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I don't know about prices because I've seen quite a range in my days but as far as the consistency of the specs, quality of construction and feel of...

Try playing trumpet. You spend the first year or two learning to play the one octave C scale with decent tone. You could learn to play that on...

Very nice, well done. Id love to see a picture or two on your pressing rig

Its a bit manly to fabricate your own washers, so go ahead. I have a complete setup for metal casting, not that I strictly need it or save any...

I have used one for the last year for rehearsals, any kind of gig except big outdoor shows, and general use at home. Worked fine for last Friday...

The abstract says the paper addresses the purity of the tone (lack of overtones). I don't dispute at all that they produce a pure tone. But many...

Plugin Boutique has it for free. TAL-Dub-2, Free Delay plugin, Download TAL-Dub-2 plugin, Free TAL vst They've been my #1 source for free and...

The body was beech, with a cherry top, and the neck was birch laminated with cherry.

The StroboClip is very sensitive. If I put it on my desk while on, it will pick up the vibrations from the amp when playing at low bedroom levels. ...

The one I own doesnt have it at least. Surprised me quite a bit, but the rest is so good so I have decided to live with it

For a time I ran a signal chain like this: guitar --> interface --> S-Gear app --> Line 6 PowerCab (FRFR with its own built in speaker emulation +...

I think about Patrick every time I take his D'Angelico II New Yorker out on a gig. Here is a pic from a recent event where I used that guitar:

Definitely learn the fretboard, it won't take long if you keep at it. And learn the standards: Index Don't need to learn all of them but it'll...

I don’t think that’s correct. High quality, precisely made steel forks that are perfectly free of any physical damage are extremely accurate and...

Such a wonderful guitar! I am the happy owner of a ES-250 made by Daniel Slaman, the Dutch luthier, and your guitar looks like a sister of mine. I...

There used to be terrible lag, but with the newest versions it's far better, at least good enough to get decent tuning, I should think.

I use TAL DUB II and love it. I don’t see it on the site any more, but there’s a section for sunset plugins and it’s probably in there.

https://youtu.be/hhXppcXtwUw I believe Greg is using the Superblock in that recording although the description doesn't specify. I just love his...

I was scrolling down thinking I've been left behind, I'll stick with my polytone!!

If you increase the guitar volume when you play live you will get more overdrive, its like adding a clean boost compared to you home setup

I like the drums. I'd love to hear you do something like this with a real drummer who could react to your playing and maybe layout or change groove...

GLWTS! That's a very low price. If I didn't have one already, I'd be very interested.

Thanks for the advice. I bought it. Like I needed another guitar! :pride:

Still available, I think the price is so low that someone with a bit technical knowledge and time could profit via selling the spare parts :D....

From 'Using Shell Voicings' discussion: Allan said what I was trying to say in about 1/10 the number of words.

It just doesn’t feel right to me. Give me a Polytone sitting in the corner.

I friend of mine has S-Gear and some good monitors, and I’ve played through it quite a bit at his place. The models sound really good, and record...

It’s time to seal the deal. Even with the shipping costs this guitar is going to punch way above the price you’re paying. shreddin'

Thanks!

Jeff: good to have you back on board. Cool version, digging the Jerryisms. Wzcheezwizzhowdoyoupronouncethis: Per your comment about the trap of...

Allen Shawn's memoir in the Atlantic.

Do you want some free reverb plug-ins that work perfectly with Reaper? I've got few of them (all legal). Probably my favorite is Tal Reverb II and...

Thanks Christian. What a great video! Just watched. Thanks for taking the time to find this and post it. As someone who uses youtube for...

I've done all my gigs with it since April last year. 100+ audiences with a 6.5" Toob Metro - no problem. And certainly loud enough for jazz almost...

I've done a number of Covid style recording projects (getting or giving charts and backing tracks, and then contributing wav files to be assembled by...

I was trying for clarity with a difficult topic in which the mechanisms are substantially unconscious and what one may grasp of them is caught in...

Jim, at the moment, I've got Reverb set @ 10:00, Repeats @10:00, Mix@11:00, Time @9:00. But to be honest, I usually just turn knobs until it sounds...

Graham always sounds great and this is no exception. To my ear, the 175 doesn't always obtain a great jazz sound, but in Graham's work, it's...

The big band players in the 30s and 40s were in awe of Van Eps. I studied with one, Sid Margolis. The chords he taught me for comping were the...

This should get the juices going :smile-new: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHcOc-eM2Tk

Skip, can I ask a favor? Can you show me your typical settings for the Dispatch Master? i have one here and while I can see that it's cool pedal,...

