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Today, 03:56 PM
My favorite neck is 13.75 radius all the way up. It's on the Yamaha Pacifica 012. The neck is tiny in every dimension except scale which is 25.5. I...
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Today, 03:45 PM
Agreed -- that's $1200USD in 1996, and according to an inflation calculator, still only about $2000 in today's dollars. I just don't see a solid...
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Today, 03:33 PM
Katana amps got some nice reviews on this site. Katana 50 and 100
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Today, 03:25 PM
I remember seeing one of those, maybe that one, on Reverb. Seems like a man awfully low original price for a carved top, doesn’t it? Maybe not, but...
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Today, 03:08 PM
Sorry Chris, I don't know anything about them, but this one looks sweet!
I thought I had recently seen someone playing one on YouTube? I was...
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Today, 02:55 PM
I'm selling a late 1980s Roland Jazz Chorus JC-55. It's in excellent condition, and includes the original plastic cover.
The JC-55 is 2x25W with...
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Today, 02:53 PM
Very nice
indeed !!!
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Today, 02:51 PM
I don't think that OTC new-skin (the product) is as strong as what the docs use in the ER. I could be wrong, but I've had both and that's my...
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Today, 02:48 PM
I don't know much about the Mooer amps but a lot of people like the pedals. They are usually clones/copies of gear. EHX sued them and won... pretty...
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Today, 02:39 PM
He only has about 1/3 the number of drums of the usual fusion band.
Great performance! The JMs are always appreciated, especially with Lee Morgan...
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Today, 02:38 PM
Had a Larrivee acoustic with compound radius. My hand hurt after playing it more than 30 minutes. Never again I promised myself. Then I traded a gb10...
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Today, 02:37 PM
Yes, it seems from my small collection of Sun Ra sides that the entire reason for the Arkestra's existence was to let Gilmore blow!
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Today, 02:23 PM
I’m happy with my Fender GT-40. It’s been great for at home practice and has lots of built in amps and effects. I really only play it in one clean...
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Today, 02:17 PM
wm-nice to see the john gilmore salute...of course he was a sun ra stalwart...but early on was a fave of and influence on john coltrane!...
i'll...
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Today, 02:05 PM
The inevitable clip by Martin Taylor
Standards - Stella By Starlight - Martin Taylor - YouTube
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Today, 01:59 PM
Hi Walt,
Yes I found that catalog but I can't read Japanese so the description doesn't help me. Anyone who can read Japanese in the room?
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Today, 01:58 PM
Nothing beats the tonal dynamic of a five watter and 9 of 10 guitarists choose a champ or vibro champ for everything but as a „princeton wannabe“....
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Today, 01:53 PM
Here is the catalogue. Originally 125000 yen (in 1996).
https://www.shimamura.co.jp/originalbrand/pdf/old_history2.pdf
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Today, 01:50 PM
See if you can work some dental floss under the base.
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Today, 01:43 PM
Thanks Steve!
I am also buying the Katana in the second hand market for a nice price and it comes with the boss pedalboard also. I know the little...
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Today, 01:42 PM
Oh wow. I never played one but History guitars are supposed to be very nice guitars. I would have jumped on that too if I had seen it.
Congrats!
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Today, 01:42 PM
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Caravan ( Full Album )All That Jazz Don Kaart • 210K views51-57
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Today, 01:40 PM
just based on those two pics i wouldn't automatically jump to the conclusion that the marks are glue residue...looks more like finish interaction...
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Today, 01:38 PM
JG.be is in need of a strong leader Jeff .. That guys is you!
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Today, 01:37 PM
Hi, JL,
I don't think you can explain this music in any academic sense. There are some who have a "gift" and Nancy was one of the fortunate...
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Today, 01:27 PM
There’s a lot to be said for not always outlining the changes in the most obvious way possible. Standards melodies are often more diatonic than you’d...
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Today, 01:22 PM
Hmmm... I see the have plywood cabinets. Could have made them a little lighter with pine.
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Today, 01:21 PM
I am going to have the guy who did the re-fret put some custom wound pickups in it next month. I may have him give it a shot then. This isn't...
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Today, 01:17 PM
The vibro champ sounds attractive and it‘s price is okay. Digital reverb info is safe?
I‘m afraid I wouldn‘t like the stock Celestion...
