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Today, 05:37 PM
I’m down to two - equally beautiful to me. Benedetto Cremona and Wilkie. Red Dragonfly.
AKA
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Today, 05:28 PM
if I am actually seeing what I think I am seeing on the Gibson schematic, there appears to be an inductor, which probably serves as the mid cut. The...
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Today, 05:27 PM
Drop 2 and 4 chords are not hard at all.
5163 is just a barre: the M3 is 2 frets up from the barre; the m3 is just 1 fret up from a barre.
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Today, 05:25 PM
You can't say a person!
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Today, 05:24 PM
Non-traditional yes, but might just be a good substitute for low $ comparatively. Ebony seems a tough item to find and if you do it will cost.
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Today, 05:23 PM
Hey.
Thought about the thread about tradition vs. originality.
But what about "unique" in jazz.
Comes from jazz, be recognized as jazz. But...
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Today, 05:21 PM
Scale length of the Pat Metheny PM3C is 24¾. Perhaps an Ibanez GB10SE? Or an Ibanez GB10EM? These models have a 14½" lower bout.
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Today, 05:20 PM
Thanks MG, this is something that I'm likely capable of doing myself. I'll try this fix this week, Thankyou so much!
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Today, 05:11 PM
Well that's a bit defensive. My apolagies. Never ment to disregard you. I see my reply is a bit odd. I was reading two topics at the same time. Must...
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Today, 05:09 PM
It’s obviously a non-traditional material, but I’ve tried Resomax bridges on a couple of guitars with bridges that were completely shot or of bad...
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Today, 05:05 PM
I've always changed a tuneomatic bridge top with wood and prefered the sound. The tuneomatic does sustain better, but has a metal ping, and less...
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Today, 05:03 PM
If you play like Johnny Smith with spread voicings, you cannot even think of a barre chord. Funny his arrangements are not so complicated in terms of...
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Today, 05:00 PM
Wonderful
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Today, 04:45 PM
Collings i35lc custom
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Today, 04:39 PM
It could be a good trick to have.
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Today, 04:27 PM
Only thing I would add is that due to the room mic you are getting a bit more of the acoustic tone and some of the plugged in tone mixed in. So you...
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Today, 04:26 PM
I recently purchased the Ibanez Pat Metheny PM3C, which I very much enjoy playing. However, two months after purchasing the guitar I had to undergo...
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Today, 04:23 PM
If I could play everything Pasquale considered fundamental, I’d actually be good.
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Today, 04:21 PM
Sounded to me like he was suggesting using a barre as a sort of moving capo.
I use barres all the time too. I just woudnt if I didnt have to.
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Today, 04:17 PM
I have pages of this. Example attached. Just a little hobby I have to write out inversions.
This one is shells and diminished partners for...
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Today, 04:12 PM
I must’ve misunderstood the question. Joe Pass does bar grips all the time though.
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Today, 03:52 PM
I've been checking GC fairly regularly for es-335's (semi-toying with the idea of trading in my D'A semi for some flavor of gibson semi); this is the...
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Today, 03:51 PM
telejw -
Don't give yourself over to crazy theories, just play in a way that comes naturally to you. There's no such thing as a 'default position'.
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Today, 03:46 PM
Yes that's a good quality demo by them. There are older ones as well. I only wish that one was longer, the playing and sound are great and spot on...
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Today, 03:43 PM
It suits the decor.
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Today, 03:38 PM
Welcome to the club - I love my Blu 6 ! !
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Today, 03:33 PM
I think this is one from the Guitars N' Jazz Youtube site.
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Today, 03:33 PM
Just playing something is one thing, pushing the record button changes things. I know I never play quite the same way when the record button is ...
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Today, 03:29 PM
It’s an intriguing approach, using barring by default, and I can see its utility for sure, having used it on occasional for arrangements.
Lately,...
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Today, 03:27 PM
Dog-hater.
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Today, 03:18 PM
That may have worked back when people were still buying albums, but now with streaming there's little income there either! In fact many acts consider...
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Today, 03:12 PM
I hold zero trust with them. I “chatted” about a half dozen times with them regarding condition and terms, The best I got was I could exercise my...
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Today, 03:12 PM
Mick Goodrick used to teach a system where (talking degrees of the scale) between 1357, 1257, 1347 and 1247 one covers pretty much all playable...
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Today, 03:03 PM
Drop 2 and 4 are great sounding chords. The interval gap between both pairs of notes create distinct sounding chords. Pasquale Grasso uses them a...
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Today, 03:01 PM
When I looked there aren’t as many as this is a custom spec model by just one vendor. I’m playing a lot more classical now, but I could see if I can...
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Today, 02:53 PM
If you want to mute the henriksen speaker while using an external cab, plug a trs connector into the headphone jack. You can plug actual headphones,...
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Today, 02:52 PM
Are their any clips or reviews online of this model??
Thanks.
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Today, 02:06 PM
Yeah, that would work if it's a powered speaker. When I connect an external speaker to my quilter, the internal speaker also stays on but the...
