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Today, 03:20 PM
I have not played a Deluxe, but own and play a '51 Soloist and have also owned an early '50s Royal and a Model 22. All were high-quality and...
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Today, 03:11 PM
I started a separate thread for this document, didn't realize at the time that it is the same one you had shared.
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Today, 03:07 PM
Another dissertation I stumbled across is attached.
Dissertation; Twelve Jazz Standard Improvisations Transcribed:
“Autumn Leaves,” Somethin’...
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Today, 02:55 PM
Going to make the time to listen to this since Jimmy Raney is one of my favorites.
Thanks for posting!
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Today, 02:51 PM
Upscale Cucina Italiana close to the bay with my trio this evening, new bassist, wish me luck!
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Today, 02:34 PM
Whoa now,you just made a lot of people's heads explode saying you like your Yamaha better.I have a Sango classical guitar from the early 70's.These...
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Today, 02:30 PM
It's actually quite simple (albeit easier said than done), just continue trying to play what you hear, the more you do it, the better you get at it....
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Today, 02:27 PM
Sounds good to me.
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Today, 02:15 PM
In their alone time...
What do they create out of "thin air"..
structured harmony be dammed..non-melodic melodies..chord forms that hurt and...
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Today, 02:08 PM
As I said in your other thread, this book is available for free online (at pdfcoffee, et. al.). Just search for the book title + pdf.
I'm probably...
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Today, 01:58 PM
Cecil Taylor appears to be reading a score sometimes in the YouTube video I shared, I'd love to see that chart.
I want a Cecil Taylor Real Book! -...
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Today, 01:39 PM
Brighton Rock baby!
https://youtu.be/Xd94WIfHuuY?si=JS07xhnTcgkorrOR
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Today, 01:34 PM
This has been my contention for years - totally cynical. They know how to set necks at the correct angle if they want to. Probably leads to thousands...
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Today, 01:32 PM
Glad you liked it. The girl did just the right thing :-)
That was Brighton on the south coast. Great town.
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Today, 01:29 PM
Thank you.
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Today, 01:25 PM
cool, lets start with Here's That Rainy Day. It's in G
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Today, 01:22 PM
Yeah man. Very nice mood piece. Nice playing @ragman1.The ending poignant. You finally arrive as she leaves. It’s about the journey and not the...
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Today, 01:22 PM
I'd better buy the Kindle book so.
Let's give it a few more days so that other people can join. Maybe start on Monday?
I'd love to do Here's...
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Today, 01:16 PM
I had a goal to play 12 gigs this year, my first year gigging, and I have 14 on the books. So it's going great. How are your gigs?
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Today, 01:08 PM
I recognize that pic from the Hank Risan fire sale auction of one of the greatest collections. I won't go into the details but you can Google it.
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Today, 12:49 PM
Sorry, my fault, now it's Public. Try again!
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Today, 12:43 PM
There's no guarantee, no safe way. All you can do is practice well and what happens in the moment happens.
Don't forget players like Wes and...
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Today, 12:33 PM
Yeah he’s a great player and I’ve known him a really long time but we haven’t gotten a lot of opportunities to play together since I moved back to...
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Today, 12:31 PM
Uh … going fine? No one’s told me otherwise, anyway.
I guess the implication here is that no one likes to listen to bebop? Or like .. maybe that...
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Today, 12:31 PM
Stringswinger posted back in 2015 that "Two prototypes were made of this guitar. When Joe Died, his widow sent one back to Gibson (at their request,...
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Today, 12:29 PM
Ogden Avenue
PART SEVEN
Jazz Phrasing for Beginners by Ear
Over the next few days, repeatedly listen to the track Ogden Avenue.
Then...
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Today, 12:25 PM
Just curious fellas! Don’t get me wrong I love Charlie Parker,Dizzy,etc. But how are the gigs going so far? Lol!
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Today, 12:21 PM
You'd see it eventually, it's inevitable.
There are metals that don't corrode but they don't make guitar strings out of them. Not entirely,...
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Today, 12:19 PM
Well, of course they do. You're just delaying the process, that's all :-)
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Today, 12:15 PM
McCoy Tyner / Mike Brecker style pentatonic 2-5-1 licks, legato, inside/outside
I used to hear Brecker and Tyner play these kind of licks and...
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Today, 12:13 PM
As for FastFret, the only ingredient listed is white mineral oil. When it seems that there is no oil left, I just add some mineral oil. I don't...
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Today, 12:11 PM
Where is that 1962 ES-175 today?
Joe Pass Jr (Joe Pass' adopted son) told me that he believed John Pisano had it (and that it rightly belonged to...
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Today, 12:09 PM
I'm not sure there is a single factor. I suspect several things contribute, including wear on the windings, perhaps corrosion, perhaps metal fatigue...
