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Yes, regarding a wood bridge... the Godin in the video above has a Graphtec bridge... is that supposed to be like bone? Like an acoustic bridge or...

I think it takes some investigating in the areas where you want to book gigs. I find artists who do something similar to what I do and check out the...

For me, the answer has been P90s. With lower wind, unpotted humbuckers (such as Seth Lovers) a close second. Not that I'm entirely sure what "woody"...

Hopefully me ? :redface-new:

You know, I see alot of people on this JAZZ forum talk about hum. Since (I assume) most of us are playing mostly-clean tones when playing jazz, and...

I do, it's my classic rock cover band amp. I have the Ultimate Blues tone capsule in it, which is a Fender Super on the clean side and a Marshall...

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WOODY: In this video, the Godin is easily the most WOODY-sounding instrument, to my ears. Most of the others sound like a variation of an...

I set my action very low, like less than .50 MM at the first fret and .90 MM at the 15th fret. I use 10 or 11 on the E if I went lower on the gage...

What about the saxophone makes you want to stop playing it and play guitar instead? Variety?

The average LED will last for a long time. But that's average, and some don't last as long. I don't have a Bud, so I have no recommendation about...

yeah ck74, the host was nicknamed whispering bob harris for a reason!! that was his schtick...he needed subtitles! he get's racist in a way that...

The story given on Wikipedia sounds almost too good to be true:

Yes the plain strings are plain steel. you could try a coated plain to get lees of the plain string sound. Also a wood bridge will change how the...

Some people think it's essential to adjust the trussrod with the string tension removed. I don't believe that it is, unless there is serious concern...

You could try using acoustic strings.

Thanks zdub!!! shreddin'

Losing the prehensile tail is the biggest mistake we ever made in our evolution from monkeys. So many things would have been much easier if we had...

You could say its a variant on the 'A' section of Topsy, with the ii7b5 substituting for bVI7 chord, and later the iv7 substituting in the same way. ...

Under wound uncovered non potted pickups. And depending on the balance of tone pick a magnet type that suits you. I would use a humbucker style of...

Tonal vocabulary gets in the way. 'Woody' is such a subjective term. Don't have a better term. I think what many think of is something like a...

Thanks. It takes me more time to hear the chords in my mind. Many songs have this progression of bars 1-2 and 3-4, but to me they work as a trap as...

IMO that action is too high for at least me. 1st the truss rod adjustment. Every L5 I have owned could handle very minimal to zero relief. IMO the...

I always call that album Nocturne, but it's actually called Arclight. Anyways there are several interviews online, where he says he is playing the...

Huge difference between a Nachocaster and a Nash. Stefan is correct. Julian used his Nachocaster on Nocturne. I've played that guitar. It's fabulous....

I’ve got a Caline Orange Burst. Should be a candidate. What bothers me is every overdrive is so very noisy - and it seems digital more than analogue....

Hendrix literally achieved this signature tone using fuzz and rolling off guitar volume.

Most bases are already covered here but I'll add one other factor that I think makes a huge difference: technique. A lot of the players who have a...

Thats great news , thanks Tal my basic sound is big strings and humbuckers so I don't need to fatten the tone up if the AC truetone doesn't...

I posted 3 clips. Which one was it you saw?

On the earlier live stuff like the Cornell show and the Mexicali Blues mentioned above he tended to play a lot of bluegrassy licks, employing...

the most important point of all:)

I saw Yotam perform live with his trio a few years ago. They had a date in a small jazz club here in Ontario. He was great, and so were the others in...

Strings, pick, saddle, pickup height, guitar vs amp volume.

Dear JohnoL, As a former avid user of EarMaster for 3 years, my advice to people who are about to dabble with EarMaster is to... - GET OUT OF...

That's how I normally check relief. I had the capo on, but wasn't adept enough to take a picture with my finger where the neck joins the body. LOL!...

Perfect Pitch Rick Beato #133 - January 27, 2021 - YouTube

From what I've read, 6/64 is at the high end of normal, but still within the range of good/playable. It's interesting that such tiny differences make...

That certainly makes sense, although I've never had a problem with taking them off? Thanks jazzkritter and

Thank you everyone, very helpful. Unfortunately, although there are decent stores nearby very well equipped, no one has them in stock and it looks...

Wasn‘t Nocturne recorded with his Nachocaster which IS his unnamed signature Telecaster? And which model should Gretsch offer for a signature...

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That’s why I asked, I can’t see how adjustments without any tension on the neck help.

