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Today, 07:14 PM
You need to get out more ... many drummer do... actually hear and ask about Harmony.... Rhythmic skills is another one of those givens... if you...
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Today, 07:06 PM
Charlie Parker 3 over 4 accents on guitar, example and rudiments + pat martino!
Charlie Parker liked to use accents of 3 over 4, accenting every...
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Today, 06:55 PM
Nadira and Friends. What a little gem! I think the guitarist posts on here occasionally, and what a great feel both in the comping and solo.
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Today, 06:50 PM
So you set up it at home and play gig with that setup?
do you use only presets or you do your own setups?
never need to adjust something on stage?
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Today, 06:45 PM
I agree with this. The best "out" stuff is where someone has put in the time, worked hard and followed their muse, and their muse has taken them to...
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Today, 06:44 PM
For what it’s worth, it’s been a while since a drummer asked me about my harmonic reference, but maybe that’s just the company I keep.
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Today, 06:40 PM
(deep sigh, removes glasses, rubs bridge of nose)
Most jazz in most situations is playing pretty close to the changes. Pretty standard ways of...
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Today, 06:37 PM
lol. She is an artist on the waves. She has a lot of grace on the board. She is easy on the eyes too.
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Today, 06:31 PM
https://youtu.be/JYSWf0NSEn0
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Today, 06:31 PM
I understand what you are saying but I think spaghetti western tunes are a genre, like spy and surf. They all are different but employ many of the...
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Today, 06:25 PM
Yep, I know. It's just a dream. That's Bettylou Sakura Johnson the professional surfer. I'm sure she can do whatever she wants to whatever man she...
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Today, 06:16 PM
I don’t know man. Dreams like that are usually more dangerous and expensive. Those types have been known to physically/mentally/financially bankrupt...
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Today, 06:08 PM
The Spaghetti Western probably is a genre but the movies should be confused with their themes. Film music per se is not actually a genre.
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Today, 05:58 PM
Winner! Winner! Chicken dinner! That is a stunner. Mr. Mark Campellone is my favorite archtop luthier. Thanks for contributing.
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Today, 05:55 PM
Dream squeeze lol
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Today, 05:54 PM
Do you mean people with no real chops or understanding? The noise for the noise crowd? There are quite a few in the scene. Unfortunately, I think all...
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Today, 05:51 PM
There is a lot to agree with here. I don’t know if it should be called “free jazz” or just “free music” now. “Free” music has become a big melting...
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Today, 05:45 PM
I'll keep an eye out, but they don't come up here (Atlanta) very often if at all. Not the kind of expenditure I can make without playing one. As for...
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Today, 05:42 PM
I think it’s interesting and some of it is extremely moving (Matana Roberts). Other examples of it can be alienating. I used to appreciate it more...
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Today, 05:41 PM
Yea Tal... and then you start organizing the harmonic references.
The note collections, scales, arpeggios, embellishments, Licks all melodic...
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Today, 05:38 PM
Sort of. I take your point, but I’m thinking more about the ornaments than the notes they’re decorating. That’s where a lot of the vibe lives.
But...
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Today, 05:25 PM
Hi, Selling my 2012 CS Gibson ES-339 has larger ‘ 59 Neck Shape very comfortable and round. Professionally re fretted , Manluis PAF’s, Landmark neck...
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Today, 05:24 PM
Yes, it's an old post, but for those who are concerned about losing the haunting mids if they change saddles, there is an answer:
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Today, 05:24 PM
Jim that hadn’t even crossed my mind. Sounds like good advice!
I once had a fantasy to restart Harptone cases but it turns out, they never went...
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Today, 05:16 PM
It’s the bleats and the growls! Kandinsky knows all the keys through C8.
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Today, 05:08 PM
Doc, I'm quite sure that Gibson did not consider the relationship of the zig zag tailpiece element to the introduction of force in terms of a strict...
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Today, 04:48 PM
Gotta have earplugs when viewing Kandinsky.
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Today, 04:47 PM
My bike was not rideable after I had a disagreement with a cow in the High Sierra. I turned down the offer of a airlift and took the offer from the...
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Today, 04:41 PM
If you like the sound, your really can't go wrong with the GB10. Top grade build and a little Benson right in there!
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Today, 04:38 PM
Probably the best advice I can ever give you is don't ever design a guitar you can't easily get a case for (and preferably with as many backups as...
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Today, 04:34 PM
Ireland is a really cool country, Jim. We absolutely love Dublin. If things get seriously right wing here next year and we feel threatened because...
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Today, 04:30 PM
Jim, thanks a lot for the tip. It had occurred to me when looking at veneers and figured boards, that I could make some money. I actually bought the...
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Today, 04:30 PM
If a guitar with parts of Brazilian Rosewood was built before March 1947 it will be treated as an antique and can be traded and imported. But the...
