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I can't play the piano. My mother could, she was very good, but I can't coordinate the two hands; my brain just can't do it. As for reading two...

“Sold” to the person who got me thinking about these in the first place!

actually I think we’ve interacted before JazzPadd. For someone who is in Asia and was previously a regular visitor to Tokyo and participant in doing...

Kent Armstrong has repeatedly said that the Korean-made pickups are the same materials and designs he uses in Vermont, hand-wound by a guy in Korea...

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Please elaborate if you have the time/inclination. Thank you!

Been building my own Teles for the better part of 30 years - it's not rocket surgery and you can get exactly what you want as far as pickups, neck,...

I'm so lonely I've taken to quoting and replying to myself :nightmare: This same lick does show up again in the F major exercise: ...

It works well, I worked this with a melodica, it's not the easiest instrument. https://youtu.be/gGZBBhHu1B0 For voicings, I have only got this. It...

When I first tried to play scales on the keyboard, I was a bit lost, I wanted to use a lonely one fingering. There are not a lot of fingerings in...

Wow, she’s great!

It's isn't immediate for keys. It's a bit more efficient but it's still challenging and takes experience.

Makes sense. I'll remember that if I ever teach a beginner. My last student was in '84 or so. Big-hair teenager somewhere out in Queens. He told...

It took me 2 years of serious practice before the fretboard 'locked in' for me. I'd say it was more of a time on the instrument thing as opposed to...

I was using them in those years as well :-) When I started it was pretty much either Gibson & Fender. I went with Gibson for guitars and Fender...

That was my pick choice from 83 to 2005.

The funny thing is that the only escape/secondary motion left out of the CtC observational study is the downstroke escape for primarily rest stroke...

and it’s easier to lug around.

You are not alone. I haven't played anything other than Fender 358 Medium since 1971. When was gigging it was one pick per night. Used to get them by...

Keys is more efficient in some ways but it isn't perfectly ergonomic. In general it is easier to be able to plunk 2 hands down on the keyboard that...

If I was a gurl I wouldn't go near guitarists. Or musicians in general, really. Players only love you when they're playing :-)

Jeff's right. Bruce Edwards is on East St Louis etc, track 8. All keyboards by Sun Ra. Arkestra personnel varies, but the following soloists have...

I know keyboardists that think exactly like guitarists. It's true, they use the transpose function. Personally I hate that. I don't have a good ear...

I guess as the latin person in the room I'm allowed to remind people that it's just appropriated Bavarian/Tyrolean music. ...

The elbow pickers usually change the slant but the wrist pickers just move their wrist on a different axis for their 'non natural' escape, no change...

Thanks for the info on Saga. I went to their site and asked my questions via Contact Us. We'll see what happens next. I first heard about Golden...

Touché! Actually not because groupies (aka teeny-boppers) from the nearby village used to come and hang out at my prog band's practice sessions. ...

Beautiful guitar.Enjoy!It's seems like it is a crapshoot with customs,sometimes they charge fees and other times they don't.I always see guitars...

There are some great stories in there; working with the lunatic Al Haig, who tried to cure PW's arthritic dog by picking him up from the hind legs...

I actually started off with economy (self taught) and relearned as rest stroke guy later. I think a big determining factor is not when you go up...

otoh rest strokes work really well with beginners because they feel very secure and comfortable and you don’t have to worry about whacking the next...

My specific objective with the this vid aside from pointing out the guitar is stupid, is kind of to indicate the sort of substantial work that may be...

jazz guitar is what happens when you make the crucial mistake of taking the instrument too seriously. Other things such as personal hygiene may...

I have about 300 picks but alas no Fenders to compare the size.The Pickboy comes in .75 and 1mm and i really like both.Compared to Dunlops of a...

Different strokes for different folks.

Saga is actually a pretty cool company. Blueridge and Gold Tone are both affiliated, I've owned both of those brands and can vouch that they are...

Not quite. Two-way pick-slanting is changing the slant at the necessary point to get over a string, whereas double-escape escapes both sides on each...

Not something I like at all. Just did zero for me.............

