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Today, 05:45 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpDAX7UfAEc
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Today, 05:41 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yb0N9DnW7Y
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Today, 05:35 PM
I counted 5 questions, actually. Perhaps jzucker doesn't want to distract attention away from the thread's topic. I think if you PM'd him with these...
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Today, 05:34 PM
Lovely smile, Ms. Dreyfuss
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Today, 05:33 PM
I can beat that. I'm still hanging on to our 57" Toshiba dumb tv with 5-cable component, no hdmi. We like the softer picture, almost like a movie...
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Today, 05:33 PM
don't forget all the whining and shouting...
My father used to fall asleep in a chair watching Seinfeld. The TV commercials used to be louder than...
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Today, 05:25 PM
Only if you want to play natural harmonics when using the neck pickup. It's the ONLY thing I dislike about teles: the neck pickups are under the...
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Today, 05:14 PM
Thank you.
Yesterday I found a post here from someone who had stocked up with Compound Wound & didn't know what he would use when he ran out....
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Today, 05:13 PM
I don't have a picture at hand, but I like my DV Mark Little Jazz. There are no legal barriers to playing other genres of music through it, at least...
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Today, 05:08 PM
In the 90's Seinfeld made me uncomfortable. I came to appreciate it 20 years later.
Check out Curb Your Enthusiasm. More neurosis and narcissism.
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Today, 05:02 PM
What drives me nuts is when we start to get into a show (my wife and I often really like the same things - NOT ALWAYS), they cancel it.
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Today, 05:01 PM
Interesting links. Thank you
In other 1926 news on one of those pages
Loud Store Robbed
During the past month thieves entered the Robert L....
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Today, 04:54 PM
That's quite an assemblage .... Yon Figeac 1996, Ormes De Pez 1997, but maybe the Mouton Cadet won't fit the league ;-)
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Today, 04:50 PM
I'll be doing a very special show coming up... my annual Charlie Christian birthday concert.
It's scheduled for Sunday August 4th, 2024 at 6pm.
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Today, 04:48 PM
Sort of like Seinfeld. Back in the 80's I was working so much I had no idea what was on tv, because I didn't even own one. When I got married in...
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Today, 04:48 PM
Have you listened to his more laid back accompaniment of Samara Joy?
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Today, 04:46 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAY5_VglJGA
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Today, 04:45 PM
What? No Kodály?
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Today, 04:25 PM
Well, there's both good news and bad ( but also good news).
The book arrived today and I find it much easier to look at then the pdf on my phone....
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Today, 04:22 PM
Nice. The bands are diverse but connected. I really enjoyed the “&Fusion” trio. I will investigate them, thanks. The quartet “Bodies” with the dancer...
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Today, 04:06 PM
That has always been the fun part about building custom instruments for artists.
Trying to bring the sound in their head, the look in thier heart,...
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Today, 04:05 PM
You could make the argument that ‘power chord’ is less a form of harmony and more a form of orchestrational doubling
See also acoustic overtone...
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Today, 03:54 PM
Yeah man. Very nice tune and playing. I was more sailing the vast open sea under a star filled night sky than diving the depths when listening. The...
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Today, 03:50 PM
:biggrin-new::biggrin-new::biggrin-new::biggrin-new:
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Today, 03:41 PM
Try thinking of the basic chord shapes, they will indicate the chord's nature: major, minor, dominant, etc. (keeping chord synonyms in mind)
So...
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Today, 03:41 PM
Umm, did you see my question jzucker?
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Today, 03:37 PM
Some little tidbits of sound. Nothing to get overly excited about- actually, I tend to doze off myself when I listen back to it. Maybe it’s a cure...
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Today, 03:36 PM
I added the Zager ZAD900CE 12-string to my collection a couple of years back, and I couldn’t be happier. Right out of the case, the guitar impressed...
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Today, 03:33 PM
A set of GHS 1810's compound wound .12 .16 .24 .30 .44 .54 went on every Barker Guitar out the door. The strings used by the late Johnny Gray and...
