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Today, 07:41 PM
How to say ... given that the vast majority of songs are very predictable texts about love-this-and-or-that I'm refraining from making claims about...
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Today, 07:39 PM
I was unable to get anything out of fretboard diagrams with dots showing a multitude of scales.
Instead, I started drilling on the notes of the...
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Today, 07:33 PM
Thanks for taking the time to explain it. Much appreciated!
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Today, 07:31 PM
Thanks for clarifying. So, to put it in an easy key:
C7
Em7b5 (rootless C9)
Gm7 (the iim if C7 is the V7)
Bbmaj7 (rootless Gm9)
In Warren...
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Today, 07:30 PM
That's awesome! Is his waitlist open? I was looking into getting one a year or so back but he wasn't taking orders (although there was a build spot...
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Today, 07:29 PM
I'm confused. Sion, is this something you made/purchased? Is it a suitable replacement for what the OP is seeking?
Oh, and :welcome:
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Today, 07:22 PM
Let's take G7. Arpeggios from all the chord tones of G7 are G7, Bmin7b5, Dmin7, Fmaj7. Add to these chords the G mixolydian scale with passing notes...
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Today, 07:04 PM
i saw that one. My main worry is that if I don't like it, they are harder to sell.
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Today, 07:02 PM
i contacted them directly and they quoted ¥696,800 which is $4434 and does not include customs fees which is likely to be $200 more, plus it's not...
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Today, 07:02 PM
I'll out bop and out Monk the bot. Idgaf.
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Today, 07:01 PM
If they're who I think, sure hope this doesn't happen....
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Today, 06:56 PM
Live versions
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Today, 06:53 PM
I suspect given the source that it's more likely a gray market guitar sold by an unauthorized dealer.
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Today, 06:51 PM
If the serial number cannot be identified, one cannot be arrested or charged with handling stolen goods?
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Today, 06:51 PM
I'm not sure how you feel about wine red (I personally like it) but here's one a lot closer to home for a lot less money and no need to import it...
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Today, 06:49 PM
Youve probably heard of this. Sheryl Bailey and some contemporaries call it “family of four.” Barry Harris I believe calls it the Important Chords.
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Today, 06:46 PM
I identify as a songwriter, and AI music generation reduces songwriting to just a few words as a prompt. I guess as a hobby I can ignore AI music...
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Today, 06:43 PM
This is a pretty simple recording with the Ibanez AF95. The song is an abbreviated version of a newish original called "The importance Of The...
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Today, 06:41 PM
What I don't get is, how does leaving the guitar out of its case cause this? All of my guitars are out on a rack all year round for easy access, but...
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Today, 06:40 PM
Your key/tonal centered approach will work fine if you know where the main chord tones (that define a chord) are on the fret-board: 3rd/7th + alt....
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Today, 06:40 PM
Willow is doing some interesting stuff. Lots of 7 for some reason
https://youtu.be/JPgi7tLkJ4k?si=-R79J-NldG0K0lMQ
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Today, 06:35 PM
I'm interested in learning more about this.
What is a bebop arpeggio family?
I'm afraid to ask my bigger question, what exactly is harmonic...
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Today, 06:20 PM
$5k is a lot for a Tal IMO.
FYI you can purchase the one you're looking at directly from the merchant for a lot cheaper than reverb. Tal Farlow...
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Today, 06:03 PM
I just listened to Wynton sing blues at Lincoln Center. I'm so traumatized I'm ready to start a new career as a gangster rapper.
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Today, 06:00 PM
Just found that part from John Claytons Book:
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Today, 05:48 PM
I'l do my best!
I think there is a great bit by John Clayton about approaching a chart in his book "Big Band Bass", which is a great read by the...
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Today, 05:48 PM
I was looking at one from japan and the dealer sent me this text:
The thing that occurs to me is that possibly the guitar was stolen? Not sure...
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Today, 05:43 PM
Oh man, that pic lifts my spirits. Jack was a great laugh. Such a good pic and post. Tha ks for sharing.
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Today, 05:42 PM
I had a guitar owned by John Sebastian (suffice to say not the one he played on "Summer in the City"). Did nothing for me when I sold it. But then...
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Today, 05:37 PM
Yeah, one can at least make sense of the outrageous prices of authenticated celebrity guitars but the fact that so & so (fill in famous name) owned a...
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Today, 05:23 PM
Yes, much missed. I tried to catch up with Jack whenever I was in NY. We'd email and talk on the phone quite regularly. Jack would offer me gigs when...
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Today, 05:17 PM
No way! Fret Tang Nipper was my nickname in college!
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Today, 05:16 PM
Yup. Which is why the asking price is absurd.
Yup.
