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Well I wouldn’t advise anyone to sign up for that to be brutally honest. I think a lot depends on your level. If you are a beginner, signing up...

he's not very good, is he? if you must enroll to an online course check out courses by real players like rodney jones, or get some skype lessons from...

Week 14. Now that we have the layout of the track, time to throw it into the next gear: A week of projects we've covered, at a higher speed....

wzpgsr - Can you tell me what backing you're using? What were the chords for the solos?

They are all on YouTube now, and a great inspiration. Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Ditto like Markku. I'm even happier now that I've put a Fender Tre-Verb in front of it. Best reverb pedal I've owned - the plate mode is awesome ...

I am pretty confident that in any real world comparision, i.e. not unter lab conditions, I would not be able to tell a difference. Tim Lerch did a...

Not a big fan of a piezo even with a good preamp. However, used with a Tonedexter it's a different kettle of fish. You set up a microphone on your...

Now that's mighty fine for such a spontaneous take, lawson! Rockin' - do I hear a tiny bit of Santana in there if you don't mind asking?......

No affiliation here, but there is a pretty, red, used Albatross for sales on Reverb.

Thanks for posting the Guitar World article! I’m really glad to hear Heritage won’t be affected.

Thanks again, Jim! Loosening the grooves a bit with wet/dry abrasive (top three strings) or needle file (the rest) plus grinding in a little pencil...

Clams, eh? Maybe those New Zealand variety cause DAYUMMMMM, that was TASTY. I guess you paired those clams with some nice fixings and quality home...

Another great groove. Really digging it. John

Still working through this, but here’s a few choruses. This tempo is getting up there for me it for me, so expect some clams! More work? - YouTube

shreddin'...continuing jam: There is my happy after work version on my my arch-top hollow-body gutar. Box

Hi John, Exelent playing with a great feel...look like real jam!!!Screaming guitar-I like it. Best Kris

BAMs doing fine and head(sic!) count growing in my sphere. Several new users here, incl. Fred Archtop. Its just so good, small and affordable, my...

Here's another using Kris's funky backing track. No video this time. Work Song Funky by John Albin | Free Listening on SoundCloud For those...

I guess I had an organized approach to fingering when I was taught to run scales and arps, although I don't use it. At this point, I don't even...

Seen this before, but was REALLY excited to see this the first time... still am. Is this around his "Live at the Lighthouse" period? I dunno,...

Gibson's former Kalamazoo factory is being converted into a Hard Rock Hotel | Guitar World seems like it will be staying put.

Special into a 1940 EH 185. Sounds pretttty good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-B6yuBQO7s

I think it’s about 50/50 with or without a sticker. (My ES-775 does not have one.)

rpjazzguitar, I agree that reading is an excellent way to learn the fingerboard assuming that over time you play in all the different regions or...

Bumping this thread to see how you guys are feeling about the BAM200 these days? I was looking at one and in addition to being a good, clean...

I never knew Orville was a lefty. Wait, could that be what the "L" stood for in L4 and L5??

Correct, built into the guard.

Yes Nashville sticker I believe in Black and White. At least on my 1993 model I use to own. Quite a heavy guitar like a Les Paul. I liked it a lot!

Good luck in your chase!

Very inspiring! I love Jim Hall, but had not checked out this album. So creative, and well no words.... Just Great!

So the McCarty pickup floats above the top - attached to the pickguard?

I'll permit myself a ridiculous nitpick. The notes repeat after 12 frets, but the fingering at the 12th fret is not the same as at the nut. There...

Jack you are the omniscient one. I think everyone knows that and bows to you Give me a break and go play some more scales:mad-new:

Thanks for all the great feedback, everyone. Really helpful.

I’m in the process of purchasing a Collings archtop, and while I was scouring the planet for archtops, I came across the New Yorker. The thing is, I...

Well... They have to own their interfaces to the digital world, their gear for excursions into the natural world, their rigs to work, shop and bop in...

Well to be accurate everything repeats after 12 frets on the guitar. Nothing unique there. Stretching is hard on the hands, so if one wishes to...

I totally agree with you.