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Today, 01:02 PM
"Midnight Blue is much like an acting performance by Steve McQueen or Gary Cooper, where the strength of the work comes from the subtlety and nuance...
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Today, 12:41 PM
Hydrogen Peroxide every 15 minutes will disinfect and seal it up
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Today, 12:37 PM
thx man.....indeed....limba is pretty rare that way......Ben Liggett....is a really imaginative builder with a keen eye for design and detail.
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Today, 12:37 PM
I had the Vibrolux version of this "drip edge" re-issue series -- it was the worst amp I have ever owned. I literally could not put it back in the...
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Today, 12:18 PM
Hey folks,
Even though I recently acquired a Ibanez SJ500 that I am quite pleased with, I have a chance to get a 1990's Terada-built jazzbox that...
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Today, 12:07 PM
Hey all it's Mike. The back is nearly carved scraped and sanded to final dimensions and I've located and drawn the f-holes on the top of the guitar....
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Today, 12:07 PM
Fun tele-style! The neck/fretboard look wonderful in your other pics -- you don't see limba used much (or enough!) on necks.
GLWTS!
Marc
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Today, 12:03 PM
Foil pickups have their distinctive charms. Congratulations, and play it in good health! :encouragement:
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Today, 11:51 AM
Funny, the Pro Reverb is the one silverface amp you can still get for cheap
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Today, 11:40 AM
I want them to be a surprise, ones that I don't know and wouldn't have thought of myself.
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Today, 11:37 AM
hohoho -
Nice! :smile-new:
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Today, 11:37 AM
Participation seems pretty good. I think weekly, with of course the understanding that not everybody is going to be able to do every one.
I want...
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Today, 11:31 AM
Excellent - thanks!
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Today, 11:31 AM
Jeff -
Sorry, how often will you be changing the tune? Not that I'm wanting it gone :-)
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Today, 11:12 AM
Next best thing, 2020 Fender Deluxe reverb Tonemaster amp mint/excellent. And I happen to have one for sale on the Gear Page and local Craigslist. ;)
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Today, 11:09 AM
Also lower gain tube in V1? 5751.....
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Today, 11:01 AM
I will start going through the course next week. PM me if you're interested in participating. All participants are not forum members so I will be off...
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Today, 10:41 AM
Hey Mark. How's it coming along?
Looking good!
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Today, 10:17 AM
I have owned both the L-5CES and the wesmo. I currently own the CES. They are both top level instruments but my thoughts are the L5 is primarily a...
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Today, 10:00 AM
https://youtu.be/4M_rMhgtuiA
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Today, 09:59 AM
Yea... it is simple. A 12 fret six string fingering pattern that repeats. The names, terms etc... don't really matter. Like I've said a million...
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Today, 09:44 AM
My daughter and I use a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III and it sounds great clean. Yes, they are loud and the volume knob increases the volume with the...
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Today, 09:42 AM
Price drop. $10,900
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Today, 09:28 AM
Chris,
Very thorough.
You are correct. Setting up the chart is important. Kessel did it well on "Indiana."
Hey, nice Slaman.
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Today, 09:27 AM
Hohoho, sounding good!
I like your snappy tone too...strat?
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Today, 09:24 AM
This is where I feel fortunate not to have grown up in "guitar culture."
In my experience, the study and internalization of the core music...
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Today, 09:20 AM
If you’re getting a scratchy sound from your nails, try filing a diagonal ramp where the diagonal ascends up and away from where your thumb is...
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Today, 09:12 AM
From that last line I would think the eb is the note to which a solo in that section relates. (But then I saw a video where within a major setting...
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Today, 09:00 AM
I haven’t had the chance to listen yet but this is a common problem with learners.
Advice:
- Never try to swing;
- keep your playing smooth...
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Today, 08:53 AM
Thanks to all for the encouragement and taking the time to listen, and comment.
rpj: I have done that scat thing in the past. My current method...
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Today, 08:50 AM
I have a hard copy but the online one is easier to cut and paste for this thread so I use this resource all the time. I, for one, am grateful and do...
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Today, 08:40 AM
You have discovered one of the two ways boppers handled m7b5 chords. Which is that m7b5 chords aren’t actually a thing, all m7b5 chords can be...
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Today, 08:36 AM
Apologies to all for my earlier pots re-AR372CE - clearly hit the wrong key! C'ete involuntairement. Issues now solved other than for a maxed out...
