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Today, 01:00 AM
Long time SWL never got my ticket. Accidentally bought a good-working-condition Hammarlund HQ180AC on ebay a few years ago ... I didn't really think...
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Today, 12:59 AM
So many words, so few pictures.
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Today, 12:53 AM
In case anyone is curious about how this sounds ...
Stream Days of Wine and Roses with Les Paul 50s Tribute by John Albin | Listen online for free...
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Today, 12:46 AM
Apologies, but I am having zero results with forum searches, so I will ask a question...well, I'll try to start with only one.
I am awaiting...
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Yesterday, 11:55 PM
I wish! :whistle:
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Yesterday, 11:51 PM
I was studying to take the exam when covid hit and the exams were canceled I stopped studying and never got back around to it.
I like the old...
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Yesterday, 10:52 PM
I think Jim Hall plays it, or most of it, in "Live"
EDIT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d62pCIkbI1Y
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Yesterday, 10:34 PM
Here's how I think of it. I'm not saying my way is the best way, it's just what I've personally arrived at.
I pretty much think of the 7th mode of...
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Yesterday, 10:29 PM
let me know if you ever feel inclined to check it out!
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Yesterday, 10:10 PM
My point is, I’d like to learn that part, and sometimes people play his B solo in the head. No matter what the Hal Leonard Real Book says.
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Yesterday, 09:38 PM
The luthier says himself that the side is only 3mm thick and the block needs enough gluing surface over a wider area for support (which isn't quite...
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Yesterday, 09:21 PM
This is about 15 minutes from me.
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Yesterday, 09:18 PM
How do people use this info? If you think, "I'll use 7th mode melmin", do you actively avoid the E natural so that it doesn't make the melmin more...
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Yesterday, 09:14 PM
Also, my next few posts will likely be text in nature...family in from out of town, and the prospects of having a semi quiet 5 minutes to make a...
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Yesterday, 09:12 PM
Any Class D amp will run for many hours on any available power supply. Class D amps are readily available, and most sound good enough.
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Yesterday, 09:08 PM
The location of the button depends a lot on the strap. I've been known to modify straps to work with already installed buttons. I do like them...
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Yesterday, 08:54 PM
Welcome. Lots of posts about the tenor line coming up...I've made a lot of realizations after some more close Freddie listening.
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Yesterday, 08:40 PM
It’s Kirinite, an acrylic material. When I commissioned the instrument I explained to Wilkie that it would be a tribute to the memory of my daughter...
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Yesterday, 08:23 PM
My call used to be WB0IMI, but I let my license lapse when we moved into a condo.
Tony
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Yesterday, 08:15 PM
This whole thing makes me recall way back when still thinking about music.
Each and every nuance of what you hear, every little nuance carries a...
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Yesterday, 08:10 PM
Also pretty sure the first lick in it is wrong. Whoops.
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Yesterday, 07:52 PM
I'm with the humanity. I guess one day we might have a few different models that can jam together?
The folks who professionally make commodity...
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Yesterday, 07:44 PM
OP is long gone. He replied once on page 1.
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Yesterday, 07:33 PM
That's his solo over the B section. It's not the set melody. The head is solo for the B section.
PS: What do you see on the 4th bar of the bridge?...
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Yesterday, 07:30 PM
Nice bug! What's the red stuff? (i've heaped enough praise on the rest of this already :)
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Yesterday, 07:25 PM
Bill's no longer w us but his guitars live on....
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Yesterday, 07:25 PM
All depends on what book you look at. Parker plays through the RC bridge on the recording.
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Yesterday, 07:24 PM
Mr. beaumont.
Thanks, I was hoping for an official invitation. :-)
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Yesterday, 07:22 PM
In the 70's the Hanlon book along with William Leavitts Classical Studies for pick style guitar were being used by the jazz guys to develop their...
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Yesterday, 07:19 PM
Best way to judge is from you posting a clip of what you do.
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Yesterday, 07:15 PM
There is no B section. Melody-wise.Just Changes.
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Yesterday, 07:10 PM
Lookin' good man!
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Yesterday, 07:06 PM
Bebop by Dizzy
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Yesterday, 07:01 PM
Thank you Mick-7 for replying.
I should have put my question in a clearer context.
