cal zon ay?
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Today, 04:35 PM
Your right, if your self employed you never get to clock out
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Today, 04:35 PM
Just thought I might add some details about this batch - some interesting stuff - another Cameo (#11) and two non-cutaway models - one of which will...
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Today, 04:18 PM
Yes, he says that in his book The Art of Picking. I think several guys from Philly learned to pick (primarily) from the elbow. It may go back to...
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Today, 04:17 PM
I live in Sweden. I Googled Grommets but I still don’t get it. I am curious what you mean?
I strapped a Velcro across the strings and the...
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Today, 04:14 PM
Breh. That isn't true. They're separate issues. You can put whatever rhythms you want on 1 root note, it's not going to sound terribly colorful...
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Today, 03:55 PM
Isn't it an Italian name?
I feel funny using an anglicized pronunciation.
I have to pronounce that "e" at the end as a long "a" or it just...
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Today, 03:49 PM
I would recommend a guitar with a floating pickup - this results in better acoustic sound. The rest ist up to the "individual character" of the...
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Today, 03:37 PM
Not something I worry about much. Part of the purpose practice I think is the freedom to sound contrived so that I might sound less so when I play.
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Today, 03:34 PM
I agree, not my best feature. Don't know how much I can radically alter it, though; I tend to play as I feel. Consciously trying to change it would...
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Today, 03:31 PM
May I also suggest when you (or anyone else) reduce a price, keep the original asking price in your post for comparison. A lower price might have...
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Today, 03:18 PM
Why actually not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otLEUwHao_E
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Today, 03:10 PM
Shitty bands are better than no bands.
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Today, 03:09 PM
Hahahaha, I forgot.
Songs I comped by ear yesterday at the manouche session without haveing learned them before:
Hungaria (seems close to Out...
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Today, 03:03 PM
no doubt there's luthiers like this...but there's also a lot of em that'll be happy to take your money and turn a 9 month wait into saying you...
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Today, 02:47 PM
I thought Frank was quite good in this one.
Stout is always good too. Frank is kinda winning me over with this one.
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Today, 02:44 PM
Yes, the L4c are very nice carved archtop smaller 16 inch guitars.
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Today, 02:42 PM
The trick lies in talking them into it
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Today, 02:41 PM
I think it's cool. In my experience, Classical musicians can usually do way more than they think they can.
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Today, 02:35 PM
Personally, I'm only posting Notated Licks on this thread, I'm not posting videos or sounds clips.
(I find it easier posting notated licks than...
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Today, 02:11 PM
You need a band to play techno?
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Today, 02:04 PM
I have been watching the Birdland live streams regularly and Frank always seems to be using that blackface Princeton Reverb. Although there is often...
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Today, 01:37 PM
The 2 guitar builders I worked with and knew had their shop attached to the house. It was a dangerous thing in they could go out and simply work all...
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Today, 01:37 PM
There are multiple ways to damp the strings between the bridge and tailpiece. You can use Velcro across the strings, or a piece of rubber, felt,...
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Today, 01:35 PM
Thanks for your suggestion, I just reduced the price to $4200 in the original posting.
There are indeed some other black ones for sale at the...
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Today, 01:34 PM
The Seth is on the chirpier side, but it is nice and vintage. Works better with roundwounds. It's not a fat and syrupy pup. Depends what you're...
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Today, 01:33 PM
That sharp cutaway body is another Hammertone project - I'm gonna put a new neck on it for him.
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Today, 01:32 PM
Sir, this is a guitar forum.
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Today, 01:20 PM
Well I think so too, but you try telling them that haha. A lot of kids who've been in the system since a young age, too. And not everyone is like...
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Today, 01:19 PM
I am not great but decent at sight-singing from some time in a chorus. But if I don't sing it out loud I won't hear it that well in my head. And that...
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Today, 01:16 PM
When you're reading a part that is supposed to mesh with the horns, it's essential to be really accurate. Notes need to stop, and end, at the right...
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Today, 01:14 PM
He sings too!!
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Today, 01:12 PM
Thanks for the reply and clarifications. I still think even if you're at an elite conservatoire it's still worth putting the effort in even if it's...
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Today, 01:09 PM
Funny, I just had this very conversation with Kent Armstrong yesterday. He was adamant that pole pieces should be lowered never raised. He said raise...
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Today, 01:02 PM
While I don't doubt that a black 175 can be difficult to find, currently there are several for sale on Reverb and eBay. Would it make sense to offer...
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Today, 12:44 PM
Got tuning and voicing down. Gonna start with regulating the piano. I'll take one step at a time. The first step is leveling the keys. Then I can...