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Today, 08:35 AM
Phrygian dominant sounds funny to me. Phrygian already tells a beginner like me that you have a flat 2,3,6 and 7, informing your extensions. By...
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Today, 08:17 AM
Folowing my monologue here haha..After thinking a bit i am going to put some more money and buy the Boss Katana head which seems a versatile option...
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Today, 07:57 AM
Nice playing with a nice feel.Real jazz guitar sound!
MrSunnybass -yes.There are o lot his bass comping on youtube.
Jazzingly
Kris
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Today, 07:43 AM
Now I played the first part on piano and really just two run downs on a minor chord and really to me the Locrian A chord is a Cm/A. The D7b9 feels a...
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Today, 07:17 AM
Nice playing everybody!
Here is my effort. Backing Hal Leonard Real Book Volume 2.
@Kris: was your backing MrSunnybass?
JGFJam 2021 01 18 -...
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Today, 06:51 AM
Here is a remastered version of the streamed concert I did with Nic Meier last month...i hope you will enjoy it and I wish you all a nice beginning...
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Today, 06:48 AM
Oh another point; so I teach a fair number of beginning / intermediate jazz guitarists.
one thing that seems a surprisingly hard thing for more or...
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Today, 06:29 AM
The Messengers are one of my all time all time fave bands, especially the incarnations w/ Lee Morgan. I'd seen another video from this tour but not...
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Today, 06:03 AM
According to Josh Smith the design of the control plate entails a slight optical illusion. The two knobs are placed the at the same spot they are on...
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Today, 06:00 AM
Great lesson Chris - you always explain things very thoroughly. Thanks for sharing - much appreciated.
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Today, 05:55 AM
How to Develop Virtuoso Single Line Technique For Jazz Guitar is like a bible for me, must read for evryone!
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Today, 05:51 AM
Sounds great! Thanks for sharing!
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Today, 05:51 AM
I look at that chart and see standard fingering for arpeggios with scale tones added in. This seems basically the way I learned to map the fretboard....
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Today, 05:49 AM
Sound is great... but in my opinion play more straight 8ths notes...I hear to much triple notes feel in your solo.
Maybe this help
Jazzingly
kris
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Today, 05:49 AM
yeah, those are two similar products. but the aura is the way to go in this case, since the tone dexter is meant to be used with a microphone, so you...
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Today, 05:34 AM
But there’s a serious point here. With most modal musics; Middle Eastern, plainchant, Carnatic and Hindustani etc, the pitch set of the given mode is...
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Today, 04:57 AM
Interesting.... but I am too conditioned with the traditional telecaster looks to appreciate things like the bend control plate and the body shape...
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Today, 04:23 AM
Didn't find this new thread worthy, but Ibanez has after a good deal of years without high end japanese telecasters once again released a couple....
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Today, 03:57 AM
Thanks papawooley! Yes, it’s very satisfying and fun to build your own amp.
I am very in love with the sound of this little Champ!
(Oh...
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Today, 03:45 AM
A pic of my Eastman 503ce
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Today, 03:35 AM
I own an Eastman ar503ce. The newer models(2019) come with a Seymour Duncan Seth Lover instead of the Kent Armstrong. It also has a Nitrocellulose...
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Today, 02:45 AM
Liggett Abstrac-T - $2,000
Liggett Abstrac-T — Zen Guitar Trading
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Today, 02:23 AM
Unique is apt: hi-fi sounding when in humbucking mode—maybe even a little off-putting at first, because they are extremely articulate...almost...
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Today, 01:37 AM
I don't know if this is verboten to discuss, but it is easy enough to find .pdf copies of Superchops online to download for free. Not sure what the...
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Today, 12:59 AM
Fantastic... My Robert Garcia classical (with side port) forced me to amplify my (formerly acoustic) Archtops!!
Well done Bryant!! Congrats Steve!!
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Today, 12:01 AM
Thats a pretty sweet looking Champ!
I too have been bitten by the build your own amp bug, nice podcast by Jason at the Fretboard Journal
"The Truth...
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Yesterday, 11:44 PM
The TKL 8820 and 9120 17" archtop cases are readily available, conventional plywood cases that are both considerably lighter than the Harptone cases...