Improvising like this means to play something that sounds like...
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Yesterday, 06:50 PM
The Blues.
"The Story of Jazz" by Marshall Stearns is a great read with many insights on jazz music generally and a few details on the guitar.
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Yesterday, 06:45 PM
I think you started with one of the "pie in the sky" end goals as opposed to actually going through the process.
So you are officially invited to...
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Yesterday, 06:34 PM
Oh, I see.... when you commit to a specific approach to voice leading, a la the descending bass line here, it limits your chord and fingering...
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Yesterday, 06:12 PM
Not sure if I qualify as a "real" guitarist, I'll have to ask one of my imaginary playmates and get back to you, however....
"can you point me to...
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Yesterday, 05:39 PM
Any hams on here? KQ4KVU
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Yesterday, 05:30 PM
To OP.
I'm practicing All of Me now. When its finished, the world will bend all their knees!
.. not.
But there is that 3rd option, just...
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Yesterday, 05:10 PM
Here's how I would get a rock/blues player started on changes if I were starting from the beginning:
1) Learn 7th chord arpeggios and be able to...
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Yesterday, 05:08 PM
This is not New York or west coast and prices adjusted for this, it even works when pricing a guitar to sell locally. In the midwest we do have...
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Yesterday, 05:02 PM
Hello.
As a classical wind player trying to learn how to do Freddie Green ( on guitar), my approach is probably backwards and not the best, but...
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Yesterday, 04:56 PM
I miss that man every day of my life. He was paying it forward before it was fashionable.
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Yesterday, 04:51 PM
Beautiful colour and woods!
I'm sure it would be just as suitable for many other genres! You speak in past tense, did you sell it?
Is...
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Yesterday, 04:47 PM
I was a student of Allen Hanlon back in the 70's and he had me use his book (I still have it). This is an excellent method to both develop your...
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Yesterday, 04:34 PM
Wow, the Kreutzer etudes, that's a blast from the past for me!
FWIW, these are by the same guy to whom Beethoven's Sonata #9 was dedicated (and who...
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Yesterday, 04:31 PM
yes i owed a Cutaway 1953 granted it measure 18 3/4 but close enough to 19. Way bigger than my 18 inch right up next to it. He is a 33 year old...
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Yesterday, 04:10 PM
Interesting video but I don't think the strap button should be that high up. It creates a bad angle when wearing the guitar. Also the block, although...
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Yesterday, 04:09 PM
I don’t know about all that. This is conceptually pretty simple.
Four arpeggios that work on the dominant.
Dominant played relative to the...
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Yesterday, 04:06 PM
Some current 19-inch offerings:
Moll offers a 19 inch
The New Yorker
I came close to grabbing a used one, but it was overseas, so I passed.
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Yesterday, 04:04 PM
When Reg talks about "'harmonic organization" ... this is part of that toolbox..if you go through the inversions of these chords and play with some ...
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Yesterday, 03:58 PM
2 repaired broken headstocks on Super 400's by Mark.
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Yesterday, 03:56 PM
I am currently being mentored in bebop, which I have never really done much with despite playing for 40+ years (I don't generally care for bebop as a...
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Yesterday, 03:51 PM
$125! Please come to New York,a charge of $125 is just saying hello here.
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Yesterday, 03:47 PM
haha thanks!
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Yesterday, 03:44 PM
You can definitely find a copy here: http://guitarheads.org/Guitarheads/bbs/download/file.php?id=1&sid=7f7576795fb55c4b8de692c238e07de2
-Scott
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Yesterday, 03:44 PM
Nicely done,i enjoyed that very much.It doesn't get much better than John Barry.You have good taste in vinyl too!
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Yesterday, 03:20 PM
Edit: truly excellent headstock repair work, superb.
Yes, this thread's headstock break could most possibly have been insufficient cushioning...
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Yesterday, 03:20 PM
Eddie Lang, Allan Reuss, Nick Lucas all used standard tuning. Like Beaumont said, the sound is 90% recording technology of the time. They more...
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Yesterday, 03:17 PM
I'm trying to interpret these pictures. The last two are the repaired L5. The first two seem to be pictures of a sunburst L5. Was the sunburst L5...
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Yesterday, 03:14 PM
Very cool, thank you. An oval hole too!
