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Today, 08:21 PM
Hi Tonnie,
The guitar is gorgeous. Thanks for all your efforts to insure it traveled safely around the world & troubleshooting UPS screwups. ...
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Today, 08:19 PM
If the eventual goal is to be able to improvise, gotta do some close listening and train those ears.
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Today, 08:16 PM
High level man
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Today, 07:55 PM
:numbness:
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Today, 07:52 PM
But modern debate is unethical.
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Today, 07:42 PM
Whoooooa now a second ago we were talking about using a C major scale over everything.
Don't go getting all hip on me.
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Today, 07:36 PM
b5 all day baby, that’s jazz. Read George Benson’s book. He said something about flatting every 5 he came across to sound hip. (it didn’t work out).
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Today, 07:25 PM
Hello! Great practical question, thanks. Based on your start, and the practical advice already offered here regarding tunes, you’re on your way.
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Today, 07:23 PM
I agree. Hence my amusement at that B natural over a long stretch of F major.
Tune. Use those ears, baby.
again, I love the sharp 4, so...
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Today, 07:15 PM
Why is learning by ear a good idea instead of using someone else’s transcription in your view? Is it because it teaches you stuff? I assume so, but...
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Today, 07:13 PM
AA: The reason jazz is unique is that musicians play the changes eloquently. Dicking around in the scale of the tonal center is really tacky. Using...
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Today, 07:13 PM
Julian Lage put some bolts into his telecaster neck mount to make it easy to disassemble the guitar for travel. Explanation at the link below:
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Today, 07:03 PM
Modes are stupid in this context. It’s a swing tune, it’s C.
Also, is the ii V in the tune or just the realbook?
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Today, 06:56 PM
Different finish, but my one and only is a 16 VOS as well. Done buying, done looking. Swear I spent more money A/B - ing strings, mainly because...
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Today, 06:23 PM
The question wasn't addressed to me, but why let that stop me from jumping in? :rolleyes: IME, the polepieces need to be adjusted more or less as...
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Today, 06:17 PM
Some might say the same of the guy playing Lydian for four measures over a swing tune.
I kid I kid I kid.
But for real, the practical...
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Today, 06:14 PM
Superb quality guitars. I have a hollow Les-Paul shaped one and it's in regular rotation.
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Today, 06:07 PM
Lovely guitar. That is a very nice burst.
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Today, 06:06 PM
While I get the point, and to a large part agree, some of these emulations (and the hardware itself) have a curve you would never come up with on a...
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Today, 06:00 PM
I think a lot of folks are trying too hard.
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Today, 05:55 PM
That just sounds so great. TK has a sound vision all his own. He had it already fully formed when I met him almost 30 years ago and I still hear...
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Today, 05:55 PM
Some years ago I bought a new Danelectro 12 string electric that was shipped that way from the US to UK. It was the cheapest way to post. Strings...
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Today, 05:55 PM
I have added various useful specifications above for the first three of the Roger guitars shown.
Mittenwald and later Rogers were standardized...
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Today, 05:47 PM
Thanks John! Do you have photo of your 59’…. great sound.. what amp are you using?
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Today, 05:45 PM
I originally posted this in the transcriptions subforum, but I felt like it belongs here so people can get a sense of how awesome this guitar and...
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Today, 05:44 PM
I'm with you about the F but I've been on a thread here somewhere before where a lot of folks consider it's modulated.
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Today, 05:37 PM
One question that occurs to me.
Did the guitar leave his shop with a weak E string when the guitar was brand new?
If not, what changed?
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Today, 05:30 PM
I have a 1959 ES-225 T archtop. After 64 years I can not tell what was the reason for the 2nd marking. It's not about the era or the markings it's...
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Today, 05:02 PM
Sounds like you'll dig Lester Young, Herb Ellis, Kenny Burrell and Charlie Christian.
Listen as much as you play so you can figure out what you...
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Today, 04:52 PM
Amazing comment - thank you!
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Today, 04:47 PM
Yeah, I have been on plenty fights where they make announcements for no more carry-ons and you need to check what you have. Also, it is best to see...
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Today, 04:44 PM
I have done it a few times. Brought a stubby screw driver with me to put the neck on and take it off again when returning. Other than sorting out...