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Today, 04:30 PM
Wow that's a long interview.
I would think they've both changed since then. Herbie since he has done even more pop-oriented things, including his...
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Today, 04:28 PM
Or ... use the archtop as the proper acoustic guitar it apparently is, and get a proven off-the-shelf e-guitar for any electric needs? shreddin'
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Today, 04:23 PM
What you show is the motivic approach. I think it is super useful for many things such as burning certain phrases into your muscle memory, learning...
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Today, 04:19 PM
Among guitarists, Hank Garland recorded it at about 235, Tal Farlow took it a bit quicker at 240-250, and Pat Metheny well north of 250.
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Today, 04:13 PM
Sorry to hear that. I've suffered 2 significant bike crashes (and barely missed a very serious collision with a car years ago) where I was thrown off...
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Today, 04:12 PM
Yeah, the "everything for $129" is absolutely a scam. The current "blowout!" prices on the real site appear to be 1 or 2% off regular price ;)
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Today, 04:08 PM
My wife and I are retiring to Ireland in a few years, and she has lots of family there. If that cab is still in the store in October, I'll let you...
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Today, 04:08 PM
I was aware of the movie music genre but never considered that there could be different genres within. It's true that this music is supposed to...
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Today, 04:07 PM
Yesterday's bike ride hit gravel went down. Broken clavicle right side will heal no surgery, broken 4 and 5th metacarpals, they need surgery but...
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Today, 04:02 PM
Great playing! Good tone, feel, and technique. My guess would be that since you can hear and play at a high level, and you notice that your improv...
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Today, 03:56 PM
Laurie Johnson
https://youtu.be/GeK3Lkd_XL4
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Today, 03:56 PM
I love a lot of it.
I find the best "out there" stuff is usually by folks with good technical skills who could be "in," if they wanted to...but...
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Today, 03:48 PM
Insightful.
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Today, 03:48 PM
That one runs the gamut. Pretty common anywhere between 100-200. Not unheard of faster or slower either. Was a ballad originally as aforesaid.
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Today, 03:46 PM
Having been through this process (although for a very different end result) I would like to make a suggestion: don't concern yourself so much with...
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Today, 03:44 PM
Agreed and understood. That said, if I were to "go for it" I'd probably ask Jim Triggs to build me something to my specs (Byrdland-ish) and be done...
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Today, 03:43 PM
If your guitar checked out for tortoiseshell, ivory or Brazilian rosewood, you’ll not be able to legally get it in or out of any of the 172 member...
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Today, 03:37 PM
Hello. I see that free jazz/free jazz guitar has been discussed once or twice on the site. It has been a few years though. Is the avant-garde...
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Today, 03:33 PM
Alright here’s more of what I mean about vocabulary, as it pertains to that one lick in Yardbird:
https://youtu.be/b4BL3li9yQ4?si=_0KlR0buQs0quLc0
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Today, 03:25 PM
My take is that it's really worth to wait a bit, add the difference in cash and find a used Japan GB10.
I know it's easy to give this advice, but...
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Today, 03:19 PM
People play ATTYA faster than the Parker Gillespie version?
I’m always amazed at the bubble I’m in.
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Today, 03:06 PM
He'll be 85.
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Today, 03:00 PM
Yeah, there was a very depressing article in the Times about how film composers like Zimmer rarely write an entire score.
He farms it out to a bunch...
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Today, 02:55 PM
Agreed. Who does that when they can make a cash money face to face sale? Or paypal payment at the meetup. Or Zelle. If I'm local to the seller I want...
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Today, 02:50 PM
I think I've seen every single Bond movie, most of them multiple times (the older ones). How about you?
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Today, 02:43 PM
Tbe Ramones made counting in the song, and even counting on breaks during the song, into art. Pretty cool. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ATE!!!!
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Today, 02:33 PM
The x-150's are really great guitars.They sound good acoustically but when plugged in they sound really fantastic.That's a beauty you have there my...
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Today, 02:30 PM
I went to a festival in Chicago and Steve Albini's band Big Black reunited for it. They started every song with no count. For those unfamiliar the...
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Today, 02:28 PM
Yes. “Spy Music” or “Space Jazz” is a genre. The composer John Barry is said to be the originator of the genre. Songs like “The Man from...
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Today, 02:27 PM
That sounds great and that's around the tempo I really like to hear the tune, especially when guitar is taking the head. Most people I play with...
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Today, 02:23 PM
Interesting, I didn't make the connection but you're right, especially without the pickgaurd. At some point one of the owners took it off and filled...
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Today, 02:21 PM
Those are excellent guitars…..Congrats!
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Today, 02:17 PM
What I've learned is that even good musicians do not always make good conductors in terms of counting the song off. I've let a couple otherwise good...
