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I never tried S-Gear, but really like both Helix Native and Overloud TH-U - but they're not cheap. One thing that's worth investing on a digital rig,...

Good to see you post your analysis! I was beginning to think everybody had deserted this discussion. Looks like the only place we don't agree is...

Eastman make outstanding instruments and they offer major value. I owned an Eastman AR580C for a couple years before (recently) purchasing a Heritage...

Pick maintenance, for me, is DON'T LOSE THEM.

Yes, probably.

Super Wow!

I did about 600 gigs on a national np-2 before the metal was folded over enough that I had to finally part ways with it. I am reasonably handy with...

The substitution of a minor 7th chord for a dominant 7th chord is a common technique known as a tritone substitution.

Sometimes I just put on a backing track and play one note or just a few notes over it to see what I can make happen. I have a tendency to blow too...

Different animal, but I just bought a 10 year old Samuel Eastman 3/4 upright bass from a friend, Model VB90, and had it professionally set up. It's a...

I had the opportunity to audition a Victoria Club Deluxe and I was predictably, highly impressed. I've owned 5 different Victoria amps over the years...

I love how “guitaristic” those guys are, Charlie, Barney, and Mickey in that video. I feel that — among other virtues — they really lean into the...

Great arrangement! Thanks for sharing.

You can gently sand or file it to restore a smooth surface. Be careful not to remove too much material or alter the shape too drastically.

I don't read music worth a damn and I don't really like Tabs but watching others do the John Hurt picking in person and having some stuff tabbed out...

Yes, me too! I like to think Mickey's books are his '1950s take' on Charlie Christian's approach (some Django ideas also) so I hear a lot of Barney,...

A lot of Giants fans were frustrated over what happened in the WS 20 years ago and with how Dusty left, but a lot of us also still had a soft spot...

They avoid the lawsuit by not selling them in the United States. I have an Edwards/ESP semi hollow or "E-SA" that also has the Gibson open book...

Great story. So many innovations in guitar style came from those country players with a bluegrass background and a taste for rock and roll.

Oh jeez, I love Barney and I love that album. Wow! Happy to hear it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That looks great—the perfect guitar! I was lucky enough to get a used Gibson 175 in 2020, right when the COVID craziness was kicking in. They’ve...

As I said in the other thread, lovely guitar. A work of art, really. Simple yet elegant.

Lately I have been getting involved with the 7 string. That guitar you have is absolutely beautiful as is the provenance story behind it. My two 7...

That's interesting to watch! Nice sound.

I agree about the rhythm and feel, thanks for listening.

I play with a duo partner who has been playing a custom designed 7 string small Sonntag (more or less his own design), which became his main...

This is one of seven 7 string guitars made by the master luthier Jimmy D'Aquisto. It's the last one he made, not long before he died. I've been a...

Send that 8" combo to ME!

Oh, to have to choose would be torture!

J18 Augusta here. Only change I'd make would be to substitute a (floating) humbucker.

Contrary to what I wrote here some time ago, I've sold my 17'' Sonntag Augusta Archtop. But only because she was too big for me and I wanted a...

You guys are takin it back to Africa now? Yes, rhythm is essential and the most important, but while notes are negotiable, it's essential to have...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5VDXcmRiaU Sure?

Me too.

+1 And I'll add what I already stated in the country blues thread: Listening to blues taught me a lot about groove and phrasing. In the African...

Bar 1. C Scale Bar 2: Beats 1 and 2: Cmaj7 Beats 3 and 4: C scale Bar 3: Beats 1 and 2: Cmaj7 Beats 3 and 4: C scale

Hello! In the following message I send my vision of the exercise in C major. I did not want to read the messages that you have sent about this...

Like it has been already said, it’s probably the case. I remember back then people had this problem with cedar creek cases which would dye the...

You know what, im a big fan of Ibanez GB models and am owning a marvelous GB40II, but let me tell you something, they should rest it now with these...

