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Well I expect it will move fast. Price has dropped from $12,000 to just $115. I mean, who can resist it at this price?

Cool buy! 60's Japanese guitars are very cool indeed. I always say, Ibanez, MANN, Greco, Firstman -- when only a Fujigen-Gakki will do! ...

"You deserve it..." I second that, & congratulations! :cool: Ah, the satisfaction that is a Martin. I think that all of their stuff is...

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s Music Lesson: I know the basic things about the piano. The notes. The white ones — the black ones. The black ones...

Nice to see a bunch of folks here dig the shape. Michael, I have a Recording King parlor...very fun guitar. Not an every day guitar, but well made...

beautiful!...your acoustic playing & tone matches your mind wanderings/improvs better than i ever would have imagined! just check and doublecheck...

Bump, would love to make a nice deal for a forum member, make me an offer!

Did you pre-pay? 50% down deposit? What are his terms? Sounds like I should get started now if I want one while I'm still alive. :eek:

Any other pics of the 150? Maybe some close-ups?

I've got a 000-18 that's perfect for me - great for fingerstyle which is about all I play. I've heard folks say they work real well for flat picking,...

Piano was a adult beginning piano book, don't remember the title. For theory there was no text book just my notes and handouts.

I love the Martin 000 design and have had a few in my keep over the years. Suits my finger picking style just fine. As it happens I also bought a...

I sometimes work with a big guy who plays upright. After one gig he drove up to me to talk while I was loading my stuff into my SUV and I noticed he...

Mr B, Can I trouble you for a video? Happy for you bro. Joe D

Here goes. I did a few choruses and picked the one with the least flubs. Cool tune—never heard it before. beatrice - YouTube

Still have my prewar 000-21. It's only the 2nd flattop I've ever owned besides my 1st guitar, a $99 Yamaha in the 70s, but w today's prices you'd...

I has a great sound. I didn’t expect it to be this loud. Not as loud as an all-wood dreadnought, but maybe only 15% less loud that my old Seagull S6...

Hi All: Still here. I'm a bit behind everyone; I just finished Week 5 at 108. I'm keeping up the steady 8th notes and beginning to find melodic...

I love my Martin 00016SGTNE Custom. It is the best playing flat top I have ever had. I found it used and it had apparently been played hard. There...

000s are great! I’ve got an old one, a ‘36 00018 that my stepdad bought in ‘39 for $25. He said that was a lot of money back then.

Oh, so all mahogany with an ebony board? That sounds awesome.

I bought a Martin last month myself,but went for a Single 0 sized. I found a deal on a Custom Shop 12-fret 0-15 with ebony fingerboard and bridge....

Thank you! I sold my Taylor some time back and was missing a decent, comfortable flat top with a pretty big sound. Can't believe it took me this long...

Thanks, what books did you use in the piano / theory classes?

I would imagine the profit margin is much better on these guitars than it was selling an L5 at around that price.

Thank you brother. Yeah, I was thinking the same. I played all 4 yesterday. I was thinking.. Now, I like long scale. And the GB100 stays.. It’s funny...

Naa.. Its straight up like my peartness self.. I hear you bro. And I sense exactly what you hear when I am playing, but I can’t actually hear...

Sounds about right.

you deserve it bud...school teacher! 000's are nice! comfy but vibrant enjoy cheers

That's a lot of dough for a piece of firewood.

The circled numerals indicate the string that particular note is played on, 1= high E, 4=D for example. The numerals on top of the note indicates the...

Those JH models are just 150 units in total Finding 150 people with 10k to burn is doable .. finding more probably not. Reviews are stellar

I'd like to know too. It is some sort of position hint notation but it is not clear what help he's trying to offer...

hah i get it!...but that's really not true...as picks (of all designs) have been around far longer than the internet...they do matter, and they all...

Forgive my ignorance, but I assume the numbers above the notes are fingering suggestions? What about the circled numbers below the notes?

It is actually the sense of swing and the rhythmic elasticity that Pres brought to the game (extending what he'd learned from Armstrong) that was so...

