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Today, 04:37 AM
Get an ES-330. Lighter and plays easier.
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Today, 04:33 AM
Wow, that is the Les Pauliest-looking Strat I‘ve ever seen.
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Today, 04:21 AM
Actually, I think this would be my simple simon harmonic map of the Sonny Stitt tune - although it could be even simpler, say C Major with...
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Today, 04:09 AM
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
by George Berkeley
Wherein the chief causes of error and difficulty in the sciences, with...
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Today, 03:41 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74VUWt2U8OY
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Today, 03:20 AM
Don't break your elbow, patting yourself on the back. Everyone suffers from confirmation bias and everyone has failure of critical thought. That is...
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Today, 03:14 AM
Something like an Ibanez GB10 bridges the gap. Through an amp it definitely sounds like a jazzbox. No feedback. Unplugged, it sounds like the...
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Today, 03:14 AM
Ummm. No. Buddhism did not come out of Taoism.
The former arose in northern India, among followers of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. Taoism...
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Today, 03:12 AM
Buy one if you can return it.
I am currently in the market for a second-hand Yamaha SA2200.
Great guitar, but I'll have to try one before buying in...
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Today, 03:01 AM
Exactly.
Some points to consider, only the less positive ones because you asked to be talked out of it ;-)
-Big difference between CS and non-CS...
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Today, 02:52 AM
Listened to the vid. I agree that diads are a great place to start because they're the easiest to grab. They also sound good and are concise.
3...
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Today, 02:10 AM
No one can tell you what you do or don’t like.
Don’t buy it if you need convincing. Buy it if it’s your personal Holy Grail.
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Today, 01:55 AM
Another vote for ‘buy one’
I’ve been really impressed by the quality of recent (23/24) ES guitars
I also happen to like the T-Type pups that...
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Today, 01:32 AM
It just takes a bit of work to make the 17" carved archtops work for higher-volume situations, along with a basic understanding of the physics of...
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Today, 12:58 AM
Gibson seems to handle feedback a bit better than others, probably due to experience. I've watched people play L5s and Super 400 live without any...
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Today, 12:51 AM
Have you considered attending a divine liturgy at a eastern orthodox church as a visitor? While other denominations are losing parishioners small...
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Today, 12:51 AM
He doesn't seem to tour that much? Tour — JULIAN LAGE
Maybe it will get fill in more later? I'd really love to see his show live, and afaik he's...
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Today, 12:13 AM
Sorry to be late with the response, but I had to wrap up the Thanksgiving holiday and then it was back to work. The time with the Triumph went well...
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Yesterday, 11:56 PM
Download this free Getz style analysis, seems like he very much was aware of the changes and must have practiced for it (a lot!). The article goes on...
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Yesterday, 11:31 PM
Both are in Portugal. The odds that 2 truly rare and seemingly identical items are for sale at the same time in the same location seem astronomical...
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Yesterday, 11:19 PM
That makes sense because it's not a rigid formula. This definition from a forum post matches my teachers use of the term:
"Layakari literally...
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Yesterday, 10:51 PM
So, I'm flying from Detroit to New Orleans at the end of January for a weekend. I just assume trying to fly with an archtop will be a nightmare.
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Yesterday, 10:41 PM
I bought a Blade P90 from Pete for an archtop and had an old rewound P90 evaluated because another rewinder said he had a 'problem' when he did a...
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Yesterday, 10:38 PM
I say get yourself a 335 man. Life is short.
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Yesterday, 10:19 PM
Did someone mention a George Benson workshop?
https://youtu.be/oxjzvCbQ3k4?si=QoGpx4CPocOcK9l0
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Yesterday, 10:05 PM
The new guitar arrived today. It looks exactly like the pics.
I waited today for the delivery. The package required a signature. It was about 25...
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Yesterday, 09:43 PM
Please explain.
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Yesterday, 09:18 PM
When an auction house like Heritage gets involved, I just completely stay away. That to me is a worst-case scenario the auctions wins and everyone...
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Yesterday, 09:13 PM
I don't know if Gibson is overpriced or if that's just what it takes to build guitars in America at American labor prices vs. the near-slave labor...
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Yesterday, 09:12 PM
That's why so many players preferred laminated plywood guitars, like the ES175 for example. There's hardly any feedback on those, the thicker the...
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Yesterday, 09:01 PM
Hmmm, it's hard to say anything definitive because, of course, every guitar is slightly different- even between ostensibly identical models.
I...
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Yesterday, 08:59 PM
Get it, buy it! Heck, at that price buy TWO! Reverse psychology lol.
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Yesterday, 08:50 PM
Gibson=overpriced. Nice guitars, but completely overpriced and driven by hype. It's a plywood guitar, remember that. Plywood. I would def consider...
