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Actually I prefer "uniqueness". You know, the thing that makes something not only to stand out but to imply that the world would be poorer without...

I might have tested more speakers in princetons than 99% of guitar players. Top: - Celestion Gold - the best speaker for a princeton, hands down....

At least not for me. Tried it this morning....that didn't go well..lol

Why not?

There's what looks to me like a Celestion TN1230 in my '76 that sounds absolutely fantastic with my archtops - classic jazz tone, sweet at the top,...

BTW, playing with your eyes closed is not a great idea....ha ha.

Thanks you guys.

I would be interested in seeing this in action. It makes some sense, I think, but I’m not 100% sure I see the applications.

Fat Jimmy A1060.

I'd guess that's the reason why standard tuning became the most popular Guitar tuning. Easier for playing chords. If it wasn't for the Guitar, we...

To put the price tag a little bit lower than for a.m. speakers: Jensen Tornado Jupiter LC 10 Both are excellent for clean sounds.

Sorry if someone has already shared this one, but I have to give props to "Triple Play" by Russell Malone. Definitely one of my favorite records in...

I have a eminence alessandro GA-SC64 In a Princeton that is pretty nice for the money. Mine is a 12 but they do make a 10. The Princeton does break...

I have a Yamaha Pacifica that I use for a lot of gig work, in addition to two hollow-body archtops and two semi-hollow archtops. I play all my...

An improvisation from last night in very (very) loose approximation of Pat Martino circa “Special Door”, on one of my Les Pauls: ...

What BH taught me is to divide the fingerboard in minor 3rds. What I did is add the three finger barre every minor third that creates a first...

My experience is that you can setup the action on an archtop to be as low or the same as a solid body guitar. (After fret levelling and polish.) ...

celestion gold

That triad is pretty fantastic, isn't it?

I like those sweeps, or 16th note clusters. That's trick I'd like to get down.

The best speaker I have found for my tastes in a Princeton (and indeed many other amps) is the Webers 10A125. The alnico speaker has a certain...

Genius Jamtracks is also for new Mac computers, m1, m2…and for both iOS and android. By far the best app!! Smooth voicings and rhythm is killing.

If you ever decide to sell the G&l Asat, let me know. I would be very happy to purchase it. -Charley

I have a '78 Ibanez FA-100 I bought after having gone through 2 Gibson 175s in the late 80's. I got it for a Yes cover band gig and love it to death....

I recall Mick Goodrick being asked about P4 tuning. His response "I considered it, there are certainly benefits to the symmetry, but ultimately there...

+1! + there was a time when I dived deep into it and that was my main "listening-diet". I've never played total free sets live but it does happen...

Pots can be wired in multiple ways and still work, more or less. But different wiring methods affects the tone and volume differently. Some people...

I personally haven't had good luck with Gibson 335s, and usually ended up playing Ibanezes instead, which is in the ballpark but not a 335. However,...

Mine was directly inspired by your blonde Jazz Special. I wasn't in a position to buy the two times your instrument came for up for sale. Yours...

Planning on continuing to check in with this stuff. I’ve been doing tritone substitutions lately. Using pretty simple embellishments of the line...

Eventually, I found the solution on the back cover of the book. Amazon has a sample for the kindle edition, which includes the page with the credits...

This type of music is like poetry in that more people write it than read it. Also, there is a small percent of those who do it who actually put it...

Here's a site to consider. Pickups – Kalamazoo Guitar Company Rob is the talent. He's built some pickups for me. He's a perfectionist. He...

I love free jazz. I could listen to early Ornette all day. Bitches Brew and that vibe not so much. What Christian calls free improvisation as...

Hi all. I leaning towards purchasing the t7tm with p90's. I heard that there is an issue with the saddles/screws being positioned too close or on...

Darn, Thank you

Seller lives in Tinton Falls, NJ. (Top right hand side of his first post)

Sorry if I missed it, but where are you located? I'm in St Louis, but will be near KC and Denver soon if you happen to be near any of those.

It's not a defect, that's normal performance. If you want to keep the same eq while rolling back the volume you install a treble bleed. If you want...

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That's the one thing i miss the most from living in the US, the baptist churches. And not so much the big, famous ones with the super pro bands, but...

I'm late to the thread. I find it hard to understand what the topic is (if any?). But from what I can gather it is not about frustration towards...

Yes. It is.

Even with retractable arms, most office and gaming chairs are a bit reclined towards the back, because this is the best position for office work. But...

Thank you and Merry Christmas for you, too.

I love this! It’s so right for so many things.

Hi, Could you describe a little bit more precise what you mean by " affecting the tone". Is it getting darker when rolling back the volume which is...

Good point, when playing in a band context or whenever we want to "dig in", we're punished if the action is too low relative to the gauge. Larry...

Jesse van Ruller - 'Trio' Lage Lund - 'Idlelwild'

If you have a wooden bridge it locks in a wound third normally, because the slots are normally cut for that and the intonation will be way off with a...

