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He doesn't say if it is a bolt on or set neck. Personally I am unmoved by it. For me, a Tele headstock and no rear route would have been better...

Nice to meet you, your Eminence! :smile-new: IMO most of those Custom Shop guitars are ridiculously gaudy - too gaudy to be seen onstage with. ...

I'm waiting now for a Shred L5 Custom Shop. It should have only bridge pickup, flat skinny neck, and Floyd Rose.

1 out of 10? LOL

body shape...?

Here's a pretty tune called 'Como Un Bolero' by the great Paquito D'Rivera with solos by him on clarinet, myself on Sadowsky Electric Nylon guitar...

This thread reminded me of that Jim Hall album cover:

If this is a Telecaster, you can call me the Pope ! Headstock shape Mahogany neck Rosewood fretboard Spruce top Mahognay body Humbucker Wood...

That guitar is a Super400CES, which I only use when the repertoire is 'old' enough. Depending on the style of music 90% of the time an archtop won't...

So you like the mahogany 175 better than the RI? I actually had the same experience. Blog post here. DB

For an after-dirt solo booster, the Full-sized Spark is the best I have found. But there's a caveat: It depends on how you are running your amp....

Then, by way of example, some jazz-related female painters: -Judith Lindbloom: The Rest | Steve Lacy & Joe McPhee | Joe McPhee (bandcamp.com) ...

Right... but the bridge BASE is metal studs screwed into the guitar in both cases. I'm talking about a true floating (but I'd pin it) arch top...

Somehow always overlooked, I found his acoustic work understated. That's my favourite stuff: Not even a trace of his recording Theme To The...

I have been looking for a post-overdrive solo booster and been wondering what would the Xotic SP compressor be like. Can You make it to boost...

He said "wood bridge or Tune-o-matic"

When I got the RI '54 with P-90s about a year ago I realised that with roundwounds it would serve quite well in my rock oriented bands too. But I...

Yes I just discovered these two yesterday- the Super Sweet Boost and the Super Clean Boost. I actually got so excited by the SS that I ordered one. I...

Ok, thanks for the information. Does it have the original Shaw pickups?

Yeah, that's the only thing I'd change: I would have done a TOM bridge with a wood base.

Stanford Crossroad Thinline 30 - Stanford Guitars affordable & good it is.

Jim Hall write about the effect of visual art on his music. Way back in the precambrian era (mind 70s) when I was in art school, John Dowell, one of...

Can you expand on what you mean by not being "in control" of the sound? Is it the dynamics? Archtops are more dynamic than solid bodies in my...

Many musicians were visual artists as well, and vice versa. If you allow it, jazz can appeal to all human senses: the vibrating of a big-body guitar...

I think she's on record as saying the Polio she contracted as a child left her with fingers that couldn't / wouldn't make the chords she...

The fact that they used Brazilian rosewood suggests they are gonna market this as a very luxury model. It's basically a semi-hollow Eastman Romeo....

As a user of the BAM200 with a Metro 6.5BG I can only reiterate that I'm delighted with the combination. The only thing missing is reverb, but a...

I wouldn't want to rank his solos or claim some of his work superior, but an album that isn't talked about enough is Return. I like the blend of...

Marc Fosset-was a great guitarist .

christianm 77 +1 There is no point in recording another version just to appear in the game.

yea nice it would probably be a metro that I get which I would probably get a quilter 101R. I have a joyo bluejay bantamp with no cab haha. Iv...

Everything about the Jazz Telecaster is way cool! Too bad it will be so expensive.

By removing the melodic content, or at least overtly, we can get some ideas. Sometimes working harder at the foundation level, you can feel where you...

I wonder why Pat was not a Mingus fan?

Something went wrong between Pat and Joni during the Shadows and lights tour, even though it was a big success. Pat said he had a great respect for...

I’d rather post when I have something I feel is an advance on my last version tbh. I’ve done enough jamming with backing tracks to last several...

I wonder how you intonate that fixed wood bridge if you change strings gauge ...

I If it helps, those two min(maj7) chords can be connected by any passing chord you want - Eb7, A7, Am(maj7), a II V, whatever, in the final bar...

Which album is that? The resolution of the pic doesn't allow me to read all the titles, Jack McDuff's Honeydripper has only six tracks – Grant Green...

Buyer motivation is a key factor. I've just (knowingly) overpaid by at least 15% in order to be 100% certain of securing a guitar I've been looking...