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Yesterday, 08:32 PM
Skip, who passed away in 2023, operated a music store in Sacramento for several decades. His son has retained Heritage to conduct an auction with...
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Yesterday, 08:22 PM
It’s unfortunate that you can’t try before you buy. Gibson 335s are generally great instruments.
But, of course it has to be right for you.
My...
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Yesterday, 07:58 PM
It is definitely the same guitar. I looked at all the old posts and it’s the same one you posted a PSA about. The person who bought it in response to...
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Yesterday, 07:43 PM
Oh yes I played that guitar for sure. Spent some time with it and it is a woody sounding guitar. It keeps up with the best. The neck is a bit full...
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Yesterday, 07:17 PM
I recently bought a used player-condition Eastman AR810CE with floating pickup. I love the sound, and especially through an amp or PA plugged in. I...
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Yesterday, 07:16 PM
OMG! No! DON’t BUY A 335!
Did that work?
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Yesterday, 07:06 PM
I can't talk you out of buying a guitar I just bought myself!!!
I was going to get another Epiphone 335, in fact I did, but had to return it. So I...
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Yesterday, 06:59 PM
If you like the sound of a "typical" GIBSON semi-hollow then your choice is manifold but you should also consider the other usual suspects : an...
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Yesterday, 06:35 PM
The way my teacher described it seemed it was more like the ‘feeling of the distance between two beats’. Either that or I failed to understand what...
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Yesterday, 06:20 PM
My main reference or guide on improv is playing tunes. My main tool is rhythm (I imagine rhythmic hits and throw notes at them). My co-tool is...
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Yesterday, 06:20 PM
The title says it all.
Are the current run of 'standard' ES 335s any good? I've noticed some very appealing prices at Thomann. The 'T Type'...
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Yesterday, 06:17 PM
Useful insight. Thank you.
Do you see the 3/4 bars as any different? They each follow a 5/8 bar. No equation. Just a different subdivision.
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Yesterday, 06:16 PM
Thanks for the complement, but there are lots of other great players on this forum. It was quite a coincidence to end up with this guitar. I spend...
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Yesterday, 05:48 PM
They call the subdivisions of the beat "laya."
Correction: A web search tells me that laya is the tempo, they do have a word for the...
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Yesterday, 05:47 PM
BM would be so happy to hear that one of the finest players on this forum has landed one from his collection!
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Yesterday, 05:15 PM
Bindings make perfect sense IMHO. Looking at my buddies' battered double basses, I wonder why tradition still outweighs reason. In that camp, "mint"...
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Yesterday, 05:11 PM
Yes, correct, the year 1054. Dispute over papal authority and the filoque, which is the procession of the holy spirit, are what caused the split.
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Yesterday, 05:10 PM
Looks like Roy had to overdub a solo about 2/3 of the way through. Different guitar.
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Yesterday, 05:07 PM
My son mentioned it to me the other day while we were checking out a couple of films at the local Kurosawa festival.
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Yesterday, 05:05 PM
I doubt it’s South Indian…. I mean it obviously isn’t a Sanskrit term, but I can see how it’s useful and relates to Konnakol.
I did however...
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Yesterday, 04:54 PM
The more I hear, the more I like (don't believe in papal authority). So the split happened when the Roman Catholics came up with the pope, and...
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Yesterday, 04:53 PM
I kept checking the Webstrings site and their flatwounds are still out of stock in the 12 gauge size. I ended up getting two sets of chromes 12s from...
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Yesterday, 04:35 PM
Sure, but todays interfaces (even budget products) are pretty good. A pair of good (neutral) speakers also won‘t break the bank. I‘ve also bought the...
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Yesterday, 04:34 PM
Congratulations! I have a couple of guitars I wish I never sold, and I also keep scanning Reverb. But so far no luck. It's great you found yours...
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Yesterday, 04:28 PM
Oh, I had no idea this existed. Thank you, now I can't wait to see it.
I was actually just talking about "Paris, Texas" with a friend.
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Yesterday, 04:21 PM
When asked by Melvyn Bragg about his personal beliefs, the painter Francis Bacon replied, "I'm profoundly optimistic about nothing".
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Yesterday, 04:19 PM
Please PM if you’ve got a Lollar JS for sale. Thx!
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Yesterday, 04:16 PM
A rare bird, but very pricey
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Yesterday, 04:09 PM
The cutaway LH650 has become a rare bird, namely because so many of them arrived with bad neck angles. Yet some actually arrived with good necks, so...
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Yesterday, 04:04 PM
You've just described the new Wim Wenders film, Perfect Days:
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Yesterday, 04:04 PM
Yes, it's much closer to orthodoxy. But we don't believe in papal authority. The patriarch is considered "first among equals" not a vicar of Christ....
