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I find the Stoic philosophers bracing but not fully convincing. We know more about the human body than they did and the idea that our emotions are...

Funny about the 9-5 people. Been reading lately about the Allman Brothers (-lifelong fan) and Dickie Betts said they didn't feel there was any gap...

There was a real art to playing guitongas ?in those drummerless groups. Everybody did it a little differently...I prefer Ray Crawford's method to...

Herb Ellis and Barney Kessel did that too. When you play without a drummer (as they did with Oscar Peterson), it helps.

Has the owner's manual been helpful in trying to zero in on the sound you want? Here's a couple of points I found interesting: Input: "Normally...

I've done many café and restaurant gigs, and remember one woman saying to me after two hours of playing and being talked over: "Can't you play...

Yeah, trying to call this a new "scale" seems to put equal weight on everything, or that every note can be used the same way... It's just playing...

Thanks!

So why not just call it as it's used... A Dom chord going to a Tonic Minor. It's another option for adding the #9 to a Dominant chord with...

Hello, This week we do double. And we start with the fingered exercises. I encourage you to join the study group, as we begin to dive deeper! ...

That's a real beauty.

I personally prefer fingerboards with no inlays. I think it looks classier. And since I’m not looking at the fingerboard while playing, they serve no...

Thanks, now if only my playing were as good as my advice!

Well that’s it really isn’t it?

you don’t have to be a teacher for people to learn from you. pedagogy is just one aspect of a players education. Apprenticeship and mentorship has a...

Great post. It’s amazing how reframing the same situation from a different perspective can be transformative.

Second this. If it’s a line you like, try playing it in a few places, even if you have to transpose octaves!

Yeah I don’t see why that would be a bad thing. While I think it’s important to play the song, I would want a broadly consistent approach over...

Your soundcloud link doesn't work. I have a BCA with the Blues Cube Tone Capsule... I really would like to hear that sound clip so I can hear what...

Correct! :encouragement: Marc

For clarification the belt buckle rash is in the finish and not into the wood? In theory it could be sanded and sprayed by a competent luthier?

I'm at a comfortable 100bpm triplets on the wk13 exercise and on few other easy Jazz Standards, I'm repeating some of my fav riffs, but I like them....

Argh the #9 b9 demonic major blah blah brigade are out again lol Seriously, the point of doing the Barry harris minor ii V down to the 3rd of the...

As you probably know I’m a fan of this type of nomenclature. If you are going to embrace chord scale theory, it makes no sense to name the scale...

It's been mentioned a few times on the thread already so - here it is -

Ok well the golden rule is that you must learn to feel where the beats are at all times, whatever you are playing. You need to develop your...

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Yes, some parts of the guitar neck can sound better than others for phrases and each guitar is different. But, you'll need to play phrases in...

Something about my experience, I've always been bad at timing, not about keeping the beat but how I play themes, the saxophone doesn't help for that...

Well done. Excellent. Keep up the good work. :encouragement::encouragement:

Unfortunately, the majority of world's population would rather listen to an amateur play and sing a pop song badly, than listen to solo Jazz guitar....

I had a play around with this scale last night over a few different chord types. Sounds good over some other chords too, not just dominants. This...

When learning a normal tune, I'd not even think about doing it without minding the metre (and counting properly) and trying keeping it ticking...

To lock onto the metronome on beats 2 and 4, you could try playing the melody of Autumn Leaves so that the very first note starts with the metronome...

Unbelievable, but lucky you!

This thread is actually "Sacha's Guitars." My pet theory is that Distel was slated for one of the Gibson signature guitars, along with Johnny Smith,...

Well, odd that you mention. One time at a NAMM show I was at at the Polytone booth and Joe F'n Pass was sitting there playing and everyone around...

Not even an error. A deliberate neglect of one of the most important aspect of music.

Whew. That’s a ride. Sounds awesome!

Well, that is a common problem. Case liner dye getting into the binding, or at least that’s what it appears to be. It could be old or new. It...

Every great player has played to empty rooms or to uninterested patrons.

Thanks for the kind words. Compared to cats like Barney and Herb, I am "middle of the pack" for sure and being "local talent" has been a great ride...

Goats will also eat your trees and shrubs if they can get to them. AND they won’t pay the bills. Ask me how I know. ;) Sent from my iPhone...

This why it’s good to have certain model guitars as reference points. Fender Nocaster, 1956 Soft V shapes Gibson Historic Les Paul 1958 ,1959,...

Hard to really beat this recording. Classic early Trane, he's so locked in rhythmically and harmonically. This was pretty challenging technically...

or, respectfully, this photo should be titled: " BB in a bathing suit on a couch with a guy and 2 guitars '..... or maybe "Ok, Sacha, you can...

Nobody cares less than family. Try it in front of strangers, I bet they dig it.

Seeing as ego was mentioned, this is wise.

My playing has never attracted an audience like that. Maybe I should have practiced guitar more diligently when I was young?

I find myself echoing some of the sentiments above. But I'll add my bit anyway: I have acquired two pro-level skill sets in my life: teaching...

Having a good size vocabulary of chord passages for various situations is probably an excellent idea. Being able to get just about any note on...

Guitar is SOLD

If you’ve ever paid notice of my thumbnail, you can probably understand why I always think of the Jacobacci first (it’s the pic of Louis above). ...

Distel had almost as many guitars as women. this is one of the L-5's he had, w/Alnicos I believe. Hard to tell if it's an L-4 or 175 w/L-5...

Play in Austin, most of the time the audience is similarly disinterested. Spoiled from too much easy access to live music. You have to take drastic...

"Position playing" will limit you. Aspire to play any phrase anywhere on the neck. Unless a note is at the extreme bottom or top of the guitar's...

