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Today, 10:23 PM
I'm afraid, being now in my late 60s I take the view that if something can go wrong it will!! Trying to resolve anything these days is a nightmare!
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Today, 10:18 PM
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Good luck, my friend.
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Today, 10:16 PM
Thank you so much. The mist is starting to clear.
Regarding a broker, I did post a link somewhere in this thread for a British guitar store who may...
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Today, 10:16 PM
For the most part, I don’t think Customs would make life difficult for you just because they can. We’re talking about very small quantities of wood...
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Today, 10:16 PM
The used archtop market seems weak at the moment.
I've seen some very tempting prices on Guild Artist Awards, Heritage Super Eagles, and used...
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Today, 10:14 PM
I’m willing to share.
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Today, 10:13 PM
Yeah, this is a bit speculative and somewhat dicey. Many builders have had stocks of wood that go back a number of years. How do they know how old...
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Today, 10:09 PM
Speaking of 2 guitars and Freddie Green. Any idea who takes the solo on this? The only guitar player listed on discogs is Freddie Green.
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Today, 10:08 PM
I didn’t end up using an import broker, but I considered it. I think that they will shepherd you through the whole process if you’re willing to pay....
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Today, 10:08 PM
The Brazilian rosewood is about how old it is, proving it and convincing the customs of the facts.
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Today, 10:03 PM
It’s also really fun to be in a big band. The aural experience is amazing. So much natural sound.
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Today, 10:01 PM
Thanks. So did you and the builder jointly arrange the shipping and did the builder physically attach the certificate to the package? If so, you are...
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Today, 10:00 PM
Yeah, I agree with you, but when I was studying composition in college (during the Ice Age) You had to write that 12- tone serial crap.
I went to...
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Today, 09:56 PM
Basically, the main things Customs is looking for is whether the purchase price on the CITES form matches the value listed on the shipping label, and...
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Today, 09:52 PM
That is too bad.....
I guess I just don't have the patience to listen to the stories any more.....
good luck !
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Today, 09:51 PM
I'm no amp expert and I haven't used a wide variety of equipment.
But, bandwidth is cheap, so here's something.
I'd guess that a 10" or 12"...
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Today, 09:48 PM
Yes, It’s a scary process. I was lucky to have a builder on the other end who knew a lot and could help with information about filling out the form....
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Today, 09:44 PM
Two immediate reactions to the Warelis, et al. material: First, I suspect that they're used to each other--the bass and drums both seemed to...
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Today, 09:41 PM
Right. Ok. If only I knew how!!
If I'm buying an old instrument which I have never seen in the flesh from a far off land and I only have the...
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Today, 09:37 PM
I sent you a PM.
Sometimes my band plays in Sierra Vista.
Including next Thursday night in the park.
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Today, 09:32 PM
Boulou and Elios are one of the few guitar collaborations I enjoy listening to. Jimmy and Doug Raney too...maybe it's gotta be family?
I'm just...
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Today, 09:29 PM
I like to shop around. It's not really the point I'm making though. It's about knowing the CITES procedure should I want to buy abroad. What, if...
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Today, 09:26 PM
I'd agree. That's why I like the definition I posted earlier: "innovative and experimental". If any artist gets too pre-occupied with newness and...
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Today, 09:18 PM
From my limited experience, if you are the buyer, you are the importer. so, you need to provide the CITES certificate.
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Today, 09:10 PM
Yes, I tried again, and if I place the first part between the first and second fret, it fits, and lays on the wood fingerboard, skipping over the...
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Today, 09:08 PM
Sorry to hear about your house and belongings. At least you are alive though!
My recommendations is a dual showman head and separate bass and...
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Today, 09:06 PM
Jimmy Bruno talks about his dislike of “modern angular” playing so prevalent today. I agree to a point. Like anything else used excessively, it loses...
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Today, 09:04 PM
Charles,
I’ll definitely keep you posted.
AKA
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Today, 08:50 PM
Ha! No, but I've heard of them. I have friends in another local band, haven't had the pleasure of meeting the Fuzz Evil guys.
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Today, 08:38 PM
I only use one, "YouTube", and focus on the Barry Harris system - it's all one needs.
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Today, 08:27 PM
You don't by any chance play bass in a band called Fuzz Evil or work with him?