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Today, 02:15 PM
Absolutely! Done it many times and it never gets old! You don't even have to summit to have a mountaintop experience!
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Today, 02:02 PM
^ Calm down with the straw manning of the entire thread there. ragman said that. To my reading, everyone else explained their taste about the issue...
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Today, 01:57 PM
... scroll down beneath the preamble if you just wanna get to the interview. Enjoy!
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Today, 01:53 PM
You can't really go wrong with Westerly Guilds. They play themselves and look the biz.
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Today, 01:50 PM
Interesting. Thanks for the measurements!
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Today, 01:49 PM
Interesting. I've played one some years ago and thought they had a very pronounced acoustic tone for a laminate, I can see the appeal.
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Today, 01:48 PM
Wynton vs Herbie. The Purist and Crossbreader Duke It Out – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
I love this - it's a heavy discussion that no-one...
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Today, 01:43 PM
What's the saying? "You can always tell a piano player, but you can't tell them much."
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Today, 01:42 PM
Yeah, I'm looking at my Kingpin right now, and the top is about 2mm thick.
It's not the most pronounced arch, mind you...but it also hasn't...
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Today, 01:40 PM
Yeah, but the hike is worth it all on it's own.
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Today, 01:35 PM
First of all you have to tell it to the piano player. But I'm afraid he/she will stare at you and doesn't understand anything what you want to say....
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Today, 01:28 PM
And what's odd is the focus here on "Misty" but in fact a ton of jazz standards were originally ballads and became wildly up-tempo barn-burners. "All...
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Today, 01:25 PM
I never measured the one I had, but Godin 5th Avenues have the thinnest laminated tops I've ever seen (made from wild cherry), and quite a lively...
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Today, 01:24 PM
:dontknow:
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Today, 01:23 PM
It kind of reminds me of hiking in the high mountains of Colorado. You see a summit ahead and think you're at the top, then as you move onto it, you...
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Today, 01:18 PM
In 2017, when Henry J was facing foreclosure of Gibson, he sold many guitars through Chicago Music Exchange to the public at wholesale prices (I am...
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Today, 01:14 PM
Big fan of blonde, single pickup laminate guitars. Looks like the Ibanez Metheny models
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Today, 12:58 PM
Great job! Soon you will at legit bop tempos.
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Today, 12:48 PM
I've simplified Countdown but maybe not in an acceptable way to some people. The nice thing about jazz is that you can interpret a tune any way you...
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Today, 12:46 PM
I decided to try playing this in some other keys, starting with C. This was fairly easy because I had room to move up my fingerings from Ab.
This...
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Today, 12:42 PM
https://youtu.be/Dv2yJSqOoQg
Finally made it to 200 bpm! I hit it yesterday but couldn't play it reliably. Today without any warm up or build up, I...
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Today, 12:39 PM
By the way, the chord diagram at the end of that vid is misleading, it seems to have done a mirror thing on itself. Should look like this:
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Today, 12:31 PM
Many of the older tunes adopted by jazz musicians were written in 3/4 time.
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Today, 12:30 PM
New pickguard + new pickup with adjustable pole pieces?
AKA
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Today, 12:27 PM
If I want to buy eg. 40s/50s/60s Gibsons from US to UK what do I need to do regarding CITES rules? Does the seller need to provide documentation?
TIA
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Today, 12:22 PM
My 2cts: Replace the high E string for a fresh one. You never know, might just be a faulty string. I had that once and a fresh string was the cure. ...
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Today, 12:22 PM
This is a good idea...maybe even just loosen the E and B and try the E string in the B slot. Don't even need to restring then.
Then, if the E...
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Today, 12:16 PM
You may be correct but it is such a simple test and would give a definite answer to whether it is a problem with the pickup. It is hard to think of...
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Today, 12:15 PM
The nice thing about jazz is that you can interpret a tune any way you want. Purists might object but that's too bad, the tune is not their...
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Today, 12:04 PM
For sure...and particularly with an acoustic nylon string guitar too. But I definitely agree that on Brazilian music, the guitar should be leading...
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Today, 11:57 AM
Im probably not being clear, but I think the opposite is true. I’ll make a video at some point today. But say — you know this is an Em triad which...
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Today, 11:52 AM
The OP said the pickup has no polepieces, so presumably a rail-type, which would make string placement irrelevant. But I haven't seen the inside of...
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Today, 11:46 AM
Really thoughtful post there. Thanks a lot. It reminded me of the tag to Tomo Fujita's youtube videos. Something I forgot.
Don't worry
Don't...
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Today, 11:43 AM
This is very practical, good stuff! Although, in all honesty, it's the piano and bass that should stay out of the way of the guitar when it comes to...