The odd thing about this is that in the past at gatherings there was an uncle of my wife's who loved all the tunes from big bands, standards, and the...

Man, if you learn a lick that sounds good in multiple parts of the neck, go with it! That's a party bonus.

You’re probably right. I usually think of the Jacobacci. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Höfner guitars are team-built. The label is signed by the last person in the chain. in the "modern" Höfner period (@1998 - 2020) labels were signed...

You don’t really have to be! Maybe mentor is a better word. I went to college in Virginia and then moved to New York and now we’re back in...

Since I have played the same guitar for the last thirty-five years, I don't know how it is with others, but I suspect that those like me that stick...

The guitar Pele is holding has a Gibson tailpiece, and a switch, like Sacha’s Gibson. The Jacobacci doesn’t have a switch. My money is that it’s an...

With a band the lower register solo can get buried in the mix unless you have your amp set for a good deal of volume to punch through it and you are...

Sorry that happened to you. Usually the audience for a jazz event is self-selected of people who like jazz. The audience you had was, as far as...

This is the best advice I have ever gotten on an internet forum and it clears up a lot of my issues. I've decided to go into the jams simply to...

Neither did I except recently. Now if I post any old YouTube vid here it plays fine. But if I post one of my own it won't play. I get an error...

Wow!!!!!

How about this video instead? https://youtu.be/J3y8dZWx9YY Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Excellent info, thank you! Could you shed some light on the top having been signed by Dieter and the guitar itself being signed by Thomas? Thanks

You’re right. It’s either a different one or it was modified further. The one Pele is holding is a Jacobacci of his nonetheless. Sent from my...

That’s a different guitar…..count the knobs. Here is another pic of the Gibson:

In 2012 and 2013, several Höfner New Presidents were made with no inlays on their fretboards. Höfner also made a handful of New Presidents, for...

Each position has a range of notes available. In an improvisational situation you might want a position that allows you to play to a higher register...

Mark, I think Joe Pass himself would have got the same reaction. Let it pass...so to speak.

Yep, no singing, as tbeltrans said. To top it off you were playing for cheap or free, also a quick way to get door matted. Legit entertainment...

Thank you Hammertone, much appreciated. Some of the description/specs were lifted from the internet and I missed the error of the sides and back. Ad...

It is Sacha’s and it’s a Jacobacci. https://youtu.be/26r1BNWZYk8 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What a lovely New President! I love the look of this one - no fretboard inlays, black binding, sunburst. A few minor corrections that might be...

You're right. There is one or two patches on the top where the finish is down to the wood. I just wanted to drop fill those areas, if anything to...

Hah! Thanks!

Beautiful burst.. may you long enjoy in good health..

Thanks for that! Found a bunch of other pics now that I have that info. Looks like an electric L4, with an L5 style neck, originally with Alnicos,...

My experience has been that if you don't sing, people are simply not interested. If you do sing, be sure to sing the songs they hear on the radio. ...

Even Tommy Emanuel has to resort to banging on the front and sides of his guitar like playing bongo drums to get audience attention… Sigh

Well that make sense it looks perfectly fine to me. I am one who within reason says a little playing wear is not a problem and this looks to me to be...

Whatever the guitar is, it looks like it probably belonged to Sacha Distel:

Yeh probably 'finessed' would have been a better word. Drop some superglue in a few dings, find a new pickguard, attach the De'Armond floater. ...

Cool, so they just kept the name while it evolved into an instrument with 10 strings.

What is the problem that it needs to be restored?

From the Cuatro Project: "The "early" cuatro or cuatro antiguo once had a peculiar, keyhole-shaped soundbox and was strung with four single strings...

I have to make a followup post. This amp is incredible. I received the AirStep KAT. I downloaded and installed the Boss Tone Studio. The depth of...

As an aside: Is it possible this is a situation where buckling up for some incremental improvement might help with the band? If you’re only...

Great guitar - not that I could afford in any way... nice selection of books in your shelf!

Besides the totally difference of your guitar and the Collings JL model- no. A Dynasonic is a very special kind of pickup and to me the perfect...

I think you're right. Now can someone explain to me why a "cuatro" appears to have five double courses of strings? Wouldn't that make it a "cinco".

The same is true for lots of other fields. For example med school provides a lot of framework, but does not put one in the position to practice any...

What you say related to law school and the actual practicing of law relates to the profession I'm in; the creation and maintenance of software: ...

Exactly!! :peace:

Thats user error though. Not the metronome.

IMHO This guitar could be considered the ultimate Jazz Tele.

Yeah a nice bridge to that might be having it click on just the first beat of the measure. That can be pretty tricky. I started doing that in college...

..shreddin'...

Good for you I suppose :)

If I understand the OP, the issue is losing track of which beat the metronome is currently clicking. Which might be viewed as the player's...

One of my teachers would have called it a G7b9#9b13 scale. Perhaps inelegant, but very clear as to the notes.

I think it's a Puerto Rican cuatro.

No problem, I'll just see myself out...

Yes

There's nothing "wrong" with Class D, I just noticed after returning three amps because the response was really bothering me, that they had this in...

Perhaps comparative musicianship means somewhat different things across the various styles of music? I suppose it is possible that at least one...

That in a nutshell is what practising is about, no? Encountering pitfalls and overcoming them.

The habit of resetting (restarting the count) the meter feel every time a routine fails.

What pitfall? I think having the metronome on 2 & 4 (or just on 2 for 3/4) is good for one's sense of rhythm.

Thanks for the clarification. And Conti's way is one way to look at it, but only one way. Another way is this - When playing the head...

Selfish bump. Is anyone here currently Bakering? That is, systematically going through the book/s?

Hi - thanks for looking! I find describing guitar & amp sounds are like describing wine: "kinda jammy, woody, with a little cigar-box on the...