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yes, I suspect that I had a good start by having classical guitar lessons for several years when I was 12. So I’ve always had pretty good left-hand...

Absolutely, very well put.

I've recognized my flat-fingered default left-hand technique as a roadblock (among others) to faster speeds. I've started playing what I think is...

SF Bay Area jazz great Steve Erquiaga plays a LP.

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Tony Because 1) the LP was a bit of a flop when it entered the market and 2) it was discovered 5-8 years after production ceased that it was a great...

For what I need TempoPerfect is just perfect. It's old, simple and easy to handle ....

Why not? Not quite the typical Les Pauls but close... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd4ezmC0OJc ...

I don't think inability to play fast is usually due to a fundamental neuro-motor limit. I imagine all of us do have some limit beyond which our...

Wow! Thanks so much! I really enjoy her chord melody videos. She really talks up the Les Paul. Hers is just like mine except that mine is...

Huge thanks for posting this. It's always a drag to pull stuff from books, way nicer to do it by ear or watch a video!

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By this Video it would seem a LesPaul is more than capable. sandra sherman solid body - Google Search I don’t own one though. This is just...

Yep! :pride:

New Haven has the best pizza on the planet (and it's not because I grew up CT)!

For sure - and even the greats turned out some “default” solos. I remember realizing as a teenager that a lot of Oscar Peterson’s licks were...

Hope it’s not painful:). My goal is the opposite….just pleasure! Maybe more exposure is the remedy, which. Can be found subscribing to my YouTube...

Cool sounds. I'd love to hear the same thing on a guitar with a CC pickup, simply because ... you play like Charlie Christian! Probaby a lot more hum...

I kind of agree with the original post but in a different way. I'm OK reading the score, e.g. if it says e,a,g,f or what ever and generally ok...

Or to replace orginal top with plastic.. but they did not have enough plastic

Yes, but you had the potential ability in the first place. There's no doubt at all that practice, repetition, training, perseverance, and...

Mine was early 70's with h/b's, 3 piece top and L5 tp. Beautiful figuring. On the downside the neck was always cold and the guitar was neck heavy. ...

no, I think it’s just practice. I never used to be able to play much above 180 and assumed that was my limit, but gradually I have got up to 220-230...

Thanks for posting this video. What a nice guy! Have subscribed to his channel.

Slowed down maybe 25% or so: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBHPTqCRB8E

I'd send him a couple of Pepe's pizza's from New Haven but it just wouldn't be the same ........:grumpy:

Love his livestream series on youtube, plays some nice solo guitar!

When Holst was doing my build I sent him a couple of Lou Malnattis pizza six packs The man loves a great pizza BigMike

very nice repair !

Absolutely, but I don't think it's just familiarity. I think some people have a facility for fast playing and some don't. Probably a question of...

It has one now, which is Mark's preference.

Perhaps I was not clear. The key point is that if you have indeed UNIFIED these skills, you can't unlearn that approach and don't want to unlearn it,...

If I understand correctly there was a progression of three versions: 1: Low Imp pickups, L5 tail. 2: Humbuckers, L5 tail. 3: Humbuckers, Tp6...

I always thought black L-5s s looked wicked, and I'm not a fan of those mismatched 3 piece tops. But when I get the guitar in hand I'll have a better...

I had the humbuckers with the L5 Tail. I guess you would call that the 2nd variant.

Very nicely done. I love my Andersens too. Tim

I read standard notation, but there are situations in which I like tab. Some things only sound right (usually, this means like the recording) if...

Pro Metronome is my favorite. There is a free version, but it's been so long since I bought everything I could in that app that I have no idea what...

Chord Chemistry is a bit of a mess but its Ted's special kind of mess and I love it! The first 50 some pages is a "Chord Dictionary" but on page 56...

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I have an Eastman AR603-15 for sale on the boards here. Nice, small-body archtop with mounted pickup, mahogany back and sides.

Why not redo the top as a Cherry Burst with an opaque yellow for the center that hides the wood? I would also replace the cracked tailpiece with a...

Jams serve two purposes for me: 1.) introduce a new pro musician who just moved into the area to make connections for gigs 2.) Fill the...

I once had the use of a milling machine. I had a sad and forlorn 80's Ibanez that had one of those Floyd Rose type trem bridges (huge routed cavity...

Yes, the OP is playing in a big band- how many patches could he need? Comping, jazz solo, maybe a funk and fusion setting- we're not talking a Pink...

So it was a burst with low i pickups. Must've been a pretty baby. I'm excited to see what this rejuvenation will become. They're certainly a unique...

From Holst archtops to chicken cacciatore. Holst would be disturbed, unless he liked the cacciatore.....:cool:

Thank you! Personally I feel classical improvisation more natural for me than jazz. But there's not a lot of space for classical impro. Happy we have...

So just a thought! I haven’t played my Benedetto Bambino in over a week. And when I did the strings felt really slinky compared to a week ago. I just...