Certainly presses my buttons!:redface-new: Won't sell many outside of the US with brazilian rosewood....... Do you think the "tortoiseshell"...

"Marcie" another from Seagull, very sad tune, she really paints a picture..... might be my favorite tune of hers and that's saying something. ...

I'm going to be in the minority but I dug her debut lp "Song To A Seagull" best, though I like most of her stuff. I did kind of lose track of her...

Is it a real OD of Allan?

Been a long time since I heard that name, I saw him w/Grappelli a very long time ago. I'd forgotten he was a lefty but I recall him scat singing...

Indeed! Greg has hooked me up, and I can’t wait for its arrival. Thank you to all that reached out, and sent best wishes! For a first time forum...

my favorite is the small white pearly gates, but they are out of stock now. Just ordered a couple of ruby red and blue pearly gates small which were...

I bought a box.I've never bought a box of strings before. $68 with tax. Sounds too good to be true. Thanks, guys!

Seems like a fair deal to me, maybe more than fair, as long as you like the guitar. If a trade is a shorter and simpler path to happiness than...

Neither guitar is rare, let alone a unique investment. Go for it! I did not even realize the Godin's fretboard is so flat, and my unease with that...

I called you back, but it was too late! You had already sold it! My bad, I hesitated. But, I got a friend out of the deal!

Eastman player here. I gotta take pictures of my beast of a guitar. Mods up the wazoo, but I love her all the same. I had taller frets installed....

Gibson ES-195 w/ Gibson P94s, Trini Lopez headstock. Same size as the 175, but thinner. Factory equipped with Bigsby and roller bridge.

Yes you did. Wasn't that when we met when I posted it for sale? You should have bought that guitar for a lowly $3200, with its 9 layers of headstock...

Otto D'Ambrosio of Eastman has a video on Eastman's Facebook page where he sets up an archtop. Long and short of it, he sets relief between .005 and...

It's a deal, I think. 12 sets in a box, 60 bucks a box. That's $5 a set. I bought a box. TI's nickel strings are way more than that! I bought the...

I played that one on the right! That was a nice guitar Greg!

My favorite, on Court and Spark: Just Like This Train - YouTube That melody. That HARMONY. Joni was hip and a beautiful story teller. ...

In case you may want a reason to keep all three, put a set of TI George Benson round wound strings on that P-90 guitar. Makes it a beast!

From where I sit much more solid. I thought you had some great lines in there with some nice chordal bits thrown in.

Yeah man, me two. I'm lucky to have a bunch of guitars, but if I could only have one, it would probably be my 535. It can do pretty much everything...

My archtop's setup is about the same as my solidbodies, the action is maybe even a touch lower. It's certainly as easy to play.

Another strategy post. Bbminmaj7 is associated with Bbmelmin scale. A Bb C Db Eb F G. Abminmaj7 is associated with Abmelmin scale. Ab ...

Congratulations on your new guitar! Pre-war Epiphones are at the apex of the acoustic archtop species! I can only imagine how nice it would be to...

Thanks for the nice words! The intonation is right on, just what it's supposed to be for this tune. :encouragement:

Week 13. Day 2. I steadily bumped up the bpm to 100 by the third time through. Felt like a lot of more of the same. I was trying to capture more...

haha..pretty clever!! charlie hunter vibe tighten up your intonation tho good nevertheless! enjoyed that! cheers

For me there was only Blue. And maybe a bit of Big Yellow Taxi :-) Joni Mitchell-A Case of You - YouTube

Is it "on the trail"? Love that tune: On The Trail - YouTube

btw, that was my 100th guitar sold. What a way to end, huh! Those were the days.

but everybody loves audrey hepburn!!! ... my point exactly as to the strength of influence of the ny'er piece! cheers

Thank you :eek: Ha, you wait and see :-)

Glad I got mine when it was still in print! Unfortunately Doug isn't getting any younger and fewer and fewer people remember Paul...

cheapest tool for removing stubborn (non-screw) guitar knobs...no chance of scratching either! cheers

One tool for knob removal, and it also works for loosening/tightening the nuts: Guitar multi spanner wrench- fixes for jacks, pots, switches...

$12.95 per box

Looked like a great deal, but it's $12.95 shipping per set!

I'd love one with a Jazzmaster body, and it doesn't even have to be Brazilian rosewood.

After seeing you playing that fat bodied Gibson (L-5?) in most of the other clips, I wasn't prepared to see you wailing away on that solid...

Sephardic Light, Mr, B? Seraphic Light - YouTube I SHOULD be able to play that tune easy... My mom is Sephardic... from Morocco than Haifa...

Hey SS. I’ve 2 nylons left. I’m mainly doing Bossa Nova anyway. I held on to that ES175 for 5 years. The thing can’t be told from new. It’s a pretty...

My first musical acquisition! Even before a guitar! Before I could play guitar! A harbinger of things to come. Years later I see one of the Doobie...

They are still around!

Lol, yeah "Light" would not be a jam session tune. But I do think I'll listen to that record tonight. Rasheid Ali is fucking killing it. What a great...

Man I'm glad I got my Heritage when I did.

To RAGMAN, You had said below, regarding my opening question: "I think it's more confused than stupid. Apart from a huge long list like Paul...

Stunning score ! Do enjoy your new blessing.

it won't be for long here comes gentrification! cheers

Yeah man. I spent a couple days getting the head down and a couple more practice sessions trying to feel my way around playing out of time. Put on an...

Good job! Since you requested feedback, I'd cautiously (because I'm never that sure of myself in these things) offer the following. The time...

The Andersen guitar looks very clean aside from one ding on the neck and 2-3in repaired crack on the top of the upper bout. My thinking is even with...

Yeah, pretty sweet looking. I saw this in a guitar.com article on the 2021 Prestige series. It was a page full of guitars with list prices $10,000...

2b, are you giving up on the guitar? Do you have any left?

nice 2b...& congrats weenrulez now push the little daisies and make them come up, with it!! haha cheers

Xotic Sweet Boost pedal has 5 dip switches and a chip used in a Tube Screamer circuit that just warms everything up nicely !

ah! fuzz plug ins...like the og jordan bosstone...many a 60's garage band used one... ridiculously simple design yet somehow otherworldly! ...

I think there’s a lot in what you said .... Its like a language like say english we all use the same english words and phrases mostly but we...

Hugo, I'm not sure I've understood everything you're describing, but try just playing around with the Gypsy Jazz rule to begin every new string with...

Seems to me that to generate an answer to the original question requires the stating of several definitions. Some of these would be: What is a...

2010 ES175 sold to WR. It’s nearly new. Take care of this guitar! Thanks for your prompt payment.

A lot of the free-access Troy Grady videos are less about instruction and more about his journey towards how he figured things out when he was...

Oh, just make a demented racket for a few minutes, that'll do :smile-new:

I wish I understood your allusions, professor, for I fear I do not :redface-new: That Seraphic Light from His Holiness St John definitely did my...

This is what my first drive unit looked like. It just plugged right into the amp's input. Then I plugged my guitar into the top of this thing and...

No, you have to stop p***ing about and play something!

Great interview! Chris is such a gift.

connors achieved that great tone mostly thru sheer volume...he used a 200 watt marshall head! said bill- "I had that big Marshall with at least...

Dunlop Jazz IIs in black plastic FTW. Other faves: Dunlop Primetone 205s and 206s. :cool:

So I wanted to try again... I think I have the time feel a little better on the head, and I feel a lot more comfortable with the melody. I've upped...

Advenjack - But you haven't really answered my point, especially if you think I'm 'absolutely correct' yet seem to be carrying right on as...

Nothing to do with me. You were right the first time with the other guy.

I'm sure ragman1 didn't mean any offense. Jumping into the deep end of theory is tough enough and short posts are usually the most likely to be...

for those wanting to go down the bill connors rabbithole Bill Connors Fan Page cheers

I'm sure CHAMELEON didn't mean any offense. Jumping into the deep end of theory is tough enough and short posts are usually the most likely to be...

That's a magnificent instrument! Congratulations, and play it in good health! :encouragement: PS Nice playing! shreddin'

Initially could not find backing track for Seraphic Light.

To NEATOMIC, Those differences viewable from picture 1 to picture 2 are certainly interesting!:smile-new: To Jim Soloway, I thank you for your...

To Deacon Mark, I've sent a P.M. to you sir. And thank you for your informed comment!

Thanks Marc! :-)

I've owned two of these! A 17" from 1938 and a 16" from 1935. These are some of the best acoustic archtops out there. As they used to say. "Only a...