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Today, 07:33 AM
I've just popped a link to them below as I was having trouble with uploading.
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Today, 07:31 AM
Pretty sure they are Imperial high winds.
I think the neck is set, and the core is one piece of mahogany with separate walnut top and back.
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Today, 07:27 AM
So it appears that that the neck and rims are 1 piece of Mahogany? Then top and back plates are walnut. Do you know what type of Lollars?
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Today, 07:21 AM
Your Killing me!!!!!
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Today, 07:20 AM
Folks, I have bought various items from Ric. Ric is a straightshooter, very easy to work with and extremely fair pricing on item for sale.
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Today, 07:16 AM
Wow!!!!@!!
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Today, 07:14 AM
Well I did the same thing thanks to Jack!
Lol!
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Today, 05:37 AM
Then I learnt the pedal steel, and if I'd had the money to buy one as well as the skill to play it, I would've probably gotten myself into hot water...
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Today, 04:36 AM
tough choice but here are my top 3: '55 Custom shop LP
PRS McCarty 594 HB ii Artist
the Holy Grail , a one of one Custom Santana carved top...
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Today, 04:19 AM
You introduced two additional parameters; scale length and playing technique.
Scale length
The Gibson Byrdland is a short scale guitar (23.5")....
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Today, 03:18 AM
I’m going to go against the grain here (pun intended) and share two solidbodies. First a real workhorse that I find stunningly beautiful in its...
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Today, 03:05 AM
Always looking for better ways to tune so thanks for this! So far my best results come from checking the intonation at the 5th, 10th and 12th frets...
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Today, 02:52 AM
This is my only free playing during a concert at a jazz festival...:
Box
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Today, 02:29 AM
I haven't heard of that one. I've just finished a couple of hours of
practice, looking forward to tomorrow to investigate JS's method!
Thanks
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Today, 02:01 AM
I remember reading an interview with one of the old West Bank musicians (Dave Ray or Tony Glover, maybe Cornbread, IIRC) who noted that in 1969 they...
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Today, 01:33 AM
Sorry all I'm having trouble uploading, please see links for photos if possible.
Screenshot-20241210-152718-Gallery hosted at ImgBB — ImgBB...
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Today, 01:23 AM
Video #13: An important 5-note cell
This was a major breakthrough for me, and I think this is quite critical in understanding how Prez...
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Today, 01:18 AM
There are a master volume, treble cut and mid cut control. I haven't seen any mention of a push-pull pot on the websites I have seen for this...
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Today, 01:11 AM
I only have one guitar, therefore it must be the most beautiful for me. :smile-new:
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Today, 01:06 AM
I use my amp, Blu, exclusively for big band performances. Depending on the gig, I sometimes connect Blu to the PA (if available) system, though it is...
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Today, 01:03 AM
A work of art, and truly one of a kind, this thinline Super 400 is more than rare, in fact, you will never see another like it.....ever! From the...
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Today, 12:56 AM
And then, you have to choose between the British sounding speakers, like the Celestions and their American imitators (there are quite a few), and the...
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Today, 12:47 AM
The Bop to Post Bop era is my favourite frame work from which to explore my own (hopefully) original spin on it, along with seeking out people from...
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Today, 12:43 AM
pauln, that is the way I check tuning, too. I also use the Johnny Smith method, which starts with the low E fretted at the 10th fret to tune the D,...
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Today, 12:34 AM
Whoa, bro.
Tricks?
That's my art you're talking about.
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Today, 12:34 AM
I'm not sure I'm super invested in the idea that you do?
I guess it's worth noting that "drop 2" describes a process. So if you know what the...
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Today, 12:20 AM
I just don’t see why I need to know x3525x is C6 drop 2. When I can think of it as one of many C6 options.
Yes, I did look up what a C6 drop 2...
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Yesterday, 11:49 PM
George Barnes and Carl Kress-
Guitars anyone?
Two Guitars
live at Townhall
Ralph Towner and Gary Burton-
Matchbook
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Yesterday, 11:43 PM
YMMV but once I learned edge picking, the difference between .009s on my LP and .013s on my Byrd became a non-issue. Before that, I had the same...
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Yesterday, 11:36 PM
Sorry, I see no images.
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Yesterday, 11:27 PM
I don’t know if it’s a bad attitude to think that the names are obnoxious. They’re more logical or intuitive or whatever when you think about the way...