Funny, I embraced downward pick slant style because I found it less complicated than trying to master pure alternate or 2-way economy picking....

Yes, they are associated with Saga now. To be honest, I never heard of (this) Saga until I googled "Who makes Golden Gate picks?" I was hoping to...

Glad to hear you are happy with the change. I have been using the GP-8 thumbpick for about 8 or 9 years now. It's great cause it's fits my thumb...

Appreciate it!

Sure! anyway, if you look at the foto I've already posted, I can report that the two plectrums on the right (Pro Plec D'Andrea and Harley Benton) are...

If you can report back after you receive the Pickboy with a photo of it and the Fender 358, I would be most appreciative.

I don't mind if it's slightly smaller than the Fender. I'm definitely going for it.

Thanks, I'm going to.

I've been using this pick for some years now. Maybe about seven? I'm not sure. I saw in a store -- the salesman said that it somehow was...

Well, I play the piano on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. I can't understand your goal. About jazz tunes (for beginners), it exactly works...

Nope. I'm not comfortable with any other size and shape.

358 is the only shape I get along with. I'm tempted to try the Pickboys, but I asked someone from the company to measure one, and it appears it is...

I like the sound of Gypsy jazz guitar, so I'm interested in the picking approach. I like what I'll call the snappiness of the sound. It's a...

That was neat. Thanks. I might experiment with that approach. For one thing, I wouldn't have to buy anything. ;o)

wow, i love it!

I checked those out. I think the only guitar amps with XLR inputs are for acoustic guitars. Makes sense. But although I have an acoustic guitar, it...

Thanks. That looks nifty but it's way more than I want to pay for what I'm after.

I remember hearing about 'two way pick slanting'. Isn't that 'double escape' like Molly? I think he really is just trying to help people, but...

In that case it’s probably amongst the younger players in the Jazz Scene today like Julian Lage, etc. The older guys could generally care less...

You should try the Pickboy jazz picks.I love these on my acoustic archtops and flatops.

Taller neck joint means more room to adjust bridge height - looser tolerance. Easier to adjust for variations and errors. Saves time in assembly and...

I had no idea ( no surprise there. ) : ) Thanks !

And that's the important thing. Funny thing is, while Troy Grady presents a lot of material which is definitely interesting, in practical terms he...

I 'm no master carpenter but when I need that info I just use a contour gage to measure the neck on my favorite or preferred neck and then transfer...

Contour gauges are your friends.

Yeah. I do realize this kind of examination is helpful to some, but maybe now you see why I said before that getting that camera jig might just blow...

I'm already up to speed on the characteristics of the pickup and the different types that are available, thanks. As my original post said, "Can...

Am I the only one who likes small (358) teardrop plectrums? (the Jazz II and 351 are for size comparison only)

I wouldn’t go that far south on the Poly’s sound. It’s definitely possible to get a great sound out of the amp, it’s just it’s own thing and you...

I wonder how a master carpenter would measure a particular neck, with the intent being to correctly copy it ? Would it be traced somehow ? I can...

I like the Brite Flats as well! They have a weird sticky feeling when new which normal playing will remove over time--I find if I pull the strings...

That is precisely why I don't like them. Happened once as a young kid. :(

I think it goes... "Musicians get the gurls, Guitarists get their pick." Now about the guitar being so complicated, it depends on your...

There must be tons of info and threads over at TGP the gear page.net. Are you looking for a less dark sounding humbucker? Also try Lindy Fralin...

Yeah, it's the case, same thing happened to me in one occasion.. I ended up changing cases.

Didn't even know of this album. Thankfully Greek music wasn't the next big fad! :cool: I hear enough of it here in Greece

Not for many years.

That middle one is the 20th Anniversary, and was the target :)

Love the Mustang (24" scale lenght very comfortable for me). I've owned one (made in Mexico) and sold it after a couple of years (anything between 7...

Great to read about this, as I have been considering the exact same swap for a couple of years... I have a CD132SC, never really that happy with the...

I'd hope it's obvious that "better" in "sounds better" can only be objective, esp. in the context of 2 people discussing their (dis)likes. But I...