You can head over here, they list every Ibanez by model number and give specs... good resource... Category:Guitar models | Ibanez Wiki | Fandom

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I just bought Yotam's new album of duets with Carlos Aguirre: "En El Jardin". Really lovely stuff.

There was a PRS Bret Mason for sale a while back .. Still kicking myself for not picking that one up :doh: Got greedy wanted to wait a week or two...

Indeed Jerry outlined the chords very nicely. You can hear it on many tunes like "The Deal". He was also was great at embellishing a tune's melody....

:welcome: Have your promo package ready. Get used to cold-calling, and rejection. Persevere. Good luck. :smile-new:

Thank you. I've been encouraged at the number of Israeli jazz guitarists I'm seeing. Several do play full-depth archtop Gibsons: Yotam Silberstein...

You can make a case for loosening the strings before adjustment if there are issues with the truss rod being difficult to adjust, so you don't have...

I shall remain puzzled by the title of the show (is it a spoof? Something lost in translation?) but I like the proto-fusion. Couldn't make out a word...

Given the purpose of a truss rod is to counteract the string tension, is there any reason to adjust a truss rod with the strings off the guitar? I...

Unfortunately Danocaster recently closed shop, but the tele Julian recorded Nocturne with was long commercially available .. and his Nash tele is...

I heard Glasper at the Blue Note pre-Covid. He did a month residency there, playing in different configurations on different nights. On the night I...

Thanks John! Well, not necessarily. It's been a while since it's been adjusted and I just checked and there's definitely some back-bow. To be...

How does the AF 95/95FM differ from the older AFJ 95? Is it the same shape and size? Is it just rosewood vs ebony?

Bobby Obafemi - a young player to watch!

If the provocative YT video of the Portuguese lady was designed to stimulate sales of this guitar - it missed big time( for that purpose). It...

These first two weeks have been good for my soul, people. I hope everyone continues to participate.

Thanks, and glad you enjoyed both!

When I was a kid, I watched Roy Clark on Hee Haw every week and dreamed of someday owning a Gibson Byrdland. I have owned a bunch of Gibsons,...

I think Garcia was (and often still is) a very underrated guitarist. In a way he was closer to a jazz player than many of the rock players of his...

thank you. I had some fun with the video editing side:)

Thanks for the info. Donna Godchaux's vocals on Terrapin Station were awesome, and there are some shows out there where she sounds fine. I know that...

Listened to Cornell today. Great versions of some of their AB/WD songs like Brown Eyed Women and Jack Straw. Kind of a laid-back song selection, sort...

always liked this solo with overdubs track jerry did for antonioni's zabriske point film love scene cheers ps- mountain girl is still...

Just be aware that he labels the chord inversions incorrectly at the start of the video. Root position = root on the bottom 1st inversion = 3rd...

oh yeah...and despite whisperin bobs prelude, they never made many waves in the usa...they were produced by a fave tho-chris thomas- who did roxy...

Is it me or is there something really rather odd about Alan Holdsworth ?

WHAAAT?!? I've been typing about jazz for years to develop my expertise and... hang on. Hmmm.

My favorite most modern solo of Beatrice. Brad Mehldau: Beatrice - YouTube

Roni Ben-Hur’s guitar is a Gibson Johnny Smith. Keith

"Ought to know better." I have several music retailers as customers. They probably don't read these pages, so let it be aired: the floor-level people...

Just before this ends, I thought of reducing the tune to its bare essentials. The progression is really just: C - % - F - % G7 - % - C - G7 (B7)...

You can achieve the touch sensitivity of the Strat in that video with 99.9 % of the pedals out there. Even the cheapest 20 dollar OD pedals would...

A belated update, FYI: the Joyo JTA-05 Sweet Baby amp was good but too loud for my apartment. I ended up getting a Blackstar HT-1R Mk II and it’s...

Hey give it a listen folks, some real nice playing on this. Check out his take on Caravan!

thanks NL yes exactly ! you are bang on with regards to my question ! (ie. I'm not at all asking about the strats tone etc which admittedly IS...

At the risk of still not understanding what is meant by a woody, hollow sound, a quick summary of my cab testing today. The main finding: the guitar...

Ok. Make sure to disregard the other comments that was made regarding this tone. It has nothing to do with fuzz, and nothing to do with pickup...

Teemu Viinikainen plays '45 Gibson L-4 and 1959 ES-125T. https://youtu.be/-ZYWxBiH13c

Just because it was mentioned in that awesome article ragman posted (thank you!), here is Robert Glasper's version: Beatrice - YouTube Glasper...

Please note the pickup's heights. They are all barely above the level of the PG. This helps retain a certain airiness in the tone, which with a dash...