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Bingo, right on! If it isn't the tone you want, it isn't the tone you want.

Yes, from a Gibson Howard Roberts.

I hate dancing. The word even bothers me.

Lighten up and learn to dance.

Yes it was..and in the youtube comments section Mark W. "comments" on Rich's review.. S

Why do all tea-bag youtube music pundits sound the same?

Hi Steve. I’m also excited to watch another one of your Trenier builds and I’m sure it will be amazing. Are you going with a quilted maple back as an...

Given that the word book stems from the Proto-Germanic b?ks and the meaning of that word, it more or less follows that "digital fake books" is a...

Hi Mark, Thanks for the continued interest - it’s going to be a fun build. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Leucadia, The description of your Trenier is why Bryant’s backlog continues to grow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes, it is quite rewarding, and even more so to have him be so genuinely excited about it. He had said he wanted to try one out, so I met him at the...

That guitar sounds fat for such a thin guitar. Did Rich’s son Wes say it was designed by Mark Whitfield?

Which Champ? Black/silver panel or Tweed? I have an old one from the 60s. Takes 2 easy reversible component swaps to make the preamp voicing...

The only problem i have with my Elferink that has a floating Ken Armstrong single coil pickup, is that it is mounded together with the pickguard, and...

A work of art in the making! Thanks for taking us along for the ride, Steve!

Another Mambo vote here. Plenty of power, very low noise, Fender, Polytone and flat preamp voicing switches, digital reverb that is as good as...

Must be extremely rewarding to have your guitar played by Kurt! Did not know Kurt was a lefty playing right-handed (assumption due to the watch)?

Yeah, having owned an HX Stomp for a while I give a failing grade to all the DSP on the Bose S1 Pro and Pro+. The awful emulation presets are named...

Please let me know if the guitar can be tried in Northern Ca.

Good thing you sold the Elferink than ...

Chords and Harmony: Alan Kingstone book (RIP); also Roni Ben Hurr: Chordability Singe notes: Roni Ben Hurr Talk Jazz RBH also has good MyMusic...

Same here in Wisconsin USA

Thanks, David. Feeling good.

Great news Rob - bonne chance. David

Consistency is more important than a specific number, if you can't keep it consistent at least make sure changes are gradual. Meaning, don't go from...

Chinos, blue check shirt, Nike killshots

For the sake of balance between the notes fretted low and high up the neck, I like the pickups to be much further from the strings than the floating...

Thanks Doc, now Im having symptoms of archtopessnervosis. My guitar room stays 40-50% most of the year but I turned on the heat this morning just to...

Clarinet, quite seriously. Played in the college symphonic band, both Bb & Eb. Also played around with tenor sax a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUQ6i6BnBeg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J3uj2wqPPA

mmmm …. nice setup

When you get to 10 pages of notes, add some written examples and call it a book. Boom, professional musician. The pennies will roll right in.

Nothing. :smile-new:

How appropriate of a song choice. I don't know if he played on that particular record, but Bill Jennings played a Gretsch in Louis Jordan's band...

LOTS of info here. https://mjq.co.uk/emi-tg-12345-abbey-road-console/

You are correct, forced air dries out the air and blows it around the house. It's why we use humidifiers in the midwest winter.

^ Yep, I think that's the answer.

I thing that in general, nylon string guitars are a little less susceptible to humidity changes, maybe because there is less tension(?)

Huh? I believe hot water baseboard heating is much safer for instruments than warm forced air.

Hey! Congrats! Another member of the Gretsch brotherhood! I'll never get used to seeing a Gretsch withOUT a Bigsby tho LOL. They go together like...

I don’t know of any. Chris’ series was my first deep dive into Barry. I made notes on each video so I could review things. When Barry was doing...

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Hi Childrens, Bump

Great info, however you might want to add the Heritage-built Archtops branded as Gretsch. I don't think many were made, however IIRC someone on this...

Update: after some minor tweeks and a new set of DR Pure Blues 11's I must say we've bonded. Guess it's really mine now since I removed all the...

Yeah. In a vacuum, I would say yes for sure. They're really good and I've found them to be worth the money. Only thing is if you feel like you're...

On an archtop, the strings angle down from the saddle to the nut, meaning the break angle is <90° (= perpendicular). You could make that angle 90° by...

The LGB30 is a fine guitar - a student of mine turned up with one. My new archtop is a Westone L5, Matsumoto-made, Japan 1980. Best archtop I’ve had,...

Of course you should. It’s the closest you’ll get to taking Barry’s class in person.

Bass – 6 Mid – 6 Treble – 2.8 I'm hoping to post very soon the sound I get from my TOOB 8" Metro with a DV Mark EG250. It is also the exact...