Or, of course, you can just, um... stop. It's very effective :smile-new:

I like the double leading tone cadence (medieval) 7-1 #4-5 2-1 And the English cadence with its clashing 7ths I find it quite helpful to...

I think it can be made to work either way, but the guitar needs to play very stripped down if the piano is using left hand. The classic Basie thing...

I think this is what Mickey would call a 'Riff Runs' (see Lesson 38) approach to playing the Blues :) If you want to get a taste of what Book 2...

A forum member reached out and sold me his Rich-built Twin 8. It arrived today. Driven by the Twin Reverb (1971, rebuilt as an AB763 circuit, with...

I enjoy his playing, it’s different. I don’t see any obvious relationship between this and his book at this point. Maybe later in the book? Book 2? ...

You're definitely getting somewhere. You played the head correctly, and you hit the changes and phrased well in your solo. Now you could work on...

Nice to hear you’re getting great sounds from your Katana! I’m back in the deep end of the pool now. Been having so much fun with the Katana 100...

Alright the final installment of That One Lick From Gone With What Wind. I have a few more ideas but they’re a little out there, so I’m nearing...

This is what I was doing in post 13. First time with Ashampoo recorder

I met Dusty Baker a few years back. He was a partner in a real estate deal and came to our office for a meeting about some aspects of the...

Get a pair of Dusty Baker's Nike shoes to accompany the toothpick and maybe...:smile-new:

Rhythm is always #1. Like legend Dizzy Gillespie said he things of rhythms and then hangs pitches on the rhythm. Any note works IF you...

Great cab (and Seller, of course)! shreddin' GLWTS -- this is part of a stellar grab 'n' go rig!

Old post is old. Time for a new one. I had a few hours to myself this evening, and spent a significant portion of them working on Katana presets....

Please tell us more about this guitar.

This thread is full of such honesty. I love it. I kind of agree with all of the comments, even when they contradict one another. Yes, I’ve...

I spent some real time this evening with it. Got what I want on three channels so far. Will post about it in the Katana thread.

that truly is a stunning guitar. Ibanez essentially took the GB 40 and gave it a beautiful red finish Anybody that knows me knows I am a sucker...

Thanks for your concern Herbie! Nothing much out here on the West Coast... yet. Fire season here is generally more like August/Sept. There's one up...

I'm sorry I missed that auction. For that money it was indeed a steal. I would buy one for $1200 without even pausing to think about it.

I agree, you don't look much like Dusty Baker. But then, some people... It might be nice to look like someone famous and get comped a meal, but...

I bought some bone picks, and horn picks, several years ago while trying to find a pick I like. I have a big box filled with picks. I've made, and...

AKA. I never realised that could be so uncomfortable. Good music man. A

RJVB, Since you use Timber Tones plectrums, they have a wide range of wooden picks. I have no experience with them, but perhaps an ebony pick should...

I’d just parked at my golf club when I noticed a father approaching me with his wide-eyed son in tow. I knew the look. The kid said “Mr. Baker, can...

I don't think there are any specs outside the setup that would mess up the response of a guitar. Ie the fretboard is maple so notes aren't sounding...

I use 2000 grit sandpaper on my Golden Gate picks. It works. There are various products for buffing fingernails (in the cosmetics section) that...

Wow, those inversions, substitutions...and just plain additions to the core melody...are great. Most people (like me) just stay in the modal box for...

If the pianist is always comping freely, that's right. The guitarist has to find a complementary part -- and Freddie found one that works great. ...

Chromatic Lick Everyone Should Know (and you probably already do) It's just running up chromatically from a b3 to the 5th. I think of it as the...

Launch Meeting - Zoom All are welcome June 10 3PM. Bring your questions, general and specific. I'm always humbled, enlightened and inspired by the...

Number 4. Barney Kessel style...a good bit slower than on the record:)

The next Zoom meeting is tomorrow 3pm EST Tony. I'm sure that David will post a link here before then.

Can I have your toothpick?

Nice! Swinging and a little dirty, just like it should be.

Both from '37. What a gorgeous guitar. I bet is sounds as great as it looks. GLWS!

