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Today, 02:09 AM
Yes, or rather adjusting the notes so you have something to create a line with.
You're not alone. Personally I tend to do it visually by...
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Today, 01:53 AM
Thank you very much! I'm happy that you have found Aki's movies. They took some time for me to get into because the dialogy is so "stiff". But they...
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Today, 01:39 AM
Gibson L-5 Wes Montgomery Sunburst, 1997 $ 8,994.57
At The 12th Fret:
Gibson L-5 Wes Montgomery Sunburst, 1997 - The Twelfth Fret Gibson L-5...
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Yesterday, 11:52 PM
I can't play guitar like this, but it's just one more of my limitations. It's not all jazz, but some of us have more interests. I think it's worth...
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Yesterday, 11:45 PM
Interesting player, I don't know about his guitar but he's been playing it for at least 10 years now, as you can see from the videos on his YouTube...
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Yesterday, 11:40 PM
Yeah well, I just passed my first year. I can’t exactly say no to the only thing I’m gettin offered. Then I’d never play. Balancing act trying to...
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Yesterday, 11:22 PM
Yeah, I don't think much about scales anymore, just the chord tones, there are several scales that will work over E7/Amin.
But you'll want to...
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Yesterday, 11:18 PM
Anyone know anything about this guitar. It's a beautiful instrument.
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Yesterday, 11:05 PM
Bill Frisell and Charlie Haden in the Ginger Baker Trio. This does not sound much like Cream and Ginger looks like he's having a great time playing...
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Yesterday, 10:59 PM
I remember that artist talked about this in an interview; he would listen to the mix on the speakers in his car rather than in the studio to judge...
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Yesterday, 10:54 PM
I have the Schraner's recording that was released previously, this indeed is much better recorded. And the playing is superb. Thanks for posting...
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Yesterday, 10:53 PM
Pretty good. We have our issues, but mop haired entitled white kids aren't one of them:)
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Yesterday, 10:41 PM
I don't know the market in your area but there is no more weekend fri-sat for my group for less than 500-600 bucks. It means I play a little bit...
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Yesterday, 10:09 PM
thx man.... the color is so rich.... and the tone... oh yeah.
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Yesterday, 10:08 PM
I would think of E7 chord tones. I think arpeggios sound better than scales. At least for now.
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Yesterday, 10:01 PM
LOVE the color and vibe on this one -- playable works of art!
GLWTS!
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Yesterday, 09:57 PM
Speaking of wild rides … here’s Green Dolphin Street from the same gig.
https://youtu.be/5DhjVWTC0aY?si=garwM4zqh9etuE94
We had this kind of...
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Yesterday, 09:56 PM
All Blues.
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Yesterday, 09:38 PM
Thanks for these answers!
And thanks for playing all those options, Ragman!
So I could also think about playing the E7 chords tones adding a b9,...
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Yesterday, 09:37 PM
Will Scott be singing this tomorrow?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-zgdGQB4S4
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Yesterday, 09:22 PM
Even Roy Buchanan paid tribute to Hendrix. Buchanan never used any pedals until his last album. This is all just Tele and a Twin or Deluxe Reverb:...
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Yesterday, 08:56 PM
Mmhm.
Operative thing being that that’s a bit a more of a post bop sound, and that dim(maj7) thing the OP is talking about is a little different.
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Yesterday, 08:56 PM
LOL! I couldn't resist.:doh:
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Yesterday, 08:54 PM
The Roost recordings he made back in the 50s "The Johnny Smith Foursome I and II", when I thought he was at the top of his game, just before he had...
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Yesterday, 08:46 PM
Such a great guitar. Bump
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Yesterday, 08:45 PM
Not quite, no, but that's the Coltrane lick (with the F#). Ab melodic is more a m6 sound.
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Yesterday, 08:41 PM
Depends entirely on the newbie. A lot of 'jazz newbies' have already done other stuff.
Don't trust standard, one-size-fits-all, answers.
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Yesterday, 08:34 PM
Agreed! When they made that album, they had set aside several days for the recording. But after the first few hours on the first day, Paul said,...
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Yesterday, 08:30 PM
I just mean I can’t gig 3 nights a week for $70 a gig. I can do that once a week. My threshold is still low because I have no name or fanbase. I’m...
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Yesterday, 08:29 PM
That's called secondary dominant (E7). They are all over the place in standards. Playing A harmonic minor over E7 (or E phrygian dominant) is the...
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Yesterday, 08:28 PM
This album is one of the most perfect things ever recorded.
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Yesterday, 08:27 PM
A good "single" piece of advice to get the most out of practice is probably going to be something like 'practice with purpose'. It sounds obvious and...
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Yesterday, 08:24 PM
Absolutely, using A harmonic can sound a little as though you've gone into A minor. Personally I prefer using F melodic* because it resolves smoothly...