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Today, 03:32 PM
Looking forward to trying these.
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Today, 03:30 PM
It is not clear to me if the definitions of chords (specifying the number of notes or pitches) are accounting for accidentals and enharmonics, or if...
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Today, 03:30 PM
That is very true. There are subtleties that are different between similar type pickups giving them their unique voice.
A good luthier will...
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Today, 03:18 PM
I think that's totally normal though, that's the general process I think.
You'll always have to mentally/visually know where a root is to...
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Today, 03:17 PM
I used those strings quite a bit. They were a bit warmer than most. I found the tension to be a bit more and still some finger squeak. GHS makes a...
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Today, 03:13 PM
I'm late too, but it's never too late for beauties
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Today, 03:10 PM
Thanks , Larry D makes great pickups . I've built with pickups from several boutique builders as well .. it all comes down to how the luthier brings...
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Today, 03:04 PM
I have a few 24 fret models ( Carlos Santana signatures) no issues .
With 51 instruments and weekly gigs, while I have favorites , it all comes...
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Today, 03:03 PM
Depending on the design, I don't think most attached coax tweeters can be defeated, I could be wrong. But it is a cool little amp. I'm probably one...
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Today, 03:00 PM
Yep, and Yamaha doesn't seem to get the hate that PRS gets for some reason. The Yamaha RS series are another guitar to consider in favor of a Les...
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Today, 02:54 PM
Just from a listening standpoint I actually enjoyed the earlier version more. There's a cool part at around 0:50 where you start a chromatic idea,...
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Today, 02:53 PM
5F1 DIY clone
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Today, 02:47 PM
Just a small point.
If the guitar has 24 frets, the neck pickup isn't under the node.
I don't know if that's a big deal or not. Maybe it...
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Today, 02:47 PM
Here's mine: Quilter 101R head on homemade cabinet with 4 ohm, 8" Eminence Alpha 'A'. Works pretty well for me.
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Today, 02:39 PM
Sorry I said chords
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Today, 02:37 PM
I don’t hear thirds in the chords in the main riff of the song.
Top voice of the guitar chords goes E-D-A. They are standard shapes but it my...
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Today, 02:35 PM
We go round once in life. Enjoy what makes you happy!
Beautiful unique axe indeed! You can’t go wrong with Lollars that can take you from rock...
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Today, 02:31 PM
@ Enlightened Rogue - Is Little Jazz for jazz only, or I can play other genres thru it? I mean, is clean preamp channel only jazz focused , or is it...
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Today, 02:31 PM
Cool, now that that's out of the way.
I just want to have the kind of fret-board mastery where I can grab chord fragments instead of the whole...
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Today, 02:26 PM
Scott is my favorite classical player...even over the "masters". I love all their albums.
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Today, 02:22 PM
Hello, and sorry for the PM settings. I did change some settings, but it must not have been correct.
I'll try again. Thanks.
I see now in your...
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Today, 02:18 PM
I don’t know your age bracket, so this may or may not be news to you. When I was starting out (I got my first guitar in 1955), there was good...
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Today, 02:11 PM
Big Congrats to you, buddy. The guitars look beautiful. Have fun playing them.
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Today, 02:07 PM
If I want to benchmark improvement, I record the piece I'm working on, once a week. It's a good way to demonstrate to myself that I am getting...
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Today, 02:01 PM
By the way, the original lead sheet has a simple 2 bar pick-up, and he ends the song with the same two chords ( C7#5#9 -> F 6/9 ).
On the...
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Today, 01:46 PM
We'd love to hear them. :smile-new:
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Today, 01:46 PM
Well, I also agree with that. I think, most times, you can't "ignore" the "gear thing" until you've been through a bunch of it. It's like, in order...
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Today, 01:41 PM
Yes, Carroll, and a quote of his that would apply to this forum is:
“You're mad” said the Cheshire Cat
“How do you know I'm mad?” said Alice.