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Today, 12:07 PM
That shape and design has inspired a lot of dreams and music. I requested more pics. So far only crickets though. Would love to see more of that...
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Today, 12:03 PM
Oh wow...I need to clear some time and listen to ALL of this...thank you so much for sharing.
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Today, 12:00 PM
My go to for decades. One tin lasts a long time also.
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Today, 11:59 AM
Hi! Just checking if anyone here has taken the plunge with these new Soloways?! Please share your thoughts! :encouragement:
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Today, 11:57 AM
Young's Modulus
As long as the string lives on the straight part of the left side of the curve, all is well and should be "well behaved" for...
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Today, 11:55 AM
I use MuseScore, it's really easy to use and free.
I never looked at any tutorials, but I'm a Software Engineer.
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Today, 11:50 AM
What artist is this @ragman1? The link is blocked here in the states. Only a black screen with “This video is private” pops up.
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Today, 11:48 AM
1] What is in your head? What is the substance of these "ideas/themes in my head"?
- verbal names of notes, intervals, scales, chords, other named...
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Today, 11:39 AM
I have often thought how ironic labels can be. I am a lifelong Allman Brothers Band fan. Man, what a great band. The Allman Brothers Band sparked my...
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Today, 11:34 AM
My strings don't corrode, because I always wipe the strings thoroughly after playing with a lint free cloth with mineral oil. (Baby oil will do.)
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Today, 11:33 AM
Well, I'm already studying from this book so I will give it a go.
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Today, 11:29 AM
Thanks for posting this.I downloaded all 3 parts and look forward to the other two if possible.Raney definitely deserves a lot more love than he gets.
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Today, 11:20 AM
Joe's story was that while he was at Synanon, he did not own a guitar. Synanon had a Fender solidbody which he was using for gigs (there are videos...
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Today, 11:17 AM
I've heard that's the way and if you stick to it for a 5-10 years you'll be just fine.
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Today, 11:15 AM
I can hear things that made organ clunky make the piano sing. Great articulation and timing on the head.
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Today, 11:04 AM
I've had this issue many times. Sometimes I just could not get it dialed out and the issue was a bright instrument. One time, however, I did notice...
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Today, 11:03 AM
it did not come across as jazz police to me.
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Today, 10:55 AM
Why do strings eventually sound dead?In a word, corrosion.
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Today, 10:55 AM
Might be the best sounding nylon string archtop I've ever heard...but I still think my $700 Yamaha classical beats it in tone anyday.
But I love...
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Today, 10:53 AM
I've been playing jazz for many years.
I'm at the point right now where I can come up with ideas/themes in my head (away from the instrument) over...
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Today, 10:49 AM
Actually, about 18.5"
Commercially available, I think only the giant Stromberg was larger.
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Today, 10:44 AM
Nothing macho about it for me. I had hip pinned 9 years ago and bladder did not wake up. Went home with catheter for a week way worse than the...
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Today, 10:39 AM
Ken Parker has a long continuing series called Archtoppery on YouTube, and his latest included that clip at the end of it. He explained his thinking...
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Today, 10:37 AM
If you want an extended biog this isn't bad.
https://www.dougpayne.com/bio2.htm
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Today, 10:31 AM
General anesthesia is safe and effective these days. Despite being given a terrible reputation by the media and police, fentanyl is a wonderful...
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Today, 10:21 AM
Totally worth learning a program (I use finale just because that's what i've been using for fifteen years at this point, but it's a dinosaur now).
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Today, 10:21 AM
Nice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6E5W-Mjd9U
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Today, 10:17 AM
,009 strings on an archtop isn't likely to sound good, and .010 strings are much lighter than I can stand, but I'm not you. I think you've already...
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Today, 10:12 AM
I had one about ten years ago. Smooth neck, killer sound. But it is kind of huge, 18 inches if I remember correct.
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Today, 10:11 AM
I'm really trying to keep the 0.10 string gauge, but I think I'm on the end of the road here. My whole style of playing comes from 0.9's but maybe...
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Today, 10:09 AM
The Geezer's Paradox: the older you get, the less you care about being cool, which in fact, makes you.... cool.
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Today, 10:07 AM
Embellishment. In practice that's what they are.
I've been pretty obsessed with articulation generally for a long time, so this is something I've...
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Today, 10:03 AM
So you will need to change the saddle when you rotate the base. It fits either way.
I know nothing about Magic Touch mini humbuckers. But from...
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Today, 10:03 AM
Olfret are you a hand surgeon that is exactly the procedure. I am hoping it can be done closed and not need to go open. I also hope the nerve block...
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Today, 09:57 AM
What's all this about cereal? I thought we were talking about vanilla still? Or was that a different thread?
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Today, 09:55 AM
LOL... sure, but I was in more of a typical Jazz direction....
I'm way past being Cool...LOL
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Today, 09:52 AM
Yea... it's still going on. It's just difficult this century. Generally more with younger musicians... or when $ isn't a problem.