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Yesterday, 04:02 PM
Some nice looking guitars in this thread!
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Yesterday, 03:58 PM
Breh, you work with him individually. Everyone's muted until it's your turn then you can ask him whatever you want. And you can practice the...
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Yesterday, 03:58 PM
Microbeats is a term used for polyrhythms in South Indian Music. There were quite a few exercises re: metric modulation in the lessons I took from...
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Yesterday, 03:53 PM
and you can hear all the other clowns trying to hang?
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Yesterday, 03:52 PM
So there's a group zoom meeting and everyone plays together, but I can be like "Chris listen to this, am I doing it right?"
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Yesterday, 03:50 PM
I was searching through old threads about Campellone guitars and I discovered that the Special that I just bought was one of Big Mike’s guitars. I...
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Yesterday, 03:36 PM
Here is a closeup of my Dale Unger American Legend 7 string guitar, which is hand-carved from all solid wood without binding. This gives the guitar a...
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Yesterday, 03:27 PM
Well, that requires self-discipline. And for the record, YOU are the one who started this "dance" in this thread LOL. But I agree- I have no desire...
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Yesterday, 03:16 PM
I think you may even be over thinking it.
Basically the overall 2/4 pulse of the song doesn’t change.
If we ignore the various dropped and...
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Yesterday, 03:14 PM
Halfway there: Eastman El Rey 4 has no edge-binding on the top, fingerboard or pegehead, and maple binding on the back.
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Yesterday, 03:00 PM
Giant archive of taped lessons plus daily live group classes with different instructors in a zoom call that you participate in.
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Yesterday, 02:57 PM
Here is a photo of the edge of the top of a La Venezia meeting the side and the neck.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Yesterday, 02:56 PM
The good thing about critical thought and not having confirmation bias is people acknowledge the new information without dancing around it for two...
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Yesterday, 02:49 PM
The way the word “anomaly” is used in this thread would probably make a statistician cry.
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Yesterday, 02:49 PM
I guess I just don't get how it works
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Yesterday, 02:46 PM
Because I was confronted with new information. That's the good thing about critical thought and not having confirmation bias: when you receive new...
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Yesterday, 02:46 PM
Refocus back to the nihilists:
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Yesterday, 02:41 PM
In the group classes they give you time to participate.
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Yesterday, 02:40 PM
It's funny how you smoothly transitioned to this statement which is in stark contradiction to your position that 2024 turnout made 2020 extreme...
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Yesterday, 02:35 PM
How so? I mean in what way? I emailed him about private lessons and he ghosted me
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Yesterday, 02:32 PM
You do participate. Chris and Caili give you all the attention you want.
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Yesterday, 02:30 PM
You're talking in circles. Let's start over:
2016 had 17 million fewer voters than 2020.
2020 had 17 million more voters than 2016 (an anomaly)....
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Yesterday, 02:26 PM
My family is what they call "Traditional" Catholic, which is pre-Vatican II: I believe that is similar to the Eastern Orthodox?
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Yesterday, 02:25 PM
HA! Nice deflection.
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Yesterday, 02:24 PM
We should spread the gospel with works and leading by example, not browbeating and fear. My problem with people using the term "evangelical...
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Yesterday, 02:20 PM
So, we're in 4/4 at "in case there is a change in the".
Then a bar of 7/8, which I'll think of as 3.5/4. The dropped 8th note won't throw me off....
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Yesterday, 02:20 PM
False. You never admitted to be wrong about 2024. That's what I mean by dishonesty.
And you're still not admitting it. 2024 is only 2 million...
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Yesterday, 02:18 PM
I then admitted being wrong about 2024. True or false?
My point stands: 2020 was anomaly, having 17 million more voters than 2016. 2020 also had...
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Yesterday, 02:16 PM
My Rancourt has no bindings or inlay. (Those dots are stick-ons)
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Yesterday, 02:08 PM
I'll listen to your vid when I get the chance.
2 things: you have to learn to use it melodically. Chord melody isn't do re mi sol (le) la ti do. ...
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Yesterday, 02:04 PM
Noodles:
https://youtu.be/PILmcSjF1Jc?si=iU7cegJR6t_vfstV
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Yesterday, 02:04 PM
$47 a month is too much for video lessons I can't participate in. It's just not the product for me.
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Yesterday, 02:00 PM
:highly_amused:
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Yesterday, 01:55 PM
I don't recall how much I paid for one of the all day workshops in the 70's at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, with guys like Joe...
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Yesterday, 01:55 PM
The video I linked in post #100 has some examples.
I watched some other videos, mostly by drummers. One made the point that for some modulations...
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Yesterday, 01:50 PM
I have never had a set practice routine or practiced for long hours. I practice only what I’m going to use on a gig or what I’m interested in...