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Yesterday, 11:20 PM
Please find images below
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Yesterday, 11:20 PM
It is an arranger’s tool, and comping is arranging on the fly.
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Yesterday, 11:16 PM
Really great guitar, I will most likely get another one or a Heritage Eagle as this model from Eastman has gotten me the thickest electric tone from...
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Yesterday, 11:09 PM
Hey all,
I was wondering if there's any possibility that anyone might own an Ibanez Howard Roberts and/or could give some insight into the wiring...
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Yesterday, 11:02 PM
Hi all,
I'm wondering if anyone here has pictures or schematics of the push pull/secondary tone control as mine is not functioning and I'd love...
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Yesterday, 11:01 PM
Hi all,
I'm wondering if anyone here has pictures or schematics of the push pull/secondary tone control as mine is not functioning and I'd love...
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Yesterday, 10:50 PM
10 inch Eminence Lead / Rhythm Guitar Replacement Speaker- American
– Eminence Speaker, LLC
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Yesterday, 10:44 PM
Well I just bought the T.C. Deluxe as well, Lol! Heck for $100 almost a no brainer. Now I’ll need to get rid of my Quilter U.K.Super Block!
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Yesterday, 10:38 PM
So back to the Tone X One pedal. I was reading and watching demos of this pedal. I didn’t realize it had actual knobs 3 to be exact. Apparently you...
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Yesterday, 10:32 PM
Old thread, but I prefer something that sounds good to me. And I typically prefer something that has a lot of craft and polish, so I would lean...
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Yesterday, 10:29 PM
My ‘58 Super 400.
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Yesterday, 10:27 PM
OK now..I'll take one of each...
Thank you all..there are some names I have not seen here before...Im sure you guys have some great stories and...
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Yesterday, 10:18 PM
The way to maximize intonation for a high action that you play all over the neck is to
tune your 1st string to E*, independently checking the...
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Yesterday, 09:58 PM
It’s a bad attitude to have I guess.
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Yesterday, 09:34 PM
My Emerald Wood Veneer Guitars.
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Yesterday, 09:19 PM
I play grips and they happen include drop chords, but I'm not concerned to know what drop bucket it falls in. It's an arrangers tool.
I guess my...
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Yesterday, 09:15 PM
I love seeing all the responses.
Unlike the Miss Universe, there seems to be multiple contestants from many of the countries.
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Yesterday, 09:03 PM
You got that Jack Nicholson look going on in the reflection.
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Yesterday, 09:01 PM
This thing is insane. I vote it overall thread winner.
Juan gets best telecaster style with that sweet machine he posted on page 1.
Vinny gets...
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Yesterday, 08:48 PM
Gorgeous! Love the woods on this one! GLWTS!
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Yesterday, 08:44 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K85NwAoVgxw
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Yesterday, 08:35 PM
I have purchased some off - white pearloid pg material to make one for my Fasan.
It's solid pearloid (which I prefer) as opposed to ply (eg W/B/W)....
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Yesterday, 08:04 PM
Being in the States you probably weren't wondering but back in the day all the players had something they kept their bits and bobs in. Not...
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Yesterday, 07:53 PM
You play drop chords. Admit it.
Oh nice. These are great. Not sure why I didn’t think of this.
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Yesterday, 07:52 PM
I'd agree with this suggestion. An EVM is very neutral sounding. I have two Force 12's in my Twin since blowing my last JBL up the other day. The...
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Yesterday, 07:31 PM
That looks to be rig that I would easily get my head around!
I'm afraid I'm still in the dark ages and use my Polytones for jazz (with possibly ...
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Yesterday, 07:19 PM
I have two Orions from Chris Forshage. Unfortunately, I cannot keep them both. I've always said I'll never sell this. But I have to offer it up as...
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Yesterday, 07:16 PM
I wasn't wondering, but thanks. :triumphant:
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Yesterday, 07:13 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak0dl8lf_kE
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Yesterday, 07:04 PM
Reviving the thread since I finally stopped just thinking about it and ordered one.
The LJ proved not to be loud enough for small (not tiny) gigs...
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Yesterday, 07:00 PM
Hmm, I’m just not sure …
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Yesterday, 05:38 PM
Ah-yup. That's what I did. :rolleyes:
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Yesterday, 05:31 PM
I have been spending time on drop 2&4, no tenor, for comping using Barry’s scales of chords. I always use the bass cut filter on my amps or preamps...
