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Here’s something I did once which might be of interest. Basically it was a sort of exercise to write out ‘Freddie Green’ type four-to-the-bar...

Really nice!

Interesting. I looked into the Helix a few months back and searched for clips with a jazz tone that I liked and couldn't find any. There were a few...

From your description of the punters maybe their leaving wasn’t the worst outcome…

Dan Nicholas is back in US, I see. I used to know him. That’s a very good clip of what a Deluxe is capable of. Sounds nice. I never got to own a...

Nut width is also an important parameter... and a lot of other considerations (straight/relief, fret size, etc.) Finding the perfect guitar for...

Yep, moronical behavior is bad. That's a valid peev. Also a peev of mine is the idea that piano and guitar can't comp successfully together. A lot...

Well if this isn't about necking I'm out...

Young man, rejoice! I'm 76. Got my crazy Toob speaker cab idea in 2007, newly retired, but had to wait another ten years for decent, size and weight...

Yes, agree with Allen, I often don't play at all when piano is comping. On the rare occasions that I do play it's 2 notes and more of a rhythmic...

I’ve got a video. Anyone have an anchoring tip to go from the last G7 to CM7. I’m trying to do the run a lot but get tripped up every time. ...

Feel free to assign some homework! I definitely plan to video document a lot.

Exactly what I thought. You're in good hands.

I've heard the guitar instructors at Augusta's Swing Week workshops say of Robert Redd that he plays really well with guitarists, never intruding on...

How it feels in my hand. Smaller dimensions feel better.

That doesn't surprise me. Back in the day I was using a black face DR, and the only reason it was loud enough was because I played distorted sounding...

I think the guys I’ve played with are used to playing alone… without a metronome. Learning how to fill all the space in a wobbly meter. Anyway,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t8O4jtnbRg

None of them are really very important to me.

I like bigger necks better. Had to sell some wonderful guitars because once I started playing classical guitar on the side, I couldn't play on the...

I for one, am just glad this version of 'Gibson vs. Other Guitar Builders' is over. As much as they've paid lawyers over the years, Gibson could...

Yes but the always-on bright setting cancels that out for me. Regardless, the helix pedal into the henriksen blows away the quilter's tube...

^ Booooo. Have 1 instrument play time and the other play more lick based. It isn't necessary for 1 to always lay out.

The best way I found to comp with a piano is to stop playing. I saw Bernstein do it and copied it because it’s easy.

I've not had an experience that bad from Heritage. I did have a 335 that was badly twisted.

Heritage is not focusing on them either. It's a small part of their output.

Blues-rock will never be blues even though now the general public, and many guitarists, think it is that. Maybe it's being blues police but I can't...

"most of the jazz guitarists in NYC have said that the deluxe isn't loud enough for all their gigs" Some have their Deluxes modified to 6L6's for...

The pickup is mounted there because that's where guild put them in the 1960s. There was probably a sonic reason for doing it, but it's not...

Sounds like we're in the same club String. I'm 65. Started with a Twin in HS and early college. Gradually got smaller and smaller, lighter and...

I'm only being a bit of a smartass but maybe you could have sprinkled in some Karaoke? I see a chance for some comedy / performance art / social...

At this point in life, I'm thinking that, if you play in standard tuning, tuning down to Eb possibly makes more sense than tuning to E. But not...

I don't get this. Gibson doesn't even seem to WANT to sell archtops.

I ordered a 555 that came with a neck like a sideways banana. At the middle of the neck, the high E was just about off the frets. When I sent it...

I ordered aa 555 that came with a neck like a sideways banana. At the middle of the neck, the high E was just about off the frets. When I sent it...

But wouldn't that put the saddles in the reverse location of where they should be, messing up the intonation? OP: Can you take a picture looking...

I think you misinterpreted the title without reading the message. :smile-new:

That's great. Take every advantage of it.

Could be some subtle changes to trade dress that Heritage agreed to? Hard to say. I guess if it was that we'll see it in future releases.

The video misses the most basic points. Fret markers are visual guides. You have repetition: starting at the 12th fret, the pattern from...

To my ears a lot more. I use both.

I also loved their "Adventure" album. This is the opening track, "Glory." I loved this band from the first time I heard them.