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Today, 02:04 PM
Today's go for it, based on another very short theme that I heard in my head while driving to work. It's in D major and D minor at the same time:)...
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Today, 02:02 PM
The Blu with even a small extension cab (i.e., Toob Metro, other 1x8 cab) can knock a wall down! :encouragement:
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Today, 01:57 PM
Thanks for this stuff Guy..
gave me some extended harmonic/melodic ideas for endings..after the D note..
Eb 6/9
Eb
G
C
F
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Today, 01:57 PM
Pebber Brown. He was a pretty well known educator out of LA. Unfortunately he passed recently.
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Today, 01:57 PM
I have used it with a Raezer's Edge Cabinet. The internal speaker stays on. There is a headphone jack that I have never used. Perhaps it could be...
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Today, 01:53 PM
Thanks. Do you ever use it with an extension cabinet? If you do, does connecting an external speaker disengage the internal speaker?
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Today, 01:51 PM
who tf is that guy haha
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Today, 01:49 PM
It's important to work up some technical things for your goals, but I definitely agree on not wasting time on irrelevant stuff.
Pebbz was a...
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Today, 01:47 PM
Hey, for anyone interested.....I played something today and recorded it. No video, though.
Jam Vol 62_mixdown2.wav - Google Drive
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Today, 01:45 PM
A wedge to angle the amp.
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Today, 01:38 PM
Do you mean a wedge monitor as an extension or wedge to angle the amp?
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Today, 01:38 PM
Many thanks for listening!
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Today, 01:33 PM
I don't know who put this together (or why) but I was 7 and 8 during 1966 and remember hearing a lot of these songs on the radio.
Some of them...
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Today, 01:31 PM
I gigged with a Blu 6 for several years but eventually traded up to the Bud 6. I mostly leave the tone controls at 12 o clock and make minor...
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Today, 01:27 PM
Arrived just this morning. Ordered almost a year ago.:smile-new:
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Today, 01:22 PM
Everyone goes on a journey with this stuff (stuff = music or musical concepts, I guess) so "shortcuts" bc of the differences in the way people learn...
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Today, 01:19 PM
As promised, here’s the next one. Built as an acoustic, longer scale (25.5”), steeper neck angle, and Benedetto floater. And again, all I can think...
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Today, 01:17 PM
It's pretty common for independent jazz artists that want to gig and promote their albums to finance their gigs. I know people who do European tours...
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Today, 01:11 PM
Giving something a name helps you characterize it, I guess?
Also it might help with understanding where the notes are in the voicing and what you...
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Today, 01:09 PM
They're a voicing organization system mostly for guitar where you only have so many note and fingering options. What Peter said.
On piano, you can...
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Today, 01:02 PM
How old were you in 1957?
HB
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Today, 12:59 PM
Trumpet, and I still play, despite the frustration, angst, irrationality of it. All these years later, I still struggle mentally with it- like, get...
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Today, 12:59 PM
I just had a conversation with a pianist who has had a couple of albums favorably reviewed in Downbeat.
The pianist has a regular gig in a good...
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Today, 12:59 PM
A few variations on the classic David Baker Book 1 type Bebop phrase endings.
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Today, 12:47 PM
erm ...
... he's not doing it, though?
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Today, 12:45 PM
Just this guy,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_kUJa1PueM
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Today, 12:32 PM
Don’t know for sure but feels like 12”.
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Today, 12:31 PM
When I had a problem with the distal joint of my left index finger, I could barre more easily than not. So, I explored the technique a little bit.
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Today, 12:29 PM
I already told you it's not the pots. Do you have to disregard me for some reason? That's normal performance. Changing the pots but keeping the same...
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Today, 12:26 PM
It's good to be cautious, but I wouldn't put much stock in what a GC employee says about condition. Did anyone actually say this guitar was on...
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Today, 12:25 PM
The original circuit had no push/pull, I believe. As I understand the original values for the second tone control are now unobtainable.
On mine...
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Today, 12:11 PM
Maybe George Van Eps would be a decent example of someone who plays this way a lot?
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Today, 12:09 PM
The Benedetto wiring scheme is, for me, the best I've found because it has little or no effect on tone when the volume is changed.
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Today, 12:09 PM
https://youtu.be/2s0n9Ngxhbg?si=2Z7GKDAsxFfPxxPR
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Today, 12:08 PM
Very nicely done. Thanks for posting.
Tony D.
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Today, 12:03 PM
Thanks for posting.
Tony D.
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Today, 12:02 PM
Do you know the radis on the fretboard?
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Today, 11:59 AM
I have the action set @ 4/64th" on high E and 5/64th" low E on all my guitars including the archtop, electric, acoustic, and nylon string, with no...
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Today, 11:56 AM
Like grabbing chord shapes, a lot of technique comes out of the convenience of expanding ways of playing that come from open position playing. While...
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Today, 11:52 AM
I don't record my exercise... it would be very boring.
However, I record a lot using Band in a Box - I then play solos based on jazz standards.
I...