If you are talking about the chair in the first post, it's the Serta Air Bonded Leather Manager Office Chair (link below where it says "Robot or...

It's interesting that I grew up when there was free jazz and orthodox traditional jazz next to it. I didn't get into free jazz, although I listened...

Is this still available?

ALL the guitars I use on stage have the action set higher than on those I only use at home- in a band situation the strings need more "headroom"...

There is no reason to talk you out of buying an ES-335. I have two: a 1990 Gibson USA cherry throat-gripper I bought new, and a 2024 Gibson Custom...

My pleasure, thank you for listening. And thanks for sharing such a lovely vocal version. Truly beautiful!

That's a common fallacy. But if you look at it from a slightly different angle you could say: Light gauge allows higher action, heavy gauge...

I don't listen to or play that much free music, but every time I've played this kind of music it's been a learning experience. I've tended to do it...

There’s a free Chrome extension called Transpose that lets you transcribe directly from YouTube. You can change the key, adjust the pitch, slow down...

I play fingerstyle most often without picks. Occasionally, I use fingerpicks with a thumbpick. I have never been able, in 57 years of playing guitar,...

I also have an Ibanez 2616. It is a fabulous guitar. The original pickups with the Ibanez inscription are great. No issues with binding, neck or...

I play a 2616 pre-serial. Like it a lot. All original. No binding problems at all. Never played a gibson. Can afford it but my playing isn't worth...

Yes, it has a sound post but it's just a dowel, similar to a violin sound post. I've heard that the pickups on the Japanese copies are usually...

Mark, I go back and forth between archtops and solid bodies. I keep light strings on the solids (9's and 10's) and slightly heavier strings on the...

Easier? Yes. Much easier? Not necessarily. Let me say up front that I’m hyper sensitive to string height, neck bow and buzz. I have some issues with...

I have three guitars: Flat top - D18 45 years Stratocaster - 36 years Ibanez - AG75 25 years The flat top is nice, clubby neck and the easiest to...

Most musicians I know have stopped playing free music. This is largely due to the fact that they began to realize that they had little knowledge...

At 70 I'm closer to the end. I've had my career. No children. Adequate material goods. Reasonably safe. I have time as each day fritters by like...

I also use a drum stool. No back but I never think about that.

I have one steady gig these days on wednesday nights in highland heights. Duo with a bassist. We're off until Jan 8th though

Haiti is the only basket case, and has been so for years. The others have issues. But I do not see why their citizens should be accepted as refugees...

Let's bump this up for any offers

I have my guitars action set up just over buzz. 13s on the archtop, 11s on the tele. I can switch back and fourth fine, but I almost never play the...

Not radically different between my 17" carvetop, GB10, ES-175, Telecasters (one with Gibson scale conversion neck and the other with Fender scale),...

Tomorrow I will play blindfolded. That will be fun.

Does the Cortez have a soundpost and is the guitar the same dims as a Gibson? My Japanese copy is slightly thinner than my '63 and it has fake HBs!...

It's the Glassl archtop Hammertone referred you to - I don't offer a Florentine cutaway model.

Well, I don’t own it anymore, but I think this Comins was a really nice looking guitar. Beautiful woods, flawless workmanship and a graceful,...

It's hard to choose one, but like the OP, I think the Epiphone Emperor F is a beauty. Mine is a blonde one from 1983. My personal favourite...

So the Dakota Bar was mentioned in the above post. I used to play there quite often at the old St.Paul-location. Even had a steady trio gig on...

My 2022 Trenier Jazz Special. That's a beautiful dark finish. These DeArmond FHC pickups are so clear and clean. Mine is from 2018 (3 posts...

Thank you. For anyone else's reference, Approx. 2.4 kohms is said to be typical of this early version. Measuring resistance & comparing just...

I like the On-Stage bench style. It folds up and is sturdy, no back, no arms, nothing to restrict you. Good cushion. They're made for portable piano...

Not new ... someone in a similar thread mentioned that IKEA has a folding stool that works well on gigs. It's light, no frills, durable and...

Between a dick and someone who can pull off a miniskirt, I think I know what I'd prefer to see when I'm treating my ears... Technically easy...

Thanks for your performance, JazzPad. Another killer rendition of this tune is from Irene Kral's album, Where I Love? with Alan Broadbent on...

Ditto for me, I have the 1970's Japanese ES-175 copy discussed in this video, the binding and neck are good. ...

All my electric guitars have about the same action (between 4 and 5/64” bass and between 3 and 4/64 treble) and relief ~.06”). My semi and my...

The lightest strings I use on my solid-body are 11's and I use 12's on my archtop so no real difference, and the action is similar on both - but I...

no nothing weird in the alto high end. The speaker sim in the tc keeps everything below 5K

I suppose one test of the effectiveness of a music-generating theory/system would be (assuming the programming is feasible) what kind of work would...

