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Yes, those are the skills I work on, didn't mean to sound esoteric. For me, trying to reproduce the music I'm hearing is the most effective...

I actually compared jazz to AA in a paper once.There are some parallels Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I agree with Mr. B. I think of it as whack-a-mole. Something calls my attention to a weakness and I try to work on it. My one general tip is one...

"Master bluesman" means more to me than guitar chops.

^ I can tell someone off who goes around being a jackass for years on end. How could that possibly be out of line? Analyze what he said, it took me a...

Here is someone who left the planet recently and who knew how to to rock some down home blues as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO20tnfJLOk

Well, did a gig with upright bass and clarinet using a Fender Princeton Tonemaster and was able to dial in the amp to a really good sound. About 4 on...

It's a real shame. About every 6 months I find myself sending them an email trying to buy a guitar. Never should have sold the Monarch I had... It...

Not sure what history you guys share, but seriously dude, you're way out of line here. Relax.

A redirect for Mr Timmons: When you talk about "reshaping" an idea. What does that mean to you?

Well good for you. Getting to a level where the playing sounds good at all times requires scrutinizing your playing. Of course.

I use fingers 1 and 3 for the octaves on the Low E to D strings an A to G strings; fingers 1 and 4 for the D and B strings and G and E strings. ...

Tres Chic

I generally think of things like the ability to develop a melody, or to play what one hears, or honestly the ability to hear more and more...

If it did, I'd resort to playing licks.... the thing is, we are all more or less a product of what we've listened to throughout our lives, and...

Far out! Rick does some wild stuff! ? GLWTS!

I didn't say lick foo. Any friggin melodic idea that you use. If there is a melodic idea that you take to but that doesn't sound good, take it and...

Man then I hope the music in your head doesn’t suck.

That would be good if I played licks but I don't, I just try to play the music I hear in my head, and I measure my success by how well I can do that,...

I've started doing the same with them there fancy pant Dogal Expressive Flats. 52-12, swapping for a 14 and 17. Feels great across the set. Almost...

They have guitars for sale on their website, all are the same price, about $1655 USD as of today (except for the Martin Taylor model). Peerless...

Me and my buddy the bot. You said: I tried sampling all the piano notes for PianoMeter with only 1 string sounding and the tuning curve stayed...

This one really pays off. Sometimes I’ll learn two songs in a day now. Granted, it was Killer Joe and Equinox, but it was still two songs.

I was definitely chain yanking. Because that's EXACTLY what practice should be! Find the shit that sucks and unsuck it.

Amazing pop singer Pat Upton with a 175. :cool: (ps - Check out the bass player's nifty footwork.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD6_ygvTg8I

I make fun of rap and Norteno sometimes.

You better preach

My equipment that I'm excited about. The mute and extension hammer just came. The mute works so much more easily. Trying to stuff the rubber mutes...

The showbiz element is as old as the music.

Far out Bop Head. You go to amateur events? My mind is blown. That surely entitles you to go around constantly telling people what's what as if...

quick recording of the Ibanez AF105 SM before I swapped the TOM bridge. After some time owning this guitar I am still happy with it. Wish it had a...

I was lucky to find this book at the music department of Munich's central public library which taught me bending basics around 1990. I had a...

UV cure epoxy is amazing stuff. We use it to attach hinges to glass doors. That's a lot of torque. I found out it will cure in areas that see no...

I think it's a great idea. I do it almost every day. I don't even need a recording!

What's your budget? Define "lightweight". === A few hollowbodies with HBs that come to mind: PRS SE Hollowbody Standard PRS SE Hollowbody...

The final nail in the coffin for my teaching career was a big-hair kid on Long Island who wanted "a few tricks to play like the guy in Whitesnake." I...

I get the cheap webstrings flatwounds. They sound and feel great and help tame the brightness of my Ibanez AF71F.

Saw Fripp: Discipline tour @ Rock Pile Toronto Frippertronics @ U of T League Of Crafty Gentlemen @ Seneca (Toronto) (Crafty Guitarists?) ...

I use webstring flatwounds 12s but I replace the high e with a 14 and high b with a 17. It balances the set out with flats having more tension and...

@starjasmine, first off, I wish you good luck in your venture! I'm not going to "tell my whole story" here, suffice to say that I learned by...

Hi ! I had never heard about CAGED system before knowing this forum but I discovered it mostly on my own without naming it by transposing what I...

