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Yeah, that is annoying but if anyone has found a free or cheaper source for amp schematics, by all means share it.

What I meant is that I've perfected it about as much as I can short of matching Johnny Smith's proficiency. A corollary to that might be playing...

One issue that can be challenging with certain chords, especially (for me anyway) if diminished harmony is involved, is keeping all the combinatorics...

It's played by the Roy Hargrove Big Band, but it sounds a little different than the version of it on his album 'Emergence.'

Limiting? But you told me from your own experience what rewards you found after perfecting right hand technique...

Yes sir... then again, I have often thought of abandoning the pick and going fingerstyle as Lorne Lofsky did (well, he does use a thumb pick) and for...

Sure but are you speaking from experience here, Mick?

Once you perfect your right hand technique, the difficulty should end, but there is virtually no end to the complexity of what and how you may play...

Yeah. My history is one of switching between using a plectrum for rock and then jazz and fingerstyle for classical. After years on and off trying to...

Isn't she lovely.... just right click on the guitar image and "copy link" -- Gibson Tal Farlow 2011 – Tonefest Guitar Gallery

For those many who aren't haven't heard any Lenny Breau in a while, head on over to BandCamp for a listen to his duet with Brad Terry, "The Living...

When I played with a pick, I’d have answered picking hand. But several years ago I became a thumb player, so I answered neither / both. There are...

I remember reading that at the time and wondering "who the heck is Lenny Breau?" I had never heard of him before that and didn't actually hear his...

Well - I can definitely tell the difference in tone between 09 and a 12 when I play clean on my acoustic archtop. Also, I am not sure that heavier...

Atm I’d say the fretting hand Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hmm… planning beforehand might be more documentary and informative than making surprising questions about things that happened - oh lord - 40-50...

Love Sharon Isbin's recounting

Equal(ish) tension across all strings with 12's. Equal(ish) tension across all strings with 11's. Note: I tune in 4ths = EADBCF

https://youtu.be/rT5g1-ibrGs?si=Dlk_9g74pTNt7uKf Peter Bernstein on guitar

I think the picking had is where I put more work on, bc it plays a prominent role in tone production. Ll.

That was a good deal on that Eagle. Hope you got it LJP.

Poll data results suggest majority's picks are too thick for playing jazz? :behindsofa:

Probably my fretting hand. I can go crazy with my right hand but my fretting hand its harder to keep up. Especially with shifting chords at faster...

Again, thanks guys for your suggestions

I’m sure I saw this back around 1981/84, but it is really great to see it again. Thanks for posting, Dave!

Good point. I think I may be guilty of having ignored it for a while - through most my teens. Then I recall being about 17 and buying Guthrie...

More difficult? Not sure. Hard to know if it’s actually harder or if we all just ignore it for eight years and then decide to work on it and go...

The luthier got back to me and explained he uses the first (Fralin) option you mentioned. I don't know what resistor he uses, but it drops the...

Done.

DO IT one of my guitar teachers had a saying I steal just about daily. Amateurs always think about their left hand. Pros always think about...

Interesting. I might just start a thread about this. I've been playing fingerstyle for over 14 months now but alternating I and M for Donna Lee...

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"Video unavaible" at least here in Europa. It's not the version of Requiem from Frank Lacy's album Tonal Weights & Blue Fire but I can't see...

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Woah! 20$ for a schematics of a 30-50 year old ”outdated” amps?! At least someone sees the value of Polytones!

The altered dominant It’s voice leading No it’s a thing No its voice leading No it’s a thing fr

I see 4 stages of improvising over an altered chord (as in most chords). You begin by learning a few shapes of the chord so you can play altered...

It's a Frank Lacy tune named Requiem, not sure if this is the recording in the film though. Frank Lacy Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More ... |...

Unfortunately it appears I no longer have this written transcription however, I found two transcriptions of it on YouTube. It says that he tuned his...

Manuals and Schematics for Polytone amps -- Polytone Schematics I have a Polytone 102 amp that I bought from Good Will a few months ago....

Thanks for the comment, vintagelove. I definitely love the classic sound of these amps and would happily pay $150 or more to get it sounding the way...

