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Today, 07:36 AM
It strikes me that here too a simple "Jealous much?" would be a perfect way to shrug off most remarks.
I have been on the receiving end of...
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Today, 07:07 AM
You don't really need to copy that version precisely. If the singer wants to strut her stuff, okay, but all you need to do is move up a half-step and...
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Today, 06:46 AM
My point was that diminisheds and dominants aren't the same chords. I'm not saying one can't be subbed for the other if it suits.
As a matter of...
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Today, 05:32 AM
Agreed on Jack's style and 335 tone. I'm subscribed to his Patreon lessons, and he has a pair of Truefire lessons, some of the best teaching I know...
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Today, 05:23 AM
I think you can view diminished chords both ways. They are a very useful way to get lots of dominants in a chord solo (Wes Montgomery used them like...
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Today, 04:58 AM
I mean the letter ‘i’
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Today, 04:38 AM
It seems a decent name to me because it also sort of went out of fashion with the bop era. You often see it subbed for D-7 | Db-7 | C-7 | F7
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Today, 03:53 AM
The Necks, from Sydney, New South Wales.
https://youtu.be/UMueDWG86JU
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Today, 03:48 AM
The Jac, from Wellington, New Zealand.
https://youtu.be/IPYD_OjoMzA
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Today, 03:29 AM
I’ve had a custom shop ‘58 VOS reissue 335 which I really wanted to love… but couldn’t. It played like a dream, amazing neck and fretwork. It looked...
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Today, 03:19 AM
I have played a number of the current 'figured' models (I am guessing 2022/23?). They didn't feel at all cheap to me. To the contrary, I thought that...
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Today, 03:07 AM
I agree with your observation : many newer Gibson models felt cheap in my hands and were un-inspiring re the tones I was able to coax out of them....
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Today, 02:07 AM
So sorry you experienced such discrimination. Your story sounds crazy to me because of how severe and ridiculous it is. However, I'm discriminated so...
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Today, 02:00 AM
From the start, the song seems to be ABAC > AB > AB > modulation > AB. Then we’re at two minutes and then it seems to modulate again and I have...
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Today, 01:40 AM
Thanks everyone!
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Today, 01:37 AM
You also get the old Bernstein dilemma of how A7 becomes Cm since there's no real theoretical connection!
Why do you think Bb - A - C is a better...
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Today, 01:32 AM
Sorry to go back to this again but no, it's not.
This keeps coming up and is all wrong and highly deceptive. To be honest, you'd do yourself, as...
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Today, 01:27 AM
Interesting! I was accustomed to the Leavitt system of fingerings, I had missed the Bruno system.
So, in other words (Bruno system) start, on the...
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Yesterday, 11:30 PM
I've had a couple 355s and have a 335 with a trap tailpiece. I also have had 2 collings i 35lc and an i 30 lc. The gibsons were murphy lab and I far...
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Yesterday, 10:54 PM
My latest is a 2017 and I have no idea what pup of the decade Gibson is putting in those later years but my latest 335 has "Burstbuckers", and I can...
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Yesterday, 10:51 PM
I did a little bar gig with my PM3C last week, and it really shone. It was my group Tuba Django - vocals, archtop guitar, gypsy guitar, tuba. I used...
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Yesterday, 10:34 PM
I’ve been trying to think about what things to practice slow and what to work up to speed and I’ve ended up working on scales and bebop heads really...
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Yesterday, 10:20 PM
Ahhh..Ben Monder .. he does hear something very different
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Yesterday, 10:18 PM
https://youtu.be/HujpKF9a8yw?si=tnFgctx0GCyeHngX
I stumbled upon Joe Pass talking about it a few nights ago, at around 12:45:
“You have a...
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Yesterday, 10:07 PM
So as the fact checkers say on the podcasts, I was "directionally right". :pride:
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Yesterday, 09:54 PM
I just transcribed Basie's intro to Lester Leaps In as Bb | Db dim | Cm7 | F7.
But I believe Basie plays an A on the Db dim chord, so I changed it...
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Yesterday, 09:49 PM
What else would you do but interact? Playing together is a sort of communication. For me it is something that happens on an intuitive subconscious...