I played a...
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Today, 09:47 AM
I want to post this interview with Joshua Rifkin . It’s rather long but very interesting, and Rifkin seems to have been one of those guys who is...
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Today, 09:37 AM
The best looking guitar ever made. In my opinion, of course. But I'm right.
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Today, 09:35 AM
I definitely didn't take it that way.
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Today, 09:35 AM
I think it does. Since I got it 4 years ago I haven't thought for a minute about getting another archtop. But GAS remains for other types of...
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Today, 09:34 AM
Or if you are one of the cool kids, you could hear a V-I as a polyphonic enclosure
V7alt I is a chromatic enclosure (with one lame common tone....
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Today, 09:30 AM
Yea... Jack
The golden road to swingin... Triplets and subdividing.
Your vids are really great material for guitarist. I hope members are...
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Today, 09:24 AM
Question... when using turns, like Peter posted... do you hear the turns as implied V chord of Target.
Like A7b13 going to D-7... D7 going to G7...
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Today, 09:17 AM
Don't know what's on this guitar (probably flats), but from his website he endorses these strings:
Linea Rossa Vintage Jazz long Scale Flat Wound
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Today, 09:16 AM
Question for Peter and GuyBoden.
I'm slowly learning to write music along with everything else. Do either of you see a benefit to learning on the...
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Today, 09:14 AM
Right - 17's on the bottom shelf - all with 3" rim - the only thin-line is the one 16".
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Today, 09:11 AM
I don't think the jazz police comments were aimed at you.
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Today, 09:05 AM
To be more honest, the truth is I like making funny noises occasionally, I've done lots of it. But I wouldn't necessarily be happy sitting watching...
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Today, 09:03 AM
Ed sounds amazing! Any idea what string gauge? More evidence for the argument that a tele can do just about anything, but I wonder about strings used...
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Today, 08:48 AM
Congrats,
Oh, you forgot the "H" Thorny...
:cool:
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Today, 08:35 AM
No, I think it's a reasonable question because he didn't just play one style. He did play jazz tunes with jazz musicians. But I think to be...
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Today, 08:34 AM
What I meant by hanging up was that it was hanging on the wall and not in use.
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Today, 08:25 AM
Beautiful guitar. If it sounds like it looks, its what a great archtop is suppose to sound like.
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Today, 08:21 AM
It looks like the 17's are on the bottom, correct? The 17 in the center also looks slightly thinner? Or is that just a camera illusion?
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Today, 08:16 AM
Apologies. I wasn’t trying to be “the jazz police” or a troll when I started this thread. I understand why it can come off that way though. Lesson...
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Today, 08:10 AM
I also tried it and it didn't work for me. I just much prefer non-profile based modelers. Yeah, they say you can modify your model / image with the...
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Today, 07:18 AM
I am sure that I have this book.
The search is on.
If I find it, I am in.
AA
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Today, 06:57 AM
Oh nice!
And you’d better believe it I’ve got a whole big section of Clifford turns
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Today, 06:41 AM
another take on the JP 20 - apologies if it has already been posted here - does not sound too shabby to me:
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Today, 06:40 AM
As you wrote above, you were interested in an ES125 from 1952. Is it that guitar we are talking about?
I take it for granted that an ES125 from that...
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Today, 06:27 AM
I just looked and I have that book, but so far unused. I will give it a try!
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Today, 05:39 AM
Just put a new set of Newtone 12 to 52 archtop strings on, sounding great, and seems to play better too.
open to offers
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Today, 05:24 AM
It's a compensated saddle and it's in the correct position.
Do you know if you can adjust pole pieces on a Magic Touch mini humbucker?
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Today, 05:19 AM
Excellent stuff, I think those 'Turns' sound great.
Inspired by your examples, I've been practicing with some slightly modified simple 'Turns'...
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Today, 05:12 AM
If this is possible on a Levin, then you shouldn't be afraid :)
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Today, 05:01 AM
I guess that the title says it all.
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Today, 02:52 AM
I have a Wu archtop and I'm very happy with it.
I toured with this guitar for years, never had a problem.
I wouldn't worry so much asking custom...
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Today, 02:50 AM
Oh, hope it stays up, I'm gonna dig into this when I get some time.
I've been back on a JR kick again lately, just reminded me again of what a...
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Today, 02:00 AM
Hi forum,
Today is the 35th anniversary of the day my mind was blown and my life changed completely!
I grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. I knew...
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Today, 01:39 AM
I've always liked some AG, but structure ended up being the most essential approach to music for me. I usually listen to structured music but always...
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Today, 01:19 AM
In that clip I heard him playing a jazz tune so he would be a jazz musician. However the main tunes and style did sound rock / jam band. I hadn't...