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Yesterday, 08:12 PM
I love this thread, Bill is one of my fave artists and I am honestly envious of anyone newly attracted to him, as well as excited about him. I...
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Yesterday, 07:59 PM
Live cheap, play more. My wife gigs so explaining these concepts to her is easy. Maybe less so for other guys. If you are waiting for the $$$ to make...
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Yesterday, 07:45 PM
Wimp!
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Yesterday, 07:41 PM
thanks for that, someone new for me to check out. She sounds badass on that mandocello!
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Yesterday, 07:40 PM
Know precisely what you are trying to do. Make it clear, limited and achievable.
Throw lots of small chunks of time at it until it is done.
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Yesterday, 07:11 PM
The more interesting question is how this affects intonation. More string after the saddle means bends are more difficult to achieve, and notes less...
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Yesterday, 07:00 PM
Picks alone can produce very different tonal qualities, depending on their thickness and the material from which they're made.
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Yesterday, 06:58 PM
It seems that one was recorded before the first Johnny Smith Verve album was released and one afterwards. The material is largely the same as the...
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Yesterday, 06:50 PM
Trapeze and stop tailpiece do not function the same.
The trapeze has a longer length of string between the bridge and tailpiece.
That...
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Yesterday, 06:48 PM
Maid with the Flaxen Hair, with Mary Halvorson..tribute to Johnny Smith. It grew on me...not in your time frame I know
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Yesterday, 06:48 PM
What albums?
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Yesterday, 06:45 PM
For the last year and a bit I've been sharing a very small office room with my wife. That means that almost all of my playing at home (including...
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Yesterday, 06:43 PM
All in due time. I’m not even running a marathon over sprinting. I’m planning a walk around the block, but only if it’s not rainy.
I have other...
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Yesterday, 06:43 PM
Yes, the aug. triads move in b3rds/half-steps, for example: x-x-5-4-4-3 >> x-x-8-7-7-6 >> x-x-9-8-8-7 - etc.
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Yesterday, 06:39 PM
I think guitar is a fantastic way to spend time. Much better than Football or drinking.
Which is apparently what other men care about.
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Yesterday, 06:39 PM
the Beauregard/Sakashta influences are strong. Kaz and Tak were very close..... I have a new piece coming soon, that is that Takutack model.......
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Yesterday, 06:37 PM
thx very much.... I agree with both assessments !
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Yesterday, 06:30 PM
Monk In Motian is my go-to Motian/Lovano/Frisell trio album. Have A Little Faith is my favorite of his 90s solo albums. I don't know that I could...
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Yesterday, 06:27 PM
I agree. Nothing "against" BF, but JS' version... wow.
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Yesterday, 06:27 PM
My personal feeling is to keep it consistent but who am I to talk since I thought about adding keys or maybe even a harmonica to one or two tracks...
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Yesterday, 06:25 PM
You can hear me play it in post #29 above.
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Yesterday, 06:23 PM
I too find myself digging Frisell; but with other artists. Like when he plays with Norah Jones for example. I did enjoy his SOLOS CD/DVD, but I too...
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Yesterday, 06:23 PM
Frisell and Scofield on "Bass Desires". (ECM) That was my introduction to Frisell, although I had begun following Scofield and Stern.
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Yesterday, 06:16 PM
I know this might already be obvious to many, but I noticed that V+ and VII are almost the same sound. They're like siblings or something. A V+ has...
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Yesterday, 06:16 PM
The common vanilla progression is: I Maj7/ VIm7/ IIm7/ V7. But when you make the VIm7 a dominant chord (E7) and the IIm7 a minor triad (Am or Am6),...
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Yesterday, 06:16 PM
I’ve never managed to connect with Bill’s Americana stuff, and not being into that I never looked further. But I like the guy a lot, his demeanour,...
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Yesterday, 06:10 PM
Practice advice for a newbie? A serious newbie or a hobbyist newbie?
If the newbie is serious and older than about 17 I would say find something...
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Yesterday, 06:07 PM
I am not sure about SRV's Voodoo Chile but his Little Wing was kinda out of control IMHO. He nailed the motif but it seemed like he was repeating it...
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Yesterday, 06:07 PM
I usually avoid playing the maj.7 over a dom. chord on a strong beat though. The relevant diminished scale, that starts on the 3rd/5th/7th/b9th of...
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Yesterday, 06:03 PM
Probably would have been better had you done that at the start.
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Yesterday, 06:01 PM
Hi,
I was reading this book and it said that in the above progression, in G let's say: G-E7-Am-D7, that one should think of the E7 as the fifth of...
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Yesterday, 05:41 PM
Not true, saw him when I was in high school at Winterland, in San Francisco (concert poster below) and he was supersonic - in his second set anyway,...