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Today, 04:43 PM
Thank you! I always thought of guitar as physically easy, certainly better than trumpet, bass or whatnot
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Today, 04:40 PM
You've got a great start. Here's a few that come to mind, based on what you've already learned.
Solos:
Charlie Christian - "I Got a New Baby"...
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Today, 04:39 PM
I think the key to Barry’s stuff, either in terms of multiple voices or with lines, is it gives us infinite things to play, using little modular...
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Today, 04:37 PM
Nothing special, a plain-looking Wu product, with no bling, as ordered. But it's the one I pick up almost every time, whether for acoustic or...
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Today, 04:31 PM
(Trade interest: vintage DeArmond FHC, 1000, or 1100 pickups)
My price is €1399 + I ll be very reasonable on shipping worldwide
Beautiful...
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Today, 04:22 PM
Note how he uses the same principle that Chris Mirabella also uses, with the "divider" acting as a bridge in line with the saddle. Great minds think...
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Today, 04:10 PM
A multi-part conversation, both vocal and musical, between Nigel Price and Peter Bernstein. Filmed during Peter's most recent London visit with Larry...
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Today, 04:09 PM
Really like this!
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Today, 04:05 PM
How do you get along with the sine effect?
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Today, 04:01 PM
Combo version. With no drums because that's how I roll.
Stream Blue Monk A- Combo by Clint Jones | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
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Today, 03:48 PM
To be honest, I'm so early on the road, I don't really know what I like yet. I love blues stuff that I've been hearing so far and also digging some...
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Today, 03:46 PM
Added benefit, you’ll hear some wicked guitar playing.
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Today, 03:45 PM
Accurate.
we are children.
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Today, 03:41 PM
Learn songs you like man. What do you like? Fusion, Louis Armstrong Hot Fives, late Coltrane? Give a little more info on your tastes and it'll...
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Today, 03:37 PM
I watched the first 8 minutes. It's cool, I like that he emphasizes playing the guitar and not getting hung up on theory. It's basically the...
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Today, 03:33 PM
The Parker stuff, did you transcibe it, or did you find notation and learn it?
If the latter, I think a great next step would be to learn some...
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Today, 03:27 PM
This is also a good idea
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Today, 03:26 PM
I play with classical technique and don't play many lines except as fills. I use the various 6th dims scales (including subs) for lines, and I do...
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Today, 03:24 PM
Much as I'm enjoying reading this thread, we've kind of gone off piste! Can any of you, very knowledgable people, give me some pointers as to what to...
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Today, 03:10 PM
It all uses scales. Usually they just mean chord tones and ornamentation. And they won’t be using in Greek in the instruction.
For what it’s...
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Today, 03:02 PM
True Peter, I think though the changes but overall feel it can all be pulled, with discretion, from C major. Except the D7 bit.
I'm not a teacher...
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Today, 02:59 PM
^ Yeeah!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-t8bNl75Qg
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Today, 02:58 PM
Hmmm - bluesy? fusion? No backing tracks out there, so I made one. Let's give it a try...
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Today, 02:55 PM
Yes, I know, but it seems to have run into trouble :-)
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Today, 02:51 PM
O Captain, my Captain
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Today, 02:50 PM
Well you don’t want to lose the movement of the tune.
C —— D7 ——
G7 —— C G7
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Today, 02:45 PM
You ruffian.
It's not exactly a travesty if everything isn't extremely crunchy all the time, I hear you guys play smooth stuff. And if it is, then...
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Today, 02:41 PM
Quite right.
Just points in the melody where lowering the third makes it less chromatic and less dissonant. The whole step right at the...
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Today, 02:37 PM
Registered to thank you for posting this. 3 years later I've hit this page and had roughly the same questions; this and the subsequent discussion...
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Today, 02:35 PM
^ You are out-of-control.
It's ok, it's a jam. Jackassery, discussion, and compromise are permitted.
I didn't have any second thought about it...
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Today, 02:34 PM
Yeah but, Dm G7 is just C. The F is C too, it’s the IV not a key change.
If you really digest and understand the basics, you can simplify a lot....
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Today, 02:34 PM
“Mutiny” implies you were ever captain of this ship.