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Today, 01:37 PM
Im told by some..that LSD and other psychedelics open doors to seeing the merging of everything into "the ONE"
Hindu and Buddhist art...
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Today, 01:35 PM
I watched an Interview with Bruce Forman recently saying he listened more to piano and horn players than to guitarists and I thought to myself that's...
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Today, 01:35 PM
There is a second channel which, I believe, defeats the tweeter and has different tone controls. They aren't switchable though. It's done with...
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Today, 01:35 PM
This Vox does look really cool, and it's available in my local music shop, so for sure I will check out that one really soon. And it's reasonable...
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Today, 01:34 PM
https://youtu.be/FZThzbbe0Kc
I guess I could post this in 'Songs'. I'd previously been posting these in 'Showcase', but I'm under no...
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Today, 01:32 PM
Jim I know you play with a very clean tone. But I believe the Co Axial Speaker tends to get very bright, and not sound the best when presented with...
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Today, 01:25 PM
First off, I do play the pieces a couple of times as written before I consider changing anything (and I explain what I've changed and why), and...
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Today, 01:22 PM
https://youtu.be/zYo96cXeQnU?si=qfLvJny2nO6a_rfi
I don’t know. You can ask me anything but I still won’t know:)
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Today, 01:18 PM
I have a Vox Clubman 60. The combination of weight, size and sound are the best I've ever experienced. It's 10.14 lbs (plus an external laptop...
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Today, 01:10 PM
Not that I'm an authority on it, but I really think you can't play jazz until it's the music you hear in your head.
And that takes a LOT of...
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Today, 01:04 PM
Sorry. My kids tell me that all the time.
Too lazy to edit using bold, italicis and underline for emphasis.
Not upset at all.
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Today, 12:49 PM
That amp is awesome. See my pic in #7 above. Everything from clean dark jazz to screaming metal.
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Today, 12:45 PM
Close enough for rock’n’roll, good enough for jazz (although I’m a bit of a tube amp snob, but my 5F1 has a 10”…..)
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Today, 12:37 PM
I just received my Zager ZAD80CE guitar, and I must say, I am thoroughly impressed with the quality of this instrument. At my age, I've played quite...
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Today, 12:35 PM
Extra punctuation and caps locked words make it seem like you are upset.
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Today, 12:30 PM
I called which one was which on the warmoth demo. Ss are slightly more strident. It's less of an eq thing over recording.
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Today, 12:26 PM
There have probably been more major advances for people without the seemingly unlimited financial resources that appear to be the norm on this forum...
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Today, 12:24 PM
I don't polarize the gear issue as either 'stfu and play the pos' or incessantly tone chase throwing 10s of thousands at the last 5%. I simply ask...
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Today, 12:21 PM
I don't think you can contemplate this topic without discussing what metal strings you prefer. I personally don't like SS strings for their sound. ...
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Today, 12:19 PM
One of the reasons I chose Jeff Arnolds books (before this group) is because his books are some of the better ones with arrangements that both sound...
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Today, 12:16 PM
Ah! Debussy!
I love Arabesque #1. Probably because of warm fuzzy nostalgic feelings about the synth version by Isao Tomita, used as the theme...
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Today, 12:05 PM
This is from one Japaneese site. H&K Spirit Vintage + Vox BC108. Gosh such a cool stuff. It gives me GAS. <3 And if I put that Celestion in that box...
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Today, 12:04 PM
These Dumble style amps are made for the solid body and semi hollow crowd. I used to own a real Dumble back in 1980. And it made my Strat and ES...
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Today, 12:03 PM
Glad to have another player join in!
As you said learning them is relatively easy. The work is in getting them presentable as a piece of music...
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Today, 11:59 AM
Small woofers handle high power. I use an Eminence Beta 8" with my Elf amp head. Sweet tone, 200W capacity.
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Today, 11:59 AM
Assuming you're stealing that for your jazzguitar I'd say you first, let's hear it (and don't cheat with a looper) ;)
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Today, 11:51 AM
I do the same thing.