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Yesterday, 05:24 PM
You can enjoy both of them equally. I do.
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Yesterday, 05:16 PM
At the $149 price point, I wouldn't expect it to last 10 years. It's a throwaway priced pedal. I had a fractal FM3 that was $1499 and failed. Had to...
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Yesterday, 05:12 PM
Allow me to be the contrarian. I thought the direct, original recording sounded much better than any of the processed ones. It lost richness and low...
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Yesterday, 05:05 PM
Those three make beautiful guitars; out of my price range, but there's a strong Beauregard/Sakashta influence there.
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Yesterday, 04:46 PM
Are the kids being good or bad?
:P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmp6kJH2OAQ&t=4s
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Yesterday, 04:45 PM
It's a shame JS doesn't get any solos on this other material with BG, other than the After You've gone, Honeysuckle Rose and 1:00 Jump solos from the...
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Yesterday, 04:44 PM
It doesn't take too much struggle for me to come up with an excuse. I just tell em I'm mentally unstable. :smile-new:
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Yesterday, 04:40 PM
I haven't had great luck with TC pedals in the past:
Polytune Tuner pedal: failed after a few years
BodyRez pedal: failed right outside of...
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Yesterday, 04:39 PM
Here's Sierra Hull on a Gold Tone mandocello. She's going to be here in 10 days. I saw her last year, but wouldn't mind seeing her again. She and her...
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Yesterday, 04:37 PM
A neat buttoned shirt and a blazer. Parent teacher conferences today/tonight.
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Yesterday, 04:34 PM
I agree that sounds great. Beautiful resonant bass drone-like tones.
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Yesterday, 04:34 PM
He's playing lines from the Foursome albums, and they sound even better here!
I don't understand how people can take someone like Bill Frisell...
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Yesterday, 04:34 PM
I'm hearing some digital overs on the one with S-Gear added. You might want to check S-Gear's input and output busses (gain-staging can be tricky...
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Yesterday, 04:23 PM
And then there's this recording by the incomparable Jake Shimabukuro:
https://youtu.be/NFaFxNNHvpI?si=tybNzuIMFm1_UkKh
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Yesterday, 04:20 PM
Well, Clapton is not Joe Pass or Pat Martino, but he doesn't get enough credit for his often tasteful playing on songs like this. All-star band for...
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Yesterday, 04:19 PM
Those Jersey Girl guitars are different, but beautiful.
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Yesterday, 04:19 PM
Better sound, even playing!
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Yesterday, 04:15 PM
Just another random comment.
Listening to Stevie Ray's take on some Jimi classics like Voodoo Chile and Little Wing--while I LOVE the originals...
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Yesterday, 04:14 PM
Love that sound!
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Yesterday, 04:11 PM
You have conflicting requirements. Burrell - solid spruce top; Raney - many different guitars; Pass, Metheny - plywood top hollowbody; Scofield -...
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Yesterday, 04:08 PM
That's funny. I can't remember listening to that Gil Evans recording I commented on in February.
Have I killed off that many brain cells since...
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Yesterday, 04:04 PM
No need to apologize, I enjoy bloviating on the little morsel of experience I have.
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Yesterday, 04:00 PM
I want to write a few more songs, but my 2025 goal is to make a recording. Spotify and CD's I think. Something to put next to the tip jar at gigs...
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Yesterday, 03:58 PM
Oh, that was just a joke sorry
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Yesterday, 03:56 PM
Everybody starts with no intros. I just suggesting people develop into using them, always be developing, slowly improving. I did gigs for 6 months...
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Yesterday, 03:55 PM
Beautiful sounds coming from Emily's guitar in the videos you posted!
I can get a very similar sound (to that in "Softly") with my 2023 Epiphone...
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Yesterday, 03:43 PM
For me its a learning time..not just play what I already know..or think I do
So I will play in a new key and positions..(I can hear my teacher...
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Yesterday, 03:43 PM
Indeed. He just made it to my ignore list. We don't need those kind of negative attitudes around here.
Doug
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Yesterday, 03:24 PM
Thanks for all the helpful info - I love that many of the posts take on a life of their own. Apologies for not commenting sooner - life and all that....
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Yesterday, 03:24 PM
Or one of these (with a somewhat different sound ideal to be discussed with the builder)
https://youtu.be/y8E05OG9XME?si=ja4rExJFI7JIRcnQ
In...
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Yesterday, 03:19 PM
Like one of these:
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Yesterday, 03:07 PM
That version of Softly... of Emily Remler is just breathtaking! Thanks for reminding about it!
You are right, mini humbucker would not get You...
