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Today, 02:44 PM
His fingerings vary somewhat according to what he's playing, but as he said in that audio, he relates them to chord forms, a la the CAGED chord ...
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Today, 02:44 PM
Uh-boy. Another of those fly in new members who post for sale items without reading the rules.
On Audio forums you must have at least 10 posts to...
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Today, 02:35 PM
Bach - Prelude BWV 998 (youtube.com)
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Today, 02:32 PM
I don't need a collar with this:
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Today, 02:31 PM
The first two yes. The second two, possibly, depending on what part of America you are in. I’m in the part that a flannel is dressed up 9 months of...
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Today, 02:29 PM
I think my improv vocabulary develops at its own pace and all I can do to fill that time is learn heads and steal licks. This way I have something to...
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Today, 02:27 PM
Wait, any kind of shirt with a collar, including polos, checkered flanel and fleece over-shirts? I wasn't aware I'm dressing up almost all the time !...
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Today, 02:24 PM
You do mean the room, i.e. for the audience? (if so, how do you know? ;) )
Out of curiosity, how much rehearsal did you get?
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Today, 02:17 PM
lol The inclusion of Bright Size Life always tripped me out. IIRC the chart in the book isn't how Metheny recorded it though. I guess that doesn't...
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Today, 02:16 PM
If you can find a good used LH6/7x0 that managed to avoid QC issues or had them sorted out then you it will be a very hard to beat price/quality...
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Today, 02:14 PM
Yes. But Fred, the thing is, many of would give a leg to play nearly as well as you. You’ve set the bar very high around here. And that doesn’t even...
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Today, 02:05 PM
Yes, but in 2013 I purchased a Super 400, a Wesmo, and 2 CES’ each for $5500. But it’s not 2013 anymore.
And another thing. New L5’s are a rare find...
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Today, 02:03 PM
A bit of misphrasing:
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Today, 01:50 PM
99.9% of the people here will never experience the joy that guitar has. I’ve owned 2. The first had the electronics replaced and a Bartolini 5J...
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Today, 01:46 PM
Maybe "Scale Pattern Studies for Guitar" by Aaron Shearer.
Scale Pattern Studies For Guitar, Supplement 3: Classic Guitar Technique eBook :...
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Today, 01:39 PM
Would you know the meaning of the hand written OT or is it 0T?
I've seen one with just O (or 0!). I actually bought it from ebay some years ago but...
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Today, 01:34 PM
Doesn’t that look like a Campellone pick guard and pickup? Heck, the pick guard alone is worth $100! Heard of inflation? :o
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Today, 01:31 PM
The best guitar book I ever read was “The Natural Classical Guitar” by F. Lee Ryan. It takes principles for the “Inner Game of Tennis” to help build...
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Today, 01:31 PM
The knock-offs don't say "KA" or "Kent Armstrong" at all, and the chinese made ones on the lower tier Eastman's say "Kent Armstrong Designed" . That...
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Today, 01:30 PM
I have two "Sky" KA knockoffs, one with pole pieces, the other without, and there's no hand writing.
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Today, 01:30 PM
SS, how does this book compare to this one? Thx!
Paul Schmidt?
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Today, 01:27 PM
But like, you gotta know Metheny was involved. There’s no other reason his songs are in there and Autumn Leaves is in the Clapton key.
It’s all...
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Today, 01:26 PM
How does calling a harmonic minor scale a Dominant scale with raised root instead inhibit you from getting stuck in it?!
And it's not a good...
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Today, 01:26 PM
Do the cheaper knockoffs have the KA sticker with hand written model on the underside? They dont show it on the website.
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Today, 01:22 PM
It may be once of the cheaper knock-offs, maybe not. But with that nice assembly, I'd say it's still a good buy.
Kent Armstrong Handwound Series...
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Today, 01:22 PM
Ok, lets me more scientific. I ask the ChatGPT what a used Gibson L5 could be bought for in 1980. I used 1980 because that was the year I bought my...
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Today, 01:19 PM
He’s wearing a collared shirt. That is dressed up. Good lord, you guys sure can make a mountain of a mole hill.
Henry, you look sharp at show...
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Today, 01:10 PM
ah, of course. I should have known. that clears it right up.
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Today, 01:07 PM
Add a Dearmond 1100 to that and it may be game over.
Except that an L-5 still wins.
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Today, 01:05 PM
so although you say a dim chord is not a dominant, and playing dominant over a diminished is not a great way of doing it, your solution to C#dim is...
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Today, 01:01 PM
Have you ever heard of a Telecaster? I think Fender makes them. If you close your eyes it's indistinguishable from an L5. This is true!
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Today, 12:55 PM
'understand' is such an odd word in this musical context - though we're pushed into using it....
we can't just say 'hear' - because a rabbit can...
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Today, 12:40 PM
Well FOR ME the art of jazz is the art of improvisation. And I didn’t mean to imply no other music doesn’t have improv as a fundamental. Obviously...
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Today, 12:37 PM
I would love to find a unit like that for one of my instruments.
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Today, 12:30 PM
25 September 2024
Karrin Allyson guested with Frank Vignola, Ted Rosenthal, Gary Mazzaroppi and Alex Raderman.
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Today, 12:28 PM
It was great to see you featured in this series Jonathan!
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Today, 12:25 PM
This looks like a well made pickguard assembly, the Kent Armstrongs PU's sound fine and i find the price very moderate. The only thing - the PU has...
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Today, 12:25 PM
So the Loar 700 beats them all!
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Today, 12:23 PM
What beats an L5? An L7, right? And then L50 is best of all.
That's totally how it works, right?
In the same way as a Super 400 is 70 points...
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Today, 12:22 PM
Nice guitar. A great alternative. Recommended by Mr Stout.
I consider my 700 to be an L5 substitute. It get's played far more in public than my CES...
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Today, 12:14 PM
Nice one, Jonathan! Spread the gospel...
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Today, 11:56 AM
Hey all, thanks for kind appreciation. It was a real big deal for me to be featured like this outside of the Swing Dance world I’ve been playing in...
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Today, 11:56 AM
what does air-chambered hand tuned mean? I'm imagining something a lot more complicated than it probably is. Like with scuba divers.
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Today, 11:52 AM
If anyone can tell me anything about this KA pickup I would me extremely grateful. I'm guessing it's one of the handwounds.
The seller wants 100...
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Today, 11:49 AM
It's time to branch out into a line of clothing, John...
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Today, 11:46 AM
Yeah I mean I say all this, but I can still get a bit carried away by article three... what can I say?
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Today, 11:42 AM
Yeah and it's starting to rip.
And I bet no one ever tried stealing your amp w that on it.
A $5 roll of duct tape....hmm.....:cool:
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Today, 11:38 AM
It might even BE your air conditioner cover. Have you looked for it recently?
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Today, 11:31 AM
Practice and Gig a LOT!!!!!M
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Today, 11:25 AM
That puppy looks like my air conditioner cover :cool:
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Today, 11:15 AM
I always like the Branford thing of jazz being …
Swing
Blues
Improvisation
in that order
So essential, but maybe not the most important...
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Today, 11:15 AM
Totally agree with you on the Romeo.Otto really designed a great guitar.I have the Romeo-SC that has a single coil in the neck position and it is one...
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Today, 11:12 AM
With respect I have to take issue with this conflation between jazz and improvisation.
I mean I did a free improv class with a noted European...
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Today, 11:00 AM
Beethoven called the guitar- the little orchestra. I've played in 3 piece rock and blues bands. My last gigs were with a 3 piece blues band 25 years...
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Today, 10:59 AM
There's another one, the Octagonal Core strings by Mapes
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Today, 10:56 AM
The CAC is a little too bare bones, sounds like it's just a dust cover. My understanding is Glen is still @ Tuki.
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Today, 10:56 AM
This might be sleep deprevation talking but..
There is a perfect untrained sense of time within people, something universally given to everyone.. at...
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Today, 10:56 AM
Yeah I think that’s clear enough.
Isn’t the only reason these things have to have a name because of teachjng? And the fact that classical music is...
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Today, 10:45 AM
The CAC I got is totally different from any Tuki i ever saw. It’s one layer, unlined, unadorned, and simple as an unwound string. The “vintage...
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Today, 10:40 AM
There's also this company though I know nothing about them.
https://rigg.us/product/fender-twin-reverb-amp-cover/
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Today, 10:39 AM
Sorry I didn’t see this before the post I just put up. As you’ll read in it, I got a simple black cover from Custom Amp Covers last year because the...
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Today, 10:31 AM
Custom Amp Covers is the parent company of Tuki. I wouldn't want vinyl, a quilted lined non padded cordura type would be ideal but I'm not seeing...
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Today, 10:21 AM
Cool. Dictation. Cool. I hear you regarding misapplication transcribe. It presents a problem for me. That's why I came up with "ear...
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Today, 10:19 AM
Wow - I obviously haven't bought one from them in a while. My Twin (formerly Jazzkritter's) came to me with a very nice d2f cover. But they went...
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Today, 10:18 AM
Well I think that's good. It all depends on what you're going after. As a writing exercise transcribing it is great. As a learning process for what...
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Today, 09:43 AM
Excellent. I will judge them in the balance and find them wanting.
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Today, 09:38 AM
I keep trying to remember to look at mine when I go home, and I forget. I will check out my ZR and see how it compares to yours. For some reason I...
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Today, 09:32 AM
Covering the Quilter:
Folded flat:
I made the one for the Champion 20 first, maybe 7 or 8 years ago. At the time it didn’t come with a...
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Today, 09:25 AM
Yeah this makes sense. Honestly it’s a bit like what I tell myself I do already. I think what I’m reminding myself of here is just that I don’t do it...
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Today, 09:23 AM
It is not.
Young people are terrible and ruining language obvs
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Today, 09:07 AM
Sometimes when transcribing, I don’t like a note someone played in a phrase, I’m sure it was a slight mistake or fingering error (usually this would...
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Today, 09:06 AM
Would love to see a pic of that ^^
Just ordered one from Custom Amp Covers only because they came up first in a google search and half the price...
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Today, 09:04 AM
Also see the thread regarding writing down rhythms. You don't have to write stuff down, and reading stuff is good for reading, but has nothing to do...
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Today, 08:57 AM
Thanks nshsi, as posted I'm aware of them and I've heard only positive comments.
Their website is very detailed unlike Lecover which could use some...
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Today, 08:56 AM
Just a moment...
This doesn't "beat" an L5 of course but for the money you get pretty darn close in terms of the acoustic sound as far as I can...
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Today, 08:55 AM
Yeah, that’s the one that I was thinking of. It’s in my library but nothing has come up on my random play in a long time. I think his real forte is...
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Today, 08:52 AM
I've made a couple out of duct tape -- one for a Fender Champion 20 and the other for a Quilter Aviator Cub. They came out surprisingly well -- a...
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Today, 08:50 AM
I saw them in about 1976, or so. We were in the 12th row, or there about. I really dug it. They had the revolving stage thing going. One of our...
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Today, 08:46 AM
I would say A MILLION TIMES YES!
In fact, Bruce Forman has a whole thing where he thinks that slight mistakes actually helped people form their...
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Today, 08:45 AM
Summers put out a an album of Monk tunes called "Green Chimneys" in 1998. SFAIK, that's his only straightahead record.
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Today, 08:41 AM
Why don’t you imagine your fingers feeling as fluid and comfortable as they are when you play the piano? TBH, I have always found guitar techniques...
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Today, 08:41 AM
Exactly, and he doesn't need to dress up in order to prove it.
Of course it might be exactly what he considers he's doing shreddin'
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Today, 08:33 AM
Hi,
I will sell a fuzz effect pedal on Soviet ?403A germanium transistors. These transistors were developed in 1957 and were used in various...
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Today, 08:25 AM
Costa is a monster guitar player
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Today, 08:25 AM
I am the original poster. I like your proposed method and will try it. I have been writing out every thing that I transcribe and I think that has...
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Today, 08:24 AM
I try to focus on the things I have control over. I could spend my time telling other people they are in my opinion using a term correctly, or try...
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Today, 08:15 AM
Well, that’s a year gone by. The GB10 and Romeo are still here. The Gretsch is gone.
The GB10 is just right for me. Plays like a dream, sounds like...
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Today, 08:09 AM
I've heard that Steve Howe jazz record, or at least the first 10 seconds. But the only Yes I really like is "Owner of a Lonely Heart" with it's...
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Today, 08:04 AM
Ah yes. Well, I have always considered myself a champion of defenseless YouTubers.
But really it’s more that your own posts are riddled with kind...
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Today, 07:57 AM
I've been getting my bags and covers from StudioSlips since Susan started the business. They'll make you anything you want, which I assume means...
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Today, 07:34 AM
Christian -
Thanks for your measured reply. Sanity prevails, at least somewhat. And you appear to have a defender so the age of chivalry is still...
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Today, 07:26 AM
If you are okay with “fender” on the cover there is an inexpensive alternative available on Amazon for $25 that works very well.
Fender 65 Twin...
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Today, 06:32 AM
Then there's this :)
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Today, 04:54 AM
There’s also the issue of whether or not you are treating the diminished scale as a melodic scale or a source of harmonies.
Sent from my iPhone...
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Today, 04:47 AM
As I understand it, the main reason Barry advocated the dominant scale is people have more vocabulary to do with it. He was generally against people...
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Today, 04:46 AM
Is Eminence 820 worth ~ 110$ , or Celestion TF0818 for 65$ is still okey deal? Is price difference worth it in case for Eminence? Thanks for info and...
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Today, 04:35 AM
Ah, good point. But you have proven its not that difficult or complicated to get a good tone out of the thing. Even something like all tone knobs...
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Today, 04:17 AM
I had the jazzkat 8 for a longest time and ended up selling it to get a Fender Super Champ XD. I played through a fender princeton for the first time...
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Today, 02:41 AM
Coincidentally, I believe that Mr. Campellone still has a few sets of EP rims and backs in stock, and would be happy to make a 15" Florentine cutaway...
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Today, 01:34 AM
I’ve tried several 8” drivers in a small ported cabinet and my favorite was the Eminence Beta-8A.
https://eminence.com/products/beta_8a
I haven’t...
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Today, 12:41 AM
Caramba :-)
Which one the least?
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Today, 12:18 AM
Myself When I Am Real
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk71dhCz7wM
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Today, 12:00 AM
ah well. can't have that.
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Yesterday, 11:51 PM
That approach seems unnatural to me, i.e., referencing a scale that does not include the chord tones (root of the chord in this case) of the chord...
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Yesterday, 11:50 PM
57's seem to be the favorite. It does depend on the particular guitar though. They weren't great in the neck position of my Epi Lucille, but a...
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Yesterday, 11:49 PM
Thanks Jimmy, I have a padded one that came w an old Princeton Reverb w their logo on the front in big letters. Checking their website I believe they...
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Yesterday, 11:45 PM
Le Cover, check them out for variations. Padded or not, I like them and have had 5 or 6 covers from them.
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Yesterday, 11:39 PM
Basically it is playing the phrase over and over from the recording. Then I try to play the phrase on my guitar. I get the phrasing and rhythmic...
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Yesterday, 11:38 PM
I liked 4 the best.
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Yesterday, 11:21 PM
Let me be the fourth to mention 57's in a semi hollow. I've had them in two semis now. My favorite. I had the Seths and they just didn't match as...
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Yesterday, 11:20 PM
No point, I don't use them.
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Yesterday, 11:08 PM
This is not reverb, if you don’t give some better deal I say you should not post. No price listed in the ad here. I don’t care about the original i...
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Yesterday, 11:04 PM
Just have to have some vocabulary with them. That would help. Put in the time.
I don’t use them all that much, unless I have a longer stretch on a...
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Yesterday, 10:55 PM
It's the G I got wrong, should be F#:
A B C D Eb F F# G#/Ab
That's an A dim scale. I believe so, anyway. I can see why folks don't care for dim...
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Yesterday, 10:46 PM
Not my flavor but alright. Thats because that Abo7 is in there by way of the Bo7.
It’s almost like you would benefit from listening to other...
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Yesterday, 10:44 PM
My simple approach if you'll bear with me.
I've picked S'wonderful as an example in Eb major.
First and 2nd 8 start:
Eb % Edim7 % ...
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Yesterday, 10:41 PM
All I know is it sounded okay on the chord :-)
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Yesterday, 10:37 PM
It's a lie, they actually recorded it with the Manchester Mellotron Festival Orchestra.
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Yesterday, 10:33 PM
Goodness gracious.
No indeed.
You have two consecutive whole steps between Eb-F and F-G. So it’s not a symmetrical diminished scale.
For...
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Yesterday, 10:29 PM
You're the 2nd one on this thread to mention the Classic 57's for a semi-hollow. This sounds like the ticket.
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Yesterday, 10:25 PM
Right, never mind the writing it down. There's a clip there. No.4 over Abo is B C D Eb F G Ab. I played that.
What's that? As far as I know it's...
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Yesterday, 10:20 PM
The authors are anonymous, and the publisher (Hal Leonard) doesn't guarantee accuracy - which is actually rather weird.
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Yesterday, 10:17 PM
Man, I think you're arguing about a discussion you don't have a handle on.
Not correct. A harmonic minor over G#o7 is not an 8-note half-whole...
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