I find myself employing, with the LEFT hand the 'La Pompe' technique from Manouche style and aiming to play the top 3/4...
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Today, 11:47 AM
The drying or “curing” of timber is very important for the stability of the wood.
One way is air drying the timber. This takes many years.
...
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Today, 11:46 AM
I tried a bunch of different 8” high powered speakers in my Quilter Aviator 1x8” closed back Combo.
I came back to the Celestion TF818 as the beat...
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Today, 11:46 AM
If harmony was really that complicated I doubt many of us would be here. I'm serious. Of course the book's presentation is dated, it's from 1989....
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Today, 11:43 AM
I still would as long as tempo allowed.
What I'm starting to work on is varying finger pressure so that, say in a 5x45xx D7, the 4th string note...
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Today, 11:41 AM
Well, listening to the greats from this era, there's a lot of roots on the first beat, with yes, occasional deviations.
The danger in stepping on...
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Today, 11:32 AM
My goal for solo chord melody pieces is to eventually make them into polished recordings. When I think I can play it “perfectly” then I start...
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Today, 11:28 AM
Why can't you just grab the full D7???
Also, learning intervals is KEY!!
If you do, you'll "see" that relative to the D on the 5th string, the...
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Today, 11:28 AM
Thanks for your PM about buying this, PDeville. Unfortunately, we have a communications problem. When I try to respond to your PM, I get this...
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Today, 11:27 AM
I like the sound, didn't even know what kind of speaker I have.
It has a second extension speaker out and I have a 12" Quilter cabinet if I want...
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Today, 11:23 AM
Florentine cuts:
Venetian cuts:
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Today, 11:19 AM
Mick-7 I have to agree with Lawson.
This is a Study Group for Jeff's arrangements of which you have not played one as written.
I'm sure that...
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Today, 11:18 AM
So true everything you said about gear and can be applied to other aspects of life as well.
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Today, 11:15 AM
When will "Jazz Music : The up-to-date Gospel Truth according to Ragman" finally be published?
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Today, 11:15 AM
Interesting. (I meant pure/plain gut of course, and based on looks alone. The 2 lower strings could be wound gut...)
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Today, 11:13 AM
Ask Charles McPherson about how Barry Harris always stressed the importance of having a brilliant general education.
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Today, 11:12 AM
He says to treat the A section like 1-4-1-5. Can anyone tell me what measures he is treating as which?
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Today, 11:08 AM
Clairvoyance is the secret of the jazz master.
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Today, 11:06 AM
My wife is learning the Debussy piano piece :"Arabesque #1", which has several phrases of triplets against (straight) eight notes:
(It ends...
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Today, 11:03 AM
Got a chance recently to demo those 2 amazing amps on the fat clean sound (to have a rather fair comparison):
imho, I liked Bloomfield Drive on...
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Today, 11:02 AM
A lot of wisdom exists in this thread. Here are some conclusions I have come to:
A) We do chase gear a bit too much in the days of the Internet...
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Today, 10:58 AM
I always liked The Pogues more than The Dubliners.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAEFKjqPtlU
Sorry, couldn't resist.
EDIT: It had escaped...
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Today, 10:44 AM
:welcome:
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Today, 10:43 AM
BM, we miss you brother! We all hope you’re feeling better soon!
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Today, 10:17 AM
Having been playing for 68 years, I (along with everyone else) have come full circle on this. After decades of “progress”, the gold standard is...
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Today, 09:52 AM
That combo uses that Celestion speaker I was asking about .. TF0818.
So I assume you like that speaker?
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Today, 09:49 AM
Is there some reason why you can't just play the danged arrangement? Even when the OP has asked us to focus on learning the arrangement as it is...
