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There are so many unknown tunes too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k67NUYnG-JU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgo4KegZp3k ...

All the pots on every LP I've opened up have been the same length. The entire outer shaft is threaded. So you only need one nut underneath the top...

Hey Rickco. That sounds great! Looks like we might do some work together the on a plate or two! Maybe you will finally get to make a guitar...

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The front panel reverb knob adjusts the amount (level) of reverb. The dwell control adjusts the length of the reverb trail. Two different things. ...

I've also thought of mic'ing a small amp (I have the LJ) with a Sennheiser 609 (it's flat, so you can drape it from the handle) and going into the...

This one went over well. I’ve found that the correct mix is 50/50 jazz and things the kids will like, with one song that the kids will make fun...

already on hold, be interesting to see if it's headed to Japan I guess someone didn't think the price was outrageous it only takes one.....

If I had to recommend a bare bones minimum ... 1. Practice hearing (or imagining) something and playing it immediately. The idea is to be better...

I have surmised that I shouldn't believe everything Gibson tells me. I've had to change pots on two expensive Gibsons: one because they were faulty...

What I need to practice is songs. Just got back from my weekly 3 hour jam session at a local venue. It’s something like group practice, though not...

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On a Fender unit, it controls the amount of guitar signal that is sent to the actual reverb tank itself. Then the mix knob lets you control how much...

I need to do this. I want to add some new material to my aging set list.

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Sigh . . . Please let me know if you're back around, maestro!

I"m working on playing sixteenths notes fast with a relaxed right hand.

As he said, “it just couldn’t be turned on again”. He made no mention of the standby switch, but I overlooked that because I keep thinking of a...

I'm unhappy with my articulation, hitting the note I want when I want to. Been hitting up the metronome a lot more recently, even when I play...

Thanks for the videos, Brent. Some people might find this interesting. Martin Miller's main picking technique is based on coupled finger motion...

….or die trying :smile-new:

Thanks Hammertone!

I think you maybe right mate... every time I ask Gibson about something I get a different completely conflicting answer depending on who is manning...

I would assume a Les Paul has a different thickness depending on which pot it is. I guess the same shaft would be chosen for all four thus requiring...

Making up solo arrangements beforehand I can do (useful for gigs). When it comes to improvising stuff I feel like I can always improve on it but its...

I would posit that it is an elementary school mindset that resorts to insulting a fellow poster with whom you disagree, particularly when it is over...

I have a few lists of new, or tricky, tunes and I try to get though one list every day. That's about all I can accomplish in the summer days.

I don’t think that’s correct. Long shaft pots have longer threaded portions so that the top threads protrude from the guitar’s top enough to hold a...

Good idea, if you keep it pleasurable, you'll keep doing it.

Since you mentioned shell voicings, here is how I practice them. Suppose you are playing Gmajor and the first voicing is G in the bass maj6 or...

Excellent. Not easy.

Below is my daily practice routine, I apply myself to it everyday, but some days for a longer time than other days.

Update: The plot thickens... From Gibson just now: We generally use Long shaft for Archtop guitars and I can't see this guitar being any...

Fortunately, there was no winner, the consensus was that both amps sounded very good. It was nice to hear the tube Fender Pro-Reverb and the software...

If limited time for practice then I do some Bach violin partitas, then some solo arrangements - basically I practice performing some short solo...

Last weekend it was the opposite for me - my wife's been away, and my boss gave me the Friday off for good behaviour, so I had three solid afternoons...

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I think he means that he hears no audible difference among brands and types of caps of the same value in the same location. I don’t either. Eric...

On a spring reverb tank?!?! What is it actually controlling? (And/or, how?) Thanks.

I only care about blues licks so I don't have any advice. The blessings of a one track mind.

It's been probably 20 or 25 years since I played guitar through a JBL Eon -- which means it almost certainly wasn't the exact same current "Eon One...

To carry 60lbs one needs a gig which pays enough to employ someone to carry it ;-). The evolve 30 bass unit weighs about 32lbs which is a little...

Multiple Carr endorsements. It does look awesome. It is outside the budget - $2500 or so - but it also looks loud. Tone King and Tone Master...

Multiple people have mentioned the Tone Master Twin. I always skipped right over the Twin - 85 lbs, you've got to be nuts. It never occurred to me...

I see you have given up on SS amps, but have you ever tried a Polytone? I have arguably the best sounding model they made (s15b), and will be selling...

I appreciate the Tone Master endorsement. I liked but ultimately sold my Princeton because the lack of a master volume drove me nuts. But with the...

What grade level do you think it is to be able to see the fault in that logic? It has to be elementary school somewhere. :P What difference does it...

So who "won"? What was the consensus? I've only plugged into one TM, it was the Deluxe Reverb, and I wasn't impressed, but then I've never been a...

Below is the simplest OCTAVE pedal: :smile-new::smile-new: Start with this 'C' octave, practice this slowly and then add other octaves.

For those interested in this, I found a few more videos demonstrating this technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq9-_57PJ3c see 1:40:...

As for duo recordings w a guitarist there's this record w Jim Hall too. Been awhile, maybe I'll pull it out and spin it on the table later.... ...

so if i get an octave pedal will i sound like WES....if the answers yes ill get one..

Last night at a local Jazz gig, we had an amp "Shoot-out" between a Fender Pro-Reverb and Fender Tone Master Twin. The Twin's two speakers does...

"Good Tone" is a very personal thing. In the past, I've created simple test wiring rigs, so I could test various Caps and Pots values.