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Today, 05:12 PM
Actually, I see an experienced mental health professional every day (in the mirror). I have great respect for a few members here. Most others I...
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Today, 05:11 PM
Thanks for the update!
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Today, 04:53 PM
Value, not price alone.
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Today, 04:49 PM
thx marcwhy.... !!
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Today, 04:41 PM
One thing worries me though. The frets on my tele neck are worn out, and the guy who's doing all repair work suggested instead of refret to buy a...
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Today, 04:35 PM
Quality work deserves top dollar in my book. Great skill is worth the money. I never mind paying for excellent quality work.
Buy cheap get cheap. It...
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Today, 04:33 PM
Sounds like you have something going on in your head. You have nothing to say, no argument to make, only suspicion and distrust. You should see a...
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Today, 04:33 PM
^ Exactly
:triumphant:
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Today, 04:32 PM
In any case, it is not an instrument that MB was primarily associated with during his prime, even if it was his.
His original burst and...
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Today, 04:29 PM
I'd be surprised if anybody does that. If you have to think about the pitches and intervals to build the E phrygian dominant scale AND be creative...
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Today, 04:23 PM
Hear hear!
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Today, 04:06 PM
Bloomfield is a tricky case because he withdrew from the spotlight in his last several years of life. He stopped playing big venues and recording on...
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Today, 04:05 PM
I think it's just that you don't like theory. I find it useful. It helps me memorise tunes, for example.
Very nice and really useful, thanks...
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Today, 04:02 PM
Let's not get carried away. :P
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Today, 03:52 PM
Better be careful around that guitar!
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Today, 03:44 PM
Yes, louder acoustically which is why it feeds back more...
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Today, 03:38 PM
https://youtu.be/b0hFen9LjrM?si=MOOYrK-S7NWe03IC
All that’s left is space:)
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Today, 02:57 PM
The "cancelled check" was from someone to a Guitar Center store. The "witness statement," was purely anecdotal, "Michael said he traded a guitar to...
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Today, 02:55 PM
I picked up a late 90s Guild X-150 a month ago for about $1300 and I think it might fit the bill of what you're looking for. It's a 16.5 in lower...
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Today, 02:30 PM
Not that it matters to you, but the word "apparently" was used by the person who posted the article, not by anyone involved in the sale in 1978. Do I...
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Today, 02:27 PM
I posted it because it's an exceptional bass tune. Has both Ron Carter and Mads Vinding.
Your bass playing is sounding good. Maybe tighten up the...
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Today, 02:25 PM
It's been a very long time since I played in a big band but I remember having to dissect some of the charts to understand why the arranger had...
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Today, 02:20 PM
Oh my! All three are fantastic! Love the Heatley top!GLWTS!
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Today, 02:20 PM
For me, I'm fine thinking of theory when I perform as long as I've practiced it to the point to where I can be creative with it and I can play well...
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Today, 02:12 PM
For a tune I know as well as I know All of Me, I don't think about anything but sound. No math. When math slips into my head uninvited, the solo is...
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Today, 02:07 PM
Custom shop Tele in Fiesta Red. 7.2 lbs. With all the goodies. OHSC, cert, shop traveler, strap, cord. $2900 shipped and insured CONUS.
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Today, 02:04 PM
Yes, if it's a tune I'm unfamiliar with and/or that has difficult chord changes, I'd better be conscious of that, I'm liable to mangle it if I play...
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Today, 02:02 PM
Love this. I worked at a jazz club near the end of his life, where he'd play maybe twice a year. One day this guy (who was a regular and was just the...
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Today, 01:58 PM
In general I think this gets a bad rap.
Grant Green will use the same lick over the same place in a tune on four choruses in a row.
I'm quite...
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Today, 01:51 PM
Also I am particularly interested in hearing about nevershouldavesoldit's approach because he is a very good player.
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Today, 01:50 PM
Well if I meet a stranger on the street, the pollen count and "geez this allergy season is brutal" are generally acceptable topics for small talk....
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Today, 01:49 PM
That's true. He hasn't stated his premise, he's alluded to it. A prerequisite to effective debate are all parties need to state their premise first,...
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Today, 01:46 PM
Although to be fair we don't know what nevershouldavesoldit's approach to improvisation is yet. We know what it is not.
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Today, 01:34 PM
"The instrument was apparently traded by MB to the Guitar Center in 1978 for an Epiphone Emperor"
I wouldn't buy "apparently," nor would I go by...
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Today, 01:31 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CLcImqFjjg
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Today, 01:31 PM
Best ear players I ever met had a solid music theory foundation as well.
The two are not mutually exclusive, and this argument is absolutely...
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Today, 01:30 PM
https://youtu.be/zRYMPJAGDfA?si=JT6z0FbKsPZtEgDn
Here is the same model with a different pickup.
