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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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Yesterday, 05:40 PM
jazzshrink
....so you're arguing with me or making an offer?
I can't tell....
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Yesterday, 05:34 PM
Hello. I went to google and asked who played lead guitar on Paul Quinchette’s “Rose of Birdland” sessions? This dug up Quinchette’s Mercury Label...
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Yesterday, 05:28 PM
Ah!, it helps to spell the author's name correctly.... he wrote other books too, but all of them are out of print:
Books by Reese Markewich
And...
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Yesterday, 05:22 PM
Just seeing if there is sufficient interest in forming a study group to work through the Jazz Ballads book by Jeff Arnold.
Amazon.com
The plan...
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Yesterday, 05:18 PM
He is a jazz piano and flute playing psychiatrist. It was published around 1960. It's long OOP. I spelled the last name wrong-it's Markewich not...
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Yesterday, 05:17 PM
I believe that falls under the adage, "the road to hell is paved with good intentions."
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Yesterday, 05:15 PM
Just four days ago. Mr Goodchord’s almanac of Guitar voice leading volumes, one and two
That being said (posted?), there's no indication that they...
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Yesterday, 05:14 PM
Mick- 7
Mr Goodchord’s almanac of Guitar voice leading volumes, one and two
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Yesterday, 05:11 PM
I think you need a critical mass of maybe 5-7 solid participants to make a study group "fly." The most successful ones I've been part of had a clear...
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Yesterday, 05:08 PM
If you're addressing me, I was simply responding to your question: "What do you think is a fair market price?"
"I just saw here on this board that...
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Yesterday, 05:06 PM
I’d never seen or heard this performance ….
wow
Such absolute beauty in harmony
thankyou soooo much
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Yesterday, 05:04 PM
I really don't know what the term "free jazz" means - other than music that has no fixed harmonic structure but that's not saying much. The term had...
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Yesterday, 04:53 PM
As I wrote in my last message, I just saw here on this board that vol 1 & 2 sold for $300.
Are you making me an offer or just arguing?
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Yesterday, 04:52 PM
He was very against the Raney/Farlow style of jazz, and made no secret of it.
But you can find a few jazz things if you look hard enough.
He became...
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Yesterday, 04:46 PM
The ballads book looks great. I know many more of the tunes.
Will I set up a study group for the Ballads book?
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Yesterday, 04:46 PM
Hello,
I recorded the "Tema di Geppetto", written by Fiorenzo Carpi for the movie Pinocchio (1972), and I was pleased on how quickly I was able to...
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Yesterday, 04:43 PM
Not even the author's name comes up in an online search, who is he and how long ago was the book published?
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Yesterday, 04:36 PM
Don't know what the market demand is for them, very few people will pay hundreds of dollars - or even $100 - for a music instruction book.
This is...
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Yesterday, 04:34 PM
Inside Outside by Reese Markevich. Good luck finding it.
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Yesterday, 04:34 PM
How did you find all this?
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Yesterday, 04:33 PM
This might be up your alley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm2epI310P0
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Yesterday, 04:30 PM
I had my biggest awakening that 12-Tone wasn't for me when I listened to every 12-tone piece of music I could find. After listening to everyone I...
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Yesterday, 04:23 PM
Huh? He played standards, played with jazz musicians such as Charles Lloyd, Ron Carter, Chuck Rainey, et. al., why wouldn't he be considered a jazz...
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Yesterday, 04:22 PM
Excellent improvement in the sound!
Nice to be able to at least hear the notes and chords Ted is playing. Thanks for posting this and to whoever...
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Yesterday, 04:22 PM
I saw that books 1 & 2 together just recently sold for $300.
I will certainly entertain any reasonable offers for the real thing, not a scanned...
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Yesterday, 04:18 PM
but not the saddle ….
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Yesterday, 04:17 PM
I suppose it's the same book you can download here for free:
Resources for Jazz Guitar and More - Modern Guitar Harmony
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Yesterday, 04:14 PM
In classical violin technique the finger force on the finger board is applied at the joint at the base of the finger, not the two joints above it....
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Yesterday, 04:11 PM
Vin, I cant imagine a better choice of color.
Your Cameo is truly a magnificent guitar. Mark, I especially enjoyed seeing the featherboard type jigs...
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Yesterday, 03:59 PM
Well having worked through my first Allan solo I would say that this video was invaluable. Also most of the transcriptions out there SUCK.
Sent...
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Yesterday, 03:57 PM
Yeah I feel that professing a love for Bill is about the most basic thing you can do haha. Say anyone else - Ahmad Jamal, Bud of course. Even Errol...
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Yesterday, 03:56 PM
Was it not clear that I do not disagree with you? :pride:
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Yesterday, 03:56 PM
I love Gabor Szabo's playing. It crosses stylistic boundaries in unique and musical ways. Jazz, raga, pop, rock, Eastern European folk, classical -...
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Yesterday, 03:51 PM
Peter White and Marc Antoine
https://youtu.be/YLJ30wbwrLs?si=9Chd9BGIHQ33baGD
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Yesterday, 03:38 PM
I think I'd enjoy doing some of the others in that "Favorite Standards" book we were looking at. We'd done "How Deep is the Ocean" and I think also...
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Yesterday, 03:37 PM
Yea,in the book "3Shades of Blue" They were all piling on Evans in the 70s.
The author, James Kaplan is very good at finding quotes from Miles...
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Yesterday, 03:34 PM
Rotate the base 180 degrees.
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Yesterday, 03:26 PM
it can be for less than $100 :cool:
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Yesterday, 03:09 PM
I'm just going by what I've seem them sell for.
What do you think is a fair market price?
I'm open to suggestions
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Yesterday, 03:04 PM
Sounds harsh but I minimise risk by putting all of it on the buyer.
I have sold two guitar to the US and on both occasions, the seller had to pay...
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Yesterday, 02:57 PM
My thoughts about Gabor Szabo...
As a young player in the 60's I enjoyed Gabor Szabo and his unique contributions to jazz, pop and RnB. I saw him...
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Yesterday, 02:56 PM
I don't do texts for the very reasons stated, scam and spam. And the email account I use for CL isn't my main account so return emails don't have my...
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Yesterday, 02:40 PM
I'm no member of MAGA and wouldn't vote for Trump if my life depended on it, but continue on with your BS assumptions based on your own biases. ...
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Yesterday, 02:32 PM
https://youtu.be/AvTIqAxrI3A
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Yesterday, 02:30 PM
Would you join another study group about the book Lawson?
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Yesterday, 02:29 PM
I get the rareness, but 8 times the purchase price seems a bit much.
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Yesterday, 02:25 PM
Back at cha..
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Yesterday, 02:13 PM
His Tonal and Rhythmic Principles was a great foundation for using roman numerals with classic standards.
A good introduction into the 12 key...
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Yesterday, 02:10 PM
Why is this “the” one? Because I’m done buying guitars and have sold off more than 100 others. But I’ve got very positive memories.
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Yesterday, 01:57 PM
Speaking of classical guitar technique:
“We use weight, not strength.”
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Yesterday, 01:55 PM
Really. I thought it would be a big help until I felt the tingling pain radiating up my arm. It was about a year getting over that. I'm much more...
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