Asking for a friend
:behindsofa:
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Today, 08:26 PM
A nice catch of the duo of Boulou Ferre’ and Stochelo Rosenberg just jamming in a tavern after hours.
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Today, 08:22 PM
One of my favorite duo’s for many years: Boulou Ferre’ and his brother Elios Ferre’.
https://youtu.be/KIH8obmNdXs?si=-kSBjdrJuCitPReo
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Today, 08:13 PM
In the recent book "3 Kinds of Blue" they start attacking Bill Evans for not being 'modern enough after he left the Miles Davis Sexet. He responds in...
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Today, 08:12 PM
How about this modern trio?
https://youtu.be/xD5qZyVKOIs?si=tQ97fCLnXx0_Mrjo
https://youtu.be/co3XxT-GTvc?si=lh4xrvV47GVG3Yq-
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Today, 08:10 PM
Either it wasn't "their wheelhouse" or the "off brand, boutique ones just aren't moving".
If you have a Gibson, Fender, etc. it will sell.
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Today, 08:08 PM
I wrote no guesswork because I went through the process to test about 7 pairs of pickups. The results were based on actual evidence and not guesses....
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Today, 07:45 PM
Curious why you were turned down for consignments locally.......
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Today, 07:36 PM
So, I'm kind of thinking about a Rumble 115 or Ampeg PF-115 cab (I've heard some really good jazz players swear by a 1x15 rig) coupled with something...
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Today, 07:31 PM
Irishmuso
Sorry, I'm not clear what you mean
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Today, 07:31 PM
ANOTHER DYNAMIC TRIO
Al DeMeola, Paco DeLucia, and John McLaughlin
https://youtu.be/kjpwtLdy8lw?si=jpOywq0Mj1duoeUl
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Today, 07:31 PM
Which guitar are you looking for? Surely there must be a good choice in Great Britain or Europe? Maybe not.
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Today, 07:14 PM
Thanks for your reply. I'm sorry but I don't understand the word 'tributary' in this context. I must've missed school that day!! I think, some how,...
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Today, 07:09 PM
Good question. I think the idea of an “avant garde” implies the existence of a “garde” to begin with, which is doubtful anymore in the longstanding...
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Today, 07:02 PM
I don't really have a favorite, but this is always a joy to play.
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Today, 06:53 PM
Update on this stuff. I've been trying to get some videos together, working mostly with the turns because I have a lot of that put together in PDFs...
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Today, 06:53 PM
I've got it in my head to downsize a bit, though I'm not that cramped or in need of cash. I was given a nice acoustic to restore, and now I feel like...
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Today, 06:51 PM
Shhh, it's hard enough trying to pass myself off as a guitarist :smile-new:
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Today, 06:50 PM
Bruce uses his pinky; Pasquale uses his pinky; Mike uses his pinky. 'Nuff said?
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Today, 06:48 PM
Godspeed healing wise.... I have no impact trauma stories to tell.
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Today, 06:46 PM
Rather like Folio Society editions which are often advertised as 'un-opened' or 'un-read', the response to which tends to be 'aren't they all?'.
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Today, 06:45 PM
This happened to me word for word except that the carpal tunnel set in when I was 22.
I don't play in classical position, but I keep my strap...
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Today, 06:32 PM
I'm in Sierra Vista, AZ. A little town in the mountains about 2 miles north of the Mexican border and 1/4 mile from the end of the Earth.
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Today, 06:30 PM
I'm kind of open to anything. I had even thought about a Boss NEXTONE, but on listening to videos, the sound is better than other solid state, but...
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Today, 06:26 PM
I am aware 9 years ago i slid on black ice broke hip but no displaced. 3 screws and went back to running in 16 weeks. Road bike on trainer 5 days...
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Today, 06:26 PM
Livestock can be very dangerous. I know of a woman who hit a large hog on the road one night. It threw her small car into a tree well off the road,...
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Today, 06:20 PM
I just found a free copy of it online (at pdfcoffee) so I will take a look....
Oh, wrong book, looks like he has 4 or 5 different chord melody...
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Today, 06:18 PM
G2, where are u located? Maybe one of us could help out.
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Today, 06:16 PM
Late to the thread but wanna second this bigtime. Ive always used four finger CG left hand technique since I started when I was 13. I never took...
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Today, 06:10 PM
The Complete Arranger by Sal Nestico and The Jazz Composer's Companion by Gil Goldstein
Both books are out of print but you can find free copies...
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Today, 05:55 PM
Well said, "but the great unwashed aren't going to pay much attention to that".
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Today, 05:29 PM
Mr. Goodchord's Almanac of Guitar Voice-Leading
Completely intact and in very good condition
$200 plus whatever shipping (I live in New Paltz,...
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Today, 04:55 PM
Don't be surprised to be ambushed by some back pain eventually. 50 years ago, I went over the handlebars of my bicycle (with an assist from a...
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Today, 04:48 PM
Um, retired taxonomist (literary), by-necessity linguist*, and irrepressible pedant here, confirming Lawson-Stone's post about dictionaries (and the...
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Today, 04:36 PM
yea thanks ... Great channel. I don't know if I would call the music Vanilla... LOL.
I guess the difference is what type of Brazilian or latin music...
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Today, 04:36 PM
I have found out what happened to the old thread.
Would anyone be up for working through the book?
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Today, 04:22 PM
Dictionaries actually do not establish meanings. They simply codify usage at a certain point in time. That's why dictionaries change constantly with...
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Today, 04:17 PM
Wow - I'm truly sorry to hear that. It sounds like you're resiliant enough to move forward from it, which is wonderful. I don't know your budget,...
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Today, 03:55 PM
Ooo, looks like a thinline in there.
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Today, 03:47 PM
Thanks for starting this thread Vinny! I'm following it with great interest as I am fortunate to have a build slot in this batch:cool:
- AC
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Today, 03:34 PM
Try Thegearpage.net and Dave’s Guitar in LaCrosse Wisconsin
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Today, 03:24 PM
These 2 fingers work fine soft cast in way. They have not called back yet if it needs surgery but I want a local not general anesthesia. They said it...
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Today, 03:18 PM
Ouch. That sucks big time.
Maybe you can get by on a keyboard amp or bass amp, with a modeling rack as the front end for guitar work. I suggest...
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Today, 03:17 PM
Here is a song I recorded using the cheapest multi effect you coild get at the time, the zoom g1on, which was $49 new. To make it more challenging I...
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Today, 03:09 PM
If you are a DB fan and haven’t yet, his recent biography is an interesting read. I enjoyed it.
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Today, 03:07 PM
@Christian Miller asked in reply:
1. If it isn’t a rickety building about to fall down is it really risking anything?
No. It is much harder and...
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Today, 03:06 PM
The next batch….:smile-new:
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Today, 03:05 PM
Uh, the headache is coming.. but the people yapping are not the slaves of the dictionary. Instead the dictionary is merely trying to clear up the...
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Today, 03:02 PM
Hey that’s my line!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Today, 03:01 PM
Not quite. Genre is well defined by "style or category". But even thinking about this any further would give me headache. We're people here, lets...
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Today, 02:59 PM
Absolutely. Dictionaries are usually clear on meanings but the great unwashed aren't going to pay much attention to that, innit?
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Today, 02:55 PM
There are very few things more sloppy and vague as language in our world.
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Today, 02:54 PM
I always found these live recordings to be some of the best live music recorded. The bootleg one that was maybe official 'Bill Frisell Trio Live', I...
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Today, 02:53 PM
Sounds really good.
Right, so now I’d say the next step is to envisage yourself as a sort of Pleistocene hunter who’s taken down a mammoth. It...
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Today, 02:52 PM
Sorry for your loss.
All the best to you and everyone involved
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Today, 02:52 PM
I've seen most of those, and I agree, but you won't impress me by deluging the post with a hundred film themes!
I was going to pre-empt your...
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Today, 02:47 PM
Excellent catch. The trifecta of avant garde literature, film, and music. Nice.
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Today, 02:46 PM
Once you know the basics, I think playing in a big band is an excellent way to progress.
For one thing, when the guitar is voiced like one of the...
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Today, 02:42 PM
The title just about says it all. I lost all my guitars and amps in a house fire. It's indescribably heartbreaking. I had guitars and amps that,...
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Today, 02:41 PM
This has about 1% of mandatory connection to the "genre" but the rest, the 99% is done as '80s gym music.
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Today, 02:38 PM
Nelson Faria's YouTube channels:
UM CAFE LA EM CASA - YouTube
Fica a Dica Premium - YouTube
Nelson Faria - YouTube
Use subtitles...
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Today, 02:35 PM
There are Campellone s for sale right now for less. While not the same they would work equally if not better. It is a no brainer.
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Today, 02:34 PM
If it isn’t a rickety building about to fall down is it really risking anything?
Is there really an avant garde these days?
Sent from my...
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Today, 02:32 PM
Boom! Crossover with the film score thread
https://youtu.be/cPYMkT95qmg?si=odeCcHmyYchjjLRL
Shore had rather interesting early career…
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Today, 02:32 PM
Vanilla -- muito legal!
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Today, 02:31 PM
The thing that i don't get is if they cost $3.600 in japan,what makes it cost 6K here in the states.It is the same guitar outside of Roger supposedly...
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Today, 02:31 PM
By "here" you mean Belgium? Where this board is based? It's easy to forget this is not a USA board!
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Today, 02:24 PM
I grabbed 3x23xx but tried to hit the middle only, since G is a natural 5th. I need to start practicing grips without my root security blanket.
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Today, 02:24 PM
I assume the fractured metacarpals are in your picking paw and not your fretting hand, if you can still play. You must be pretty uncomfortable with...
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Today, 02:19 PM
I restrung an ins
Does exposure to air make a difference and does keeping them at ternsion without play effect the strings?[/QUOTE
One thing...
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Today, 02:15 PM
Great. I use mine daily. Have had it for almost a year now, and the other cushions have gone to the trash. I did modify the foam pad inside to...
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Today, 02:14 PM
I have two of Nelson Faria's books. Brazilian Guitar Styles is the best guitar book I ever used. He breaks it all down and then brings it up to the...
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Today, 02:14 PM
Bwahahahaha
Tbh when I see that I just translate into ‘alt’ - which is probably not best practice in all situations lol
Sent from my iPhone...
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Today, 02:03 PM
Grant Green “Feelin’ the Spirit”
https://youtu.be/1dxWKW1GGdM?si=1zFdx9j2I4w7U2oF
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Today, 02:03 PM
I would not buy one of them either except a fire sale, but at least his company makes them here not overseas.
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Today, 02:03 PM
That is what I was doing, between the nut and the first fret. I'll have to take it back to my office where the guitar is in try between the 1st and...
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Today, 02:02 PM
There's a few Barney Kessel/Julie London songs that strongly remind me of James Bond songs...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCGNYJOrebA
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Today, 01:55 PM
Hey Jimmy Smith..(ahh gone but not forgotten) live the dream offline too..
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Today, 01:49 PM
I've been saying this for at least 25 years. If the audience needs earplugs because the band is so damn loud, then you don't actually care about...
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Today, 01:38 PM
1. List of Classical music genres….Wikipedia
2. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences/The Oscars
3. rateyourmusic.com
4. Tim...
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Today, 01:33 PM
ok, don't tell that to Brazilian musicians lol... they like their shit simple, harmonically for sure. Rhythmically there are SOME variations but...
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Today, 01:28 PM
Got it. You should probably be aware by this point, though, that your vocabulary is extremely idiosyncratic. Like I’ve never heard anyone else use...
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Today, 01:24 PM
I need to look up Koll and antihums!
Unless you can tell me something about the pickups.
When you say there was no guesswork do you mean you knew...
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Today, 01:23 PM
Fully aware of that, and if you read my 1st reply I noted that we were talking pedal power.
Cheers!
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Today, 01:15 PM
This thread prompted me to get my 55 from the back of the cupboard. I barely use it! It has Chrome 12s which feel about right. I noticed the neck had...
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Today, 01:11 PM
I'm a big fan of Bond flicks (Vic Flick?) but haven't seen any of the post Moore movies.
Goldfinger has to be my favorite.
...
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Today, 01:07 PM
Hi all.
A few years ago there was a study group set up to go through a Jeff Arnold Standards book (see pic of book).
I just found the book on...
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Today, 01:02 PM
....There was a scale length thread here, somewhere...
And what I learned about measuring a guitar scale, and what someone may mean vs. what they...
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