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Today, 01:25 PM
A new short video from Jordan Klemons on point:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HXzBcxa6emM&feature=youtu.be
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Today, 01:23 PM
A straight two beat from bass and guitar makes most bossas sound like polkas to me. The rhythm of the guitar comping is usually syncopated, like ...
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Today, 01:20 PM
Another monstrosity.... Obviously not made by Fender but the bidding price suggests that some people assume that it was:
Fender Telecaster Resonator...
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Today, 01:19 PM
Guild T-50 Slim
Had this for about 5 years.
Bridge has been replaced with a good quality ABM bell brass in nickel.
Pots replaced.
Magnets...
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Today, 01:16 PM
The I Ching is fun for such questions, the hexagrams can give you fascinating responses, "The perseverance of the superior man furthers." :dontknow:
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Today, 01:14 PM
Of course, no of course Guinga is not playing 1960s Bossa Nova. I meant it more in the sense that Guinga’s style is clearly building on the Brazilian...
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Today, 01:10 PM
It's anti-inflammatory and raises HDL. It's high in flavanols, and it tastes great. As the carnival hucksters used to say, it's good for the...
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Today, 01:05 PM
I've done a walk-through of this arrangement.
I will have to alter a few of the 5 note chords.
I'm 67 years old and the grips on beat 4 of bar...
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Today, 01:05 PM
To me "mediocre" may just mean not meeting the criteria I listed in my previous post.
Other than the change to Em7 in the Coda I mentioned, the...
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Today, 01:02 PM
a) we'd start calling you nevershouldhaveboughtit
b) just look at that silly label ;)
c) chocolate isn't addictive :cool:
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Today, 01:01 PM
thanks for listening! Glad you enjoyed.
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Today, 01:00 PM
. Yes, this is the Testadura model I’ve had for about 7 years.
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Today, 12:51 PM
Update: I went into Tone Studio this morning and grabbed screen shots of my Jazz patch for Katana MkII. I was mistaken and while I had previously...
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Today, 12:38 PM
I'd love to, but the band we're in together is a blues band. So I don't think we'll learn anything useful from recording the gigs we do together. ...
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Today, 12:30 PM
Great lesson! I just subscribed to your channel.
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Today, 12:28 PM
To the top
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Today, 11:51 AM
You should do a demo of it for jazz! Love to hear it.
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Today, 11:48 AM
I love seeing this repair/reconstruction stuff. If I wasn't already so old, I think I could really get into it. Fascinating documentation. Bravo,...
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Today, 11:29 AM
You guys who can hear the difference must have big ears
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Today, 11:29 AM
Steve,
Hey, with a Strat you can go from hard rock to country to jazz to Motown...pretty much any sound you want is possible. Though I was...
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Today, 11:17 AM
I've played few PRS guitars, and they are outstanding instruments, but I have always been a Les Paul player. Part of the reasoning is the...
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Today, 11:05 AM
I've been playing guitar for 61 years now...and all through those years, I played Les Pauls, Stratocasters, the occasional L6s but I never owned a...
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Today, 11:05 AM
SS on my carved Eastman sounds the same as the original nickel to me.
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Today, 11:04 AM
Tnx for all the compliments. I’d be open to working out a trade for a smaller carved archtop.
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Today, 10:58 AM
Wow, I didn’t know he built any archtops. Had to google for some info.
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Today, 10:57 AM
WD40 would probably be the obvious choice if spraying is to be done. The WD stands for Water Displacement. That's what it was originally intended...
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Today, 10:55 AM
Although my "Jazz"-manship is limited and most of my professional guitar playing is pretty much R&B, I have a love for jazz and the instruments the...
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Today, 10:47 AM
to everybody
I'll eventually see you guys in heaven
and hopefully I get a chance to do some serious cooking up there
but the messages to Joey
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Today, 10:46 AM
Great guitar...neck is like a baseball bat. Incredible sound
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Today, 10:36 AM
It’s not my guitar but would love to have it after it was raised from the dead. I would name it Lazarus. :smile-new:
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Today, 10:21 AM
Good to hear from you Mike !!
All the best from 90 miles north, and all parts in-between !
Dennis
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Today, 10:20 AM
Hi all, as the title suggests, I would be interested to buy or trade for a Bozo archtop. Maybe a long shot but I figure you gotta put it out there. ...
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Today, 10:11 AM
Hi Big Mike,
Your love for guitars is admirable. Your generosity knows no bounds. Keep on keeping on!