There are several factors to consider here, Mark. I go from fat neck 7 string archtops to thinner and narrower neck 7 string solid bodies daily and...

Agreed, there is simple music, which some people fool themselves into thinking they can play. But to play at the level where you really reach people...

My 2022 Trenier Jazz Special.

Bro, you did that guitar way more justice than I ever could. And so many more people enjoyed the sound of it, thanks to you. JD

Try A-Ab-A instead of G-Gb-G bassline: C/A Am7) | 5-x-5-5-5-x | > Ab7#5 | 4-x-4-5-5-x | Or Make Someone Happy changes: C(Maj7)| x-3-2-0-(0)-x |...

My mid 1970s 2355 was pretty well built, but off just a little. Nothing I could not fix: Pots too high value, measured 1k-> new electronics...

Thanks everyone for the replies, they make for enjoyable reading! Nobody has talked me out of buying one though :highly_amused:. The local...

any new cool chairs you recommend?

I’m not sure if sitting in a chair like that would be comfortable for me over a long period

My best looking guitar is this Trenier Jazz Special. Photos borrowed from the internet .

unfortunately link is not working anymore. Do you kind sharing the name of the model?

So you thought viols is the generic name of the bowed instrument family? Not wrong if you go back far enough, but if you do that they (can) also...

Watch for evidence of pickguard out-gassing. 70's Ibanez guitars were notorious for this as well as the aforementioned binding rot and...

I don't know; you tell me!

WOW! What an awesome ES-350!!

I can't get these grips to sound like the intro. I also only slept about 3 hours last night, getting home late from a gig... then up at 6 with the...

By fuzzy, I meant not sanded smooth per say. Not sure what happened when I loaded this screenshot the first time, but this stuff.

The first turn around is interesting, in C Major I'd play Fm7-Bb7 (IVm7-bVII7) rather than The bVIImaj.7 in this lead sheet. The bVII9, a.k.a., ...

Swingin', Jack! I have an Alto TS110a which mostly sits off in a corner unused. I have run my SansAmp Para Driver DI into it with fairly good...

Actually on reflection I’d call it C+/Gb. Exactly specifies the voicing. I think Ab7#5/Gb is weirdly harder to read too, at least for my dense brain....

no, no, not a typo but instead ignorance. My only personal experience of that family is a cello that I played in grade school and observation of...

I did another one today. I love exploring in this form. I guess the birds become my rhythm section. :smile-new: I don't love this one as much, but...

So funny, I almost started a thread last week called "Show Us Your Backsides"! But I thought I'd get laughed off the forum.

Another cool looking guitar is my Comins Zelig Hybrid Archtop…

The New Real Book calls it: Ab7#5/Gb. In fact, the same chord voicing I mentioned earlier: Ab7#5 | x-x-4-5-5-4 |

The disparity is stark and has been for most all of my adult life (65). A relative handful of musicians make six figures or more per year, a tiny...

I would say it simplifies the analysis of bebop eventually. Although, mostly it was about playing in class, not so much analysing. But you can do...

I don't know. What followed serialism was also systems music, its just that the system was simpler and more obvious to the listener as an organising...

Not to mention vintage American guitars. It's inherent to the binding material manufactured at the time and can affect any brand guitar. But...

Seen him with Paul Dunmall, Tony Bianco, Faith Brackenbury and John Pope earlier this year. It was intense even by free jazz standards! Loved it.

Very nice guitars, my first archtop was a 2355 I sold it to buy my 88' ES175 (classic move). The comparison doesn't last, my gibson is a way better...

Quite

I also have this unread book on my shelf glaring at me. John O'Gallagher - Book

The augmented chord is in the horn arrangement, you can hear it clearly in the shout chorus. You also have the iconic intro with the C/G -->...

I actually meant to post that on the progressivism vs traditionalism thread. But yeah. I think you'd probably like it? I looked into it, and it's...

Thanks for this info guys - very clear and helpful! I’m buying to play but the seller says all original and it looks in very good shape from the...

I didn't look at the channel but tagged it for Southern Baptist - contemporary gospel music. Probably too contemporary for most folks though, like...

Don't Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie On The King of Rock & Roll apologies to Long John Baldry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj_lZ4hkJd8

M-a-d mad.

My thinking goes first to the ergonomics. How does the neck feel? How does the body size fit you? The 335 feels too large to me. I play a...

I hate dixieland but I know better than to be mad at it

I hate it when they do that, "What is wrong with you?! Why did you even buy me?" :sour:

:dontknow:

Here: Gustav Glassl rehabilitation

Well if you like boogie woogie then I think it would be a pretty good representation of yourself as a pianist.

yeah different instruments and styles have different learning curves. Like it’s hard to learn to play the changes even on Autumn Leaves, and it’s...

I'm only suggesting that in the future you refrain from casually dismissing what others have invested a lifetime into. Being a security guard is...