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Yesterday, 03:07 PM
My take on Billy Strayhorn's classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn8yALS57fM
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Yesterday, 03:06 PM
My take on You Only Live Twice, made famous by Nancy Sinatra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmpGLTByoRM
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Yesterday, 03:03 PM
My take on Don't Explain, which I consider Lady Day's masterpiece.
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Yesterday, 03:02 PM
Well keep in mind, these players may have sounded a lot more like guitars sound today, but limitations in recording quality paint a different picture.
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Yesterday, 03:00 PM
this is the only one I'm aware of, formally of the Chinery collection. I saw it in person at a guitar show but like most of the collection was...
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Yesterday, 02:47 PM
Hey Marc,
I realize this is an old thread. Your link no longer works, and I thought I'd pick your brain about a solution to my issue. I'm often...
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Yesterday, 02:44 PM
Thanks for that, but I am also interested in how to recreate that sound. What guitars were they using? Did they all use the pick or were they finger...
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Yesterday, 02:38 PM
I 2nd one of the niche ones Christian chose. I have Scrapple shedded, but I'd be happy to work it further.
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Yesterday, 02:31 PM
Duly noted,
Spelling Police:cool:
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Yesterday, 02:07 PM
Just to clarify, the bridge is removed for shipping and a soft pad is positioned in its place.
The padding I use at the lower bout is made from...
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Yesterday, 01:59 PM
Thanks. I agree about the reverb. I just recorded it again this morning (an abbreviated version) and I made a bunch of changes to the process...
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Yesterday, 01:53 PM
The top would not have cracked due to sudden loss of string tension - that crack was the result of impact to the pickup (as you can see in the pic...
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Yesterday, 01:40 PM
I would not touch a guitar that had the serial number altered.
Forgetting about the "baggage" that guitar will have when resale comes up, the fact...
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Yesterday, 01:39 PM
Subscribed
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Yesterday, 01:35 PM
Jack, the only time I've had any experience with gray market goods was 25 years ago and it was with high end watches rather than guitars but there...
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Yesterday, 01:32 PM
Exactly what I was expecting. For what I have in mind they should do just fine I think.
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Yesterday, 01:26 PM
A good album to get an overview of early guitar in jazz is:
"Pioneers of the Jazz Guitar"
Doug
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Yesterday, 01:24 PM
Beautiful feathery spruce grain.
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Yesterday, 01:24 PM
I'm not hung up on them too much, I have several different profiles on different guitars. I can play them all fine. But my beloved #1- a 1993 Fender...
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Yesterday, 01:23 PM
Mad at theory, mad at tonewood, mad at JC.
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Yesterday, 01:21 PM
FYI Warmoth does not have a neck profile that matches the Fender "modern C". I know because I talked to them, took my chances, and don't like it LOL....
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Yesterday, 01:11 PM
What about the Sermon at next daybreak "Oh my dad, I don't even remember last night.... who's got the tylenol?"
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Yesterday, 01:03 PM
I try to not get too hung up in neck profiles. More guitars that way :)
As for the thread topic, single coil all the way. If you can’t do it with...
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Yesterday, 12:57 PM
I don't know, I prefer the real Fender neck, but we'll see, maybe for another project.
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Yesterday, 12:54 PM
yea refret for sure, I don't think I can find a neck like this these days that is not custom shop. It's American Vintage Reissue Tele 64, that I got...
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Yesterday, 12:51 PM
Beautiful! I admired Taku and his work.
AKA
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Yesterday, 12:50 PM
You'd be amazed by how often (like, 100% of the time!) people don't realize "turn the other cheek" means "don't be a little bitch" and think it means...
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Yesterday, 12:43 PM
There are enough reissues of 20s-30's recordings to give an idea of the guitar's range and role in the pre-amplification period, though for big-band...
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Yesterday, 12:39 PM
That's the part. It's nice to meditate on :smile-new:
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Yesterday, 12:38 PM
Yes that moves along nicely. That man has groove/swing in his soul. Around 100 or so?
Something to shoot for.
I have investigated the coda on...
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Yesterday, 12:23 PM
Yes!
I'm not great either. But I don't read/play charts either.