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Yesterday, 03:00 PM
My favorite was recorded by Keith Jarrett at a solo concert in Italy.
https://youtu.be/VultD5pIbd8?si=JnKkZ5yD9PJkEwKO
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Yesterday, 02:59 PM
I got two songs left to track, I actually need to finish writing them lol , but then I'll have a 10 song CD of all original material. After that I...
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Yesterday, 02:55 PM
The lyrics have an underlying political expression that most people are unaware of.
It is a beautiful tune. I play it often.
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Yesterday, 02:52 PM
When I play my main guitar with a pick the sound can be harsh.
If I play with my thumb and my other fingers are curled, it sounds a little...
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Yesterday, 02:48 PM
Then you never saw me do it.
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Yesterday, 02:38 PM
ty mate....im happy with BB too
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Yesterday, 02:38 PM
Abm7 so something resembling a tritone sub, but not quite the altered scale thing.
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Yesterday, 02:33 PM
Too bad you're not near enough to buy that red Eastman AR503ce that already has the Gibson pickup upgrade. I have to sell it now because I got the...
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Yesterday, 02:33 PM
Strat sounds...
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Yesterday, 02:31 PM
That's the upper limit of my skill set - everything goes right off the rails after my count-in.
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Yesterday, 02:29 PM
It’s a continuum, taking and adapting material in different ways is the same process as improvisation - you’re just giving yourself more time to do...
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Yesterday, 02:26 PM
I disagree!!! :cool::rolleyes:
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Yesterday, 02:24 PM
Learn the fretboard.
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Yesterday, 02:15 PM
I play 7 string too. Got my first some time around 2002/2003 and played 6- and 7 string about equally for a few years. Then strictly 6 string for...
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Yesterday, 02:11 PM
DawgBone, how's the album coming along?
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Yesterday, 02:07 PM
Once you make the move from bedroom playing to playing with other people, you realize intros are necessary, and they don't need much thought. 8 bars...
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Yesterday, 02:06 PM
For what it’s worth, if y’all are actually interested in knowing what’s going on in the intro to a song someone posts in the future, you might try...
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Yesterday, 01:56 PM
Hello,
a quick update on my research !
I'm still looking for my guitar, i have been listening to some Emily Remler's record again as she is one of...
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Yesterday, 01:54 PM
I said "this kind of instrument", not "a Parker".
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Yesterday, 01:43 PM
With American jazz it's phasing. Japanese jazz is more melodic content. It's easier to tell with pianists.
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Yesterday, 01:40 PM
I'm not sure that the speed/technical-difficulty thing operates along exactly the same axis as "musically satisfying" or whatever broader...
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Yesterday, 01:39 PM
That’s an excellent buy! And what’s rare is it’s got a humbucker. Most come with floating pickup. And with free shipping!
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Yesterday, 01:37 PM
Well I sincerely doubt that Ken Parker would do either of those things.
And I'm sure the neck attachment has a lot to do with the sound- as it...
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Yesterday, 01:34 PM
Coltrane used it:
With the Ab (G#) it becomes an Abm arpeggio which is pretty well the G7alt sound.
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Yesterday, 01:34 PM
Hi, can you explain what kind of sound I could get from the af 2000? I have a yamaha sa2200 and I would like a warmer, softer, jazzier tone. Do you...
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Yesterday, 01:27 PM
Shoot 357's with no ear protection and you realize why .38+P's are probably the better choice for SD. My ears were ringing for a couple days. That's...
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Yesterday, 01:21 PM
I hear ya bro. I love very much listening to Jonathan Stout myself, and even more so to steal his ideas )). I know what he does is lifted from Alan...
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Yesterday, 01:19 PM
Well, there you go :-)
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Yesterday, 01:13 PM
Good lord, man.
So, to make sure I have it straight, I'm not thinking hard enough about your explanation for what I was doing in the recording of...
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Yesterday, 01:09 PM
Oh, sure, they're very hireable. They look like two nice, cheerful guys having fun. I expect they'd be pretty popular if they're not already.
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Yesterday, 01:09 PM
Yes, there's that, but I'd think (hope) that the neck attachment/adjustment mechanism has a minor or even neglible effect on the sound (personally if...
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Yesterday, 01:08 PM
I love the old-fashioned sound of a V+ and how Prez weaves it into his I6 tonic lines. In the key of C, that looks like C and E moving/rubbing...
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Yesterday, 01:06 PM
Isn’t that how most original production model guitars, built with custom jigs, and such? I would think with modern technology, it actually could...
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Yesterday, 01:04 PM
You're not thinking, Peter. Go from the top of the page where there's some confusion about what was happening before the head started. I'm saying the...
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Yesterday, 01:02 PM
I don't say that having 12 poles doesn't affect the tone to some degree, just not enough to be economically viable for large pickup manufacturers,...
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Yesterday, 12:56 PM
I think this is better than the last one!
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