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Today, 01:26 PM
@nevershouldhavesoldit. You can point out weaknesses to ear players too, that doesn't mean it proves the entire practice as inferior. They generally...
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Today, 01:23 PM
Oh, I wanted that one so badly but had just gotten a Tokai ES and there was no way I could swing it. But that was the nicest looking Exrubato I think...
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Today, 01:23 PM
Thank-You/Grazie mille, PrincePlanet! Can I print your whole post and put it on the wall on my workshop?? :smile-new:
Ettore
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Today, 01:13 PM
And I thought it was funny. I was trying to say in a lighthearted way that I think ideas can't flow freely from a mind that's blocked up with rules...
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Today, 01:13 PM
I simply quoted your Reverb listing stats and pointed out that a lack of response to a listing is a clear sign that the asking price for the item is...
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Today, 12:57 PM
If you have awareness of the chord of the moment and the chord (or chord group) you are leading to and if that awareness informs how you navigate the...
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Today, 12:50 PM
I would never use a 2 footed bridge ever. Full contact across the top only way to go, much stronger and more stable for everything involved. As i...
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Today, 12:46 PM
ok thanks
that makes sense ….
is it louder acoustically now ?
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Today, 12:45 PM
Audrey-Ruby - $9,300
Jersey Girl Homemade Guitars Audrey-Ruby
Electric - $5,300
Yanuziello Stringed Instruments Electric
Parisienne - $4,850...
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Today, 12:36 PM
He does it to the point that you can tell that's his method.
I didn't say they were saying that. nevershouldhavesoldit didn't go into detail about...
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Today, 12:35 PM
contact is not the same. The original bridge was collapsing.
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Today, 12:29 PM
I think this might take a generous view of what chords are there. I think Bird generalizes a bit more than we sometimes think. Not tons and tons,...
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Today, 12:25 PM
For whatever it's worth there are several of us on this site who have known this seller for many years. He may not have history here, but he's been...
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Today, 12:11 PM
It took me about 5 minutes to figure out everything I needed to know for how to approach jazz soloing. I scanned through the Charlie Parker omnibook...
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Today, 11:50 AM
Sounds like something orange Jesus would say.
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Today, 11:47 AM
Read the notarized documents in the Reverb listing, then comment.
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Today, 11:46 AM
Guitarist some have no idea what it takes to do repairs. I did a refret on a Gibson L7 5 weeks ago. The time spent to pull the old frets was about 15...
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Today, 11:36 AM
Maybe, just maybe, Dirk should bring back the requirement that one have a history of 50 posts or more, other than stuff for sale, before posting...
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Today, 11:31 AM
"Filmmaker Robb Lawrence, who filmed Bloomfield's segment in "The Wizard from Waukesha," confirms that the guitar was indeed Michael's, because MB...
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Today, 11:23 AM
Mike Bloomfield: An American Guitarist
"...The instrument was apparently traded by MB to the Guitar Center in 1978 for an Epiphone Emperor (if I...
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Today, 11:14 AM
Is this not what we were talking about though?
Well … not to be difficult, but:
When someone describes a process using the word...
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Today, 10:47 AM
An American treasure, a legend in his own time, and a good friend. :smile-new:
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Today, 10:46 AM
The term theory is general to the extent of being meaningless when talking about a musician's process. That's why I prefer to ask if you have any...
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Today, 10:41 AM
But you don’t do that while performing. You’re describing a classic exercise for performance improvement in any effort that requires complex...
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Today, 10:13 AM
That's good to hear because I decided the same thing after working out grips for those 4 to the bar parts, then playing along to a recording and...
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Today, 10:12 AM
Here's a video from twoodfrd that talks a lot about the grommet/switch on a 275 he's repairing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqCiqTVWqJk
It...
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Today, 10:07 AM
The printer didn't :)
This tune is actually a pretty simple "gospel" kind of form. If I were playing this I'd probably concentrate on the parts...
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Today, 09:57 AM
I hear it just as I III VI II V in C major with secondary dominants. If the A section was just 16 bars of C maj, the actual chords of the tune...
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Today, 09:53 AM
I don’t doubt that he does.
One of my particularly skilled students thinks like this. It’s quite fun because I can’t teach him the way I teach...
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Today, 09:50 AM
I do not hear it as only one key center. For me the secondary dominant E7 let's you expect Am7 but deceptively follows an A7 leading to Dm from the...
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Today, 09:47 AM
Eastman laminate models are noted for having a sound that is leaning more towards carved territory. Their laminates are typically (from what I've...
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Today, 09:46 AM
Since you asked :smile-new:, I prefer a simple C7 | B7 - Bb7 | em7b5 - A7 | dm
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Today, 09:39 AM
It's nuts. I need to go through my book and highlight all the D.S. so I can find them when I get to the end of the chart. I should probably put it...