I’ve listened to a few bits and Phil certainly sounds great on it, wonderful sound and flow of ideas. Phil’s autobiography is like that...

do you play any funky music ? or any music that involves a strumming right hand ?

Zoinks. That’s intense.

”Better” is a personal choice, not an objective assessment. Most of us use the strings that we think sound best on our own guitars. Those who don’t...

terrific one !!!:redface-new::redface-new:

Personally, using a rest stroke enabled my picking hand to relax because rather than apply the brakes and start going in the reverse direction after...

I had one as my go-to for several years and I miss it. They're straight forward guitars that can do anything. The Mustang got sold because it was...

You guys are thinking about "Whoppers" malted milk balls. You can get a big container and it looks like a milk carton. Eat one of those in a single...

In Britain and elsewhere in the Commonwealth, they are called Maltesers. They are manufactured by Mars. They feature in a comic episode in Graham...

It's not the Rock guitar itself, but the typical Rock sound, the extremely distorted overdriven sound that doesn't really fit with old style Jazz...

I do not use rest strokes and, after skimming this thread, I doubt that will change. It seems very complicated and I am still not sure what it is...

Art is subjective and I dig it! I think it holds up better than Gabor Szabo's Raga/jazz fusion records and Phil's sound and ideas are great. Buddy...

My bad, I obviously wasn't thinking of jazz guitarists when I wrote that ;)

Yes, instruments with a lot of strings are difficult to play well, I tried playing a 10 string Chapman Stick type instrument for a while, an...

Is that all the notes on the E and A strings I need to avoid, because that's a lot of notes? "The fundamental range of a 4-string bass goes from...

Undoubtedly, it's no secret that an e-guitar is an e-guitar and that I don't get why anyone would have a top-of-the-line carved guitar that is...

Are you familiar with Pete’s style? He uses a lot of very commonplace voicings very creatively. he also seems unconcerned about playing on the...

Didn't Lester Young give up the drums because all the best women had gone by the time he'd packed up his kit ?

If your tech can't repair a Polytone, it's the tech that needs replacing.

Thanks. I want to show that you can play jazz even with a rock guitar

Thank you - yes secondary dominant makes perfect sense. I've only been at this guitar business for a few months - normally a bass player - so some of...

this one is no longer on Reverb listed due to the fact that they start collecting FAT from 5th of June which IMO makes Reverb more of unattractive.

Here’s what Phil said about it in his autobiography (Life in E flat).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVWDbcLsQFQ

I don’t think his situation is unlike most pros. Touring with borrowed backline etc. but pro venues (clubs, theatres etc) and festivals all have PA...

It's funny...I played this song 50 years ago...:-) Box

Like the rich chords in Johnny Rectors book: M7 and M6 to name a couple. My favourite being dom7 Of course the three chords above are second...

If you’re based in the UK, there’s another one here with original pickup, knobs etc. being sold in Headcorn, Kent. Epiphone Century 1953 Natural...

Some expert advice

I agree with JJ4E. Is the color on the binding the same color as that of the lining of the case? If so, what's happening is that the dye in the case...

guess I made a mistake the instrument was probably made around 2010... I am not to familiar with the Custom Shop numbering. Also, there is a...

I do feel the biggest advantage of the rest stoke is its dynamic range. With a pick it’s hard to move down a string (physically upward) with the...

Cheap shot. I guess I caught a troll... It comes with the culture. Sure. When you become wealthy, or if you become a Jimmy Bruno, send me your...

That’s likely. A good example of a guitarist who leans this way is Peter Bernstein.

I'm much happier with the sound using the CPT-3 than the original CT4B-ii. Most of that is probably the much more flexible EQ and some is the tube...

This turns every amp into a Princeton (Reverb): (Really love it!)

Big ol' world. I sent you a note. I like these strings, but they are certainly different. I would be happy to help you achieve your objective.

Have wanted a GB15 since I first laid eyes on one, but I already have a flawless GB10…. Can’t justify it, but someone will be very happy with that...

No worries. I just thought it looked a bit more red around the edges. I realize there are some variations, and the pix/monitor screen have their own...