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I had it gold plated by Advanced Plating. They do all the tailpieces for Gibson. :smile-new:

Perhaps, as others have suggested, the two can be intertwined. In some music cultures, I’m thinking African, West and South Asian musics, originality...

That's not the nut, it's the poly those guitars are finished. The Fujigen poly is relatively thin (and it doesn't impede vibration the way the...

Yes please post a picture.

Would sunrise orange do?

I like both the before and the after.

Geez, I've seen so many antiqued ones I'm used to them.

I saw someone ask about your budget for the bag but didn't see a reply. If you're looking to spend top $ for a beautiful leather gig bag then check...

Glad to hear you're getting happy with it Vin! I actually really like the un-polished on mine. But I tend towards low bling. No fretboard inlays,...

Not sure how I managed, but I played an LP/SG for 6 or 7 years, almost always on my feet. And it had the old milk-bottle Grovers. I think it had...

I met Mr. Benson at a pre-concert event many years ago. He told me that he designed the GB10 to be modeled after the Johnny Smith, but also to...

Number 3 - people should be able to sing.

George Benson - I think there is a video of him discussing his lines and being asked what he did. Upon analysis he takes paths from start to...

I play with the guitar held up fairly high on a strap, unsupported by my lap (at least the smaller bodies). But i don’t have any neck-heavy guitars...

Plus the fretboard is ebony on the 2014 I purchased, a truly beautiful guitar!

And a less fancy L-5 would be awesome and definitely not weigh 8 pounds. ( ' ok, 7.9 # ' ) Not exactly sure how a 350's weight would compare.

which way it goes

I didn't say pre-practiced, quite the contrary. There's nothing creative about plugging in pre-practiced licks. I've said that myself a thousand...

I always felt that a factory Wesmo L7 would have sold like hot cakes or at least I would buy one. Or bring back the single pu ES350. A less fancy...

The late 70’s and 80’s their binding was celluloid. Sometime not sure when in the 90’s they went to ABS binding.

Yeah. I mean I think that basic fact - this stuff sounds good so gets used whether people think about it or not - is key. Schemata theory is really...

Very nice playing Mark.:cool: Oh yeah, it's going to be -30F here on the coast of MA. Also, Mt Washington, NH could see -110F with winds above...

In my opinion, at practice time you can be very deliberative and think technical thoughts about particular scales, II-V-Is etc. But when playing a...

Thanks Alan! I think I’ve just really obsessed over two or three voices… two gives a lot and it’s amazing how much movement you get with three. I...

For people like Jim Hall it's probably very easy, their unconscious knowledge and experience of music and takes over and their fingers 'just do it'....

I know this doesn’t solve the dilemma with the 330 but the es-390 looks pretty interesting. Fully hollow with mini humbukers. A little smaller body...

One of my bands has a book with 550 tunes, all handwritten. Take it home? I'm afraid to take it out of the box.

My first thought is that it depends on what the chords are. Often, one of those chords, maybe the third one, is going to be a modulation, usually a...

Oh, what do you mean? I'm not native English-speaker.

I got the computer demons under control, so I thought I'd lay down a different kind of take. I wondered how this tune would sound at a moderate...

No. Just plain old kids. edit: just kids. standard kids.

George had been playing a Johnny Smith at the time they were working out the details of the GB10, and I think he was just enamored with the "romance"...

In my book, there is no firm rule about what to play. Most times it is perfectly fine to play what the sheet music tells you to play. But frequently,...

I know many like GB10 guitars and seems they work. I think in general they have decent QC. Personally for myself I have never seen the draw. The body...

AFAIK the 90's models and younger don't suffer from that .... Good luck and have fun with the hunt !

Your knowledge and continued study of music history is impressive Christian. I like the sparseness of these approaches. Alan

Never done it.

I see. Kid music school. I thought you meant college kid music school.

very much depends over here One organisation I work for is really into Kodaly which I must say is a lot of fun to do with a class. Certainly a lot...

In music school(1-7 grade), there is no way around it. At least here.

Show them how it helps you in your playing. Show them Oscar Peterson, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis who used solfège when they played.