I was reading Iverson earlier today, an essay on Keith Jarrett's "American Quartet" (Jarrett, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, Dewey Redman). Shades of...

Well they do have the semi hollow models and ES-350T. Looks like the Epiphone offerings are limited too. No Emperor, Broadway or ES-175 models :(....

and even prez really had 2 distinct era's of sound...his younger basie days and his post WWII agony tone...he even held the horn differently... ...

JD, you could make a cigar box with strings sound good. There is no doubt that guitars from Japan and Korea are sounding great these days. That...

I traded one of my guitars with a Glissentar and tried playing classical Turkish melodies with it. I find it more familiar than oud because of the...

There's a pick for that: I bought the one with the saying "Don't expect too fast." (They're Pickboy 1.00 mm picks.)

the low notes are solid...but lush is harder to define or capture!...the recording is low end tight and clean, super well done...but the guitar and...

Thank you Neatomic. I tested the recording on 3 very “reference” type headphones by Sennheiser - hd650, hd700 and momentum 2 wireless and I was very...

Here you've got changes and notes. You can also see one way to employ some of the options I've been outlining. Look at what you make, your choices,...

That sounds great. I definitely don't want to just noodle! Thanks as always, JBN!!

Interesting. I am just glad none of my kids wanted to play upright bass. Or Tuba. Otherwise I would have needed to get a bigger vehicle.

is the bridge saddle tilting on the base posts under tension?....sometimes the saddle bends toward the headstock side...ever so slightly, but it will...

Yes. One note per beat to focus your flow and melodic direction. Once you can feel a good relationship with the harmony, and once you have the pacing...

Imagine writing an article describing Prez and Hawk and not talking about their very different sense of swing. Prez is far more modern in this...

C74 you are right buddy. It’s a very playable guitar. The neck is perfect. But it requires frequent adjustment of the bridge height. I havent...

In case this helps Bars 1-2 are basically the same thing as bars 3-4 except one starts with Cm and the other with Gm. Bar 5 is similar to bar 1...

007, Thank you very much. I think I only recorded this song once before. But this one sounds infinitely better. Not because of the guitar. Because of...

Mike and Steve Cardenas (24 Jan) -- amazing!!! :eagerness:

Not as exciting as I hoped but it was free so whatever. Thanks for the responses.

Love Ed Bickert's playing .. I have a couple of records of his outstanding playing. Keep an eye out for them

I don't agree with everything he says, but it is well written and a good read - especially if you're familiar with the artists and their work.

I have a 1997 X-700 exactly the same as this. Great guitar. Bought it at Walkin' Guitars in Tokyo in a shop that sells nothing but Vintage & new...

more niceness Joe D...it doesn't have some of the low end lushness that some of your other guitars had...a bit more one dimensional...but still, a...

I visited my luthier Rob at Kalamazoo Guitar Company today. http://www.kalamazooguitarcompany.com/index.html His website doesn't tell much about...

Just to clarify... you're suggesting not playing steady triplets from the drop of the first beat, but starting with quarter notes and then using...

I don't agree with him at all. He needs to listen to more Lester and more Warne. But it is an interesting read...

the players make it interesting...and it's certainly expansive, i.e. wordy...but i don't agree with all that many of his statements...as the writer...

If you don't have anything to say and you're winging it on content, it's going to sound pretty corny as you say. Hint: Start with quarter notes...

Marinero, when i mention shapes on the sax i am refering to the position of the chords, so if i think Cmaj i recall instantly the fingerings for each...

We had a fretless classical around in the house for a few months. It was a good instrument but I could never bond with it. There just wasn't a...

I just took a pass at this latest exercise. Mainly I was curious about the steady 8th note triplets. Wow, that can sound corny fast! After a few...

yeah it's a pyle..used in mid-late 70's fenders cheers

Vinny Dave’s L5 at 10599 says it’s on hold.... wonder if it’s anyone here? :cool: ( no not me ones enough)))

I just saw my luthier, who has been around the block a lot. I mentioned the green Heritage and that it was an odd color for an archtop. He has seen...