Thank you for the tip, dconeill. I will go through all the pots and visible contact points, snap connectors, etc. and clean them with Deoxit and see...

I would have agreed with some of the aforementioned opinions 10 years ago, but today there's so many ways to get your desired tone without having to...

The most important thing is that you hear what you're playing. Theoretical harmony is all fake if you can hear an idea and sell it well. As proof of...

Oh no, don't say "muck about," you need to make it sound more professional than that! ;) Do you know Terje? ...

D'Addario has such a calculator for their strings too -- Guitar String Tension Calculator | D'Addario

Thanks for sharing, it seemed like you were more occupied with your right hand than your left? It's the reverse for most guitarists. We had an...

I had a similar problem with an Evans amp. Per Evans' instruction, I cleaned all the contacts between the various PC boards and that took care of the...

The video in kris' post mentions "the cheeseburger notes"

That was really fascinating. I did not know much about Barrios before watching this. This is so well done and captures the soul and spirit of his...

A thread from the resurrection and these days Polytone's are old and not worth doing anything with. Lots of better options for these days. In their...

If you love the sound of the amp (I certainly do), it's definitely worth getting repaired. I mean, think about it. They're all 40 years old at this...

...and a strange tuning as well iirc, no? I recall seeing a transcription years ago, and there were some low As going on and maybe some other strings...

That was great …. Roy was so great anyone know what the closing credits music is ? i liked that

The "emotional connection" is evidently key. Good video.

I recommend getting musicians earplugs. I had a doctor custom fit them to my ear. They fit great and you can hear clearly. They have 15 and 25db...

Working on this. Playing he 3rd and 7th of each chord. Interesting how 3 and 7 flip flop through the changes. Its slow going....for now.

Hello Mick, thanks for your time. I normally muck about with chord progressions to start with & build on that= melody, bass lines etc.:encouragement:

Very nice.... By the way, Christian, the first 6 notes of this phrase are almost identical to the melody of Charles Mingus' tune, Peggy's Blue...

The person had about a 10 sales history. It turned out they were small items. The eBay person told me some scammers do that. These can be sales...

Wow that's a great response, lot's of good information. Thank you all for replying. I'm used to forums where you're lucky to get a view let alone a...

Triplet and swing are different in terms of articulation. Swing feel on 8th notes, slurs are inverted compared to "traditional". On triplet even in...

Simple chords (major/minor) are such that as soon as you hear a lone chord (e.g., like D major played on the guitar), you recognize popular tunes...

Haha thanks...

If it was mine I’d probably spend more time moving the frets than actually playing something.

Well done, nice, but too many twangy notes in most of your phrases for my taste. :encouragement: Paul Wilkinson has very good Pro Backing Tracks:...

I'm not sure there's a best way as such, but transcription is the first thing that springs to mind. Then there are scale exercises, composing...

Mostly just the melody... Should learn it up an octave next. (2) Donna Lee 160 BPM - YouTube

Finding good backing track is very difficult, I used this one found on youtube and edited it to fit the structure I wanted:...

That's a good point, I have been thinking of the audience that is usually more interested by the main theme than the improv. I need to check if I do...

Thanks for the feedback, really appreciated! Do you have suggestions on the best way to acquire some soloing vocabulary ? I have never been thinking...

Ahh Christian..thank you for this.. you always surprise us..from Bach to Bop

I’ve been working on that solo since late 2023 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Didn't know that, his workshops that I attended were about 10 years before this interview, saw no sign of any health issues at that time, but he left...

A chord connection improv strategies study group? Yeah, I could see value in that.

Charles tells me that, when the interview was finished, he noticed in the room on the shelf a box of Scottish oatcakes (Charles swears by them), so...

I'm having Terge Rypdal flashbacks.... are your compositions freely improvised or is there a basic framework you ad-lib on?

Joe called 13's "medium gauge" strings? :ambivalence: I was at a couple of the workshops he mentioned where they let in clueless guitarists, but...

Quote: "Legato is a sound not a technique", very true. Excellent, you've done fantastic work analysing Allan Holdsworth's Jazz playing. This must...

Regarding whole tone patterns or phrases, it occurred to me that twelve tone patterns would be a good source for these, because a twelve tone row is...