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Yesterday, 11:20 PM
Jabs, leaves it to you bro. The Gator GT Transit Jumbo bag I have is nice, but I’d much rather have that case.
That looks like a GREAT case. Poly...
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Yesterday, 11:18 PM
I’ve seen this happen several times. They can be stuck on pretty tightly. I’m too nervous to remove them myself. Fortunately, I have a luthier who is...
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Yesterday, 11:15 PM
Thank you, JBN! I really appreciate all your invaluable help.
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Yesterday, 11:11 PM
Yup. Begin where you're comfortable. The end of week guideline is for a 132 target. But take it where you're comfortable and be careful not to...
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Yesterday, 11:10 PM
Sounds great!
I really don't have much to critique as far as one chorus goes...I guess I'd just say if you were to take more than one, stray...
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Yesterday, 11:05 PM
Nice! I liked the lines! I'm guessing you're already implementing my usual suggestion - scat sing to the chords and, when you sing something you...
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Yesterday, 11:04 PM
Palestrina.*
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Oh, you're talking about what to play on the guitar! Right, sorry. :p
I think "Gm7" first, but if "Dorian" is to imply a...
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Yesterday, 11:03 PM
Buying these books is much cheaper than buying an actual Gibson. :smile-new:
Disclaimer: Having these books may cause you to want to buy a...
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Yesterday, 10:51 PM
Just to clarify this week's assignment. Every day will be something different? It won't be 6 days of Cherokee, but with a new brisker target tempo?...
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Yesterday, 10:36 PM
Thanks, guys. I am glad I posted. The idea that maybe it "fused" to the body over time is interesting. The last time I personally remember taking...
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Yesterday, 10:35 PM
I really enjoyed learning this tune. Here is one chorus of soloing. I'm not proud of all my decisions, but in the spirit of the thread, I'm...
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Yesterday, 10:33 PM
I guess I don't know for certain if it's a minority view.
Suppose someone says G dorian, what's the first thing you think of to play?
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Yesterday, 10:30 PM
This poll is getting better. I want an L5C. So far I am hoping to use it as a weapon on the price. They are not as popular I should get a better...
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Yesterday, 10:27 PM
I'm excited about this week. You guys have been great in your dedication and follow through and it'll be great to see what's changed since the first...
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Yesterday, 10:25 PM
Some how I would get the bridge unglued. Even if slight finish damage that could not really be seen. Possibly a bit of heat on top of bridge base....
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Yesterday, 10:17 PM
Ok, I see from another thread that the T-I method is well-known, so carry on!
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Yesterday, 10:11 PM
Ugh, that sucks. At least it’s glued in a place where it’s currently intonating well. Sorry to hear, Rick.
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Yesterday, 10:03 PM
Cleese has got to be what, 2 or 300 years old by now? Judging by the face)))
He had a series of management training videos. Our brilliant...
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Yesterday, 09:57 PM
yeah thats harry the hipster gibson with his arm up in the air..a real character!!
i've seen that pic before...i think the bass player was the...
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Yesterday, 09:53 PM
I never played through an Aura but have heard this before. Likewise something called a Tonedexter. I think the guitar is a versatile tool and a good...
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Yesterday, 09:53 PM
I don't think a repairman would glue it down, it accomplishes nothing as far as making any job they'd do easier and in fact is just more work.
When...
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Yesterday, 09:49 PM
Yes indeed, I will try with something that lets more freedom in terms of dynamics.
Maybe just a drumloop or my guitar, we are in a guitar forum, so...
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Yesterday, 09:48 PM
I have to say that I think Sco has maybe aged better, although he is quite a bit younger than John Cleese.
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Yesterday, 09:48 PM
I'm relatively new to guitar, but it seems odd to me that this would be the minority view. Where I come from in the electric bass world you either...
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Yesterday, 09:38 PM
Yeah my ES 175 had deep wood grain print on the finish from the base when I got it brand new.
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Yesterday, 09:36 PM
yeah better...tho, i'd drop the rhythm track volume a bit...so you can really bring out all the nuances of the sax...more dynamics...without blowin...
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Yesterday, 09:33 PM
I at least thought the lady was Carmen McCrae.
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Yesterday, 09:31 PM
that's what i was thinkin!!..could be the top laquer was still a bit wet...or with heat over time...and the bridge base stuck to the top...try heatin...
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