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Today, 12:40 PM
Thanks!
That’s what the tech said too. Sometimes that makes sense. For me it was distortion on everything between the 4th and 9th fret. That was...
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Today, 12:40 PM
No that's not what I am saying.
I think you misunderstand the context, I'll try to explain.
Classical music undergrad students at elite...
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Today, 12:37 PM
Bump for a gorgeous guitar!
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Today, 12:36 PM
I'm not that worried about it. I've seen this all before in 80's Japan. People lost their minds with spending habits. The economy crashed in the...
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Today, 12:36 PM
Hmm, I see that they usually use the same stock photo for each model but these are all used guitars so you'd think they'd be different. Their...
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Today, 12:32 PM
Agreed, the Barber EQ is a great pedal. Hope it can go to someone who will use it a lot. Giving this another bump.
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Today, 12:28 PM
I used to have a lovely L4CES ( the version with maple b/s). I have owned several ES-175’s and L5’s over the years. The L4 didn’t sound like a 175 or...
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Today, 12:21 PM
Thanks to everyone for helping out with this.
Here's where we ended up. Looks like we'll be outside.
The kb player has two pairs of powered...
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Today, 12:09 PM
hmm...not so sure about that bolded part.
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Today, 12:01 PM
That's for NYC guitars and basses made in the shop in New York. The Japanese instruments have a different serial sequence beginning with A
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Today, 11:50 AM
Oh. Missed this. Yes. Well. I have a nice L5 Studio. There are two generations. I have an older one with a standard burst and laminate back and...
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Today, 11:47 AM
I don’t know man. I think again that our sense of what is rhythmically compelling is very different. Which is fine as a matter of taste, I suppose
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Today, 11:41 AM
The short answer is no. Can you talk him into it …… ?
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Today, 11:37 AM
That's very cool! The Japanese builders/factory are putting out a lot of interesting guitars these days. I just picked up a Stringphonic L-5ish...
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Today, 11:35 AM
I like the thinner body of the SS, and its wider neck, but I'm always afraid I'd miss the extra 15th fret on the Bruno. I don't often need it, but...
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Today, 11:35 AM
Very similar thread from about a year ago has the licks with sound examples:
Modular lick compendium
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Today, 11:35 AM
This might interest you, or not. Three solos on Summertime. The first one's straight but the next two have subs (only the solo, not the chords):...
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Today, 11:34 AM
Mark Campellone has a Wesmo in his shop right now that has some cosmetic issues. He is going to fix the finish and flip it.
Might get a good deal on...
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Today, 11:32 AM
Is Mark Campellone making sharp cutaways as an option nowadays?
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Today, 11:23 AM
I thought you are all sight readers? Audiation, baby!
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Today, 11:21 AM
They do both, it's notated on the sheets hard swing, or straight, or something in Italian or Latin that I don't yet understand.
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Today, 11:17 AM
Distortion on specific notes sounds like sympathetic vibration from the strings behind the bridge and in front of where they connect to the...
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Today, 11:07 AM
thx Jim.... I will keep ya posted. appreciate the kind words re the design !! sent you an email via the system.
Scott
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Today, 10:56 AM
EDIT: 95% of the noise is gone. The rest comes and goes. I’ ll try the tape around pu and a piece of reed / plectrum to stabilize.
thanks once...
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Today, 10:55 AM
Hah! Getting out of the subway yesterday afternoon I saw I guy in the station with glasses and two jumbo gig bags and thought to myself "hey, is that...
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Today, 10:44 AM
Might be good to include a sound clip with the licks for those of us away from the instrument.
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Today, 10:44 AM
ps - That's why it would be nice to compare the AA Pro to the Bud 10. Both have 10" woofs.
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Today, 10:42 AM
For what it's worth, I had a Fishman Loudbox Artist to try for a month to compare to the AA Mini. (Both 8" woofs.) The Fishman had a few features...
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Today, 10:42 AM
Do big bands not play swing eighths?
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Today, 10:27 AM
I don't know. It's simple to me, if it fits, then it's okay. If you hear something that makes you want to vomit then it's not...
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Today, 10:27 AM
Christian is incapable of withholding snark.
If it makes you feel better, I was a jazz guitar student thrust into a classical major because of...
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Today, 10:27 AM
https://youtu.be/nBYn418puog?si=gTPWaI29_mRP3raG
an old tune for some troubled times.
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Today, 10:26 AM
Very true, there are exceptions to the rule and every guitar is different.
I have an old twin pickup Gibson that sounds so loud and full...