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Yesterday, 09:40 PM
At about 1:42 the band modulates up a half step. From about 1:44, you can just kind of sing the chorus and bridge along with her scatting, and you'll...
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Yesterday, 09:35 PM
Surely they can put it back after taking it off. Though honestly businesses should really disclose when they're selling you demo gear, and discount...
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Yesterday, 09:15 PM
If anyone has any humbucking floaters sitting in a drawer that they have been thinking about parting with please reach out!
Thanks all!
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Yesterday, 09:14 PM
Peerless Monarch 17 Lefty Archtop Guitar w case #7020 — Guitars 'n Jazz
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Yesterday, 09:09 PM
That's a great article.
Thanks Paul.
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Yesterday, 08:52 PM
Sounds like they had a lot of fun.
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Yesterday, 08:36 PM
Yes I'm not seeing any pictures.
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Yesterday, 08:35 PM
Yeah, what about past current forward looking stuff?
This was my introduction to jazz and favorite record.
Even after fifty+ years, it still sounds...
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Yesterday, 08:30 PM
Added pics
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Yesterday, 08:27 PM
Your theory points to an interesting case of clairvoyance by N. Riddle:
The recording sessions resulting in this and another album were finished...
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Yesterday, 08:17 PM
Bob made spectacular Fratello I am selling on reverb and will post it here for $14,000 net to me shipped continental US. Great deal for a vintage...
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Yesterday, 08:07 PM
Then & Now: BamBoo - Then and Now: Toronto Nightlife HistoryThen and Now: Toronto Nightlife History
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Yesterday, 07:48 PM
That's a Riddle.
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Yesterday, 07:48 PM
Mulatu Astatke - Tezeta (Nostalgia)
Idk if this fits the criteria. Too old?
https://youtu.be/Wy-v-FgiUD8?si=OUtoZxE8XwlQccey
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Yesterday, 07:44 PM
no access to photos
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Yesterday, 07:43 PM
To piggyback off post #13, there weren't any floating pickups yet. After all, the set in pickup was just invented a few yrs prior!
:cool:
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Yesterday, 07:41 PM
Before the @2:00 she is quoting some things...
@2:00 the band kind of quotes the James Bond movies...
Fm as emphasizing F C, F Db, F D, F Eb
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Yesterday, 07:40 PM
I don't remember Greg. I do remember standing on a chair whooping it up in the final set of Art Blakey with Lonnie Plaxido, Mulgrew Miller, Donald...
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Yesterday, 07:38 PM
that black wesmo is giving me the vapors
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Yesterday, 07:33 PM
Yea Bop... having chops... rhythmic chops helps.... but you still have to play LOL.
personally... I like to interact and react to what's going on....
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Yesterday, 07:30 PM
Man, I had forgotten the Bamboo. Great food - was that Greg Couillard? And strange music.
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Yesterday, 07:21 PM
Thought I'd insert this labeled image in response to a question I received on my Reverb listing. With the exception of the 'main' output, the rear...
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Yesterday, 07:16 PM
If OP is still around...
Musical Analysis is just resolution of a Musical Structure into simpler constituent musical elements.
The "musical...
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Yesterday, 07:07 PM
There is really nothing to argue when it’s got to be a Gibson guitar- if the name on the headstock isn’t the main concern then the choice of...
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Yesterday, 06:42 PM
Great amp at a super price!!
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Yesterday, 06:41 PM
Beautiful guitar (and love the random pics from your phone)! :eagerness::wink-new:
GLWTS!
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Yesterday, 06:39 PM
It’s here!
Took about 2.5 hours to assemble. I had to solder the wiring to the jack, otherwise the rig was already wired.
Sounded great when I...
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Yesterday, 06:33 PM
A left-handed neck? Any particular reason for that?
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Yesterday, 06:31 PM
16", or 17"?
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Yesterday, 06:05 PM
Heard Ulmer around the time he released Are You Glad To Be In America. At The Bamboo Club on Queen West.
Toronto university stations in the 80's...
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Yesterday, 05:54 PM
Gdim7 is exactly F#7b9
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Yesterday, 05:42 PM
Ah, but I'm in hard mode...