Blue chip is plastic but it is made from vespel which costs about 8k for a 10 ft square sheet.Best $35 i ever spent.Going to Starbucks during the...

I love the recurves on old Gibson’s. Too bad they don’t carve them like that anymore.

Can I have your autograph?

You should do a medley of that and Rikki Don't Lose That Number.

When the dog bites When the bee stings When I'm feeling sad I simply remember my favorite strings And then I don't feel so bad Sent from...

Beautiful trio!You have your basses covered(pun intended).

Some cadences we've heard of and some that nobody's ever heard of :-) Cadence - Wikipedia

Thanks for the in depth response! Fortunately, I am familiar with much of what you mentioned one should know: diatonic theory, the fetboard and drop...

I have a '78 Vibro Champ with the tone stack mod (turns it into a tweed champ) I have also owned the Fender Custom Champ and Victoria Amps version...

The “to heck with the audience if they don’t get what I’m playing” attitude has always bothered me. If you’re being paid to provide musical...

Masterful

Hi Tony. When Mick, John Abercrombie, Keith Jarret, Bob Moses were all at Berklee together (imagine those classmates!) Berklee was located in one...

thanks Jim that’s very illuminating

Here you go. I recorded an 18 second passage and copied it onto three tracks running end to end. The first 18 seconds is raw. The next 18 seconds...

Thanks. They don't deliver to the UK. But, these do: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32790530940.html

Dusty Baker.

People need to stop praising Eastman archtop s. That way i'll have more to buy cheap....

What is cool about this vid is the way "Book" teaches. You don't need the TAB in front of you. TAB is sort of useless in this style * Let us know how...

EQ pedal?

That's the thing. Most picks I've tried just don't give a sound I like, including ones with which others get a nice enough tone. I also have a bone...

This, and use the bass cut or hi-pass filter on your amp or preamp if you have them.

But the main reason the guitar plays time (quarter notes) is that the piano is comping freely. It rarely works to have two simultaneous comping...

Hi Jim , How good does the direct recording sound with no plugins applied at all I’d be interested to hear that …. (to hear how much work the...

Thanks, I feel like I'm getting somewhere with my playing,

I have had my Blue Chip, with minimal wear, for 4 years. It sounds better than any other pick I've ever used. I used to go through a gross of picks 2...

Question for the group... A friend of mine who attended and graduated from Berklee in the 1970s said that back then, the school core study was the...

Yeah! shreddin'

I have good experience writing etudes - trying out concepts, writing something that I might think will be interesting... my powers of audiation are...

How dare anyone suggest I milk this forum for inspiration https://youtu.be/bAjfuvB7dYI

So basically (and I'm not an expert, but from what I do get it has helped me immensely in understanding the meloduc countour of a tune) Take the...

The videos are great, I just have a problem with his book. He knows how to play.

My experience with master volume tube amps, is that on really low settings, things can be clean but thin. Much of my life I have spent living...

I don’t think I am. Makes sense from context, but maybe elaborate a bit?

Good things come in small package. This guitar is very appealing to me.

How do you like the free videos I posted? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Definitely. And it becomes less open to variation. I'd rather keep licks simple and add the complexity myself. Are you all familiar with the...

I said I bought it a decade ago, but more importantly, the book isn't for aspiring jazz guitarists. The CD should be in the same key as the written...

I do endlessly practice short, simple, easy to remember one bar licks/riffs that fit my style. A lick that I'll know I'll be able to utilise...

This doesn't directly address your question, but guitars can come out of the factory wired incorrectly. I had an Eastman, and I didn't like the...

Thanks ccroft! I too have a fixation about 12" speakers, maybe because I have played most of my playing life thru them and most of my favourite...

The book reviews online would indicate most people are getting a lot of value from the books. However, I prefer the videos, many of which are...

So I was checking out the Barney Kessel licks page and was getting a little frustrated because I wasn't hearing Barney in them. So I went and found a...

The shape is whatever you prefer. Preferences vary from almost round to very pointy. It's not something someone else can decide for you. How often...