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Today, 11:39 AM
There is so much information on the parent site.
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Today, 11:35 AM
The value of learning things like "Donna Lee" or, in my case, learning the book of Jimmy Raney solos from Aebersold, is not immediately that you...
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Today, 11:34 AM
Just took delivery yesterday of this beautiful late 90s or early 2000s X-150. Kind of crazy that you can get one of these quality USA made guitars...
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Today, 11:19 AM
Thanks for providing your expertise!
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Today, 11:18 AM
His original post was on the FL Gulf side, I think, for local pickup. And to some degree it makes sense that he is now fled to Indiana before summer...
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Today, 11:12 AM
If the pickup is properly centred on the strings, It could be that the internal pole for the top string is misaligned or not properly magnetised....
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Today, 11:11 AM
Nice Jack...
Yea I've always liked Nelsons books.
I think when starting out... the stay out of the way approach works.... but when one starts...
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Today, 11:10 AM
Talent is overrated, enjoyment is more important. ;)
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Today, 10:56 AM
In his defense all 3 of his items for sale were shot w the same background so unless someone else had those 3 items for sale and he lifted the pics...
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Today, 10:56 AM
I like my two reunion blues bags (relatively new, so probably Chinese?) I have an rbx for me es-330 and a continental for my arch tops. They both...
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Today, 10:54 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8kxEFjd_nE
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Today, 10:39 AM
I'm glad you're a fan of Danger Man. Nothing like it :-)
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Today, 10:34 AM
Yea... your technique... looks good.
So you said you understand the theory behind building scales and chords etc... but what you probable don't...
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Today, 10:26 AM
Oh yes :-)
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Today, 10:24 AM
Try both, see which sounds better. Why don't you trust yourselves?
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Today, 10:21 AM
Original is trumpet over tenor, right? So you got a choice to make...
As long as the upper part fits in the alto's range comfortably, I say give...
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Today, 10:12 AM
Wow!!! Beautiful example of a low production instrument. Someone will be exceedingly happy with this high end 16” Golden Age Gibson.
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Today, 10:00 AM
Yes, a smoothly rounded binding edge should be standard on all hollow-body guitars. It may be easy, inexpensive and effective, but in reality most...
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Today, 09:54 AM
Seriously. The only thing I lack is... talent...
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Today, 09:50 AM
You would know better than me.
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Today, 09:50 AM
I’m thinking he expects payment thru reverb followed by local pickup. It’s risky.
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Today, 09:45 AM
Generally (no hard and fast rule) the sax would take the top line. Thats just because sax will blow guitar out of the water in terms of projection...
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Today, 09:31 AM
That's an excellent approach but I think requires some experience and exposure to harmony and line construction to do well. Learning how the lines in...
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Today, 09:28 AM
If there's a piano, play the melody. If there is no piano it's up to you.
I think it would be cool if you guys arranged this part and he took,...
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Today, 09:20 AM
I obviously wasn't clear enough. It's less about the general durability of the whole part (which is hardly or only slightly influenced by the zigzag...
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Today, 09:17 AM
This is a valid point, but honestly I’d probably disagree.
Im generally more interested in finding the melodic structures inside the line first....
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Today, 09:04 AM
Hello, I would like to ask if the L5 from the Crimson period had a thicker panel and a thicker sound? Just compare it to the Hutchins period.
Is...
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Today, 09:00 AM
Very nice. If you like this solo, you can probably mine it to extract language for the next couple of years. Most of us move from one transcription,...
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Today, 08:58 AM
You could get a Polystyrene wedge, then cut it to your exact shape.
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Today, 08:53 AM
I’ll definitley post some vocabulary stuff, but here would be a good primer:
https://youtu.be/1Y28jrDERvU?si=CsH7YUrjfHfbXCVR
I can think of...
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Today, 08:52 AM
You'll have to be Jim-Bob till I get used to it.
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Today, 08:49 AM
He's probably a FL to IN snowbird. It's local sale / pickup only. What's the risk? If I were in the area, I would have a look.
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Today, 08:26 AM
Seller claims an honest mistake. He failed to update his profile. I’m not buying the explanation buyer beware!
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Today, 08:25 AM
Fortunately I’m insufferable and can’t help it and my toddler is watching Pepa Pig.
so here you go:
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Today, 08:25 AM
Reunion Blues changed the design of the straps, and the newer bags don’t carry as high on the back.
Also, FWIW, I had two Mooradian bags, which...
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Today, 08:13 AM
So a spy jazz-guitar has a transparent pickguard? Or is that actually a spy-jazz guitar (in which case all odds are off)?
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Today, 08:08 AM
^ If he already has that ability, there's no reason he can't easily pick up the mechanics for creating jazz lines from scratch. Scales, arps,...
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