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Today, 09:40 AM
I have a Quilter micropro 200 8-in, it's light, sounds good, and is loud.
https://youtu.be/0Qn-x2rQrto?si=BPYcPjJwRzKq0d8b
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Today, 09:39 AM
Hey guys, I hadn't been on the site in a while and I just saw this thread. I have this book and would love to join in. I'll get started on this...
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Today, 09:37 AM
Unfortunately these NGDays are over. I just couldn't avoid missing the cutaway.
Last years I have tried to learn how to play a bit higher frets...
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Today, 09:32 AM
I think you took my statement in a different light than what I intended. My point was not "don't worry about gear" but that you need to find...
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Today, 09:27 AM
EDITED: A note about the original tuners.
I am selling my player grade Gibson ES-125 from 1958.
Guitar plays perfectly. No neck breaks....
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Today, 09:25 AM
I can't get enough of the florentine cutaways!
Thanks john
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Today, 09:21 AM
How would you EVER know what the bass player is playing??
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Today, 09:20 AM
I can't hear him good enough to say, but gut strings are extremely popular with the bluegrass and rockabilly guys. They very well could be 50% of...
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Today, 09:07 AM
I'm truly amazed and in awe of Pasquale's skill and talent. But I have to admit I'm sad that I don't have enough years remaining on this earth to...
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Today, 09:02 AM
I still have to play a bass note to mentally see the chord. As an example My goal is to see say D7 on a sheet and grab xx45xx without thinking about...
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Today, 08:40 AM
I don't own one, but if I ever want to venture into the 8" speaker world again, it'll be this one:
Swart Space Tone SE
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Today, 08:35 AM
Yup. The perfect argument for stopping obsessing over gear and just PLAYING.
Not saying you can't explore and change gear through the years, but I...
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Today, 08:29 AM
Why are you guys using capos?????
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Today, 08:27 AM
As my 69th birthday gig is coming up in a few weeks , I thought I'd indulge in something just for the artistry .
a Teye E-Series Electric Gypsy ...
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Today, 08:27 AM
not a bedroom warrior myself but I will say that any guitarist and musician probably spends time on a ratio of about 100:1 of practicing vs gigging...
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Today, 08:23 AM
A Portrait Of The Artist is worth a go if you haven't already. The writing style matures as does the narrator, but it's far less 'showy' or...
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Today, 08:20 AM
I think it's the opposite. Playing at low volume at home, nothing really makes that much of a difference. But when you have to amplify everything to...
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Today, 08:20 AM
Thanks – that takes care of my confusion. I get what you're aiming for, and it makes perfect sense. And this thanks for your constant attention and...
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Today, 08:17 AM
I tried too. Couldn’t pay me to try again. Dubliners and Ulysses I liked quite a lot though.
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Today, 08:12 AM
I tried, but couldn't get past the first page of that :). (Enjoyed Ulysses however.) I just googled the poem and noticed it uses the word 'gyre'...
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Today, 08:11 AM
Not available in my country, I would need to blind buy it without trying .... But I am going to try DV Mark Little Jazz soon. I found DV Mark Little...
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Today, 08:10 AM
Double winding has 2 main justifications that I know of:
- using a finer outer winding makes for less fingernoise
- different alloys can be used,...
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Today, 08:10 AM
I know. I just don't see the point, the birds are part of what made PRS into what they are. But different strokes and all that...
I agree with...
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Today, 08:08 AM
Ah you’re probably right. Has Finnegan’s Wake vibes though.
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Today, 08:04 AM
I'll only speak for myself:
Freddie played different sized chords throughout his career. Right now I'm focusing on the earlier style because I...
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Today, 08:01 AM
The book is dated.
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Today, 08:01 AM
Lewis Carol, surely?
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Today, 07:56 AM
How about the Zt Lunchbox reverb, giggable and makes 8' amps look overweight. :)
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Today, 07:53 AM
Could these strings have been made by Pyramid?
The north-east part of Italy (Trentino) may feel like Austria when you come from further south...
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Today, 07:52 AM
I had one of those and it was fabulous. But I need the versatility of the MicroPro, so I switched.
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