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Yesterday, 05:30 PM
Drops are for piano. Embrace the limitations of guitar.
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Yesterday, 05:17 PM
In case anyone was wondering what my little tin box was, they were Altoids, small mints you could suck. We're talking the 60s or 70s but they're...
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Yesterday, 05:15 PM
Hi Jim ,
glad you’ve got a nice light working
rig together
I’m interested that so many players
here have had good sounds with
the Joyo...
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Yesterday, 05:14 PM
Thanks for building vocabulary for me. Had to look it up and it’s a good one; a real jazz face! “an expression in which someone shows their teeth in...
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Yesterday, 05:11 PM
Ah, maybe it was an involuntary facial rictus. Nasty things :-)
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Yesterday, 05:01 PM
Not such an easy creature to find…
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Yesterday, 04:49 PM
I really don’t think so. Smiling and opening my eyes are two things I never do when playing.
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Yesterday, 04:39 PM
this, beautiful!
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Yesterday, 04:33 PM
I’ve been focusing mostly on the triad and shell floors … the range in the outer voices mirrors what I’m already using. In just the scale up and down...
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Yesterday, 04:32 PM
I did this earlier, a sort of ode to winter. I must have synced with Jeff on the two chords idea.
Stream Winter by ragman | Listen online for...
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Yesterday, 04:32 PM
Well, no. Firstly, by the end of the viol's career the 7-string bass viol (with an additional low A) had taken over just about everywhere, but it...
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Yesterday, 04:31 PM
I have.....he is a master IMO.
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Yesterday, 04:28 PM
I'm surprised you never saw all his vids here before. Under 'Songs'. Thing is, Mark really knows how to do jazz properly. He's pretty good. I saw him...
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Yesterday, 04:25 PM
Echols Practicing the Elevator
https://youtube.com/shorts/hdRKx40RbBE
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Yesterday, 04:24 PM
Hey, Corpse....I dig it!
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Yesterday, 04:19 PM
I've been creating simple 'Dom Half Step Rule 1' licks and getting them instinctively into my ears.
Simple Example Below:
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Yesterday, 04:09 PM
I know, played with that maybe 30 years ago, couldn't understand why I was doing it. But it sounds even better using a metal pick. Still got it :-)
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Yesterday, 04:09 PM
Danny, that nut looks terrible!
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Yesterday, 04:06 PM
These funeral bells sound appealing to me as a corpse.
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Yesterday, 04:03 PM
Needs some fresh shellac though..
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Yesterday, 04:02 PM
Man, Mark...that was so beautiful!
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Yesterday, 03:49 PM
The “prepared” aspect added a very nice rhythmic static to the notes. Sounds like a hi hat percolating underneath it all. Very cool.
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Yesterday, 03:45 PM
Thank you for the information and video. I hadn't seen it before and it's cool to see Pasquale playing my guitar. I bought it from a forum member a...
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Yesterday, 03:43 PM
https://youtu.be/2s0n9Ngxhbg?si=yKKkaQwDvLj1aQqR
So, as long as there’s a love fest for freeform, here’s a brand new one…
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Yesterday, 03:38 PM
Here is a new one I did today. This one took me someplace else....and I liked it enough to share it. Have fun all, this is a great thing we are...
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Yesterday, 03:38 PM
Indeed it is. The old Johnny Cash trick.
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Yesterday, 03:31 PM
Cool one, Jeff! You caught me off-guard with this one.
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Yesterday, 03:28 PM
If you haven’t already, try plugging into the 2nd input. On Fenders you can think of this as the humbucker input. It reduces the signal level hitting...
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Yesterday, 03:16 PM
Everyone's tastes are different, but for me an Emi Legend sounds great in my '69 PR rig, and an EV10 sounds amazing in my '68 Princeton (non-reverb)....
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Yesterday, 03:15 PM
That was my first thought. But the OP's stated quest is for "... a speaker in my Princeton Reverb ('79 maybe?) that is better equipped to handle the...
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Yesterday, 03:11 PM
On reflection, maybe "individuality" might be a more useful descriptor for whatever it is that stands in contrast to "tradition" or "originality" or...
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Yesterday, 03:07 PM
that would be the “preparation.”
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Yesterday, 03:05 PM
Is that a bit of paper tucked into the strings, Jeff?