I'm left handed.
So, very few unfortunately
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Yesterday, 05:42 PM
small break angle.
in '39 Gibson also glued L-5 and Super 400 boards flush w/ the top. there was also a dip carved into the top where the bridge...
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Yesterday, 05:41 PM
That actually looks really classy.
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Yesterday, 05:40 PM
She is smokin' on these tunes..
Also this is the only audio of Greene playing solo lines that I know of..and with a pick!..In case anyone wondered...
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Yesterday, 05:39 PM
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Yesterday, 05:39 PM
So true
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Yesterday, 05:34 PM
Thanks.
Would you describe the break angle at the bridge to be relatively small or could the guitar's top have a big arch to compensate for that (if...
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Yesterday, 04:59 PM
Is the dog included?
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Yesterday, 04:49 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6l8MFdTaPE
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Yesterday, 04:45 PM
IDK what difference the foam protector under the bridge feet makes tonally... but it can't have NO affect. They should remove it for demos.
Every...
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Yesterday, 04:12 PM
Hey, we need to catch up with the times; they've discovered eighteen more keys!
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Yesterday, 04:07 PM
Who am I , Prince? Sure.
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Yesterday, 04:03 PM
that wide grain spruce looks killer!
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Yesterday, 04:03 PM
Emily and Ted Greene jamming:
TedGreene.com - Audio
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Yesterday, 04:00 PM
(6) The Great Bell Chant (The End Of Suffering) - YouTube
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Yesterday, 03:32 PM
Am I correct in that this is an all-laminate model rather than solid carved?
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Yesterday, 03:30 PM
a long time ago I had one of her
teaching vids on V H S
tons of great stuff on it
one thing that has stayed with me
is something to the...
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Yesterday, 03:29 PM
Henriksen Blu 6 complete with power cable and gig bag. Good condition and no problems at all. Will include the little ramp/riser from Henriksen as...
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Yesterday, 03:20 PM
What a beautiful guitar. Congratulations! I'd be very interested in hearing what it sounds like acoustically. Some say that the CC pickup takes away...
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Yesterday, 03:03 PM
I'm using an older Zoom Model, only problem is they no longer make the Smart Media cards for it (they became Dumb Media cards) so I've had to buy...
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Yesterday, 03:02 PM
Thanks so much Graham n bop, that was a really emotional read and fascinating and gripping all at the same time was a lot that struck a note.
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Yesterday, 02:49 PM
is this still about bIII dim chords or what is even going on?
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Yesterday, 02:47 PM
Absolutely stunning example of late master luthier Bill Moll’s work. Although I have never sold guitars here, I have done numerous no drama deals w...
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Yesterday, 02:45 PM
You'd best find a recording of it she made with a small combo, however, copies of the sheet music have been posted on YouTube, for example:
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Yesterday, 02:40 PM
Delighted. Of what?
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Yesterday, 02:35 PM
I see they left the bridge foam in. It’s got to be hard now. Take the foam out and then someone orders the guitar and complains it’s not new, leave...
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Yesterday, 02:33 PM
^ I'm in Santa Fe, NM. We will probably have some more summery weather but a system happened to be coming through the day of equinox so I noticed a...
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Yesterday, 02:22 PM
Wow! So happy to hear your enthusiasm for Cris' latest Crossfire. Congratulations, Cris!
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Yesterday, 02:22 PM
i followed blood around the city in the early “80s. the big band show at the savoy was mind blowing.
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Yesterday, 02:19 PM
That sounds really great!
Thank you. It’s a pleasure to hear a fine artist on such a fine instrument as this one.
I wish that I had the command...
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Yesterday, 02:14 PM
Here is a pic of Roger holding my new B 155
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk[/QUOTEThis guitar is superb ! Acoustically - its sounds like a...
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Yesterday, 02:13 PM
thanks for posting that
there’s a slight tech problem with the
plugged in to the princeton sound demo
ie
Its got a short delay on it
(close...
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Yesterday, 01:54 PM
What I have to offer musically I offer live a lot recently. Going to jam sessions playing jazz, blues, funk, afro, reggae etc., to open stages...