A lot of people seem to hate solfege. I have a friend who is a music professor who hates it. I don’t really use it much. I think functional ear...

Um.. heh:)

The Chablis is a different color than natural, I would say maybe a light orange/pink color?

Why do you have to promote solfege class? Shouldn't adults be in charge of motivating themselves?

Thanks again everyone! I just talked to my luthier and we’re gonna see if he can do something reversible/non-harmful to my existing axe to make it...

I’ve got nothing. I had to take it and have found it useless

Also note that the guitar is classified as Vintage by GC. Be sure you know what the return policy for this guitar is. "Returns of the following...

I bought my Super 400 from Guitar Center. The guitar was at one of their Houston shops. I had it shipped to the nearest GC in Tucson rather...

Thanks jorgemg1984! As it happens I am aware of Creamery, but unfortunately they explicitly say that their pickup won't fit into a 330/Casino neck...

I often hear music playing in my head, which inspires me; sometimes to just sing. My real affliction is that for me, there is no such thing as...

A "point contact" that is just a hair under allowance of conducting (cracked solder, granule of contaminant in a potentiometer, too soft input...

I do enjoy a bit of nominative determinism I play 4 chords a bar sometimes. Usually as a fill. I think 2 most of the time. Principally;...

I only have one neck heavy guitar and it's a small body semi. Not much of a sample space. But when I play seated the strap, my knee. and body hold...

Rumour has it that it's an accidental but useful side-effect from the original chips ( integrated circuits) used in this 70s/80s circuit. They are...

. Thank you!!

I love the fatness of polytones. The high notes especially sound very full. I don't think it's just an EQ thing. I suspect something in the circuit...

Thanks for thinking through it; I'm much fascinated in how other instruments work and how their musicians play them.

70s and 80s Polytones ( ie before the "sonic circuits" versions) are quite noisy amps when turned up to any degree; the circuit doesn't have a...

Archtops have a domed structure so the rounded shape comes from that. There are degrees of this between arch tops. A lot of vintage Epiphones...

Jerry Coker's Jazz Keyboard book is what I recommend. Good stuff for the beginner (which I am). He starts with this: Cm7 F9 Bbmaj7 Two...

Is "chablis" the same as natural? It looks just a tad darker.

Thanks, I was able to mask the new binding and spray a couple of coats of amber, then pull the mask and spray clear over that. I handled the gun...

How about this one in the UK...Eastman FV-680ce Frank Vignola model UK sale S

I think this '47 L-7 is very handsome, and appears to me to be in VGC, w/OHSC. Yes, some repaired top cracks(or seam separation?), which are stated...

I just noticed something. I connected the polytone to another cab. So the speaker inside the polytone cabinet is disconnected. Yet I'm hearing a hum...

Freeman, nice job on that Ibanez rebinding. How did you apply the amber lacquer? Spraying? If so, did you tape off/cover the adjacent sides/top/back?...

I had the same problem with my Godin Kingpin, ended up getting an humbucker in P90 format for Creamery Pickups (UK). Loved the sound (don't have the...

Interesting binding. Has a thick gray stripe. I could do without, kinda overkill. But I do like the inlays on the ebony parts. To bad (JMO) they...

Very cool. Just starting to teach, 6pm, so will read properly this evening. Great to see this post Christian :smile-new: Edit: just had a...

My answer to questions like these (and I am NOT knocking your question) is: “play whatever you are hearing at the time.” You are jamming or on a...

Not sure those Huber-Breeze people can ‘pre-order’ one. Also I see Woodwind and Brass saying the same (a prime guitar house, for sure))) You are...

Guitar poetry!

The Fibonaccis are too much $$$$ for me , (about 2 times more than my market.) maybe banana...would be interested in a Benedetto Bambino Super Rare...

That's why I suggested trying a grounding plug in the input. If that solves it, your thought is correct and the fix is easy. It's also possible...

So, what did you end up doing? I’m in a similar spot.

Aha. With a little internet sleuthing I found out it is a Pete Biltoft Floating P-90.

That's what I do for particularly hard single-note passages, or a difficult tune that I might be soloing on. But it sounds to me like their leader...