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Today, 09:46 AM
Yes, mine too now. I forgot links within the forum only have a short life.
Very simple, go to the search box at the top of the page and put in ...
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Today, 09:39 AM
Hey Joey
I have no beef man except in the burgers they sent me here and in my l Bolognese sauce
love you man
you take care of yourself buddy
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Today, 09:27 AM
I would not change a chord just because it was "awkward." that could be another word for "my skills need improvement" so I go ahead and try to master...
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Today, 09:06 AM
https://youtu.be/SeCrpo_vbT4
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Today, 08:20 AM
I published a video on my YouTube channel dedicated to the basic comping for the Blues in Bb.
I think it can be useful to those starting out with...
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Today, 08:02 AM
ok SHALL TRY. hEY LIKE I said you're very kind and I really appreciate you help. Anything I can do for you in the future let me know.Ed
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Today, 07:55 AM
Thanks. So it could be that the cheap Chinese guitar used greenwood and that made it Warp when the humidity went up? Thank you
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Today, 07:52 AM
Something I missed on first glance is that your guitar, if that is you playing of course, clearly states Gibson on the head stock, not an Ibanez. Is...
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Today, 07:48 AM
Here is part 2....
Still basic but incorporating some encircling. Part 3 will be very interesting. Will try to record it on Wednesday...
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Today, 07:38 AM
It does , that's why most good builders have a drying regimen. I learned the hard way in my early days, after 41 years at it I make sure mine is dry...
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Today, 07:28 AM
For me, I find that there are a bunch b9's in the dominants(not all) but don't wanna use any because it makes the comp a bit more..
crybaby-ish.
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Today, 07:26 AM
Exactly! I happen to be in final talks with its potential new owner, and his name actually starts with an “S,” too :smile-new:
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Today, 07:24 AM
Water can leak in but can only get out by evaporation which could take a very long time. I would open the amp up and dry it with tissues and a hair...
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Today, 07:13 AM
SS is harder on tools, and it takes more time & materials to both install & finish them. Standard cutters break. Cheap abrasive paper, files etc...
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Today, 07:07 AM
Looking good, Jeff!
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Today, 07:06 AM
We all have fashion, even if that fashion is anti-fashion. What you wear is a statement, even if the statement is that you're too busy with more...
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Today, 07:04 AM
I'd say the latter goes for any kind of music, and the former seems ... impossible.
That said, back when I was young and absorbing everything I...
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Today, 06:52 AM
LOL there's some truth there
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Today, 06:47 AM
I could hear it on my tele- it was just so subtle that it didn't matter. No EQ changes were required. Perhaps different guitars react differently to...
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Today, 05:59 AM
You folks arguing the toss with Henry would do well to read his bio before making even bigger fools of yourselves
Biography Timeline - Henry...
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Today, 05:38 AM
"A power chord is a chord in the same way that smooth jazz is jazz" -Mick Twain
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Today, 05:30 AM
I have both a SF Princeton Reverb and a SF Deluxe Reverb, but both have been modded a bit.
The Princeton is perfect for a grab and go to jam amp...
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Today, 05:15 AM
I've had a Zoller AZ48 pickup mounted on a pickguard with a vol, tone pot and jack socket for a floating pickup for many years, it's still in my ...
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Today, 05:13 AM
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing the song.
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Today, 04:52 AM
The new tune for this fortnight is When Sunny Gets Blue as selected by Mick-7 and decided by the roll of a dice.
This is the book that we are...
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Today, 04:21 AM
Yes, played acoustically, stainless steel frets sound very different, but when using a gig level loud amp, I don't hear any difference.
I've...
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Today, 03:20 AM
For me the Deluxe reverb is the best amp ever. Cuts any gig volume wise, and the best tone, not super clean but with that slight break up. ...
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Today, 02:49 AM
Thank you for your answers! I will buy a bridge made of wood.
To be honest, I'm also thinking about changing the pickups. I owned a Les Paul Custom...
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Today, 02:33 AM
I couldn't open the link, but what you describe sounds a bit like an approximation of a Banjo-approach, which totally makes sense in a setting like...
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Today, 02:32 AM
I will roll the dice after this mornings school run.
The Nearness of You 1, 3, 5
When Sunny Gets Blue 2, 4, 6
New thread coming soon...
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Today, 02:29 AM
Beautiful girls in bikinis, I'm all for that, but that hideous "mankini" thing is a definite no bueno.
I prefer a lady who looks good in a bikini...