I've heard the term "pot metal" before, but didn't know what it meant. According to Wiki: Pot metal (or monkey metal) is an alloy of low-melting...

New Ilya just came out- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev__Ql1bO7U

We played there a few times. It’s that hot little place at the end of the road that’s paved with good intentions :cool:

There is only one downside. After I have spent time getting a guitar to do what I want, It can be hard to sell.

Word.

This is the bridge angle on my 1987 MIJ GB-10. I hope this helps. Sorry about the size of the pic... Tp

So now you got the monkey OFF the stick? :cool: Doug

True enough! :smile-new:

Thanks rp. I'm going to assume that's true for all writers / arrangers. I thought it was a stupid question. It came up because I find that sus13 to...

I record all lessons, rehearsals, and gigs, and listen to them carefully before deleting (and sometimes saving gig snippets for PR). Rarely record...

The rod is not made from cheap steel. There is no iron in it at all, AFAICT. It's just pot metal of some sort. The weakest link of the rod is the...

I'm wondering if you can elaborate on this, where are they coming up short ? ...maybe just never heard Lone me a Dime ? This could be a tough...

rcy - What the others have said. Sometimes the chord names reflect the melody, often they don't. As the melody in this instance was a long G they...

Just turned 65 years old. Never thought the day would come when I would embrace or have lived long enough that this type of technology was available....

A looper helps for variety.. I've actually played a gig in a place called Hell years back, i think it was a bar.. had this photo on my Instagram...

@Sam Sherry: that’s beautiful! Looks fantastic. Is it rosewood? @RJVB: I did not notice any difference in acoustic sound. Then again I’m the one...

Yeah just because you're a jazz musician doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to bust out tunes with higher energy. Not saying you can't. Just it's...

On both of the GB10s in my shop, there is a slight lean in the other direction. Both much closer to perpendicular it should be noted. I worked on the...

I can't really answer the poll question because one feature doesn't doesn't matter more the other. For each feature, there are metrics that are...

Jeff, I know that I have no standing to assign anybody homework, but, if you were willing to chronicle this journey with some video, I'd really like...

Ha, funny you asked that. He played a pretty straight forward 12-bar blues. Most of the sections I was looking at and scratching my head over were...

When I was trying to position my RC1000 optimally I broke the dang stick. The reissue sticks are made from very cheap steel that won't tolerate much...

I have never owned one, and only played a couple. Every one I've seen--mostly in the last decade, since no place I visited was a dealer prior to...

We used to drive on 41 in Georgia down to Florida and then on 441 when we hit Florida. As I recall, highway 75 had not been completed below Atlanta....

My guess is most folks wouldn't even recognize the tune without the exact intro they're expecting...

I hardly record myself and when I do, I immediately delete on most occasions.

Starting out a band is a tough task and a needs a great commitment with patience. It is not an easy fit to be a leader especially a band.

Well back in the day we called all the CBGB and similar bands "New Wave". I actually have a promotional album I got from a record company when I was...

I gotta be honest, here. If it were me, I'd have hit them with New York, New York before reverting to type. They might have loved it and asked for...

But that has been the story of Gibson since its founding: "Just ship it, Ed." It was true after the shareholders pitched Orville. It was true in...

Thanks Marty!

You're right all down the line, I just think starting with a cliche standard might have made a bad situation better.

The difference in tone between the two positions for the pickup might be about the same as the difference in tone from picking at those locations.

I haven't thought about Didier in awhile, he left too soon. One always expects jazz violinists to go on as long as Grappeli and Venuti. I liked...

40 million gods and counting!

Very cool... So, out of curiosity...what was he doing on "Night Train?"

Thanks again to everyone for the advice. There's a lot of good info here for me to work on. I went to rehearsal last Saturday and the band's...

Ain't no solo jazz guitarist gonna make people party:) This is clearly the issue of the person who does the booking. It's not the OP's fault that...

Hmmm, maybe you're a polytheist.

I saw Jack Emblow a couple of times with Martin Taylor’s ‘Spirit of Django’ band at Ronnie Scotts, he made it swing for sure. ...

The main problem was a room full of people expecting karaoke, but... they did clear a room full of people in 3 songs, which were slow ballads, played...

Well, I play several types of free reeds including anglo and english concertinas, diatonic button accordions (melodeons), and piano accordion. The...

