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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
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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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Today, 02:13 AM
The cigarette scorch marks on the headstock mark show where the top of the headstock is and show that the guitar was played left handed. I guess most...
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Today, 01:09 AM
I've no idea what this thread's about. To me, all that matters is how it sounds and whether it works. There are lots of things that work beautifully...
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Today, 12:12 AM
You got it bro!
On the gig tonight I felt very cool, but I only used the metronome, not MuseScore.
Speaking of Gatton, can we call him a jazz...
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Yesterday, 11:43 PM
I wouldn't be so sure. There was a time when Michael Stevens was one of the most respected builders on the planet. This guitar is from that era and...
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Yesterday, 11:36 PM
I would say it's neither, more of a modal scale approach. The tonal center focus is on chord progressions: II-V, Cycle of 5ths, etc., which in...
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Yesterday, 11:15 PM
Personally I like the felt ukulele picks best, such a mellow tone :wink-new:
Are you using the Freddie Green approach with these big band charts,...
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Yesterday, 11:10 PM
This song screams "play me up tempo!" - to me anyway so I will comply. It must think I'm fast company. :cool:
I was listening to Tuck Andress play...
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Yesterday, 11:06 PM
There was a gorgeous Seventy Seven Koa top semi-hollow posted on this site a while back that made me weak in the knees.
Maybe the owner will post...
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Yesterday, 10:56 PM
thats cheep! only 22k, add 200 for ship
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Yesterday, 10:53 PM
working through new big band charts. Added a little embellishment on the intro, won’t do that with the band.
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Yesterday, 10:51 PM
Except the fingerstylers …
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Yesterday, 10:38 PM
From the Japanese SOAR website:
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Yesterday, 10:38 PM
Not from that listing though....
Listed: 10 months ago
Offers: 0
Hello, Earth to Seller! No one will buy it at anywhere near your asking...
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Yesterday, 10:37 PM
I started in on this today and played the first half quite easily. This arrangement seems less challenging from a physical standpoint than Rainy...
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Yesterday, 09:50 PM
More progress on the Mark train :smile-new:
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Yesterday, 09:41 PM
Yeah, in an actual band situation I might think different.
Interesting thing is in my experiments, thicker picks are not that much louder out...
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Yesterday, 08:49 PM
hi i'm quite new to all this so forgive my ignorance but i'm looking to purchase a quality laminate archtop that costs around 1500usd with a...
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Yesterday, 08:48 PM
Great work! I was hoping to see this thread after reading about the neck break on this one. Mark is a master!
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Yesterday, 08:47 PM
It's just a feature of the forum software.
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Yesterday, 08:47 PM
If it's a band or independent/small artist stuff most sessions I've been on were one or two days for a whole album, two or three takes for tunes and...
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Yesterday, 08:38 PM
Clamp but do not starve the surfaces of glue by overtightening clamps. Secure with squeeze out but does not squeeze all glue out.
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Yesterday, 08:23 PM
“Mom, dad, I know I just graduated from optometry school, but you should put a studio in the living room for me.”
- RVG
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Yesterday, 08:19 PM
That's true, although it should be noted that, "...he convinced them to design the house with recording in mind. The living room would double as a...
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Yesterday, 08:11 PM
Thanks I already have (2) 12-ER's in studio, but these days I only gig with lightweight combos.
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Yesterday, 08:09 PM
OP if you clamp it yourself be easy. You have to use enough pressure but not too much it’ll damage the guitar. Ask for help or watch some YouTube...
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Yesterday, 07:58 PM
I do changes over all of me. Too many adjustments for me to keep track of.
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Yesterday, 07:22 PM
As we are jazzers: Wasn't Rudy Van Geldern's first studio actually the living room in his parents house?
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Yesterday, 07:21 PM
A half a note is a huge distance in this business. When you play G# over E7 with all other diatonic notes, you get E Phrygian dominant or A harmonic...
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Yesterday, 07:09 PM
I just did a Google image search for Kenny Burrell and apart from one relatively early photo where he is actually playing a classical guitar most of...
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Yesterday, 07:08 PM
First off.. your tone is great and you're making some good progress. Actually sounds like a guitar. And quite good for an electric guitar.
As...
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Yesterday, 07:06 PM
Duh, what an idiot I am. My apologies.
The scale length is 25" even.
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Yesterday, 06:51 PM
Suppose you're playing All of Me. C E7 A7 Dm E7 Am D7 G7.
And, suppose you figure, okay this is all Cmajor tonal center, give or take a couple of...
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Yesterday, 06:47 PM
just record yourself and put in the metronome *afterwards*. dont forget to post the results :cool:
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Yesterday, 06:10 PM
Yes I see and easy. Glue and clamp it will be almost invisible I would take at syringe and push glue. 2 properly placed clamps and let dry 24 hours....
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Yesterday, 06:00 PM
The rear veneer is replaced with a hardwood thicker veneer for more strength. He will mill off the thin Bakelite veneer.
Then paint on a new...
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Yesterday, 05:59 PM
Well.... my silent room is quite a different atmosphere than alongside a big band. I might change things up in that situation. I use an amp and my...
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Yesterday, 05:31 PM
I might be mistaken but …
E 0 1 2 3 4
A 0 1 2 3 4
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Yesterday, 05:30 PM
High-quality recordings are being produced in home studios. By high-quality, I mean Grammy-winning.
No need to be under the restrictions of a...
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Yesterday, 05:17 PM
Did Wes ever credit another guitarist for helping him develop his playing technique? I've only heard vague remarks about him such as "self taught"...
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Yesterday, 05:16 PM
You guys Sound great on those thinner picks. I can't pull it off though. I've been using Dunlop big stubby 3mm picks for ages. I play with a strong...
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