For my approach (not playing in a group or with just a soloist)
1. Pick the...
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Yesterday, 12:15 PM
Sad to say being a deacon is challenging and we can hide behind many things rather than grow. My luthier skills are ok for some things however...
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Yesterday, 12:04 PM
You're the one who provoked him. Jesus didn't say you had to be a little bitch and let people walk all over you.
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Yesterday, 12:04 PM
Thank you for that.
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Yesterday, 12:01 PM
His Christ like love for those who disagree with him is noteworthy.
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Yesterday, 11:49 AM
Nick Lucas was another pre-swing guitar player.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bscMcw5cO7M
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Yesterday, 11:47 AM
My experience with all pedals post age-18 years. I was playing along with another very good but pedal-ridden guitarist on one week long gig and he...
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Yesterday, 11:46 AM
What are you talking about? He's my favorite deacon now. LOL
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Yesterday, 11:46 AM
$4k for a tal with a tampered sticker isn’t too unreasonable. I bet you might even be able to negotiate a lower price, since 4K is their sticker...
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Yesterday, 11:44 AM
Whoo, 160 quarters is pretty fast alright. Maybe something along the lines of Tim's version?
https://youtu.be/hJdJNXGtyQY?si=JHBHqCh4cjtmhZwb
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Yesterday, 11:44 AM
If you do decide to buy a neck, check out companies like Warmoth. You can specify a lot of parameters.
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Yesterday, 11:43 AM
This is part historical part practical question. We know that the banjo (tenor and plectrum) was favoured in early trad Jazz (NOLA through Dixieland...
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Yesterday, 11:43 AM
Hi all, as title says, I was wondering if D’Angelico ever made a 19” archtop.
and in addition, what are some of the more well-known examples in...
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Yesterday, 11:35 AM
I hope you are a better luthier than you are a deacon.
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Yesterday, 11:33 AM
Oh, I get what you mean now. I thought you said B+ would be B D# F##, but B+7 would be B D# F# A (natural 5th). But you meant add a dom7 to the...
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Yesterday, 11:29 AM
Wow amazing!! It's definitely an amazing piece to own...I know that taku sakashta was murdered around 2010. I'm guessing you didn't buy this directly...
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Yesterday, 11:28 AM
I've posted this before, if you want to minimize, but probably not totally eliminate, shipping damage, it helps to ship a guitar like Mark C. does.
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Yesterday, 11:27 AM
I've played this tune in the past in a combo (drums, bass, tenor, and guitar) with a vocalist, and we played it around 160 for quarter notes.
For...
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Yesterday, 11:26 AM
I like it. It's a familiar sound. On the personal preference side, I'd opt for a touch more reverb but that's about it for me..keep in mind I have...
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Yesterday, 11:22 AM
I think you just have to look at it as a classic shitty big band guitar chart that is giving you the overall sound of what the horns are doing to...
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Yesterday, 11:15 AM
thx gitman - Joe is a special person and an astounding talent.
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Yesterday, 11:13 AM
Beautiful guitar.
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Yesterday, 11:08 AM
The plus doesn't mean add 7.
It means sharp the 5.
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Yesterday, 11:06 AM
Theres no such thing as unskilled work, just uninformed posers.
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Yesterday, 11:05 AM
Ten or fifteen minutes of work??? In your dreams.
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Yesterday, 11:02 AM
He said EASY. It's still time consuming, detailed, delicate work.
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Yesterday, 10:58 AM
That one shouldn't affect sound too much if at all, fortunately ... but ... testament to the abuse the instrument must have endured? The cut-out for...
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Yesterday, 10:55 AM
Dawgbone you stick it right there in your ass. You happen to be one.
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Yesterday, 10:51 AM
Yeah, I knew what to play after your reply. I wanted to see it through since a few people said to look at what the other instruments are doing. I...
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Yesterday, 10:49 AM
"It's the tag that's holding me back from playing the piece, in time, faster."
Those 5 note chords need trimming, for speed I want 4 chord tones...
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Yesterday, 10:29 AM
Music notation software is too much work if you only want to write chord charts, I've been using this shareware app, Chordwriter, for 20 years now...
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Yesterday, 10:20 AM
a question for tele people
which material is brighter sounding
for tele saddles please
steel or brass ?
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