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Yesterday, 11:43 PM
@Ol' Fret, thanks for a very informative post, hopefully this will be useful to others on a similar quest. I would love a Lang but the prices have...
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Yesterday, 10:09 PM
I was inspired by Mr B's month of rhythm guitar then summer of rhythm guitar. I've been on a kick to improve my technical skills so I thought why...
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Yesterday, 10:00 PM
If you ask me, it's not up to Gabor Szabo, it's up to the jazz freaks. If they want to include him in their club then so be it. He played what he...
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Yesterday, 09:50 PM
Comment of the day.
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Yesterday, 09:43 PM
My take on AG stuff is simple: Do I like it or not? Am I happy to sit through it with enjoyment or not? Does it tickle my fancy or not? Frankly, if...
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Yesterday, 09:13 PM
He was an influence on me when I was starting out. I had a plastic disk or 2. I got my first electric when I put a DeArmond in the sound hole of my...
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Yesterday, 09:10 PM
Otwin was atypical in the world of East German archtop guitars. Otto Windisch was building archtops in the 1930s (as was Höfner, and Franz Hirsch,...
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Yesterday, 09:06 PM
Same, youtube and Monk for me. Why does everyone want a book? :P
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Yesterday, 08:57 PM
As far as archtops go, this is the one and only for me. Seventy Seven Hawk Jazz Deep. Now if only I could take pictures as well as the rest of you...
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Yesterday, 08:44 PM
Well done!
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Yesterday, 08:43 PM
I told Mark my Special would go unplugged, fully acoustic 95% of the time, and it is a loud and glorious thing :) It has round 12s on it and its...
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Yesterday, 08:25 PM
I'll give it a try-I'm in.
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Yesterday, 07:38 PM
Wonderful music.
The film didn't appeal at the time due to the gore (however presented). I wonder if the musicians had to watch it. Occupational...
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Yesterday, 07:36 PM
So…. unarguably a jazz musician? Jazz is more than NYC bebop.
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Yesterday, 07:24 PM
Hi everyone,
I’m looking for some copies of just jazz guitar magazine in pdf for I live in French Guiana and buying online is too expensive with...
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Yesterday, 07:21 PM
Probably the best jazz sound i've heard from a solid body! Great player, however a lot of the bass portion in his sound comes from the way he holds...
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Yesterday, 07:15 PM
Sorry to hear about your accident! Pinning of metacarpal neck fractures is a minimally invasive technique, safe standard procedure with good...
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Yesterday, 07:01 PM
The top is shaped so that it slopes down as it nears the tailpiece, so the bridge should tilt less. It may not be completely straight up, but a...
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Yesterday, 06:49 PM
You're very welcome. If you want me to delete my posts, just let me know. :beer:
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Yesterday, 06:40 PM
Thanks jazzshrink. I do appreciate your input
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Yesterday, 06:38 PM
The last one standing. Mr. Anastasios Stathopoulos would be proud.
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Yesterday, 06:30 PM
Goodness! Tell me about the red one please! I can hear it calling my name.lol Sweet,sweet looking guitar.
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Yesterday, 06:29 PM
One more thing, if someone says you're asking too much, let 'em know they can buy an "acceptable" copy of Vol.2 at Amazon for as little as $600!
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Yesterday, 06:25 PM
Neither, I assure you. I remember the other listing you spoke of and provided a link to support your claim. I merely pointed out the fact that the...
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Yesterday, 06:21 PM
The term has become quite blurred. No denying that. Thanks for sharing the vid. Two of the towering figures of the “Free Jazz” movement. May they...
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Yesterday, 06:21 PM
I would say he is as much "jazz" as Django Reinhardt was. Like Django, he brought a central European approach and flavor to the music. I don't know...
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Yesterday, 06:14 PM
The good doctor has provided some useful info above. More from me later as well, specifically regarding nut width, neck size and scale length, but...
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Yesterday, 06:07 PM
This morning I had an ebay uk notification of a 1998 blond 175 for £2200 BIN. I clicked on it and it had already sold! :grumpy:
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Yesterday, 06:02 PM
His is a sad tale in the end. Here is a short biopic of Gabor Szabo. His wife and sun are in it. You see him encouraging his son to play music, and...
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Yesterday, 05:58 PM
Any chance that it could then be leaning the other way too much?
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Yesterday, 05:51 PM
Before I started this thread I messaged the guy a couple of times as felt his description was a bit brief and, to me, unclear. So I first asked about...
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Yesterday, 05:46 PM
Forgot about the record with Chico Hamilton. Listening to it now for the first time in a while.
Thanks, will listen to some of the others...
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Yesterday, 05:43 PM
Well Tuesday it is closed pinning of boxer's fracture no hardware permanent. This allows bones to align and better for straight outcome and future....
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Yesterday, 05:43 PM
That's what I did and I only found a discogs listing that had Freddie Green.
Thanks!
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