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Today, 10:23 AM
Agreed … also interesting note, there’s a killer G major lick in Cornet Chop Suey (from what … 1930?) that looks an awful lot like this one.
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Today, 10:22 AM
I am thoroughly impressed with this AA Pro. Full disclosure, I didn’t even know they existed until I first stumbled upon this one. I did know about...
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Today, 10:21 AM
I'm not sure why you feel the need to scoff at people practising something which they might not have a career in. It seems to me that in doing this,...
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Today, 10:20 AM
Benedetto buys pickups from Seymour Duncan, AFAIK. I'm sure they don't wind their own pickups.
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Today, 10:20 AM
I've just recently got my first hollowbody, and I set the neck pickup for 4/64ths on the treble side, and 6/64ths on the bass side. Gibson specs, and...
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Today, 10:17 AM
Just a note on the Wesmo versions sounding better acoustically than the CES versions: When I got my CES last year, I thought it had a very good...
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Today, 10:15 AM
It might be able to just "handle it," but The Bud 6 is not nearly in the same league as the AA Pro for fullness and range. Or the AA Mini, for that...
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Today, 10:15 AM
There's also a natural slide in the use of notes.
For example, using the major seventh as part of a melody was common in the 1920s, but you...
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Today, 10:13 AM
My parents said college would ruin me. I'll never be respected in academia or the music business no matter how much experience I have.
They had...
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Today, 10:12 AM
Of course not. I would never call it a wrong note. A inside note played haltingingly is a wrong note. But I brought it up because ….
Which...
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Today, 10:08 AM
right. So this it, right. Analyzing based on the color of the note against the chord isn’t terribly productive because its rhythm and articulation...
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Today, 10:04 AM
I may have done, I can't remember now :-)
It depends entirely on the context. I'd say that's the bottom line. Done skilfully it can sound...
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Today, 10:03 AM
Rim wood :smile-new:
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Today, 10:01 AM
My fault, I thought you meant the chord D over C, not just the note. So, D on C. Then it's C add 9 or CM9 if the C was CM7. I'd still say colorful to...
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Today, 09:59 AM
I have a PhD from St. Tropez University in Osaka. I'm a labor relations consultant.
On a personal note, I'm in the world's worst techno band.
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Today, 09:58 AM
It occurs to me that you might have read that as a “D chord,” but the same still applies.
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Today, 09:54 AM
Being a club musician takes dedication. Everything is about networking no matter where you're at in music.
You have to pay your dues in clubs. A guy...
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Today, 09:52 AM
I've got a 2011 SS-15 and the year is written on the inside label right along with the serial number... just sayin'
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Today, 09:44 AM
Apparently.
First off, nothing distinctly “Lydian” about that note. But also you didn’t ask an important question … what comes before and after,...
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Today, 09:38 AM
Before investing money in new pickups, take some time to change things, as Jimmy blue note said. Change the volumes on the amp and guitar. I like...
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Today, 09:35 AM
Colorful, because it's pleasantly lydian, which is more than acceptable. Wrong notes aren't notes just 'not in the chord', they're basically mistakes...
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Today, 09:31 AM
Not so much as we might like to think.
Thought experiment: You play C maj and I play the note D … is it colorful or do you barely notice it?
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Today, 09:30 AM
My parents were classical pianists and they said music school would ruin me. I dabbled in a class or two and hated it.
I love dives. They're my...
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Today, 09:24 AM
A piece of reed or guitar pick can help damp the buzz of the pickup against the ring, if that's the cause. Most springs I've seen are identical, but...
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Today, 09:15 AM
I don't have that book and I'm certainly not going to buy it so I can reply to your post! If you have a link, post it. If you don't, and you have the...
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Today, 09:14 AM
To be a good sight reader is also a type of improvisation - if you’ve read a load of Sor or Giuliani or whatever you are more likely to know ‘how it...
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Today, 09:11 AM
The real Bobby is great.
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Today, 09:10 AM
Yeah that’s probably true.
I wish classical musicians did a bit more. I remember my old classical guitar teacher had me do jazz adjacent harmonic...
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Today, 09:08 AM
Yeah, that's a good idea, I'll start forcing myself to use the other parts of the neck.
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Today, 09:08 AM
Very good solo playing.
Very good jazz sound and very good jazz taste and feel.
Best
Kris
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Today, 09:07 AM
I mean - it’s no surprise when you go back to theory/practice from the era when it was actually about people being able to improvise and write music...
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Today, 09:05 AM
I know about their guarantee, so I’m not worried about losing the purchase money, just the return shipping. Based on the reviews I’ve read and...
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