Actually, you name it, and because it's a transposing instrument, the same fingering is called a "C" even though it actually produces a Bb on tenor...

Hi, yes you are right. the strings have the same tension as the nylon ones. The reason is that I like the nut width and the string spacing at the...

https://youtu.be/sWrWpBr67Yk This one sounds awesome.

Binding that separates from the wood can sometimes be reattached by wicking a tiny bit of water thin cyanoacrylate into the seam. Often the binding...

I have a highly regarded Hermida Audio reverb pedal that picks up what seems to be some sort of Spanish ham radio and hard core fire and brimstone...

IME, it’s an issue both sitting and standing. Either way, the fretting hand is holding the neck up, which is the aspect that annoys me.

Dreads are louder, especially useful in bluegrass, where they were called banjo-killers. I had a Gibson dread for many years. The sound was always...

Some good advice here. Usually this kind of thing Is a grounding issue, though not exclusively. One thought is that the input jacks ( Switchcraft...

Thank you all! I replaced the height adjustment springs with rubber tubing (my tech had some, fortunately) and wrapped the pickup with electrical...

OK more details. My tech did a general service back when I first got the amp. It was a reverb purchase and the amp didn't work properly upon arrival....

Excellent!

Very cool. (The guitar and your playing, not the weather.) Nice thick sound. We're getting our cold temps today in the Buffalo area. It should...

I had the issue before the service. I was using the amp in a different location before the service. It had a strange hum that to me sounded like...

Me too. years ago I had a steady trio gig and played that tune every night until the bass player threatened to quit if I played it again.

You have to diagnose before you can treat. Does this happen only when plugged into a specific outlet or does it happen in many outlets? Is it only...

What about this one, assuming he'll ship overseas? Same manufacturer, carved top, and 14" ...

I use a Bugera PS1 to eliminate the noise when I'm practicing quietly. It's a passive resistive attenuator. The amp becomes dead silent without any...

It’s volume, people want a loud guitar.

Something I am confused about. It is a Yamaha Silent Classical (nylon) but with steel strings on it? Why?

I actually had my eye set on this one :2011 Fibonacci Chicquita Prototype in Mint Green. | Reverb Australia My wife does not like "green" :grumpy:...

I use a Lace Ultra Slim on my arch top and it sounds great.

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shreddin'

Find the right station and it might make for a good backing track!

Polls don't work the best for this. A better method may be to take a bunch of parameters: * nut width * profile (C, D, U, V etc...) maybe include...

OP here (from 3 1/2 years ago). Actually, the guitar in question is an acoustic flat top that I play seated only. Doesn't even have a strap button....

Looks like lacquer crack only to me. If it where the nut the crack would begin ar the edge of it. I don't think a nut could crack at its center like...

I have that bag for strat/tele and it’s really good, heavier and a bit bulkier than most bags. The leatherette material feels very sturdy. But for...

Thanks Rene!!!

Very nice guitar! If you don't buy it, or if there are more like it (15" wide?) for sale, I'd appreciate a heads up.:smile-new: Thanks

Are you sure that it isn’t the clear coat on the nut that has not been properly removed/scraped? I had it on both sides of the nut on mine.

No idea what caused it, but if it was mine I would replace the nut.

Thanks for posting. I really dig his style.

If we're waisting time anyway ... are you claiming you could match even her cuteness factor?

The page layout looks late 90s to me, and all the Sco albums mentioned under his profile were released before the turn of the century. So it's a safe...

For less than $700, it’s hard to beat my Sire H7. I went to the store expecting to buy an Epiphone Dot, but came away with the Sire. For $7000,...

You don't see this model very often - Hofner 'President 66' thinline florentine - (currently up on U.K. E-Bay for past few days at £850- o.b.o.) -...

Instead of wasting your time on pointless discussion, just play 8 bars of this piece like this little girl.:smile-new:

I'm guessing maximizing surface area on that lower bout increases bass, an attribute looked for in flat tops but not coveted in the arch top world? ...

I found an online shop with one Schaller Western 10/40 new old stock. I bought it and mounted with some blue tak on my Yamaha nylon silent guitar...

Give me an OM over the dreadnaught guitar any day. They sound better to especially if body depth is shallower.