Avast! Gon w’ye!
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Today, 02:28 PM
Sorry, I'm not trying to make light of it...it's just putting it in minor smooths out the edges for me, and it just feels weird being that it's Monk....
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Today, 02:28 PM
Thank you guys,
That guitar is perfectly playable.
This is a 17.3” acoustic archtop guitar (lenght of 42.5” and scale lenght of 24.75”) made...
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Today, 02:16 PM
Which pole screws did you have to adjust and which way?
I found with my Loar, which has a retro fitted mini humbucker with screws, that I had to...
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Today, 02:13 PM
Edit: No rag, I didn't choose it to 'find a minor blues to play' what are you talking about. I actually just thought it sounds good and was a cool...
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Today, 02:08 PM
Bobby -
Before we get lost or go funny, I'm quite sure no one is saying they don't like Monk. That's not the point. The point is/was we're...
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Today, 02:07 PM
I have an early days PRS Custom 24. It was a wedding gift from my wife (how 'bout that, fellas?) and I like it a lot. In some ways, it is similar to...
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Today, 02:03 PM
I'll give Jerry the benefit of the doubt that tone cannot be discerned in text and he's actually interested on how you can pare a tune down that...
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Today, 02:00 PM
All true, but as you know plugins have been used by top pros for many years now. Most that I know found an EQ, compressor etc that they liked years...
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Today, 01:55 PM
A Benson burst. Nice looking guitar.
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Today, 01:52 PM
Jazznote beat me to it, the Armstrong 12 pole solved my string unbalance problem. Sounds nice and full as well.
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Today, 01:48 PM
For maximum adjustability chose a 12pole version. They come for neck mount or side mount (on pickguard)....
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Today, 01:42 PM
Well this thread got awfully snarky awfully fast
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Today, 01:42 PM
They're great.
Minor Blue Monk doesn't sound discordant. The original is actually much more angular. Which is a good thing.
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Today, 01:37 PM
You guys are seriously sick and need help if you think minor Blue Monk sounds bad. What is you opinion of actual discordant Monk tunes then?
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Today, 01:21 PM
Heres a couple recents that are jazz ish. After the one, my thumb was tired. Its the usual conn c200 tascam dr05 set up
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Today, 01:18 PM
Yes, I remember your guitar from when you used to post your playing in the Virtual Jam thread. It sounds great. Clearer and more sustain than a 175.
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Today, 01:17 PM
No, we can't, because no one has. Remember, this idea emerged out of the warped mind of Bobby Timmons Jr. :nightmare: :wink-new:
Straight No...
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Today, 01:14 PM
Sorry to hear this is happening to you.I've had problems with the tendons and arthritis in my fingers for the past 17 years.If you go to a hand...
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Today, 01:12 PM
As there are no further Joe Pass purchases from D'Aquisto after 1971 in the ledger, my guess is that Joe might have brought his 1971 laminate back to...
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Today, 01:11 PM
Blue Fugue - $9,950
LHT Guitars Blue Fugue
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Today, 01:09 PM
I like the stock effects in Ableton a lot; the 8 band EQ is great for most things I am doing. Sometimes I use a tilt shift eq to roll off high end...
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Today, 01:08 PM
^ The only guideline per week is we're going to set the key per week by going up a half step each week - A this week, Bb next week, B the week after...
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Today, 01:03 PM
Yes, but, what's the next tune? Will it be major or minor? And, if it is major, will it have to put into minor?
Or shall we only do known minor...
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Today, 01:02 PM
Yes I thought the DA looked like an earlier model, as you pointed out, due to the D'Angelico appointments.
The laminate guitar he plays from 76...
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Today, 12:55 PM
Wow, can you post your A-Train solo? I would like to learn your concept.
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Today, 12:53 PM
I have one of these, except that mine is sunburst and has block inlays. Fantastic guitar.
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Today, 12:48 PM
Thank you so much for this - this is exactly what I'm looking for.
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Today, 12:46 PM
As we know the melodic lines used in jazz improvisation can be often played on different chords.
The simplest example can be done by playing a...