Thanks Michael!

I'm wearing the same thing I wore 50 years ago--cordoroys, a button down Oxford shirt, and a paisley tie. No penny loafers though. I go for...

thanks for the info Jack well it’s all there Ukena ! that’s a really nice neutral jazz sound just like I need how did you set the treble mid ...

This topic isn't really doing it for me. How about, 'What is the wifey wearing right now?' :P

If you need a gun to protect your rights, you aren’t really free.

a new archtop...well im looking at the Ibanez LGB30....very tempted...

I don’t feel it’s a compromise at all. I’ve had better than excellent results with the Bartolini 5J. Also Gibson’s BJB was nothing less than superb....

For a while I used my Little Jazz for everything, including big band. But, I got a few complaints about the sound (more the comping than the...

This is one of those cases where a couple of pics would tell the story a lot more clearly! But no, the bridge wouldn't be angled towards the nut....

I tried a Roland AC60 and couldn't get a sound I liked. Always too bright. OTOH, I've heard several jazz players sound terrific with an AER...

Should I just get em?

Yes, but does it sound 40x or so greater than, say, RMK playing on his Loar? ;)

Do I picture this correctly, that the bridge/saddle assembly would thus be leaning towards the nut? That would feel very weird for anyone familiar...

ok..so I'm going to a political web site..so a Kevlar vest..night vision head gear and a trusty Remington 870

Keep working on it, you sound good. Playing to a recording is real hard because the track just plows through, if you play with another person you...

Thanks, I'll check in with you when it does.

Sounds great, Charles! And wonderful playing as always!

Hi Allan, I'm so sorry for delay and I appreciate the offer. Its a great offer, but I'm gonna pass as I need less guitars in the house, haha. I've...

I'd like to run a related question by all of you here. It has to do with the vertical angle of the bridge relative to the arched top and the...

Thank you QAman. I’ve never played a Monteleone, so I can’t give a comparison, but I have been fortunate enough to have played most of the other...

So, based on the threads here on the forum, I went ahead and purchased one of these. Straight out of the box, plugged into my audio interface...

nah

... or clever joke masquerading as stupid, maybe? :dontknow::withstupid:

Yeah I mean … I think it’s cool. I guess I figure there’s limited time and this is one of those things that’s such a practical skill that I’d like to...

Thanks for sharing and lots of happiness with this fabulous guitar!

Do you run the pedal in front of an amp or do you go directly to PA/mixer with a cab sim?

Oh definitely. You are what you eat, so to speak. For me, the biggest step in achieving some kind of individuality (and I say that with the...

Stupid joke masquerading as clever. Best ignored.

Never mind, prolly had sand in the channels, oh wait...

I'm wearing clothes, and a heavy load of existential dread

Indeed. I must’ve missed some of the zeros. I hadn’t bought it for 2500 either. Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

You're going to make me buy one... what do you run it through? It would be neat to just bring my QSC powered speaker. streamline the setup.

I have always liked both the "Polytone" solid state sound for jazz guitar and the Fender tube amp sound for Jazz/blues and rock guitar. I do not...

My offer of everything to the right of the decimal was soundly turned down.

You do know that the asking price is 2.25 Million pounds, right? You're about three zeros off their chief :cool:

"The future is already here. Its not just evenly distributed yet." - William Gibson (Maybe or Maybe Not)

For me, it depends on the guitar and the pickup. I have guitars with full-size set humbuckers, and guitars with floaters. I've come to prefer the...

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... eh. Huh?

"The dictionary defines Transcription as when a sheila used to be a bloke, but I've known Martin, er sorry, Martine, since we were kids flicking each...

Going through the single string thing but now with seventh arpeggios. It should be easier now since I don't have to deal with larger skips more...

I watched it live with no issues. I had never heard of Sam Raderman, but now I want to hear more.

Wow… I thought we were living in a post postmodern world. Regarding jazz amps, I started with tube amps and then migrated to SS amps (Evans,...

But to be fair to the transcriber, it might also be what they want. Jonathan Kreisberg mentioned in an interview that he had to stop transcribing Pat...

I would just get a Fender Tone Master (or a Tone Master Pro and Cab) and be done with it. Authentic Fender tones (Blackface or Tweed) at any volume...

I wouldn't say I work on it as an exercise, but I'd like to play more by moving up and down the neck. I've found that I have to practice with bigger...

Did you try while the live was definitely ongoing? I've already troubles in the past watching too soon after the live ended. From what I've been able...

For the upcoming solo gig, why not just use one of those? If it's a quiet-ish setting the Champ should be fine, and if it's a louder/bigger event...