Thanks vinnyv1k! And just to clarify - they are still making them, just limited and through only a few dealers?

Yes!

Gracias Joan Chamorro y sus estudiantes maravillosos como Rita Payes! Espana es el hogar de la guitarra espanola y cantantes con corazon. ...

I was not familiar with Oud, but a friend from work showed me some youtube videos one day. By coincidence I had also been listening to Dick Dale that...

Here’s one with the codes on it:

I heard Teo for the first time yesterday. I first thought it was Coltrane but after listening more there were real differences in phrasing and tone...

That’s a Pyle speaker, I have two in my Twin Reverb (the 12” version that is).

Thank you! This is much more information than I had before your response, so once again, I thank you. I've heard of Elferink in the past, but I'm...

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That's a lot of uprights. I guess he has some space for them. I have room for only two uprights. Any more and I could get a larger place with room...

I have about 8 of Cenk's albums. He's become one of my all time favorite guitarists. Antonio Forcione is another favorite who plays some fretless...

Very cool! Yes. Now I realize the Bb13 is a tritone sub for the V7 of Am9. I should've seen that! Thank you!!

That is just beautiful, Joe. The EER indeed has an outstanding neck, as nice as anything I have played, and the way the neck hangs in the seated...

Man,a pick is a pick. Just turn off YouTube and play your guitar.

Good question. The normal dominant chord to A would be an E7 of some sort. The "active ingredients in that chord are the 3rd degree and the b7, G#...

Playing at a big roadhouse out in the sticks during a bad thunderstorm, next to a big open door. I told the band leader “let’s take a break until...

There's another thread about her somewhere on the forum but more of her and her mom is good.

Sorry, my answer to each specific question is no. However, this guy seems to have top-rate credentials in all aspects of guitar playing, teaching and...

Had some time today to do this with a different sound and approach, trying to bring in a more sax-like legato-ish/fusion-y feel. First complete...

I'd suggest learning to read on guitar. That will get the entire fretboard automatic in a matter of months. Since you probably already know the...

Joe, The tone from this guitar is absolutely superb. Its the best version Ive heard of the tune from you. In a blindfold test, one...

Hi, And Sacha Distel did not only play Jacobacci guitars! Modified GB10

This is fabulous, JBN! Thank you. That Bb over D in bar 11 sounds great. Certainly recognizing Howard's subs and changes. One question. The Bb13 in...

Awesome color, looks a lot like "viceroy brown."

Nicely done, and kudos for taking the plunge. John

Jim, you have a PM from me. Cheers, Markku

Jim, have you gotten into fretless classical?

I ordered mine pre-covid, and he quoted "about a year;" with covid, it was just over a year, so not bad at all, given 2020.

Hi guys, I added a Video to this post because I am very excited about the sound and the use of my IPhone 12Pro Max camera. I’ve recorded this song...

Deoxit Faderlube is your new best friend, not F5. D5 is a corrosion remover, and pretty much relieves the pot of any “grease” the manufacturer...

I’m also interested in exploring the oud, Jim. I have been studying flamenco guitar for about the past year, and I’m really drawn to...

I've got one, a Turkish bowl back, lower performance level model. I love it. I don't know what the best way for you to start is but I began by...

Would you consider buying a used one?

Sounds pretty run-of-the-mill to me. :highly_amused:

And finally, here's Project 4-A with the same harmonic analysis. There are additional Tritone subs, harmonic substitutions based on inversions,...

For those who don't know, Elizabeth, the guitarist, is Rita's mother. They often perform together, both as a duo and as members of larger groups. ...

The source piece All The Things You Are with harmonic analysis. If you are not absolutely fluent with knowing your diatonic scale in modal form, and...

While tuning up I heard this on the band stand. Prior to beginning the first set the drummer was making noises on his kit, so the keyboardist turned...

So did he do any good gigs at all?

That Godin oud looks nice. Having had the traditional violin type tuning pegs on my first baglama saz, I would recommend getting something with...