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Today, 12:42 PM
^ If it's so easy then you can outline the changes and not just play C. :P
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Today, 12:36 PM
:triumphant:
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Today, 12:31 PM
An hour on A Train? That seems over complicated all you need to do is mind that D7, everything else is C major.
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Today, 12:31 PM
I play up to bar 17 everyday for 10mins, but I'm stuck on 160bpm. :doh:
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Today, 12:30 PM
that tracks
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Today, 12:29 PM
Interestingly the "tube amp" in the video is also a hybrid amp like the Milkman. But the preamp might be more authentically tube circuit than some of...
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Today, 12:24 PM
If it's gonna cause you guys physical pain to play my nice arrangement of Blue Monk in minor, then I'll take your participation in major. I think you...
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Today, 12:23 PM
Here's a link to an almost hour long free entry level solo to A-Train you might enjoy, as it gave me a good jump start a few years ago:
A-Train...
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Today, 12:21 PM
Since we are talking about clean amps, the difference between tube and SS is mostly the compression of the tube design to my ears.
I was recently...
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Today, 12:19 PM
thanks! I will keep playing and posting through the pain. Actually, the movement of playing seems to help.
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Today, 12:18 PM
Sorry to hear that Mark. I'm a fan of your playing and you have a lot more music to give.
I'll just go over my situation. I decided to quit...
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Today, 12:18 PM
You may be right. And the tube is inside this pedal amp with no venting, so I wonder if there would be a heat problem playing outside on a hot day....
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Today, 12:12 PM
That's a hybrid pedal with a solid state (class D) power section, right? I am not sure if it's a good representation of a tube amp for an AB...
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Today, 12:09 PM
I found my Custom 22 PRS to be closer in tone and feel to a Les Paul than a Strat. Mine had their "wide-thin" neck and Dragon Humbucker pickups. It...
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Today, 12:09 PM
If I lived in the U.S. I would buy that immediately! Great guitar, great price. (Of course would have to chat with the seller re history of the...
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Today, 12:05 PM
I recently added a 5th amp to my toolbox that does use a single 12AX7 tube in the pre-amp stage ( Mikman The Amp 100). Just after I declared that my...
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Today, 12:04 PM
Does this mean that all the dom blues we can play have to be in minor now?
starts shaking..
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Today, 12:01 PM
Sending you all good wishes Mark ….
the planet needs you playing this stuff !
speedy recovery man
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Today, 11:58 AM
I have some Teles and SG's I use a lot, plus a Gretsch Electromatic, but since I bought this Ibanez I've been playing it pretty exclusively.
(day...
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Today, 11:55 AM
I have a copy of Jim D'Aquisto's Ledger book.
Joe Pass Bought the following from Jim D'Aquisto:
Excel Special #1039 finished in late 1970
...
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Today, 11:54 AM
It's just a blues, the chords are fine. The head just sounds weird to me...probably because I've heard the original a million times...Monk, for...
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Today, 11:40 AM
lol noted.
youre probably a real Mr congeniality at a live jam session
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Today, 11:33 AM
I’m also trying not to let the shiny new rhythm guitar thread pull me away before I finish here.
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Today, 11:33 AM
It’s a tune-o-matic, so it should be fine.
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Today, 11:25 AM
I got the whole thing down now...just practicing...not ready yet.
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Today, 11:22 AM
Thanks. I thought the chords were yours, I recognised them :smile-new:
I liked the C#m/Cm shift at the end and the extended last lick. I spotted...
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Today, 11:09 AM
What's so terrible about it? It sounds good. And certainly no weirder than his other tunes.
Yeah I guess so.
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Today, 10:30 AM
Errrr … if there’s any precision at all to that neck pocket fit, then it’s not a good idea.
I worked for a guitar builder for a time and every...
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Today, 10:18 AM
True for domestic US flights, but international/non-US (or domestic US flights on smaller planes) is much more of a crapshoot.
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Today, 10:18 AM
I’m travelling in europe
sorry I should have said that
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Today, 10:18 AM
Yea Rag...
It's one of many standard Minor Blues Chord patterns. I just adjusted the melody... which I just noticed, the + of beat one... in bar...
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Today, 10:16 AM
I think MuseScore can do pretty much everything the big boys do now, and it's mainly a matter of familiarity and format. I used MuseScore for lead...
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