Yes, there are some cracks there. The seller sent me a pic showing all the routing under those giant pickup surrounds. It’s not pretty! I’m going to...

Thanks! I didn’t really feel that particularly while I was playing, but listening back to it I can hear what you mean. No surprise really,...

I heard back from Roger already. He thinks it might be a replaced headstock for a broken one.

I used to have an SS 15. Yes, parts of this look right and some look wrong. Maybe a prototype? More likely a pretty good fake. Pictures don’t show...

Brilliant! It has an endpin jack?

He could always blow by anyone I ever heard. His playing on the album Sounds of Synanon was my earliest exposure to chops like that. Here’s the...

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Doesn't this same thread argue that the same tension strings are easier to play on an archtop because of the longer part behind the bridge. If I...

The fast player is the one in a rush to get his concert fee.

So did Wu put in he CC pu, or did you order a strictly acoustic guitar, and then have your tech do that?

I didn't see a mention of Joe Pass as a fast player. I think he's fast. (And still melodic) But, I think anyone who is faster than me is fast... ...

Great take! I too hear some Jimmy Raney. Which is never, ever a bad thing.

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Yuuki, it's tremendous to see you here. I'm so glad you signed on! Folks, people all over the web follow J@S' work restoring 50s Gibson...

That’s a really nice guitar. The back looks exactly like an L7 (fully carved, two-piece maple with dark finish). In the picture of the top that you...

If we listne to Ted's playing his approach is very clear. When I first came across his arrangements in wirtten form I noticed that funcitonally he...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6btJJEU8Is

Thanks man! I honestly bought it as grubby ES-150, so to discover the really unusual specs, then hear of the alleged Raney connection, I was super...

I have nothing helpful to contribute, but I will say that's a really fascinating instrument and I am looking forward to hearing what some of the...

Well I think it is familiarity, basically. If you practise playing lines long enough over any set of changes, you can get there. I found the A...

I wish I had more info. I was told it came from the estate of now deceased luthier, and that the guitar had been left disassembled and set aside for...

so what is the background story here? did jimmy sell the guitar or did the luthier just keep the guitar when jimmy passed away?

Bumping this thread for visibility :-) Has anyone come across a similar guitar? I know Gibson did some really wild stuff back in the day, but this...

Here's a faster version. Not much use to bebop fans but there you go :-) Stream SSTH 2 by ragman | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

Re. the Coleman transcription, making allowances for the Bb shift to G and other chord changes in the A section, he does basically play the changes....

True! Maybe there was a bit of gipsy in there though for a few phrases - but more from Andy than the others. Very nice though - really enjoyed it.

I think the 2nd part of your comment invalidates the "Anyone does this" claim. *Maybe* it's true for "any guitarist who learned to play on the...

yes I would probably want at least another week to work on this to get the lines joined up better, also I’d like to check out George Coleman’s solo...

Nice playing! And, no Gipsy Jazz as I thought first when reading the names of your two comrads. :smile-new:

Let me clarify: I have no doubt that an American-issued CC will allow charge backs no matter where the seller is. But I can ensure you that a card...

I once bought a not-even-really-cheap paint spray. It clogged at first use and I’ve taken it apart twice with no success. I’m used to being able to...

I hear the fascination of Jimmy Raney here. Very good notes and great jazz phrasing. I lack a little fluency in combining phrases, perhaps due to...

For a player as advanced as Kreisberg it makes sense to find his own way on the fretboard. But for less advanced players still learning the language...

ECM is really great enterprise. My very close friend's music cd was recorded on ECM (non-guitar music) some years ago and he shared with me his...

Yes, it is great! Also solo Sco album was released on ECM too I believe (interesting that I loved his solo youtube and concert recordings more...

Well I happen to think it's a gem of a video. It's not the only material you'll ever need and it rambles for sure (I don't mind). But I would put it...

Ok, got it. Thanks!

The video is over 2 hours long and titled "Practicing Is A Waste Of Time! My Experiences Learning Japanese, Gypsy Jazz, Trad Jazz, Bebop Guitar" ...

That was a really nice guitar! Danny W.

When I've thought about getting a 275, my wallet always points me towards a Seventy Seven Hawk instead. But eh Montreux Burst 275s are undeniably...

I don't know anyone with the GX-100, but I know a few with the MS-3 and they all love those. The GT-1 is nice as well, if you don't need a lot of amp...

I put an ebony bridge on my Godin 5th Avenue, it was an acoustic one with a floating CC style pickup fitted to it. Acoustically it sounded richer,...

Please tune that thang, it hurts!

Mark, musically and technically wayyyy out of our league ! You set the bar soooo high!! shreddin' we barely have time to pick our jaws from the floor...

In case anyone is curious about the sound of the Low Impedance pickups in a jazz context, here's a clip of of my LP Recording a few years back. I...

The more Mick out there to listen to the better! Thanks for communicating to Mick how important he has been to the development of some of us here,...