I make that the key of F#! Is this self-torture??? ! Do it in F and just use F maj/Dm pentatonic and a bit of F blues, the rest will follow...

I briefly checked out S-Gear recently and was pretty impressed with the demo vids. Appears easy to use, lots of features, and doesn't break the bank....

I would think BlueTooth has too much lag to be useful as a tuner.

I did a bunch of videos with it demoing all the different voices. I really liked it but I struggled to control the brightness.

Ah. I think this falls into the general category of “Doc, it hurts when I go like this. What should I do?" "Don’t go like that." My middle name is...

thanks:) I think this is the first time that I played with drums and printed a version with the track muted just for yuks, and it weirdly kinda...

I am not a professional player. I have used my Superblock as a DI and with a Toob 6,5 cabinet and I am happy with the sound, the versatility and...

I guess I didn't make this clear. This is only for playing at home. I have a Fender Champion 40 that I can use on a gig but I haven't been gigging...

I would like to second robert conti's materials. I recommend starting with ticket to improv 1 and the comping expo (rhythm guitar for jazz)

:) True story!

It’s good. All my recent videos have used a Superblock either as an amp or a DI box and it excels at either role. It’s not a perfect recreation...

Druns for me. Actually, one of my favorite things in jazz is hearing someone take things out harmonically but still have a driving swing from the...

Forgive me, it sounds all rather complex and above all, very digital to me. As if your computer room is the same as the place where the gig with...

Hi, B, They can't teach that in music class. . . it's in the genes. ...

Hi If you read tab then learn arrangements and learn Note names in the meantime. Look up the book : jazz guitar chord melody solos That book...

Wasn’t she simply beautiful! She was one of my all time favorites. Shame that she and Freddie Cole didn’t do a singing album! Here’s my favorite...

I'm confused, I consider hard bop and post bop very different things. Hard bop is great guitar music.

Good! I'm glad it's not just me! :) I, too, turn the piano player down or off completely. Thanks for chiming in. I appreciate it.

After having read the OP’s post a few more times, I wonder if what is happing is: turning up the volume on the amp for stage, is introducing some...

It truly is. It’s quite a buy. You guys are talking me into buying it! :smile-new:

I have a Universal Audio Volt 2.

Not to my mind. I think of post-bop as including a core repertoire of compositions by jazz musicians, such as Monk, Hancock, Shorter, Henderson,...

Just a thought but they aren’t that expensive new. Love mine for sure!

John, love that "go for it" attitude...dirty tone, bends, some fast stuff...all the things I enjoy in your posts. Wzpgsr, nice laid back feel....

Hey @dmaj, I'm a tube guy, too, and think the Superblock US is a great amp -- and at the cost (especially used) of a decent pedal, you can't go...

Listen to the big band stuff- Brian Setzer ORCHESTRA- for the jazzier playing.

What are you using for an interface? I have an IK Multimedia HD 2. It’s OK, but I can hear a bit of delay at low volume. If I use headphones so I...

With tunes like this, I fall into a trap of sorts, trying to shoehorn my limited bag of jazz tricks into these changes, when what I really want to do...

Good memory!

What exactly do you mean by not playing jazz?

Must be the laquer checking and aging that makes it look a bit like spruce. I've tried one of these a few months back. Lots of vibe obviously....

Especially if you have a nut underneath on the pot to set the pot height through the guitar top.

Twin 8 is my favorite RE speaker… just sweet!

I own and really enjoy Epiphone Dot Studio and a Guild T-50 Slim. D'Angelico SS Excel series are very nice. Eastmans are great. Not trying to be...

Thanks Ruger :) I've not really listened to Setzer much certainly will now. Gave her one last run out today on the original roundwounds so I've...

The issue I have with this is the added difficulty of correcting unnoticed errors in the original file after you’ve already transposed and saved it...

My easy jazz version with the looper...:-) Box

Good work 2B. nice to see the community working together like this.

Interesting, I didn't know that there were spruce top ES-125's. I thought they were all laminate maple.

My past experiences say otherwise. Guitars, even solid bodies, have an inherent tone and no amount of pickups can change that. I've had a few over...

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll check it out.

No, I haven't. Maybe I've been watching the wrong videos. I'll give a try in a store nearby. In some videos it sounds warm and rounded.

The difficulty of this tune is to build some more solo choruses. The ability to build up tension is highly recommended.:smile-new:

That's a very nice looking guitar. You have skills.

True. But hidden parallel octaves are quite possible for example. anyway I just meant that application of this conception should not exclude...