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Yesterday, 01:52 PM
This is the nature of this place.
2,000 posts in, Bop Head will not be recording his playing for you.
Take his advice or don’t.
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Yesterday, 01:45 PM
Play the guitar anyway opening yourself to accept (not expect) fun as a gift.
Nothing good comes from only doing fun things for as long as they are...
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Yesterday, 01:36 PM
I didn't mean that or anything of the sort.
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Yesterday, 01:34 PM
I think I can answer that. It's based on Gibson's ES-250 w/Christian pickup. The fingerboards are flush w/ the top, low profile bridge resulting in a...
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Yesterday, 01:32 PM
| ZOOM
I got one used for 30 EUR recently. It records on SD cards. Audio only.
SD card - Wikipedia
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Yesterday, 01:31 PM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr_EX9Ppfjw
I’m learning this version to accompany a singer and have it down until the two-minute mark, at which point...
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Yesterday, 01:31 PM
What's wrong with block chord solos? I do them on my gig and no one has threatened me, yet...
It does make me crazy when the piano player tries...
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Yesterday, 01:28 PM
Here is a "new" one, by the same guy who did the second video that was posted, and where not many cared for the tone. In this one, he has the black...
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Yesterday, 01:22 PM
You don't need a smart phone. Your laptop probably has a web-cam and you can easily capture your playing with that. Most of even the cheapest cameras...
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Yesterday, 01:19 PM
I enjoyed the Clooney version, but but liked the Tarkovsky version much more. Perfect Dark Zero was also made by a small team (30 or so by the end)....
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Yesterday, 01:19 PM
It is funny that there are people who cannot imagine that there are people who do not own a smartphone.
And I do not want one. On the Sunday...
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Yesterday, 01:18 PM
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Which is why you never post video of yourself
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Yesterday, 01:15 PM
It's all anyone needs, really, Can even go direct. I think the excuses people give for not posting their own playing are a genre of posts in and of...
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Yesterday, 01:13 PM
https://archive.org/details/waitingfordizzy00leesg
Waiting for Dizzy : Gene Lees : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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Yesterday, 12:59 PM
Gene Lees’ book ‘Waiting for Dizzy’ has a chapter on Emily, based on an interview he had with her. Well worth reading if you can find it (I could...
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Yesterday, 12:53 PM
Astronomical, not meteorological. It's going to be in the 90s here for the foreseeable future. Maybe the occasional day in the high 80s, but not...
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Yesterday, 12:51 PM
Big fan! I thought if she were still alive she’d be considered one of the greatest teachers of all time! Perhaps because she was a woman she was...
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Yesterday, 12:49 PM
Oh cool. I don't think I'd have any recordings if I couldn't just use my phone.
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Yesterday, 12:47 PM
I’ve got one somewhere. Haven’t used it for years….
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Yesterday, 12:44 PM
Yeah I almost mention Randy’s book because it’s the one I recommend, but I haven’t lived with it enough to know it as a teaching resource. I really...
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Yesterday, 12:41 PM
I don't know if I made that up but sure.
I checked. Nothing came up.
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Yesterday, 12:41 PM
Please don't get me wrong and I'm prepared to get flamed and/or educated and I would love to have this guitar.
But to me the neck seems set quite...
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Yesterday, 12:40 PM
A 355 is just a 335 with more bling. From what I’ve heard and seen the various re-issue models (59, 64) are very toneful instruments, the Collings...
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Yesterday, 12:33 PM
Right. What I meant, in part, was that these just feel cheap overall, dot or figured (pricier), with a tone that doesn't inspire. I've never played a...
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Yesterday, 12:29 PM
Both of those guitars are beautiful.Borys deserves a lot more attention than he gets.My Borys is the easiset guitar for me to play and my aging hands...
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Yesterday, 12:28 PM
not much you can do about inlay, but have you messed with pickup height?
i got a 2019 335 that's exactly what you describe (dots tho)...there's a...
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Yesterday, 12:28 PM
Top of the line handheld recording tech, pre-iPhone 7
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Yesterday, 12:23 PM
What's an SD card/zoomh4?
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Yesterday, 12:17 PM
Whew.
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