I have Tweed Deluxe RI and it is one of the sweetest amps I've ever played . I have 2 handwired Doug Sewell amps costing 5x more and this holds it's...

My Green Guitar

" first explain the ancient Greek keys or modes and their properties, which are to be played sadly or merrily, etc" haha, he has obviously seen the...

And he also made a duet with Joe Pass, my favorite Pass' record Joe Pass & Red Mitchell – Finally (1992).

You can hear the ii-V thing in the bridge in this version, although McCoy is really just playing the ii. ...

Thank you Strat for these additional details.. Message from loom builder as to what we are starting with. Quote: Thank you for confirming...

Well, I've always found Gibson 59 Classics to be a tad dull and muted, or maybe I've just heard bad ones.. or maybe the one in this guitar despite...

- I'm in the camp that says you cannot hear any difference in capacitors in an application where they only serve to shunt signal to ground. If the...

Great points and I claim no expertise. But, he replaced the fuse, turned the amp on successfully and then it happened again. Does that mean he turned...

Just a reminder that this guitar has a shellac finish. That means it can be refreshed to as-new condition by any decent violin shop with some French...

You understood it the same way I did. He said But you interpreted it to mean that the fuse blew when he turned it off. I’d bet dollars to...

Alright. That went way better. But my lab rats are back tomorrow -- band kids getting first crack at a class on building bass-lines. Our...

The OP indicated that the fuse didn't blow while he was using the amp. Rather, he implied, that the amp couldn't be turned on again and the problem...

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De nada amigo

- Heinrich Schenker

Here's the YT clip for those interested.

Another vote for the Carr Rambler if it's within your budget. Based on a Princeton circuit, 28 watts, with more clean power than a Deluxe. Reverb,...

I always associated those kinds of moves with the Stablemates thing because Benny Golson used that stuff everywheeerrreeee ... Stablemates, Along...

Oh okay, yeah the Pent Up House thing with the last notes of that phrase is a little side-slip against the tonic. So that's a different thing. ...

Sometimes happens in the bridge to Woody N You and I guess pentup house moves the I instead of the ii V. But I think this is more turnaround stuff...

Do those use that move?

I've gone through the Bose L1 and a JBL model (the one with 7 inputs). Both sounded terrific, maybe the best "amp" I've used. More weight and more $$...

Hey Sam, what’s up bro? Are you grey and ancient like me! Man, what’s it been 20 years?

my favorite of Pat playing hard bop .... impeccable!

Oh cool, I know that as a Woody ‘n You thing, or pent up house.

From the pic of the wiring, I would say it's ugly soldering, but that it is NOT sucking any tone. Like NSHSI said, the solder joint has to be...

Those two fives moving quick in ascending or descending half steps. Em7 A7 - Ebm7 Ab7 - Db

Well ... intention matters a little bit. For example ... the Another You thing would be some weird junk people are doing for fun. Are we...

Not answering your question, but still chiming in: after googling and comparing quite a few of the newer systems i went for a EV evolve 30m. I use it...

Yea.. bought several things over the years. Good source for acoustic amps and speakers.

It does sound fun, but also what’s the stablemates thing?

By that logic, so is this

This exactly. Doubtful the pots and caps make that much difference. Yank it all out, put in a brighter pickup and your pots/caps of choice and call...

What he said! And that website is a rich resource dedicated to the practical use of this material. Highly recommended.

SO you have a great guitar to start with, and yet the electronics bring it down. Your mission here is to analyze every aspect of those electronics...

Any time a pair of conductors is separated by a nonconductive medium, they form a capacitor. Admittedly, it's a very rare joint that's bad enough to...

Thank you! This is a zombie thread and I actually sold most of the guitars posted here already FYI. I do owe you all some more pics though

Hi. All 3 volumes are available for free from the resources page on the Modern Guitar Harmony website :smile-new:

If you want it to sound lively, consider a Seth Lover as well as a 57 classic. 57 classic is correct for that guitar, but I think Seth lovers are a...

wow thanks jazzshrink thats just perfect ?

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I`m in NYC ...how do we hook up? Paul

Didn't some Gibsons have 300K pots? Don't recall which models or time frame.

I know this is an unpopular opinion here but you should listen to her album of duets. It’s the songs. The playing is in their service. Gesendet...

The character of a cone loudspeaker is the forest of resonances shown in the response curves. If the system crosses into a horn well before that...

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Yeah I don’t remember if that was an actual thing. But that sort of thing. Alright we’re doing A Train but we’re doing the Stablemates thing on all...

Uh-uh. You want audio taper for the volume but LINEAR taper for the tone.

Sounds like fun. Haven't tried that sort of thing. I can appreciate why someone might want to encourage budding players to go outside of their usual...

I think it's called 'wrong', if you excuse the jargon.

No, no charts. Things like “Another You, but in the solos we start on E7 and cycle back to the Cm in bar 5. Go.”

Thanks for this explanation. I didn't realize a poor joint could introduce capacitance. If that was in series with the volume pot, what would that...

Is the D7 Db7 turnaround a reharm or substituion for Footprints?

I also want more context from Peter on the McNeil incident. Was there a chart? Do I have to solo his changes? At that point why not write your own...

As a bassist primarily, I find ^^^this notion completely backwards. Bassists -- and guitarists -- would do well to learn soloing from horn players...

Thankyou , just got off the phone with him...super nice guy! (and guitars)