I've been using Rich's custom set for over a year, and I'm very happy with it. I can play a longer set without my fingers getting fatigued; and the...

Thomastik 11 - 47 sets with the eleven swapped for a TI twelve is working for me and my Comins GCS 16-1 at the moment. Feel and tone all very...

learn a tune a week..it dosen't have to be "jazz"...but pick tunes you like!! review the tune in week two..and so on..try this in clusters of ten

Horns? How so?

Here’s Barney playing on a T Bone Walker track. What more do you need? https://youtu.be/jqe_3s3Y9y4?si=IMbx4NJZL1cWy2U6

Sounds like Alcoholics Anonymous :)

And so it begins:

No time for recording clips ATM. I practiced publicly five hours on Thursday and seven on Tuesday in Munich's pedestrian zone to make some dough...

Yes This is very common in jazz. I buy custom sets from Newtone. For me this is the perfect string set. 13 17 25 32 43 53

La Bella Jazz Flats are gauged similarly to TIs, but built more like Chromes.

Since we’re guessing about Jeff’s state of mind, I’ll go ahead and guess he was just yanking your chain because of the superlatives in the thread...

One can hear that you are singing as well.

Maybe you're practicing the wrong way so far. Where are your clips? As if noone has anything to improve on, or runs a perfect take every time lol....

You can get Chromes in any gauge you want. Strings and beyond strings by mail are a couple of places that come to mind.

Maybe you have been practicing the wrong way so far? I think what Mr. Beaumont is talking about is that you should really listen to yourself while...

Not only Robben Ford but also Mike Stern and John Scofield played with Miles and came from Rock and Blues originally. That is why Miles hired him....

Chrome 13s work for me. The low isn’t ridiculous like round wound strings for drop F or whatever the kids are doing these days.

Here's my hot take... no genre is lesser to another. If someone puts any genre down as simple, it only highlights how little they know.

Off the top of my head .... Rich Severson has a custom set of Chromes 13-48 (that's very light at the bottom) Thomastik Infeld Swings have...

yes ! and keep the guitar out and ready (not in a case)

TI jazz swings

Key word being "personal" - to each his own. After decades of playing jazz, I'm finding myself attracted to certain kinds of authentic Chicago blues...

Uh, no sir. Practicing usually doesn't automatically make you do that.

Getting back into playing a little organ after the trauma has settled after I quit in May. Just with the patch on my digital piano. It's good because...

So...practice? :smile-new:

I use the bind glue I get from some place in Georgia they supply Gibson with the glue for their binding work. Otherwise use the glue from StewMac...

First, I just checked back on other versions I've done over the years. I agree, this one was noticeably slower than the others. Don't know why, just...

There was one made briefly (ES-333 satin). I've never played one, but I heard a guy play one at a jam a couple of times. It sounds great. They're...

Well … no not really. Dissonance sounds wonderful at whatever tempo. You just have to work harder, play a more compelling idea, play more confident...

You're saying that kind of style would sound better done faster. You're probably right. Absolutely. Hang on...

Yeah I was always surprised that 330 with humbuckers didn't catch on further. I think it's the perfect combo.

I did every search I could think of too. Some of those old rickenbackers do look similar. The 6v6gt was available in 1939. It is possible the chassis...

I'm pretty sure it's not CuNiFe. It's made in Japan, they do alnico in Wide Range clothes. But it's not THAT different... I couldn't care less...

I don’t mean like “you’re playing the tune too slow.” Totally fine tempo. I just mean it’s easier to sneak in dissonances when the tempo is bright....

My reason for being on this forum is that I hope to learn to accompany myself on guitar as I sing Standards. Here's a version of Darn That Dream I...

Do you think so? I don't find that particularly slow. It could be an age thing but, to me, that just rolls along nicely and is enjoyable to play. I...

The 7 of the key on biiio7 is worth putting a pin in - really common in fact. Also ahem, Stella. Most charts would notate just the dim 7 chord in...

Wasn't meant to be :nightmare:

Are these cunife Wide Ranges? Some people seem to dislike these for jazz. How do you like them?

Friday bump. $750 buys a lot of amp head/speaker cab.

Stone cold

I should have been more clear about my warning about CA glue. Given the question, it sounded like there was a degree of uncertainty or inexperience....

Looks like the repair done to Jim Hall's guitar in the same spot. That seems like pretty good company and a non-issue except to those looking for a...

I agree. In general, I think Gibson's satin finishes in natural look pretty good, red ones, too. And in general I try favor not letting the visuals...