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Today, 01:28 AM
Hope you find one. Love mine, and wish you the best in your search.
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Today, 12:26 AM
I agree with your sentiment, i.e., play it as written at first, you may learn something. I have been doing that, however, I will change chord...
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Today, 12:18 AM
I like that southern feel to it, unique. Nicely done sir.[/QUOTE
The Soul Man, thanks on nice words.
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Today, 12:13 AM
Isn't it strange that some of us can hear the difference between SS frets and NS frets and others cannot? I am not sure if our more sensitive hearing...
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Today, 12:12 AM
Thanks my Bratisto.
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Today, 12:10 AM
Ciari Guitars Pro-Play Folding Guitar
My new Ciari (P90 Solo) arrived last week. Best engineered guitar I've ever had. Now working on getting...
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Yesterday, 11:53 PM
I'm glad I found out on a $1k tele rather than a 175. Sorry you went through that. On the tele, i changed pickups and like the guitar but it's a...
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Yesterday, 11:52 PM
i had my tele refretted with SS frets and it made the guitar unusable (bright). Also, was charged a $100 up-charge for a fret-level because of SS
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Yesterday, 11:34 PM
I like that southern feel to it, unique. Nicely done sir.
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Yesterday, 11:16 PM
As others have pointed out there is no guaranteed way to protect your instrument aside from buying a seat, which I have done before when I brought my...
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Yesterday, 11:11 PM
Mike,
We don't know each other, but hanging around here for a few years, one gets some sense of some personalities, more than others. Your passion...
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Yesterday, 10:57 PM
Clearly a side gig as a stuntman for Borat has it's advantages, though I imagine there were certain standards needed to qualify. Did you work on...
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Yesterday, 10:47 PM
Hey, a different Ribbecke! Haven't heard this one for a while. Nice interpretation of an old warhorse, too!
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Yesterday, 10:09 PM
My partner in blues crime (we're the two guitars in the Philly Blues Kings) bought a 15W (6V6) 1x12 Choco Prince combo a few weeks ago "because it...
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Yesterday, 09:56 PM
I just returned from Japan (aka guitar shopping heaven) with a new archtop that had to be gate checked. The United employee at the baggage check-in...
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Yesterday, 09:48 PM
I had to look up TRC…
Funny!
Great playing. If I could play that well, I would probably just stop and call it a day. He has a great feel for...
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Yesterday, 09:45 PM
Great, analytical post.
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Yesterday, 09:32 PM
Keep feeling better Mike! You know we are all rooting for you. It's great to see you posting and seeing the love here for you. Hopefully it helps in...
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Yesterday, 09:32 PM
If one builder carefully dries their woods, say like Benedetto does, and another builder, say a maker of very cheap guitars in China, builds guitars...
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Yesterday, 09:31 PM
Oh, I see what you're talking about, to the right of the right dot -- that "S" shaped pattern which beckons to those of us with "S" in our names ......
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Yesterday, 09:29 PM
Guinga is an amazing guitarist and composer. He can play anything, but I don't think he often plays straight Bossa Nova. He is not a jazz player and...
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Yesterday, 09:26 PM
Even for the most highly skilled luck is always called-for.
Good luck Vin!
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Yesterday, 09:24 PM
Gibson used the Es-135 name for two
Completely different guitars: a full-depth archtop in the 50s and semi-hollow in the late ‘90s and early 2000’s....
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Yesterday, 09:09 PM
I'm a 50+ year bassist and I approve this message.
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Yesterday, 09:06 PM
I really liked the forward-motion of your arrangement, also those ascending bass lines are killer!
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Yesterday, 08:56 PM
No one knew before Trane.
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Yesterday, 08:54 PM
Nah, I just think it's a cool looking shirt, when Pat wears it, anyway. It looks great on him when he's jamming in concert, and his fans like it too....
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Yesterday, 08:37 PM
Why not? I just got back from the beach.
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Yesterday, 08:22 PM
I bet he didn't know what the triangle was supposed to mean :pride:
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Yesterday, 08:21 PM
Well, let me explain what I'm working on. With this big band stuff I'm trying to see a symbol and immediately grab the chord. Instead of grabbing...
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Yesterday, 08:14 PM
There's practicality and vanity too. The fashionistas say that horizontal stripes make you l look taller and slimmer, and vertical stripes can make...
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Yesterday, 07:22 PM
Well, it depends on the style. Nothing wrong m with working on strict voice leading. I did a lot of that!