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Today, 11:49 AM
Very nice!!
Thanks for posting.
Tony D.
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Today, 11:45 AM
Piano from an early age, through HS and as a minor in college. Flute/sax in college, got roped into playing bass clarinet in the concert band....
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Today, 11:45 AM
Thank You Jeff.
The drummer-Marlon Simon.
Best
Kris
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Today, 11:31 AM
Joe Pass used to say his grips were all based on bar chords but that's about as far as he went.
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Today, 11:29 AM
I have several archtops, and one solidbody, which is a G&L tele clone, and all are set up as identically as I can manage. Straight necks, action at...
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Today, 11:21 AM
I've just watched a few Campilongo vids. Looks like a pretty normal player to me. When he needs to keep his hand in a floaty position across the neck...
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Today, 11:21 AM
Here is a slight twist on the idea. I almost weakened, but finally decided to pass when no one could let me know how much shop rash the guitar had...
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Today, 11:18 AM
My Gibson HR had a non-functional midrange cut pot. Being OCD, I wanted to restore it to the original condition. It just needed the pot replaced.
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Today, 11:14 AM
ehhhh maybe?
They certainly barre more, but they're also ruthless about economy of motion and minimizing tension. So they're not going to stay in...
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Today, 11:10 AM
Barre chords come up more in classical arrangements since there are more triadic voicings in that style.
I was hired for a gig recently where one of...
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Today, 11:10 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkzyOkJS6dk
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Today, 11:10 AM
Only reason I keep my standard tuning chops up is because of teaching. I think it would be irresponsible of me to teach them my prefered symmetrical...
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Today, 11:09 AM
I would take an inventory of the chords you use and see how many of those chords have un-barre-able upper notes on lower frets than the bass note.
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Today, 11:09 AM
Why wait?
hire
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Today, 11:01 AM
Yes, classical players quite frequently.
I got the idea a few months ago when watching Jim Campilongo play chord melody, and I saw that he often...
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Today, 10:48 AM
Chord melody technique: do you keep a first finger bar position by default?Have you ever seen anybody playing like that?
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Today, 10:39 AM
99.99% of the time, I do not use barre chords. I use them only when a specific arrangement calls for it.
I agree with Martin that always barring...
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Today, 10:36 AM
Actually, modern gut strings are pretty reliable, esp. the oiled ones. And it's been almost 20y since I used them... (on a violin, so much thinner...
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Today, 10:34 AM
My Princeton (1968) has a Celestion G10S-50 and sounds excellent for gigging, both with a 335 and archtops. It can hang with a Hammond unmiked trio...
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Today, 10:33 AM
My view about technical strategies is that it is great to have them in your arsenal but the choice to use them should be dictated by the music and...
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Today, 10:33 AM
It is just a tool, a technique as you said. You use it when you need.
Intuitively I think I try to avoid barre where possible. I do not think a...
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Today, 10:32 AM
haha
no those little sweepies are smoke and mirrors. They sound cool but they’re not as hard as they sound.
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Today, 10:22 AM
+1
I wouldn’t barre at all if I could help it
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Today, 10:16 AM
Yes, and gut strings are always going out of tune with the slightest humidity.
The Arpeggione 1823?
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Today, 10:14 AM
Thats a nice one! No surprise, coming from you!
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Today, 10:13 AM
Thank you!
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Today, 10:13 AM
I guess a lot informs these decisions...economy of movement is important, especially if things are happening quickly...but that said, I do avoid...
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Today, 09:58 AM
Nice save.
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Today, 09:53 AM
lol!
Sorry, I think the art is putting all the tricks into music. That’s all, not a dig at you.
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Today, 09:53 AM
That sounds very personal.
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Today, 09:47 AM
I sold a single pickup, blonde version about a year ago.
SOLD - 2002 Gibson Custom Shop Super 400 CES Thinline Special Order - Near Mint |...
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Today, 09:45 AM
Gorgeous PRS guitars, Greywolf! Wow! I’m a PRS junkie myself. The 594HB-II is a stellar instrument and pretty much my main guitar. Up til now, at...
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Today, 09:44 AM
I'd love to play one too, but each time I think that I just remind myself what a set of gut strings would cost... (For a while I tried to settle with...
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Today, 09:43 AM
You’d probably be best served using the 52 gauge low E or getting a guitar tech to file down wider slots on the nut. I used 13-56 for roundwounds,...
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Today, 09:40 AM
Showpiece .... Too bad that Gibson never offered this slimmer version outside the super-duper-bling-bling department. I've only ever seen one...
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Today, 09:39 AM
i went to put bebop 13s on my Eastman 403 ce and noticed the low e is a bit fat to seat into the nut.Is it ok for them to sit a little above the nut...
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Today, 09:33 AM
This is the technique forum, so I’m going to indulge by asking about chord melody strategies.
I’ve been playing a lot of arrangements out of...
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Today, 09:29 AM
Yes, I'd like to try a Viol da Gamba.
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Today, 09:15 AM
I like it a lot. Great band too, drummer is really cooking.
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