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Yeah! I struggle to play anything worth playing well below this tempo, so please take my comments with that in mind. No advice—just observation....

Absolutely. It’s not just a nice piece of kit for the money, it’s a nice piece of kit period. It’s basically a clone of the Tech 21 Blonde, but...

Week 20. Day 1. Monday Project suggestion Project 1-B Cherokee in Db Speed to test and push your comfort zone. Cherokee is a racecourse built to...

Week 20. Review of all six project forms in no particular order Suggested target speed at the end of the week is 192 Actual speed for daily...

I took another crack at it, this time with one of the faster backing tracks. Altoona upright - YouTube This time I just plugged my computer...

Hi MG, Thank you for attaching a couple of my videos. I remember recording the “What’s New” vid. I had FULL BLOWN Shingles during the recording. I...

Will Mathews with the Count Basie Orchestra uses a D angelico reissue and does a great job IMO

Nice playing! If you didn't sourpuss when you made a mistake it wouldn't even notice.

That is the biggest issue. I guess the original owner was a player and didn’t care about resale value when he or she decided to have a humbucker cut...

Does a Fender Princeton or Deluxe Reverb trump both, or is that the wrong way of looking at it. Rich Severson gets super rich jazz tones through his...

I like that..a lot. I'd add that you could see the ii-7 as a subdominant IV ie F6, so for me the scale would run tonic, subdominant, tonic,...

I think I could invest about 2-3 hours a week on this. So just to be clear, and using F as my starting point, I’m doing the 3 note major and minor...

Someone cut a hole in the top for a humbucker

Bureau of Land Management California. They're buying all the ugly monopoly mansions with no yards in Las Vegas. I would have gone another way but...

What’s “all messed up”? Seriously I see the tailpiece change, but what else is so wrong? I ask out of ignorance on my part! d

Thank you so much!

The Jazz 12 gets my vote. I bought mine six years ago after A/B’ng it against the LJ. The extra warmth of the 12” speaker won me over, and it’s still...

Beautiful stuff Henry! Thank you for sharing it with us!

A more common resolution for I-III#3 is to the vi or relative minor with the III often prefaced by the vii. So, G, B7, Em or G, F#m7(b5), B7, Em....

I got hearing aids at Costco two years ago i can’t believe how different everything sounds QUOTE=nopedals;1115122]> How about reviewing high...

I agree with the deacon. It’s all messed up and will always be a tough sell. I have learned that it’s always better to spend more money and only buy...

I have a Fishman Artist which is a great SS/acoustic amp, but it’s a little dry. Do you think the Joyo would fatten it up? I was interested in the...

Tech 21 blonde all the way.

Thank's Christianm77! I knew the 3rd and 7th both existed in this paradigm and that they were interchangable, but from my noobishness I hadn't...

Duo is easy to envision Trio is solo, comper and bass line. This is really nice because the bass line player really gets to know the form before...

Absolutely! I also have a Tone Block 202, so I'm parting with the 101.

If you own a Princeton, the Blue Note is great. As is a Timmy (MXR makes them now). As is the pedal Julian Lage uses into his Deluxe Reverb clone, a...

The Blue Note (the "Pro Series", with the Hot Switch) is one of my very favorite all-time overdrives. There's not a bad sound in it. It's amazing....

He has the original tailpiece. You can just re-install it...

Mike and Oz Noy today!!

LOL! It was the acquisition of SF Princeton Reverb that led me to (foolishly) get rid of most of my outboard stuff and not a few of my other amps....

Sweet! Congratulations, and play it in good health! :encouragement:

I have an old friend who gets amazing results from the P-84. They take the classic small diaphragm design and update them with modern componentry and...

Thanks folks, this is great info. When I first noticed it, I thought wth? MK

Great amp head! I own one. Highly recommended. Sounds incredible/amazing with RE custom mini 6. Im a believer.

Please clarify which BLM California you are referring to. Is it the Bureau of Land Management California (est. 1946) or Black Lives Matter...

Musicians' resumes played for the listening, Everything sounds like a list full of sampling; Dropdown menu machine music sings, These aren't a few...

I demand to hear that hurdy gurdy music. But free. I'm not paying for it. Christian.:shocked:

Well if you’re from CA do what Maxine Waters did. Head to Minneapolis and tell people to be confrontational and stay in the streets. WTF...

For some of us a year of technical practice would likely cost a year of salary! I have, at the very best, an hour a day to do everything on the...

I don't know about the value of this guitar, but I agree 100% about the iconic tailpiece. That hunka-hunka-hunka brass is a substantial part of the...

In the spirit of rough, early attempts, I did this as soon as I felt I knew the melody (mostly) and changes (mostly). On the spur of the moment, I...

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"Ground/Figure" if you will. Big in my Art School back in the day (late Cenozoic). :redface-new:

Why would I exclude or simplify what I hear in the music? Why would I train my ear not to hear what is in the music? Why would I play something...

Nice sound! Thanks for info Kris

Oh no you don't .. If you can't bring a product to the market that will fetch a better price than from the guy that gives it for free .. then...

BLM California just rolled into town. They're here to stay. Need a vacation? I can't recommend Las Vegas. Skip it. There's some speculation they...

Understandable. I got mine used for a lot less, but it's still expensive compared to the solid bodies. However, it paid for itself pretty quickly and...

Hello to christianm77 and Jimmy blue note, First of all greetings from the North of England. I'm happy to be in the group. Maybe I shouldn't...

The Eminence looks nice, but at 3,750$ after shipping and taxes into Europe, it's just a little over the 1,000€ ceiling I've set for my fun...

I'm sad to hear he stopped building. I always thought I might be able to afford a commission some day. You know...British Columbia and all. Body...

I play an Eminence bass. It's an actual upright, and has a great sound. It's more expensive than the solid bodies, but it's a cut above sound-wise. ...

A completely ruined L5c. It may very well be a guitar that plays and sounds good but trying to sell something like that is hopeless. Since no...

Thanks for all the suggestions. I play a Princeton and a Blu6 mainly. The pedal is just for practice sessions or shitty session amps. I think the...

:welcome: Absolutely scrumptious instrument! Congratulations, and play it in good health! :encouragement:

I don't have an EUB but feel tempted. One thing I like about the Stagg and HB models is the apparent "old school" way the string pull seems connected...

I long ago had an original EHX Hot Tubes unit I was a fool to let go of.* Currently I have a Danelectro Daddy-O that I am very fond of. Three-band...

I like JRocket Blue Note. Been talked about a few times around here. Fact is I don't use it much these days. Quilter TB202 is giving me what I...

Beautiful guitar!! GLWTS!

Tele from the good ol'times, still there !

Leon White’s Sight to Sound - as recommended by Ted Greene (!) - is accessible, nicely written, and progressive. It was a great find for me.

Reg, for people doing a full time job outside of music, it's all about prioritizing any free time coming our way. If you're a pro / married to a...

You have made this argument in the past. You are repeating yourself. I don't think anyone views an EDM artist on the same way that they view...

If you want a Fender-like amp that’s portable and sounds great, check out the One Control BJF S-66. With the right speaker (Allessandro) it nails the...

I owe it all to the chair. All hail the chair!

How does this program work in person? Taking turns comping for each for other in 10 minutes stretches?

It’s so subjective. Some people love digital things for example, others hate them. I quite like my Tech 21 Blonde (on my FlyRig 5); that feels...

I bet pollution was worse in Harlem in the 30s and 40s than most anywhere today

Those Johnny Smith models were unquestionably the main inspiration for this instrument. The neck profile is a wide D much like one of those early...

I haven't gigged in 20 years. I started messing with a DAW. learning the tricks and goofing around. What you say is true. Producers have a great...

Still available? Thanks.

I think it’s an analogue to visual design where negative space is the shape around the shapes, if you like.

Is it me or are the pickups on this guitar a bit hot? Would SD 59s tone it down?

I use a Rode NT1-A; a perfectly decent budget condenser mic that a lot of people use. Spring Chaconne (Baroque Improvisation) - YouTube

Maybe the estate sale company just has a different scale in their mind. What is the worth of an average estate? Depends but tens of thousands?...

Someone is going to get a great guitar at great price!:smile-new:

Are you looking for an alternative to your amp? You do mention that you like the squishiness on your Vibrolux. I have an amp based on that circuit...

why is it called ‘negative’ space shouldn’t it be called ‘space’ negative space would be ‘stuff’ (sorry , but I’m positively a ‘pedant’)

i’ve got a similar AF81 single pu venetian cutaway its good but I did upgrade the ACH ceramic pu to an Alnico 3 a lot of people put better...

I like everything about it except the shape. It doesn't *look* like an LP ... sigh ... Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

It is a stunning piece of work. It's a 25" scale, 1 3/4" at the nut. I don't really know how to describe the shape other than comfortable- thinner...

Beautiful Guitar! I've admired Peter Hopkins guitars for some time. I wish I needed another archtop, someone will be quite happy no doubt! Just...

i really love both. what's wrong with Snarky Puppy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk0WRHV_vt8

I REALLY wish we could have used transporter technology (any Trekkies out there?) and brought you all together to have done this together every day...

Here's another one. I prefer it slow because I can think but it could equally be done faster. There's quite a lot in here including altered and...

Ive had good luck with T.C. Jauernig Luxury Drive set to a minimum setting. It seems to open up the frequencies and sag slightly. They usually can...