Interesting ES-175 style split rhomboid fretboard inlays. I thought that they all had dot inlays. This is one of the nicest MIJ ES-175 types. A...

Link?

On first blush, I thought Billy Strings was the latest gimmick, based on his name. Then I heard him.

Tuning forks are only approximate. They have to be hand tuned, by humans, and can only get close. They're intended to by used collectively, to get...

Yes. I'll have Mick sign one for you.

IMG_3747 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr IMG_3748 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr IMG_3749 by brent HENDERSON, on Flickr IMG_3750 by brent...

Washers are expected to have slop. 1mm is not much slop for a star washer, it's normal and often useful.

Everything here is metric and 8 mm is too much slop. 7mm is not offered, so unless I want to ship stuff from an SAE nation, I'm just better off...

jimmy Bruno count (from early 2000s)?

The ones I've tried get all screwed up by the big band tuning and warming up. They pick up the loud horns vibration from my headstock. Maye I need...

added shipping option for EU regulars

Okay, I downloaded Genius JT since I was curious, but I have the same beef with the rhythms as I have with a lot of drummers nowadays: too much, too...

For straight-ahead jazz, I would do 12's too (I do 11's on my 6120 currently), altho Brian Setzer uses 10s and still gets a great jazzy tone out of...

holy wow, that neck is gorgeous!!!

"here is also the realization that even if I am playing at my worst I will sound good. At that level, a person starts to realize that no matter what...

Axesrus in the UK sell 5/8" and 8mm. I'm guessing they are the two most popular.

Amazingly the old one had a more comfortable action than my VOS. I asked him if a luthier we both know and respect did set it up, but he said it came...

update: two sold. one added.

Looks very interesting.

Learn standards. most of the funny number stuff is what happens when you have a melody note over the chord. So this type of thing 5 x 5 5 x...

Hi David! I was wondering if you’re still selling the books. I’ve sent you a PM. all the best, André

Collings Electric Guitars ^^ Link to Project Music UK I don't listen to Julian Lage and I do not want the guitar. :smile-new:

That's the key to it. How can you expect putting the right chords that you recently learned at the right spot if you don't know the notes of the...

Nacho Banos recently acquired a warehouse full of old swampash from a timber merchant in Valencia who imported it some 60 years back for a guitar...

Would be really interesting if you could run those locally! The StroboPro one would make a nice screensaver too, esp. on a computer with a bit...

yeah I find the Edwin Gordon thing ‘everything must be heard fully formed in the minds ear’ is a bit fundamentalist. Ears are important of course but...

I’ve found this guy’s videos to be decent https://youtu.be/iCDE0hBZLv4

still for sale. 3600 Euros incl. guitar stand and shipment in EU. cheers. :smile-new:

Thats what I was on about; great quote! Where is this from?

Nadia Boulanger, 'taught harmony entirely by way of melodic lines, which combine to make vertical sonorities. The idea of “chords” as things in...

i think Jonah meant parallel fifths and octaves, although im not sure if understood because these could only arise from similar motion between parts....

The charm of this simple tune lies in the original chord changes. Of course, this is my subjective opinion.Applause for the composer.:smile-new:

If a voice doesn't move while others do, that creates oblique motion rather than parallel.

Absolutely, but of course the skill is playing it through without making it bland or messing it up, and you did that perfectly. I think when a...

Most of my playing on this video probably comes from listening to R&B, Blues, Soul Jazz etc, idioms that I love a lot. You see a lot of double stops,...

Ha! With most people it's the other way round, the temptation to play blues etc over jazz :smile-new::smile-new:

If you want to get classical voice-leading just spent more time with classical music) And you can try this book too (I have no idea why they put...

Alter, sorry, would you mind if I ...? You did the same thing three different ways but you only looped the third one. They were all variations...

From a recent attempt: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5GFVMjzkzOE

To to OP: Maybe the inner ear thing definition is overcomplicated, and the same time confused with the terms "good ear" For me it is simply...

The temptation to not try to play "jazz" over this tune is strong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_fWLPiBeVQ

Hello! I’d like to second the above advice: learning tunes, reading notation, and esp. having fun. I’d also suggest building on your strengths...

I think what we might call inner ear, or musical talent in hearing etc, is often just exposure and/or practice in music, which leads to developing...

I've had one of those for decades, although mine is chrome steel. A couple of years ago I thought to check it against several electronic tuners, only...

Just wondering Paul, do you yourself possess the abilities you're describing here?

And you had paid $2400 for it off Craigslist...

Dear Sir or Madam: I'm this formal as you have played for over 60 years and I have only lived that long. Now - Never take all those chord...