That is a very good way to look at it. This particular guitar plays really well. Comfortable, minor setup and tweaking fixed some issues and I...

I caught Beier with Dorado Schmitt's band in Minneapolis a decade or so ago, and after the show I asked him if I was hearing correctly, what sounded...

Excellent point. There are not a lot of 17" out there.

^^^^+1000 Fretboard radius in actual inches and guitar weights in actual pounds.

I always think, if I am going to play the guitar, I should do the work to make it the best possible guitar for me. If I am not really going to...

I do a solo jazz guitar gig at a wine bar very close to my house every Saturday. I have been doing this gig for 11 years now. I have a few...

So there's really only 2 kinds of necks for me. I like it, and I don't like it. It's a mix of these things, and others. I don't think one is more...

I didn't vote because I just don't care one way or another about any of them. As long as they're built to be played by human hands, I'm OK. I've...

Why are folks always forcing freedom of choice on me? It's not fair, I tells yah

I'm interested in this subject and will be following this thread. Thanks.

Their are lessons to be learnt if you pay attention. Sorry for the unfortunate incident.

We have lost another gem, may his soul RIP.

Good to know that about Kevin! He was on the Tonight Show with Branford and then took over the "Doc Severinson Chair" when Branford split. I sat in...

Are you suggesting the OP was the issue here?

How do you know what I play? Where I went to school (Berklee and Aspen) What a assinine insulting comment.

Good riddance to drunk karaoke lovers says I. They aren't a target audience. Nor are they a potential audience even if you shake your booty playing a...

Heritage today seems more like Fender, Gibson, and G&L. The quality is good and consistent. The willingness to customize at a drop of the hat is...

There is this forum called The Heritage Owners Club. It's been around for about 20 years, and I've been a member a long time. This announcement...

Here's a set from the NOLA Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2012. "She's Going To Listen To Her Heart" is the opener and it "sounds like Tom Petty" but...

Well, maybe not really in the direction I want to go. This a quote from the Mojotone site : "The Mojotone Quiet Coil NC-1 active acoustic...

FWIW this home-brew guard on my Eastman El Rey 4 mounts through the pickup-ring holes (which slightly longer screws).

My older brother lived in Japan then. He sent me a tape of the show he saw, and I played it a lot. My brother had his picture taken with Dylan after...

Bump. Entertaining all offers.

This is why there’s hardly any gigs anymore. Musicians in their own world driving away business

I see you also left more of the treble f-hole exposed; did you notice any improvement in the acoustic sound?

Yes the Gibson 50's line, J45 and LG2 are the two I think, really seem to want to re-create the DNA and neck profile of that era. When I first...

Reply 1: Neck wood is halfway in between "more practical" and "more religious", so I couldn't make up my mind. Reply 2: You're right, I clean...

I can adapt to anything

I don't care much about radius, as long as there is some. I like bigger frets, but I'm not religious about them. Width sort of matters, but not all...

Nasty is created more by presentation/realization than by content. Nice sounding minor 2nds.

The comments in the book about the example that you reference is that "Figure 2-1 is a ii-V-I in the key of Eb from Victor Young's "Stella by...

How about neck material? Maple vs mahogany? Rosewood vs Maple? etc.

This is (supposed to be) a free world!

They all matter to me. Am I losing my religion or gaining it?

I wish I could disagree with you. Oh, how I wish.

RIP, Tom. Loved Television. My favorite band from the "punk" explosion. (I never thought of them as a punk band but they were lumped in with them.) ...

I am sort of obsessed with radius, but actually I'm not sure if I'm imagining things (at least as far as the more subtle increments that exist out...

After playing around with the 3 amps, much as with others, the 57' sound the best to my ears. Gitterbug: Spot on and well said about the...

And the audience was "leaving today"

I can’t tell one radius from another, but my death squeeze on the neck buggers the intonation with big frets.

Sorrrry! :nonchalance:

Just to be irritating, I always thought the m9 chord does sound significantly different to the m7... especially if the melody stresses the 3rd over...

Here’s a piece I just wrote that showcases the diversity of my 165. Some of the rich low end and the sweat highs. This is not really a jazz piece. ...

I don't think you'll find much difference in tone. Some people wail about the small gap between the end of the fretboard and the pickup on ES-175s...

:encouragement: