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Today, 05:31 AM
Hm. All my electrics vibrate in total when they’re played and they all sound paramount. Okay, they‘re all chambered.
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Today, 05:27 AM
I've only ever tried 2 PRSs and that was decades ago. The first was briefly for a couple of numbers at a jam night. Didn't know what model it was....
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Today, 05:23 AM
YMMV but for me the presence of teflon is a good reason to avoid them.
In my experience with a Tusq saddle the material gets scored very easily,...
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Today, 05:20 AM
No, I suppose that some vibration does get transmitted via the bridge too. But again, in a typical "pure" electric (aka plank) guitar you don't want...
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Today, 05:08 AM
Stand by is a bad thing
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Today, 04:38 AM
The bass resonant frequency of some loudspeakers is temperature dependent to a degree because of the damping material painted on the cone surround....
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Today, 04:10 AM
They've got both those wrong. Mind you, the maj7#5 and maj7#9 chords exist too but aren't on the list.
And it looks like the list was made...
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Today, 03:54 AM
Cathodes need a few seconds to come up to temperature. One minute is plenty. A standby switch cuts the high voltage to the anodes, leaving the...
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Today, 03:16 AM
At a point in our lives, we decide if we're done with learning, and whether it's time to reap the rewards of all the years of preparatory study. If...
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Today, 03:02 AM
They're justified in considering it's aggravating and I will stop. In case of any misunderstanding I don't believe being born French, or this or...
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Today, 02:53 AM
I contacted Vic at Panique and his back cover won’t fit well. Regarding shielding - copper foil.
In the meantime, a forum member has contacted me...
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Today, 02:51 AM
Was just reviewing my own sense of chord names and went to authoritative sources to check something... anyone ever notice that Berklee Press and...
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Today, 02:17 AM
You might want to email Guild as they handle DeArmond (I think)
Doug
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Today, 02:06 AM
Thanks for the feedback.
I agree with all the comments made. The logo should be smaller. The issue is working out the best way to cut it. The...
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Today, 02:05 AM
That might be my ultimate bucket list guitar. Never saw one, never played one. How do you like it?
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Today, 02:04 AM
No kidding-I was seriously thinking that I might as well just reinstall Windows!:rolleyes:
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Today, 01:59 AM
The notation of his tunes in the Brazilian Real Book is not unusual, except for a couple of chords, I can see why he called it Gmb6 rather than...
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Today, 01:29 AM
The circumflex symbol is probably close enough: ^ (^7)
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Today, 01:15 AM
What a cruel practical joke that would be, huh? Switch on that narrator app on someone's pc, truly maddening! :fatigue:
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Today, 01:09 AM
Miles Davis reportedly called Hermeto the "most impressive musician in the world". His groups played the things he wrote and also improvised.
As...
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Today, 01:06 AM
Thank you. I have a Michael Kelly Korean made ES-335 copy, very nice guitar, made during the first couple of years they were in business when they...
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Today, 12:16 AM
I have one PRS JA-15. I have no desire for another PRS.
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Yesterday, 11:02 PM
They are excellent sounding. They are made with Alnico V magnets. They are bright, but not too bright, clear sounding. I have used them in a Guild...
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Yesterday, 10:21 PM
Interesting views and you are certainly an articulate writer. Seems that French (and all European) art, culture, and political influence was bound...
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Yesterday, 10:11 PM
Condescending.. yes.. that's certainly true. Bad faith asking for a source.. not really. What if you had actually had a source? Stranger things.....
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Yesterday, 09:55 PM
A hundred videos of professional players and not a single one of posters here :-)
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Yesterday, 09:44 PM
Making a triangle isn't difficult on Windows either:
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The problem is the forum's font won't allow it. It comes out as a question mark. As you...
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Yesterday, 09:40 PM
Dawg, you are among the courageous few and I applaud you for it.
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Yesterday, 09:36 PM
I realize that this isn't going to affect how you feel about symbols in chord names, but the delta (triangle) is definitely easy, on a Mac, anyway....
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Yesterday, 09:33 PM
^^I agree. Excellent ergonomics.
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Yesterday, 09:21 PM
They are a dense neo foam material used in the semi conductor industry to package delicate parts. I don't think it would effect nitro or any other...
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Yesterday, 09:21 PM
I think you mean the Straits Times, which I read occasionally, but not for regional news: Singapore is a long way from New Zealand.
I read...
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Yesterday, 09:14 PM
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/06/811854629/taimane-tiny-desk-concert?jwsource=c
linteresting player/artist on NPR's little desk
TAIMANE
SET LIST
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Yesterday, 08:52 PM
I saw this guitar and it's everything I have wanted in a fusion guitar. Double humbuckers in a tele-style body, lower horn mostly MIA, string through...
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Yesterday, 08:43 PM
Not on mine. I find it well balanced.
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Yesterday, 08:38 PM
For the 3rd, if nothing is added, it is always a major 3rd, but in my experience, that isn't the case for the 7th.
E.g. A7 is a dominate 7th...
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Yesterday, 08:27 PM
Cool. 3 people gave you the same advice, but we all missed the key command you used. I guess you somehow stumbled onto that same key command to turn...
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Yesterday, 08:18 PM
That's what I read somewhere.
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Yesterday, 07:52 PM
Thanks,guys. I got it turned off with the command " win key + Ctrl + T + RNTER
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Yesterday, 07:38 PM
I visited Ed at his home after he retired. He was not smoking anymore. Also, his injury happened at home, shoveling snow. I can’t say enough about...
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Yesterday, 07:25 PM
I wonder if this Guitar Neck Adapter Strap would work for this purpose:
Most adapter straps are too short (8") for my Eastman 810, but this one is...
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Yesterday, 06:54 PM
Alright here’s my take on it. And this is just what I’ve been told and what I personally like to do. I’ll let my head warm up for about 10 mins. I...
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Yesterday, 06:46 PM
My father plays "praise" music (insert Homer Simpson shudder here) in his Sunday morning worship band, and his charts are riddled with add9 and sus2...
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Yesterday, 06:26 PM
I can't tell that it changes the sound, but the teflon that is embedded makes the strings slide over it more easily. On that guitar both the nut and...
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Yesterday, 06:21 PM
It’s a DeArmond Gold Tone pickup. I can’t comment on how they sound.
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Yesterday, 06:21 PM
What those men did was extraordinary and culminated decades later when France ranked third economy in the world. No deficit, full employment,...
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Yesterday, 06:12 PM
I have a PRS and am happy with it. Never had a Les Paul, though I have played a friend's.
Had a Strat for a long time and miss it sometimes. Have a...
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Yesterday, 06:10 PM
When I write, I often put in the exact voicing I want. So I write it out on a stem. I just posted about some of issues involved in getting the...
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Yesterday, 05:53 PM
That’s not aesthetically pleasing to me.
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Yesterday, 05:38 PM
I believe you can simply order them through their website. Excellent hardware. I use one on my R4 Tonequest.
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Yesterday, 05:19 PM
McCoy Tyner, Chick Core comping / chord stabs for guitar, diatonic 4ths off the beat for groove!
As promised with the preview, this lesson...
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Yesterday, 04:59 PM
what causes the body to vibrate (electric guitar)? Only the neck?
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Yesterday, 04:52 PM
If I see an A6, I assume that's a major chord plus a 6.
If I see an A13, I assume it's a dominant chord with a major 3rd, a flatted 7th and a 13...
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Yesterday, 04:48 PM
Yes, I realize that, I've had such gigs, however they never told me, "play these chord voicings exactly as written" - if that is what he demands?
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Yesterday, 04:42 PM
I found the pickup pictured, in a box in my closet. Don't know if its a neck or bridge pickup, just #53004 marked on the back.
Can ya' all tell...
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Yesterday, 04:34 PM
It’s ok they wouldn’t hire you haha
I think a chamber ensemble would struggle with the rhythmic aspect of Hermeto’s music lol. I mean, they’d...
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Yesterday, 04:23 PM
On an acoustic guitar, yes, because on those instruments the string vibrations have to be transmitted mechanically to the part that converts them...
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Yesterday, 04:23 PM
And do so through all the Strymon pedals.
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Yesterday, 04:18 PM
+1!!
I also own PRS and Gibson solid body guitars, and never compare one to the other. I play them for enjoyment and appreciate what each brand...
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Yesterday, 04:18 PM
In Windows, the feature you referenced is in "Ease of Access" settings (for sight impaired users), you'll need to go there and turn it off.
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Yesterday, 04:02 PM
Oh, I see, thanks. I bet Freud would've had fun with that, "Vat is this fascination with suspended chord tones you have? I think this may be worth...
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Yesterday, 03:56 PM
Fantasy mode ON:
I've thought about what I would design instead of current chord symbols if I was starting from scratch.
How about this:
A...
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Yesterday, 03:52 PM
I will only say that I would hate to work for someone who is that anal (or at least appears to be) about the chord voicings he wants. Jazz is...
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Yesterday, 03:50 PM
I was reading the thread on nuts and then scrolled down here to to the nuttiest thread ever on a guitar forum...you guys should take a guitar break...
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Yesterday, 03:43 PM
I agree, if you don't have the former motivation (making a living at it), than you'll need to have the latter, especially playing jazz - whose...
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Yesterday, 03:41 PM
I can relate to Skip's project based thing. I wasn't pro for as long as him but when I was, the only reason I played at home was so I could better...
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Yesterday, 03:33 PM
One part vs. 13 parts.
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Yesterday, 03:29 PM
Jumbo fretwire dimensions (see diagram):
A: 2.9mm
B: 1.3mm
C: 3.0mm
D: 0.6mm
E: 0.95mm
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Yesterday, 03:18 PM
What is the advantage when compared with an adjustable Wraparound bridge?
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Yesterday, 03:01 PM
You said you were getting truthful information from media and that the media you were relying upon was not controlled by government and those seeking...
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Yesterday, 02:53 PM
Yes, I‘ve changed also the studs but not the bushings inside the guitar. KMS is expensive, that’s true but the bridges are worth it. Honestly, I‘ve...
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Yesterday, 02:52 PM
Still available
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Yesterday, 02:50 PM
Super advice because sight reading is just that, no going back. No waiting and no redoing you keep reading through it with mistakes or no sound. The...
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Yesterday, 02:45 PM
I don‘t want to start a time consuming discussion (and I‘m no scientist) but a guitar bridge acts as a transmitter of the guitars string vibration,...
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Yesterday, 02:39 PM
Thanks! Although I think I'll still wait that someone is selling his/hers KMS for a fraction of a new one...
Did You change the studs too? Or...
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Yesterday, 02:38 PM
That's the truth. Bone-headed determination wins the day. Also: use it or lose it. I've mostly lost it now.
The Starer book helped me a lot with...
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Yesterday, 02:33 PM
If the outside of the finish has no damage and otherwise good this is of no issue to me, I would just play the guitar. It is not like it looks bad.
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Yesterday, 02:33 PM
From Sonnet 29:
"With what I most enjoy contented least"
The author of that sonnet, when "in these thoughts myself almost despising," fortunately...
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Yesterday, 02:30 PM
You can only order via website:
https://www.kissmystrings.de
Nice and helpful guy!
Schwarz Custom Guitars uses in all his models KMS bridges,...
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Yesterday, 02:29 PM
Thanks for all these tips. For this refret I am going to decide between the Jescar 55090 and the Jumber 57110. The present size is .9 and on my 2003...
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Yesterday, 02:21 PM
Sounds interesting. I have two LP’s with wraparound bridges (a Special and a ’54 Reissue) and I have thought that the ABM wraparound bridges has been...
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Yesterday, 02:17 PM
Skip you are 79 years young. I retired from my civil job at 57. I played off and on and did a lot of teaching many years ago but never was music...
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Yesterday, 02:12 PM
Try going to Settings, Accessibility and then to Narrator and see if that has been switched on
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Yesterday, 02:08 PM
Everything is just add and sus, but it all just means play the 1st and 2nd string open on every chord.
(I never actually played in church, church...
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Yesterday, 02:08 PM
Find "Narrator" in Accessibility (in Settings, which is in the menu when you click on the Start icon), and turn it off.
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Yesterday, 02:03 PM
I'm using Windows 11. Somehow I turned on the "feature" that reads out loud every friggin' thing on the screen, and I can't turn it off!
Help!...
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Yesterday, 01:51 PM
Unfortunately not, they’re not available here in germany. Afaik they’re pretty similar (high grade aluminum for example).
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Yesterday, 01:44 PM
Seconded. I had my ES refretted with SS Jescar 58118, which I believe is the biggest they make. Anything to make an instrument more playable.
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Yesterday, 01:27 PM
IMHO the Wilde/Bill and Becky Lawrence L280 noiseless pick ups are the best drop-in replacements for the sake of fat tone and clarity.
The...
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Yesterday, 01:11 PM
Have you had a chance to compare it to the Mojoaxe wraptail?
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Yesterday, 01:04 PM
Far be it for me to give a 79 year old Vietnam Vet advice on how to be happy or inspired about anything. We all have a different path to take in this...
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Yesterday, 12:56 PM
You did a great job making it. I dig it! It compliments the busy fretboard nicely!
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Yesterday, 12:23 PM
I think it's too well demarcated to be from surface contamination.
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Yesterday, 11:59 AM
If I may be a bit pedantic - what tone transfer? :) If I interpret the picture correctly there isn't even any vibration transfer through the bridge....
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Yesterday, 11:46 AM
That sure looks like color suck to me. Even blonde’s can get skunk stripes.
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Yesterday, 11:22 AM
Does it change the sound (and how)?
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Yesterday, 11:13 AM
Yes. It’s difficult to photograph given the reflections.
AKA
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Yesterday, 11:08 AM
All inclusive does not always mean happiness :grumpy:.
That aside part of what gives me motivation to play is having an audience. I don't always...
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Yesterday, 10:49 AM
My understanding is that he makes the laminates.
AKA
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Yesterday, 10:46 AM
That's funny, I've never held one either!
I've always just had an LP, strat and telecaster for solids, they have the classic sounds and always...
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Yesterday, 10:45 AM
See the attached photos.
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Yesterday, 10:21 AM
I have a Panique monkey-on-a-stick (well really just the "stick" portion) and control box I'm not using. I bought it for use with a Rhythm Chief...
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Yesterday, 10:16 AM
In my opinion, the wraparound bridge is the most elegant solid body bridge option.
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Yesterday, 10:13 AM
Yeah, sorry maybe I wasn't clear about it. But sure, everything is more than welcome!
Thank you very much! I noticed, when improvising, that I do...
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Yesterday, 10:10 AM
I replaced the bone insert on mine with a Tusq saddle from GraphTech, and I like it.
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Yesterday, 10:07 AM
I always thought this was a blues. Only three pentatonics in this, Cm, Em and Gm.
Stream Gdby by ragman | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
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Yesterday, 10:05 AM
I’m with DawgBone, if you’re where your profile says. There’s people playing jazz in coastal Florida, you just have to find them. I’m 60 miles south...
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Yesterday, 09:55 AM
No, he never asked for advice, he was just telling us about it. Asking would have been a question. I'm tempted to say he was only here for a moan,...
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Yesterday, 09:52 AM
I‘d like to share my impressions about my latest discovery with you guys. Ir‘s the Kissmystrings (KMS) Whiptail Wraparound Bridge:
This bridge...
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Yesterday, 09:49 AM
I have this "disease" as well. I love music so much that I love many genres. And because of that, I'll never buckle down to become a "master" in...
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Yesterday, 09:43 AM
Well Santana and McLaughlin certainly went whole hog with PRS. And John Mayer (though he was a Strat guy previously).
I like McLaughlin’s sound on...
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Yesterday, 09:35 AM
If I could go back to my younger years I would love to have made music a profession. Some of my friends and peers did. I was classmates with the...
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Yesterday, 09:34 AM
You're in one of the most populated states There are people to play with there. You need to reach out more through craigslist and social media to...
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Yesterday, 09:28 AM
Just off the top of my head…
Joe and Ella
Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
Coltrane and Duke
Chet Baker and Jim Hall
Chet Baker and Stan Getz...
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Yesterday, 09:25 AM
Maestros and virtuosos
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Yesterday, 09:24 AM
I teach children to sight read every day.
While I’m hardly an Adam Goldsmith or John Parricelli (look them up) I have learned a bit from being...
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Yesterday, 09:16 AM
This is some advanced fingerstyle playing.
:shocked:
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Yesterday, 09:08 AM
Aren’t ’worship band’ chord symbols really weird?
(Tbf this info comes from Reddit, so….)
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Yesterday, 09:07 AM
I had a play of bars 15-17 today.
My ears seem to prefer G-Bb-Db-Eb for bar 16, not G-Bb-Db-Bb.
So, I'll use that.
It makes a good lick too....
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Yesterday, 09:05 AM
Ah, you've been able to avoid playing in a church. Good on ya.
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Yesterday, 09:01 AM
I’m using ? as a chord symbol for major seventh from now on
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Yesterday, 09:00 AM
1) you get some more complex polychords in some more modern tunes. The slash chords in question suggest a specific voicing
2) the term tacet is...
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Yesterday, 08:52 AM
I really don't understand implications lol.
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Yesterday, 08:34 AM
Skip is old enough to do whatever he pleases.
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Yesterday, 08:25 AM
The question is he's having trouble playing for enjoyment and is asking for advice. Sorry I've never had this problem, wish I could offer advice....
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Yesterday, 08:24 AM
Sounds like you’ve gotten hobby and profession muddled together.
An average guitar hobbyist knows a few campfire songs. Getting into jazz is...
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Yesterday, 08:19 AM
I was given a (about 1989) Guild Artist Award some years ago by someone who liked my playing. While i would consider to change the PU to one with...
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Yesterday, 07:29 AM
You need a reference chart. There are several ways of writing chords. You need to brush up on them.
Every chord symbol found on lead sheets
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Yesterday, 07:10 AM
What's The Answer?
The answer depends on the question. The problem is I don't hear a question, I hear a situation. A situation is something life...
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Yesterday, 07:02 AM
Congratulations to acquiring this gorgeous instrument!
Kent Armstrong once mentioned that the output of a PU is much dependent on the size of the...
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Yesterday, 06:44 AM
Aren't guitars part of the collection X of things where
- Q: How to make a small fortune doing/in X
- A: Start with a big fortune
I doubt the...
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Yesterday, 06:05 AM
That reminded me of a book I read long ago: https://a.co/d/1xyKmYY
From what I recall he shared some of the symptoms you're describing.
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Yesterday, 05:58 AM
Yes, the phenomenon could show sort of a slow reaction within the outer spruce layer of that veneer, probably at the transition zone between heart-...
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Yesterday, 05:50 AM
I've collected guitars for the last 4 decades, always as examples for me as a luthier to see what the Masters do.
Over the years , especially in the...
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Yesterday, 05:48 AM
On a simpler level I have a quandary whether to teach US (German derived) or English note duration names for instance.
I think the US/German...
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Yesterday, 05:45 AM
I have several of both. PRS overall quality is better than even the gibson Custom shop ( I have 3 ). All are fine instruments.
Comparisons outside...
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Yesterday, 05:41 AM
What busy schedule? :D
I'm not certain where this comes from :) but there are 2 things at play here:
- getting sufficient volume and sustain...
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Yesterday, 05:25 AM
Hi Adam C,
thanks, I was unsure if you welcomed a video response since you never clearly stated that; now we know!
Regarding the comping; I...
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Yesterday, 05:19 AM
Attaching the pics I posted elsewhere here too:
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Yesterday, 05:17 AM
There’s a rabbit hole in the way different languages describe musical concepts. For example in German I’ve heard ‘kleine none’ (IIRC) used to refer...
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