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Lol - me neither. BTW, I forgot to mention last night, but on the very slim chance that you haven't read it already, Tolkien's essay Beowulf: The...

Also many of us aren't endorsed by Heritage guitars.

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Well this is adorable

It helps to grow up in a African environment because you will be surrounded by music with a groove all the time. ...

Well thank you very much sir.

I love the sound and the talent. Oddly, he looks more like Russell Crowe these days.

Pretty swinging noodling :)

Awesome. Guess I missed the Eb and A. Didn't quite have this sound categorized in my mind's ear. Makes more sense this way. Cheers.

Well as someone who rejects the concept of roots as Germanic theoretical chicanery of the highest order I'm OK with Ab6/9. Checkmate, Rameau-ite....

I got mine this year and its completely quiet. I don't even get a hum from single coils, I assume because the high frequencies are rolled off. No...

Kurt Changes Gear like underwear. But that guitar looks and sounds amazing. Congrats

I give you guys about 30% strength compared to what I did to the guys on the SD forum. They're gettin trolled when my ban is up lol.

Yes, I can see that as a solution. I like the note 'D' on the B string because I can then avoid using the weaker 4th finger and retain the same...

I would normally play the Ab there (D string, 6th fret) with my pinky but if I did use my 3rd finger instead and used all down strokes, I'd probably...

Music Nomad F-One Oil darkens the fretboard and works a treat.

Sometimes I think your whole stir-the-pot vibe is a little much, but I'm here for this one.

The Boss Katana Go or Fender Mustang Micro feeding a "Marshall" mini stack or any small active speaker works very well as a desktop guitar amp.

In Chris class today he taught us Echols stuff, the elevator.

Ed Bickert > Jim Hall

I have a pair of low end powered Alesis studio monitors connected to a Mackie ProFX6 mixer. I run my guitar into one channel with a little reverb...

Thanks Jim. But, you know, sitting on the shoulders of giants and all that. :smile-new:

I play the 'A' section mostly around the 3rd position and find this fingering works well if you want to incorporate the Ab:

OP played Ipanema in Db. Astrud sang it in Db.

Why is he playing it in Db? I like F with vanilla chords. Nine of them, not just five. x 8 10 9 8 x FM9 x 8 9 9 8 x G6/F x 8 8 7 6 x Bb/F x 7...

Yeah, the music and visuals were great. The story has a really cool idea at its core too, but I felt there was something lacking in the execution....

If you listen to Tucker's bassline, he implies i ii V quite a bit...Cm, Dm7b5, G7. It's the head being played up a 4th that's screwing with...

Or trying to get it into the backseat of your car after your girlfriend throws you out.

Sounds great. Nice playing!

No you just get that slightly sick feeling that comes with knowing you cared enough to actual comment on this dumpster fire.

Cool, do I get a new guitar?

I vote PMB the winner.

Well I’ll be goddam if I didn’t have that voicing right after all. Seems reasonable

Ok, lots to unpack here in this kind of blue dress conundrum: Firstly, the opening piano chord is C-Eb in the left hand and A-D-F in the right...

Indeed, C Dorian does have two flats. However, "straight up C minor" (which some have claimed is what GG is playing in) has three flats. And some...

Reading this thread broke my brain a little bit.. but what a great excuse to try a tune that I've always skipped over in the past. As usual with this...

Sounds like he's being tortured with whips and ECT! I liked the albums he made with Wally Stott/Angela Morley the best- "Scott1-4". Wherever I go...

Yes, thanks, it is very gratifying. But I want to share something Kurt told me. He said he is constantly exploring new ideas tonally and, for that...

Honestly, I think what Grant did hear was pretty cool. He realized by ear or instinct or however that the F So What melody actually sits nicely over...

Best thing out of the two clips to my ears, btw, is the piano solo on Wes' recording (don't know who it is); sounds like an upright. Wes is always so...

When I made my smartass comment upthread, I had no idea that this was a real Gibson model! I thought maybe somebody put a Gibson archtop neck on...

You know me. I'm all shortcuts all day.

That is a perfect description of Mark. And he thinks some of it is luck.. That’s how good he is. JD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeYdZYjqrkI

I watched a couple live videos. The one guy is kind of avant-garde with the tuba. Interesting.

On the real, I have a student who just started with me. Older guy, and a pretty good player. But he was talking about soloing over Franklins Tower...

T-tops are one of my favorite pickups in electric archtops. They usually sound awesome. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

beato has that one covered. sheer comedy. he probably swears to this day that the first chord of ipanema is Ab6. take that, barry harris. ...

I am absolutely out of the manufacturing end. Chris Cole has brought the company back and all I had to do was provide information and opinion. And...

if you play "so what" in Fm, the correct melody is F C D Eb F G Eb F. 1 5 6 b7 8 9 b7 8 in Fm . that is what grant plays (replacing the first note F...

So when you say “F”, do you mean F major, F7, Fm, or F Dorian?

I think KR was playing a Moffa. If hes moving to a Soloway thats pretty high praise!