Does it really matter who discovered how to finger a major scale first? Reg came up with and presented a fingerboard organizational system based...

Lawson - I say, that was rather impressive! :smile-new:

Funny you mention that. I had a KoT--I liked it, but I got rid of it in favor of JHS MG v4 and a TC Spark mini...

Forum member Jack Zucker has almost certainly played both. He is an endorser for Seventy Seven and has a signature model.

poor orville gibson was persona non grata for gibson... a consortium of 5 investors bought his name and ideas (in 1902!) & paid him an annual...

Just what I was thinking. Normally, it's 'Hey, it's only Sunday or Monday! ' Next one'll all be over in 20 minutes :-)

I hate to say it but I have to agree with you the generation coming up doesn’t want to own anything. The “great reset” will push the narrative you’ll...

It’s funny.. My Emperor Regent is fast becoming one of my favorite guitars that I’ve ever had. The underdog syndrome applies here in spades. The...

what's amazing is that grant had a relatively short recording career...really only about 20 years max...he had great run in 60's with blue note...

What I suggested wasn't a Charlie Banacos exercise, exactly. I was trying to make a point about ear training being more holistic and applied to...

tele neck and strat pup are 2 different designs....the tele pickup traditionally uses thin #43 wire around the bobbin...also has slightly smaller...

I have played only one, but I was seriously underwhelmed in the tone and volume department with the guitar I played. Not every luthier hits it out of...

Vintage Guitar publishes a price guide every October for about $25, U.S. For the U.S. market it is helpful. If you have a bunch of guitars (as if->...

I played several in the Gibson L-5 as well as the D'Angelico mode, that were hand-picked by Gulfcoast Guitars way-back-when. The ones I played were...

How exciting! Welcome. I look forward to your being a part of our little family. All along I've been hoping there were others following in these 20...

Can any of you tel-evangelists tell me what the audible difference is between a stock tele played through the neck pickup and a stock (hardtail)...

rpjazzguitar: when I say they're repeating, I mean that after one octave or twelve frets, they repeat. Sorry if that threw you for a loop. ...

Having been a student of Charlie Banacos for three years, what you suggest is nothing like how he taught me. He would play II V I in the key of C on...

Sam has a great point. I find myself working on my rhythm and time more and more these days. Rhythm, time, articulation, and dynamics. Those...

Sonic Youth might have made them cool, but Kurt Co ain made them marketable. My favorite Thurston Moore quote: "Before Guns n Roses, you could...

R. Kelly, sack of shit human, made some outstanding music.

Hi, K, If I ever put a group together again vs. solo playing, it will be a guitar trio: guitar, preferably acoustic bass, and Latina vocalist....

Right now, I think the price of a vintage L5 is boosted by a lot of old guys, like me, who grew up idolizing Wes. Forty years hence, the Wes...

I’ve had three in my personal possession and played others. I find his woodworking to be good, but tone wise the guitars have been hit or miss. I...

We traded a baby grand for a Yamaha digital last year cause our piano tuner was a nut, and we got tired of paying him. Surprisingly the piano sold...

There may actually be some phase shift based on frequency also involved in cable capacitance. I suspect that this may not be a significant thing....

Beyond basic reliability, guitar cables are all about capacitance. The Monster Jazz was a relatively high capacitance cable, with the expected...

Sorry about the Strat joke ;) Anyway, I really didn't seriously consider that option here. John A and Hep took care of the overdriven stuff :) ...

I put a Barcus Berry piezo—BB pretty much perfected the modern instrument piezo—on one of my Archies. I didn’t really like the result much, so went...

They were indeed considered not worth much in the late 70’s. But the Talking Heads, Television and Elvis Costello preceded Sonic Youth by a few...

subsequent question why are we guitar players so in thrall to the past .... ? all these old guitars all these guitars made to look old...

I already mentioned this R Kelly story elsewhere. My former BIL—still a good friend who donated a kidney to my daughter—is a journalist in Chicago...

So while I'm learning the tune itself, I thought I'd go ahead and take a stab at improvising. This is pretty spontaneous, i.e. unpremeditated, ie. I...

Sound wise what flats are they comparable to?