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Yesterday, 02:51 PM
I've been working on putting together a new rig for a while now: something small and light weight using a powered speaker or micro-pa that would give...
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Yesterday, 02:41 PM
Not claiming this would stand up to farm use, but it might just beat that ole pirate stool:
Walkstool Comfort | Walkstool
It's a bit misnamed...
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Yesterday, 02:27 PM
Thnx sgnosnell. So it might not be the pots but the wiring. Hmm something to think about. In my ears it's quite noticible that tone is being effected...
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Yesterday, 02:09 PM
I was gonna advocate for this one but without the back, which folds awkwardly and starts to creak after a while.
Search "gator guitar stool" on...
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Yesterday, 02:07 PM
Nice one, Jeff. Perfectly balanced effect.
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Yesterday, 02:02 PM
Sonny Rollins on Jim Hall "Jim is the class of his instrument. His playing never fails to inspire me."
(The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins, p. 145
His...
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Yesterday, 02:00 PM
I purchased a new ES 345 about 4 months ago. It sounds superb and it's extremely well made. Highly recommended.
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Yesterday, 01:58 PM
That's funny. I didn't even read the OP. Agree with this. The eminence legend is pretty efficient (98.7 db), so if that's not enough for you, then...
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Yesterday, 01:58 PM
Prepared guitar "stream of consciousness play," based off of a theme of two chords, which i come back to a few times. Hope you enjoy:)
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Yesterday, 01:58 PM
I will try it tonight.
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Yesterday, 01:52 PM
bump up for lightweight jazz tele?archtop
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Yesterday, 01:52 PM
May I respectfully suggest the possibility that you might just be needing a more powerful amp?
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Yesterday, 01:47 PM
I had a Jensen C10Q in my PR (which I no longer have), and I liked it. It was definitely louder and cleaner than a stock C10R. I friend of mine has...
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Yesterday, 01:40 PM
Both Jensens, Tornado and Blackbird 40.
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Yesterday, 01:37 PM
I had a mid-70s 2355 for a while (in the mid-70s). Easy to play, sounded nice through my '60s Ampeg Reverberocket. Only issue was it was a few cents...
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Yesterday, 01:29 PM
I also have the Weber alnico in a Fender Champ 12 that I use with my jazz combo and it sounds great.
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Yesterday, 01:24 PM
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...
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Yesterday, 01:16 PM
I might have tested more speakers in princetons than 99% of guitar players.
Top:
- Celestion Gold - the best speaker for a princeton, hands down....
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Yesterday, 01:00 PM
At least not for me. Tried it this morning....that didn't go well..lol
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Yesterday, 12:58 PM
Why not?
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Yesterday, 12:57 PM
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,...
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Yesterday, 12:57 PM
BTW, playing with your eyes closed is not a great idea....ha ha.
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Yesterday, 12:54 PM
Thanks you guys.
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Yesterday, 12:42 PM
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.
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Yesterday, 12:42 PM
Fat Jimmy A1060.
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Yesterday, 12:28 PM
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...
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Yesterday, 12:26 PM
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.
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Yesterday, 12:24 PM
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...
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Yesterday, 12:23 PM
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...
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Yesterday, 12:21 PM
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...
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Yesterday, 12:19 PM
An improvisation from last night in very (very) loose approximation of Pat Martino circa “Special Door”, on one of my Les Pauls:
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Yesterday, 12:13 PM
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...
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Yesterday, 12:10 PM
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.)
...
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Yesterday, 12:09 PM
celestion gold
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Yesterday, 12:04 PM
That triad is pretty fantastic, isn't it?
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Yesterday, 12:01 PM
I like those sweeps, or 16th note clusters. That's trick I'd like to get down.
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Yesterday, 11:48 AM
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...
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Yesterday, 11:43 AM
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.
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Yesterday, 11:41 AM
If you ever decide to sell the G&l Asat, let me know. I would be very happy to purchase it.
-Charley
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Yesterday, 11:28 AM
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....
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Yesterday, 11:26 AM
I recall Mick Goodrick being asked about P4 tuning. His response "I considered it, there are certainly benefits to the symmetry, but ultimately there...
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Yesterday, 11:18 AM
I'd like to put a speaker in my Princeton Reverb ('79 maybe?) that is better equipped to handle the output from the Benedetto PAF in my Ibanez AF120....
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Yesterday, 10:56 AM
+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...
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Yesterday, 10:43 AM
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...
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