Some kid is going to ask him about Ipanema in F and it’s all going to come out.

Noted. Well … there was much talk of him playing it in F major, one flat, the relative major of Dm.

Interest? Not from here.

He did; check it out.

Man we’re way past that.

If I turn it way up in the room with some computers and a wifi router while using a wireless system, and under LED lights, there is a lot of hiss. ...

After being initially repulsed by the far out look of this guitar, it's semi-hollow body and pickup configuration might make a nice little jazzer. ...

Thanks for the clarification Chris ... And for those of you who think this is very cool ... all the credit, 100%, goes to Chris. He's the one who...

Jim, I thought you got out of the guitar manufacturing business?

Stop it, don’t break Peter, the kids need their jazz lessons. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I wasn't referring to F major but instead to the comment djg made about the melody being played in Fm by Grant.

So someone used peanut butter and a swiss army knife to build a guitar. Kids these days!

I literally have the file and my fingers under running water while I do it:)

I recommend these particular files: Wolfram Precision : Crystal (wolframslides.com) And these to buff them after: The EDGE Super Shiner 10pk...

Love the tone on this. Just great!

:amen:

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Thanks Jim. Just to clarify - the one he has IS his own. He will be getting another custom S14 soon. -- Chris

Ah - sorry - as you were. I didn’t realise they were prev-generation!

Being classically trained, I pay a lot of attention to my fingernails. The bad thing is that on steel strings, the strings tend to roughen the edges...

No, no, but maybe I should have spelled it maniaque to remain in style with the rethoric searching-for suggestion that was actually meant to imply...

It's easiest if you play the notes Eb-F-Eb (to D) as a trill (quick hammer-on/pull-off).

Actually, the part of Peter's thesis that no one, on or off line, would accept is the idea of "copyist etiquette" - that's an oxymoron.

Possibly. But this is a killer record (sorry for the off-topic): ...

I think the word you're looking for is "obsessive", not "maniac". We inhabit a world where many players think that the particular chemical coat...

I could play it up to speed strictly with down-strokes but I'd have to practice it because it is contrary to what I normally do. To play fast, I've...

All good. It's C minor The accompaniment is pretty ambiguous but on a quick listen I think there's only C, D and F in the voicing. There's no A...

I simply use the very tip of my fingers, backed by nails that are just long enough to catch a bit of the string if I want a bit more bite - and in...

These days I generally play with a thumbpick (Herco flatpick style tortoiseshell or Fred Kelly Bumblebee) and index/middle/ring fingernails. I found...

I have a Comins GCS-1 ES and an Ibanez LGB30. Both spruce tops with maple back and sides. I would recommend the Ibanez, being a true hollowbody,...

Well done everyone who can play the A section at a reasonable speed. I'm still struggling to get bar 6 correct, this could take me all week. ...

I can only conclude that this site doesn't have a smilie that corresponds to your caressing style of playing ;)

I'm not sure exactly "how new" the "new ones" are...? I've had mine for a few years now and I've never heard any undesirable noise... so I'd say mine...

I get strange vibes seeing these quite old Toob demo videos popping up here. We've come a long way since - in fact, to 795 cabs as of today. The VOX...

Okay for the love of all that is holy. He is not playing it in F. Please do not go trying to play your F major scale stuff over C minor. It will...

The tuba/banjo jam session. Very popular with the dutch hop crowd.

Im curious about the whole playing the head in F over a Cm backing. I've heard of people suggesting to play different pentatonic scales over a...

Nice achievement Jim. Congrats!

I'm a 70 year old male who just started doing hybrid picking a few years ago. I'm very happy to take any tips I can from a player like Mark. I'll...

I find if I keep this up that they don’t break at all, and less catching on the strings (nickel rounds) means they stay smooth longer. The 1.52...

Guitar players might not know much, but we are very sure about it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Good lord never ask the internet about a mode. especially not guitar players on the internet.

No news for the typical classical guitar player I think (nothing like joining a CG forum if you want to discuss nail care with 50+ yo males...

thanks! Forgot to update the listing as well. Will do when I get home later this evening

Now this is something!!! Kurt could no doubt grab any guitar he wants.

Very cool!

Wow. Well done, Jim. Looks and sounds great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiYKAZABpas

Not really, no.

RE the gunslinger carry: you jazz guys don’t have a clue. Theres a very simple, practical reason for it: you can quickly play behind your head. With...

Not exactly a wedding or funeral.

FWIW I believe your Reverb listing is showing the 1990 year.

Oh I would love too!

I only really play any straight jazz at home but my main gigging guitar (country, western swing) is a Guild A-150 Savoy. It is a pressed spruce top...

Make an offer ;) appreciate the kind words

Well in my '20's I was a scuffling guitar player in NYC, mainly playing in high concept rock bands where I could get away with that look. But I was...

Congrats!

I own a Vox MV50 Clean - Compact Guitar Amp Head. It was a brand new product when I bought it as my first guitar amplifier. It didn't last for...