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Yesterday, 07:21 PM
That was beautiful Mikey.
As far as I’m concerned, there was never a beef so there’s no reason for a grudge.
“Oh, it doesn't sound bad and if it...
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Yesterday, 07:13 PM
Thanks for that, interesting. Tbh I go with what feels natural, but the bass notes can jump out a bit sometimes.
I remember hearing Guinga...
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Yesterday, 06:53 PM
Mick Twain
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Yesterday, 06:44 PM
I love it! Really enjoyed your fills and ornamentations on the tune. I think the pick gives it a different feel as well from the finger style that...
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Yesterday, 06:42 PM
Ah yeah fair, so that's my Barry thing coming in, I basically ignore the II chord as just a suspension of V. But you can look on it as two separate...
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Yesterday, 06:38 PM
That's very nice. Listening and watching I realized I've handled a few of the chords more according to my own past experience and not according to...
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Yesterday, 06:38 PM
Cool, because horizontal is slang for "doing it, getting busy, makin' whoopee, knockin' boots," etc., etc.
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Yesterday, 06:32 PM
I wasn't actually proposing them for a vote. All of them are good, and all would transfer equally to other tunes.
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Yesterday, 06:31 PM
I have found the Princeton mic's very well. I can't hear much difference between the direct line side and the mic side of my recording. I also have a...
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Yesterday, 06:23 PM
:triumphant:
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Yesterday, 06:21 PM
LOL, there's probably a Mark Twain quote for that, something like, "He's an extremely talented man, unfortunately no one has been able to find a...
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Yesterday, 06:14 PM
Thank you.
I wish I had an actually useful skill.
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Yesterday, 06:06 PM
Very nice summation, Christian, you really are good at that sort of thing. :smile-new:
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Yesterday, 05:57 PM
Since you played with and learned some stuff from Danny Gatton (who I just discovered in the last few months), do you have any observations on that...
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Yesterday, 05:57 PM
You guys are goin to town with the pedantry.
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Yesterday, 05:56 PM
OK, so to be super specific.
a pitch class is defined as the set of all pitches a whole number of octaves apart. Alternatively put, it is an...
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Yesterday, 05:52 PM
"BTW, there's a clear b13 there too, in case you missed it."
Played over the IIm7b5 chord (b9th), not the V7 chord. This is, the b9th of the IIm7...
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Yesterday, 05:49 PM
Today's musings: playing the second string
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Yesterday, 05:41 PM
It sounds like he did to me. Many melodic devices, especially in the minor key, are reminiscent of Bach. They may have been semi quotes, for all I...
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Yesterday, 05:41 PM
Well I had like 4 days so I did my best without the book. I learned the basic structure from you guys's recordings and I inserted some BH. But it's...
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Yesterday, 05:37 PM
Is this based on Arnold's arrangement? - because you said you didn't have a copy of the book yet. I'll have to analyze it.
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Yesterday, 05:32 PM
When Sunny Gets Blue would be my choice, and I think it's one of the less difficult arrangements.
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Yesterday, 05:32 PM
Oops. Jinx.
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Yesterday, 05:31 PM
I’ve also read numerous times (accurate, I’m not sure) that Bird played and listened to a good bit of Bach, in which case those pitches in a minor...
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Yesterday, 05:26 PM
Ibanez makes wood bridges for similar sized bodies (GB models) (quite costly).
I tried Göldo HW155 which did not fit my guitar very well (less...
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Yesterday, 05:26 PM
Potayto potahto? BTW, there's a clear b13 there too, in case you missed it.
Sounds legit!
In seriousness that's a profound point about...
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Yesterday, 05:22 PM
I'd like to try The Nearness of You.
I've never played it, and the key is different than the first two tunes.
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Yesterday, 05:18 PM
Yes the midnights do sound quite different And I prefer them in general. The only thing I like more about the L series is that they are more...
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Yesterday, 05:13 PM
Looks like the new 535s have a larger cutaway more similar to the gibson....
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Yesterday, 05:12 PM
Yeah these are useful points. I usually tell students that theory is not the knowledge in the books, but it is the Dewey decimal system.
Maybe...
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Yesterday, 05:11 PM
^ All beautiful tunes.
Alright guys, since I didn't have much time to internalize the tune I did a rubato version for you. I'm best at melody but...
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Yesterday, 05:07 PM
It probably won't hurt to obtain access to the PCB that holds those top knobs and blow some contact spray into the pots and any other switch that...
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