Welcome! Nice to have someone else jump on board. Look forward to your insights and experiences!

At the risk of beating the horse beyond reason, what I'm trying to do is think of a melody and play it. I don't want the geometry of the guitar to be...

The OP 's trying to learn the fretboard, and you seem to already know it. So, we're talking about two different stages . Reg's assertion, from having...

Hello, I would like to join this group. It was with great surprise that I realized studying Super Chops in 20 weeks that on altered chords the scale...

Hi Sam, you're right, it's a essencial part of the practicing to get inside the rhythm section and keep the changes working. It's quite a job be in...

Find a mechanical Taktell used. Much more enjoyable than electronic ones imo.

Yotam and Jack are both excellent. I do like Comins GCS-1(SE). I nearly bought a spruce 1SE a few years ago but held off. At this point I'd...

thanks s....so NOT d'addario! as they always use colored ball ends..even on their oem ie. fender/fmic strings i stand by labella or ghs...always...

No, the ball ends don't have colors.

any answer as to ball end color? cheers

See post #12

Jack Wilkins told me he'd buy one if he could afford it.

I wonder Well I think Shadow od the Sun put it well, so I'm going by what he said? I'm assuming he understood the OP lol. If I see an E...

A local guitar shop has started stocking d’Andrea picks. I bought one in shell celluloid and two in Formula Delrex, for testing. Early results are...

This is how I want to be able to play when I grow up!

Jazzmasters and Jaguars were found in junk shops, in the 1980s. Sonic Youth found them there, and made them hip.

Man, this is great. Grant is just flat out my favorite player.

I confess that I still don't understand the OP. If you already know where all the notes on the fretboard are, instantaneously, would you still...

Thanks. Works for me.

Epiphone Emperor w McCarty pickup

anyone know who the manufacturer is?

Well I think this relates to discrete separation between note knowledge and fingering; which relates to my misgivings about the approach in the OP.

What is he playing on that wonderful video?

I played one for half an hour once. Blew me away. Wish I had one!

Just to amplify the point. Suppose the first two notes you want to play are G (same pitch as the open string) and B (a third up). So, I might put...

He's certainly respected as being one of the "greats" out there, so you can't go wrong (if you can afford it!). What do you have now, and what are...

The combination of an audio processor like the Audio Sprockets Tonedexter and a piezo pickup (Fishman makes an archtop piezo bridge) is supposed to...

I sent the PM2 back, auditioned an ES165 that I liked, but had a few issues (plus a seller that was just a horrible person) and I found a PM-100 a...

My prediction is vintage instruments, without exception, will continue to get older 1 year at a time.

"Price check on aisle 9!" $900 shipped PPal within the CONUS.

Amen, brother! :encouragement:

Still am! And that tune sure is right up my street. Have been a bit busy the last couple of days with giving lessons and some other unexpected and...

id love to here the results of your comparison. These are the 2 heads I’m considering and I will get a TOOB metro to go with it

I haven’t played every builder’s instruments, obviously, and I know there are a lot of great builders including those you named. I just have a thing...

We are analogue people.We were raised to value things, like cars and guitars.The rising generation is digital. Everything they have is virtual. They...

hello. would you say the ToneMaster has a significantly better sound? It’s not a dealbreaker if it does as the TOOB is a 6.5 cab with a Bass head and...

You beat me to it rpjazzguitar. I learned sight reading in positions, but now I think perhaps the most important thing is knowing where the notes...

I read all the time, playing in horn bands with the guitar voiced as a horn, big bands, and groups playing originals and other stuff that I've never...

i like this later period grant green stuff ^...he took a couple of years off and came back in '69...and then stretched it further to funk in the...

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I think I detect 4 strikes of the E string. Feels like an eighth on upbeat and then 3. Can't decide if it's a triplet or 3 sixteenths. Slowed down...

I am totally with you. :)

Hey, its only been a day! Hep, I liked that, right from the volume swells...which aren't as easy on a thinline IIRC:) Gets a little...

You’re welcome.

sounds great, whos the teacher?

I believe that sight reading support was very important for Leavitt's fingerings as well. Aaron Shearer has at least one and perhaps two 4th...