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Yesterday, 01:42 PM
This is a video tribute to RD's book with a great soundtrack (Elmore James "Standing At The Crossroads," Lowell Fulson's "Rollin' Blues," Chuck...
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Yesterday, 01:40 PM
One more Benedetto: La Venezia.
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Yesterday, 01:38 PM
I got baptized Eastern (Russian) Orthodox. Everything in western "christianity" is a throwaway next to that.
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Yesterday, 01:36 PM
I'm ( very ) pleasantly surprised to see 2 non-cut's in this batch...Interesting !
Wondering whether they'll be pure acoustics or have p/u's .....
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Yesterday, 01:34 PM
^ $47 a month is too expensive for you for daily lessons with top pros?! Breh.
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Yesterday, 01:30 PM
I was actually falling asleep at the time I posted those comments, so if taken with a large whiff of nitrous oxide they'll make perfect sense....
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Yesterday, 01:29 PM
I looked into it, the base version is 3x what I'd pay for the pro version. No thanks.
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Yesterday, 01:26 PM
@GuyBoden
Because we all tend to view the guitar visually, by shapes and patterns; the way I think of it, is that basically, the bottom four...
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Yesterday, 01:26 PM
He reveals his master plan
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Yesterday, 01:26 PM
Why would I be mad at John Coltrane?
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Yesterday, 01:25 PM
I’ll also note that the tonal center you identified for a C major turnaround was Gm … based on a composite Gm scale that includes every note except...
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Yesterday, 01:24 PM
^ Join Open Studio. :pride:
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Yesterday, 01:24 PM
A short and strange video about RD's "Blues Inside and Out."
Includes glimpses of the text.
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Yesterday, 01:23 PM
This place is starting to suck a whole lot more than it's fun or interesting.
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Yesterday, 01:22 PM
Thread title changed for your convenience. :smile-new:
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Yesterday, 01:22 PM
We aren't talking about that right now. We are talking about what's happening in this thread.
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Yesterday, 01:22 PM
Well, o.k., let's review what we discussed.... I said that all the notes that Sonny Stitt played could be found in certain scales (with occasional...
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Yesterday, 01:21 PM
I marvel at Gatemouth's picking style. A lot of guys play with only their fingers, but I don't know of any who keep their fingers as straight as he...
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Yesterday, 01:18 PM
Probably better to say "proselytizing" rather than "evangelical" in this context. Even if in practice there's no real difference, the word...
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Yesterday, 01:07 PM
I am truly enjoying watching the progress of Mark's artistry and craftsmanship! The Cameo in the group will be mine soon guys!
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Yesterday, 01:00 PM
@Christian Miller
I live to discover new sounds and artists. Thanks for mentioning some players that deserve wider recognition. I'll be sure to...
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Yesterday, 12:55 PM
Now THAT is cool
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Yesterday, 12:52 PM
Ken Parker makes archtops with fiddle edge, no binding
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Yesterday, 12:50 PM
The Catholic Church has their own hypocrisy here in the states. I was raised Catholic, attended Catholic schools and even a Catholic University, but...
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Yesterday, 12:47 PM
V, there aren’t many cheap Heritage arch tops anymore. If you’ve got access to a great buy, if it were me I’d be all over it.
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Yesterday, 12:47 PM
The Landscape MIJ guitars were built with violin construction. No bindings.
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Yesterday, 12:44 PM
You claimed that there were 15 million more turnout in 2020 than BOTH 2016 and 2024. You called this an extreme anomaly. True or false?
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Yesterday, 12:42 PM
I'm not sure what you're saying, did you say 15 million less votes were cast in 2024? You'll need to make your point a little more succinctly. Yes,...
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Yesterday, 12:39 PM
How many posts did it take to you to acknowledge the 2024 component of your original claim given that it was crucial part of your logic?
You...
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Yesterday, 12:38 PM
I gave that up several years ago. I'm merely stating facts, and trying to make you aware of things you are apparently not aware of.
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Yesterday, 12:37 PM
Well, I disagree with "almost all", but that's another discussion. I'm still not sure what people mean when they use the term "evangelical...
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Yesterday, 12:32 PM
As I said, I came back to reply, and the thread had been nuked. There were 17 million more voters in 2020 than there were in 2016. IDK if there's an...
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Yesterday, 12:30 PM
Oh sorry, I did not listen to your example (Surrey with a Fringe) .... What is the cue for the change in tempo? How is the tempo "equation" you ...
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Yesterday, 12:29 PM
Out of curiosity, have you tried choosing not to be triggered by the news?
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Yesterday, 12:26 PM
I guess you haven't seen any of the news reports over the last several years where football players and coaches were disciplined for praying- ON...
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