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Today, 09:35 AM
Yes, that's what I'm trying to get to in my response to nevershoudvesoldit. But I'm going step by step to figure out if he actually has a completely...
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Today, 09:33 AM
Okay I don’t find this sort of dichotomy to be particularly useful.
So, this may come as a shock to some of you, but when I was in school, I was...
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Today, 09:33 AM
I will play over the changes because I like the sound.. But sometimes if it gets boring I'll go outside or modal - kind of like key center. I'll...
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Today, 09:33 AM
Yes, it's a great tune for those who are new to jazz as well. It's basically one big turnaround in one key center. I mean you can say that for a lot...
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Today, 09:28 AM
I look at big band charts like this, with odd numbers of bars per line, and I think "they really do hate us, don't they?"
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Today, 09:25 AM
All of Me, being largely 2 bars per chord, is "play the damn changes" time. Heck, you could look at every 2 bar chunk as it's own key center if you...
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Today, 09:23 AM
Who is the rock player you are referring to?
EDIT: I see, it is the OP.
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Today, 09:21 AM
Here's everything you want...
Ibanez George Benson GB10SE Hollowbody Guitar Brown Sunburst w/ Case Just a moment...
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Today, 09:17 AM
I'm with you here. If I know a tune I can play over it fine, if I don't I'm thinking chord changes and playing connect the triads with my guitar. ...
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Today, 09:13 AM
Jeff Barone is a great guitarist who put this together with Jack during Covid. Jeff also produced one of Jack's best albums "Until It's Time"....
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Today, 09:12 AM
Let's go one step at a time if you don't mind. Do you have any conscious awareness of any chord you're playing on or the chord that you are moving...
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Today, 09:07 AM
To be aware of where you are in the tune, you have to know the tune. That means having it in your mind as a frame on which to build your playing. ...
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Today, 08:47 AM
Trust but verify is an old Russian saying. Reagan said it with a smile to Gorbachev, and Gorbachev laughed.
What does the Russian proverb trust...
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Today, 08:29 AM
Hehe, rock players are always looking for a shortcut :D. Here's an interesting experiment that highlights what i think is THE difference between what...
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Today, 08:00 AM
This trio produces a wonderful sound. Debarre especially is playing with a great tone. Imho.
https://youtu.be/LMLqOEREQcM?si=3nfNekpwsvWqY6jA
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Today, 07:59 AM
My new friend...I didn't join this Forum to start arguing with folks nor did I join to be crapped on. Do you think perhaps we can just keep the...
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Today, 07:53 AM
I’m using the one bar at a time seat of my pants approach.
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Today, 07:52 AM
You might be thinking something else that results in the same (or largely overlapping) notes. For example when the tune goes to bar 3 (E7 from C...
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Today, 07:49 AM
Invoice:
$25 materials and labor
$100 EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
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Today, 07:41 AM
https://youtu.be/RRUs8P-VScw?si=ff-L_IaZ5PeZ4AUA
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Today, 07:17 AM
+1
I really have an admiration somehow for people who are able to think that complicated.
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Today, 07:09 AM
Without a doubt and more. The strings need to be removed and the whole guitar set back up to play. This requires much more time than 15 minutes....
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Today, 07:08 AM
?I’m getting a headache just reading all of this. I couldn’t play a coherent line with all of it churning in my brain. Do you all actually think...
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Today, 05:38 AM
None of the $20,000+ solid body guitars on Reverb appear to be attracting that "one buyer." I suspect the pool of potential buyers is very small and...
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Today, 05:19 AM
This appears to be a fake: 1968 was the first year that Fender made the Thinline Telecaster, however the serial number on this guitar indicates it...
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Today, 04:48 AM
Looking at the original photographs there is a crack the extends the full width and external depth of the heel. It also appears to extend an inch ...
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Today, 04:37 AM
You charge $125 for what amounts to about ten or fifteen minutes of work?
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Today, 04:31 AM
Very well put.
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Today, 03:33 AM
How does that work ?
The TP's contact to the guitar is the same presumably
the mass of the TP has increased .....
I don't understand this at...
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Today, 02:43 AM
Hey,
sent you a DM
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Today, 02:34 AM
If I understand this, it looks like the 4th fret on the high e string makes the 30th note, but that G# note isn't repeated for the trip down, so the...
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Today, 02:24 AM
I came from the 335 camp (semihollow with humbuckers). My inclination towards a 335 was due to the early 70s sound from Larry Carlton.... nice warm...
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Today, 02:13 AM
I guess it's true that I could think of C Ionian, E phrygian dominant, D melodic minor, D mixolydian, and so forth and wind up with the same notes. ...
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