I've always wondered about getting a five course guitar with movable frets, would it be the ideal instrument for my five finger right hand picking...

IMHO, if you only learn one lick from Barry Harris' "Expanded Extra Note Rules", this is the lick: Barry Harris "Expanded Extra Note Rules"...

I have a transcription of that, I'll share it if you like. I didn't like it much. As I recall, he plays it very slowly like that because he uses many...

This one is shredding! I love his mad little (improved?) prelude. The campanelas sounds so cool on these early guitars ...

Hearing a piece on the baroque guitar after growing up with it on modern guitar is like hearing it for the first time for me ...

it is interesting to track activity on my website..... there has been an uptick on my site - visitors referred from Jazz Guitar Classifieds. of...

I have a couple of guitars by the Vintage brand which have variable splitting via a knob. One has a regular HB, the other 3 stacked 'P90s'.

My favorite guitar version of this tune, from John McLaughlin (...although, listening to this now, I wonder if my old turntable was running...

Same here, verbatim.

Congratulations on your new guitar. Obviously a huge jump from the Joe Pass! Please could you post a pic of the 1995 175 as the link in your post...

Yes, and I have both bought and sold items here. But if you look at how long some items stay listed here, as well as all the discussions of items...

Thank you. It has some honest wear. I have the original tweed case with the leather ends.

I think you have to of had some version of Shure motiv already. I found an app that will let me adjust the gain settings on the mv88 but I had to...

Glad you got your money back but seriously,that whole scenario says red light stay away.The seller i'm sure had no history and is selling a guitar...

I’m in that camp. 90+% of my few transactions have been with friends, local musicians, and Forum members with whom I have a relationship from prior...

Great stuff! Many guitarists I know have at least one bass. Some use it to pick up extra gigs, some to make their own backing tracks, and some just...

As it happens I recently got both of those Frank Koonce books (i.e. baroque guitar, and vihuela), it’s interesting stuff to play on classical guitar....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSVYiHTTpQo&list=PLwF_erUQBkk0rsZ_T9QlHRuKxIzuLwcOu&index=3

Not really.

Chuck Thornton is one of the finest luthiers in the US. He's been on his own for about 21 years and was a superb luthier for many years before that....

Thanks Derek! Confession time: I haven\t listened to much Grant Green prior to this.

Hi! In this video I discuss some possible solutions for improvising over altered dominant chords. Apart from theoretical information I think the...

It would be cool to hear a recording from the OP. Otherwise we're just guessing at what they sound like. Sometimes I think there could be a better...

nice guy and great teacher He made us learn the basics of chords and harmony properly and taught some nice chord-melody arrangements and then...

A good piece of advice I once got from my teacher was: when soloing over alt dom chord just focus on one extension at a time, and this time tell the...

The is a Reverb story. There was a listing for a Gibson ES-345 cherry in like new condition. The lister was a student and needed money. He showed...

Well, given my experiences I would heartily agree, however it sounds like there's some people out there who are not serious buyers and give people...

Great work Cliff! Can't go wrong with Grant Green!

Usually the comp part only contains a some of the more important chord tones not all 7. I'm curious, does that mean your soloing strategy is based on...

Bottomline on this discussion is buy your gear from the Jazz Guitar Forum members!!! IMHO Total satisfaction nearly guaranteed ever time and similar...

Excellent. Lovely relaxed interview, a lot due to the interviewer. Non-intrusive, gentle Scottish lilt, and very knowledgeable. Makes all the...

'I wrote the chart a few years ago' Backward compatibility is always an issue with Software releases, it should have been tested, but Software is...

Since it bothers you so much, I’ve fixed it for ya.

You have to practice and listen a lot. If you have all this in you, you can use it freely. Someone once said: "jazz is about endless practice and...

Congrats for ending up to a solid conclusion! Hard to go wrong with a ES175! Although I went at first. My first 175 was an ES165 with a floater....

Hi Cliff, great job with the solo. I messaged you yesterday, it looks like you are local to me and thought it would be nice to get together...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5syZA8sNcHo&t=348s

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The whole point of the dominant chord is to create tension and movement towards its resolution chord (mainly through the 3-7 tritone present). By...