To me the differences also include AKJ95 having maple top and Florentine cutaway versus spruce and Venetian cutaway. I don't think one is inherently...

I get that even great composers of the past even disliked others works at times. My point is now that music has been coopted by technology allowing...

Brittany Spears; specialising in hurdy Gurdy versions of late 90s/early 00s pop hits. It’s niche but it might just work.. could be huge on the...

Week 20! Day 1. Exercise 1B. Wow! Week 20. Pretty amazing. I had an excellent session this morning. I felt smooth, lyrical. I was able to bump up the...

Week 19. Reflecting and looking back. Amazing, to look back to December when we began this, and then to 2017 when I last was finishing up the Howard...

Thank you Jeff! :smile-new:

Things are getting back to 'normal' if there is such a thing but pollution was greatly reduced at the start of the lock downs. How could it not...

What I've learned from spending time on Audio Test Kitchen listening to a lot of mics... 1) The differences between good mics is very subtle,...

I should also mention that Hammertone deserves a major assist for offering his advice regarding many aesthetic details, for supplying me with some of...

This week's recording. My friend Mitch played the first two choruses of solo. Two mixes. One "vintage" and one Hi Fi. I feel like the vintage mix...

I sent an email asking and the reply gave the asking price of $5500. Too rich for my blood but it looks in better shape than me considering I am only...

Some players get great tone from anything. You have that ability or gift. The playing sounds great, great time feel, interesting harmony within the...

That is of course also an opinion. What do you base it on?

TOMMO, great sound, nice playing! PeterC, if that's what smooth jazz sounded like, I'd listen to it:)

They're beautiful and they make me drool :love-struck: but I'm just too scared of being bitten by buyer's remorse. The pickups on the AKJ are...

If you want to play the amp then all caps need to be replaced, death cap removed and proper grounding needs to be installed. You can be lucky with...

Some quilters have a limiter knob to imitate tube power amp sag. It's not actually a limiter but effectively works like a mild compression. So I...

Barry Harris nailed it, IMO.

Really nice sound. Thanks for info Kris

I remember your recording of Ramirez guitar...great sound. Thanks Kris

I own a Ibanez ak95. I always wonder how much difference there is between all these single cut hollow bodies by Ibanez . Aren’t they pretty much the...

I will buy expensive classical guitar. I would like the microphone to pick up the nuances of the guitar's sound. I have experience recording guitar...

I've had mine since 2011. It's a great axe and sounds great with the DeArmond Rhythm Chief on it.

To sum up: there’s no excuse not to practice :-)

Talking too much? Absolutely not, Reg! Some great advice and I (we) really appreciate it!

My tangent of the day... Reduced pollution in the last year will produce a generation of musicians with better hearing.

yea some more cool posts... Just a little more on Tempo and technique. No one needs or has to do anything, it's always cool to just play, enjoy and...

"Within that pursuit it seems that hearing what is not being played and that might enhance the whole is also an important ear training skill to...

Reviving this thread to ask for a little advice, For my first archtop guitar, I have the opportunity to get either an AKJ95 or an AF95, both second...

Here’s my understanding of this https://youtu.be/v3k4H8oDkAM

Hi,K, As long as the orange isn't from Chicago . . . and the apple in Nunavut! Play live . . . Marinero

True. Although I realised quite recently that it’s actually a way of getting you to play the harmonic minor only as much as is strictly necessary....

This is a fun one. Listen to it twice, before, tell yourself it says "hi judy!" You'll hear it. Then listen again and tell yourself it's "hi...

my "bedroom" amp is a Roland Microcube. It's what I leave in my office and is perfect for practicing. I haven't played the Little Jazz myself,...

I used Black Diamond flats in 13-56 on the guitar and was playing it through a mid '60s Ampeg Gemini I amplifier with a JBL D131 speaker. We're an...

I took another look at the almanac for the first time in ages, something that struck me - how important is knowing whether it’s an Em, C, G/C or Bo/C...

Eb7 down to the 3rd of C is just a way to get you to play F harmonic minor (or C Phrygian dominant) over Gmin7b5 - C7b9 Eb7 scale to the 3rd of C...

Regarding compressors... they COULD INDEED be exactly what you are looking for, but I would highly recommend getting one with a blend control, you...

I don't think my statement is an opinion. Brittany Spears songs are created to help you dance. Gregorian chants were created as a meditative...

Or the traffic noise outside my window, for that matter

I use a Rode NT4 stereo mic. I'm not saying it's the best, but in its price range, it seems to be the best.

It all comes down to luck anyways just like most or all things in life (even the practicing insane hours aspect is part of luck). Once I have...

The apple is good and the orange is good ... so that only the sun shines.:smile-new: