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I have great doubts that the person/Ragman/ who is the leader of virtual jam is not too controversial in his commentary and of course in his...

Overpriced even if it was real. You could buy them new for about $3800 from any dealer in Japan. Shipping by Japan Post EMS comes under $200. ...

Stick an inspection mirror under the top. Look at the edge of the f-holes. That should tell you if it is laminated maple or solid carved spruce....

I don't see anything more than a standard ES-150. The neck looks like mahogany to me based on that chipped lacquer patch by the first and second fret...

Sco is one of those musicians who is totally at home in a live situation. My feeling is that he is yet to record anything in a studio that remotely...

It's a unique and time proven business model that he includes a scheduled day before a recording date entirely for rehearsal and getting comfortable...

you know what ? I have not sold a single item on this dear web-site yet. not even a single answer or offer on all the items, that I offered...

Your current guitar, whatever it is, would work just fine for jazz, because it's the player, not the guitar. If you can afford to dedicate the...

This is my impression. The musician has to work systematically - first of all, practice every day. Everyone should ask themselves what to exercise...

Umm... Les Paul? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NknObBssaUk Jack Pearson (not strictly a jazz player), Clint Strong, Ulf Wakenius (LP copy). ...

All I know is that when I saw Jimmy Raney live, I asked him where the Gibson was. He said it was stolen out of his trunk in Jamaica, Queens, as Fred...

That's an Abe Rivera Scepre that PM is playing, and it's nothing like an LP. My advice as a member of the LP Police is that unless you're Clint...

I often play jazz on a 1973 Les Paul Recording model. They're a bit different to a regular Les Paul, notably the low impedance pickups. Tonally it's...

I used to own several different variations, my favorite was a 2007 R8. Loved that guitar, but at 63 years of age I couldn’t deal with the 9 lb weight...

Your videos are high-art, Marc. I could see you playing here at the Dallas Museum of Art, with a bunch of the more sophisticated, rich, local patrons...

Talk about a couple of classics! Wow! Congrats!

A beauty for sure! Congrats and enjoy. Wow!

Well one of the Best! But there are some other worthy contenders for sure! New York,,New Jersey, Chicago, and not to mention Italy!

"If I could I'd give you this guitar right now" ...non non .....:smile-new: "Tu aimes cette guitare Sylvain? les acoustiques sont très très...

I can’t sight read. The idea of looking at the score, not knowing a tune, and play it at tempo, is like running a marathon in under two hours. I know...

Curious for the story about PG's recent use of this guitar (Gibson ES-125?) instead of his three Treniers?

The foot pedal on my GT100 has five select switches, so you can choose any of five directly, then a further switch is a "bank" select, short press...

GarageBand is included for free.

.... and yet, every time a beginner asks about a good chord book, ten different people will recommend Chord Chemistry. .

Just curious, how did you determine its all carved? I doubt Gibson was making custom 150s, it was a budget model.

I think there are two critical skills, both of which need polish and alignment to make a great player. I know a lot of players who have much to say...

I don't see what about the top or the back looks like it's solid carved. The top definitely looks like standard maple laminate. The back is flame but...

Yes, I remember JM using a Les Paul back then. Good stuff. My Les Paul has what appears to be two pickups at each location and they can be split...

My 06 LP Classic Antique was a special edition..(wine red) the PAF 59 pick ups cover a very nice tonal range roll the bass off on the neck pup...

Thanks everybody for the GREAT responses! Those videos are really good listening and those Les Pauls (or nearly so) sound quite full and round. ...

I have an L5 and a les Paul. I’d say I use the Les Paul for jazz about as much as the L5ces. The main diff to me is the neck LP pickup has more...

My main guitar is pretty much a Greco LP. I can't help it, I love it.

LPs are great for jazz. Mine is 2016 Tribute with P90s and DA Chrome 12s. Amazing sound.

Hump Day Bump! So, no real offers for cash or trade? I guess times are tough. Surely it can’t be the restoration on this fine instrument. I know...

Romero Lubambo (Dianne Reeves) often plays a LP Custom when he is not picking nylon strings.

yes, I suspect that I had a good start by having classical guitar lessons for several years when I was 12. So I’ve always had pretty good left-hand...

Absolutely, very well put.

I've recognized my flat-fingered default left-hand technique as a roadblock (among others) to faster speeds. I've started playing what I think is...

SF Bay Area jazz great Steve Erquiaga plays a LP.

nice color

Tony Because 1) the LP was a bit of a flop when it entered the market and 2) it was discovered 5-8 years after production ceased that it was a great...

For what I need TempoPerfect is just perfect. It's old, simple and easy to handle ....

Why not? Not quite the typical Les Pauls but close... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd4ezmC0OJc ...

I don't think inability to play fast is usually due to a fundamental neuro-motor limit. I imagine all of us do have some limit beyond which our...

Wow! Thanks so much! I really enjoy her chord melody videos. She really talks up the Les Paul. Hers is just like mine except that mine is...

Huge thanks for posting this. It's always a drag to pull stuff from books, way nicer to do it by ear or watch a video!

Make me an offer!

By this Video it would seem a LesPaul is more than capable. sandra sherman solid body - Google Search I don’t own one though. This is just...

Yep! :pride:

New Haven has the best pizza on the planet (and it's not because I grew up CT)!

For sure - and even the greats turned out some “default” solos. I remember realizing as a teenager that a lot of Oscar Peterson’s licks were...

Hope it’s not painful:). My goal is the opposite….just pleasure! Maybe more exposure is the remedy, which. Can be found subscribing to my YouTube...

Cool sounds. I'd love to hear the same thing on a guitar with a CC pickup, simply because ... you play like Charlie Christian! Probaby a lot more hum...

I kind of agree with the original post but in a different way. I'm OK reading the score, e.g. if it says e,a,g,f or what ever and generally ok...

Or to replace orginal top with plastic.. but they did not have enough plastic

Yes, but you had the potential ability in the first place. There's no doubt at all that practice, repetition, training, perseverance, and...

Mine was early 70's with h/b's, 3 piece top and L5 tp. Beautiful figuring. On the downside the neck was always cold and the guitar was neck heavy. ...

no, I think it’s just practice. I never used to be able to play much above 180 and assumed that was my limit, but gradually I have got up to 220-230...

Thanks for posting this video. What a nice guy! Have subscribed to his channel.

Slowed down maybe 25% or so: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBHPTqCRB8E

I'd send him a couple of Pepe's pizza's from New Haven but it just wouldn't be the same ........:grumpy:

Love his livestream series on youtube, plays some nice solo guitar!

When Holst was doing my build I sent him a couple of Lou Malnattis pizza six packs The man loves a great pizza BigMike

very nice repair !

Absolutely, but I don't think it's just familiarity. I think some people have a facility for fast playing and some don't. Probably a question of...

It has one now, which is Mark's preference.

Perhaps I was not clear. The key point is that if you have indeed UNIFIED these skills, you can't unlearn that approach and don't want to unlearn it,...

If I understand correctly there was a progression of three versions: 1: Low Imp pickups, L5 tail. 2: Humbuckers, L5 tail. 3: Humbuckers, Tp6...

I always thought black L-5s s looked wicked, and I'm not a fan of those mismatched 3 piece tops. But when I get the guitar in hand I'll have a better...

I had the humbuckers with the L5 Tail. I guess you would call that the 2nd variant.

Very nicely done. I love my Andersens too. Tim

I read standard notation, but there are situations in which I like tab. Some things only sound right (usually, this means like the recording) if...

Pro Metronome is my favorite. There is a free version, but it's been so long since I bought everything I could in that app that I have no idea what...

Chord Chemistry is a bit of a mess but its Ted's special kind of mess and I love it! The first 50 some pages is a "Chord Dictionary" but on page 56...

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I have an Eastman AR603-15 for sale on the boards here. Nice, small-body archtop with mounted pickup, mahogany back and sides.

Why not redo the top as a Cherry Burst with an opaque yellow for the center that hides the wood? I would also replace the cracked tailpiece with a...

Jams serve two purposes for me: 1.) introduce a new pro musician who just moved into the area to make connections for gigs 2.) Fill the...

I once had the use of a milling machine. I had a sad and forlorn 80's Ibanez that had one of those Floyd Rose type trem bridges (huge routed cavity...

Yes, the OP is playing in a big band- how many patches could he need? Comping, jazz solo, maybe a funk and fusion setting- we're not talking a Pink...

So it was a burst with low i pickups. Must've been a pretty baby. I'm excited to see what this rejuvenation will become. They're certainly a unique...

From Holst archtops to chicken cacciatore. Holst would be disturbed, unless he liked the cacciatore.....:cool:

Thank you! Personally I feel classical improvisation more natural for me than jazz. But there's not a lot of space for classical impro. Happy we have...

So just a thought! I haven’t played my Benedetto Bambino in over a week. And when I did the strings felt really slinky compared to a week ago. I just...

Yes, there are some cracks there. The seller sent me a pic showing all the routing under those giant pickup surrounds. It’s not pretty! I’m going to...

Thanks! I didn’t really feel that particularly while I was playing, but listening back to it I can hear what you mean. No surprise really,...

I heard back from Roger already. He thinks it might be a replaced headstock for a broken one.

I used to have an SS 15. Yes, parts of this look right and some look wrong. Maybe a prototype? More likely a pretty good fake. Pictures don’t show...

Brilliant! It has an endpin jack?

He could always blow by anyone I ever heard. His playing on the album Sounds of Synanon was my earliest exposure to chops like that. Here’s the...

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Doesn't this same thread argue that the same tension strings are easier to play on an archtop because of the longer part behind the bridge. If I...