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Today, 04:54 PM
Ahhhh, fog is lifting...
Thank you for your time typing this up. Starting to make sense now.
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Today, 04:53 PM
Did you buy that Levin?
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Today, 04:52 PM
My favorite right now is my '35 L10.
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Today, 04:50 PM
I'm just going to address two of those: the Sand and the Novax.
Kirk Sand was one of the most respected small builders of all time. He pioneered...
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Today, 04:42 PM
Jazz guitar since the 1950s has been a primarily electric guitar venture.
The "alternative brands" you mention come in all different styles.
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Today, 04:31 PM
Which is to say:
You have no idea how “on topic” you are.
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Today, 04:30 PM
I guess I'd have to play one to appreciate or understand.
I was hoping to hear..."Gibson doesn't offer anything with Walnut back or, I like a...
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Today, 04:16 PM
Should we better say Chis Mirabella uses the same principle Artur Lang used already in the past? :smile-new:
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Today, 04:16 PM
If anyone gives you any of these guitars and you don't want them,i'll gladly take them off your hands especially the Elferink since there is a 3 ...
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Today, 04:14 PM
Oh baby you just opened a can.
Yeah I’ve been super interested in Arban’s for a while. I borrowed a copy from a friend and adapted a bunch of...
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Today, 04:09 PM
Those are all really highly regarded guitars you named there.
Gibson's not the be all end all. Nothing wrong with them mind you...but there are...
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Today, 04:08 PM
Like the 175, the real Jersey beefsteak tomato is another sweet classic that’s no longer readily available. As much as I hate sounding like my...
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Today, 04:07 PM
Squier Jaguar
Surf Green
Alnico Single-Coil
24 Inch Scale
Try playing sitting with a Jaguar, it's a great off-set body shape to play...
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Today, 03:59 PM
Different sound, different feel, different sizes, different prices. People that play are usually looking for inspiration, Gibson is only one avenue.
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Today, 03:50 PM
Tonight
29 May 2024
James Chirillo is this week's guest.
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Today, 03:46 PM
I think tele neck pickups have fatter cleans. Once you get some grit going, Strat neck pickups give you a lot more useable tone, whereas teles kind...
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Today, 03:46 PM
Sounds good! You certainly don't need my advice!
Sound is good. Time is good. Playing has plenty of melodicism. I like what you're doing!
But,...
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Today, 03:42 PM
Any other chord root tritone motion common enough to mention?
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Today, 03:42 PM
To me it sounds like a 2-step cadence (F Bb7) that doesn't resolve (to C, because that's the one resolution my ear is used to) but instead goes to a...
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Today, 03:41 PM
I don’t think this is accurate. Strats get a rap for being thin but that’s because of the out of phase in between positions. A strat neck pickup...
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Today, 03:40 PM
Many Lang guitars have these split soundholes.
Artur Lang trying one of his guitars.
Almost the same model except the cutaway.
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Today, 03:36 PM
A few shots from my visit to Birdland last week for Guitar Night.
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Today, 03:35 PM
From first couple pages of For Sale section here:
Novax
Frans Elferink
Seventy Seven Hawk Jazz Deep
LHT
Tom Painter
Moffra Mithra
Kirk Sand
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Today, 03:29 PM
Hmmm, that’s interesting. And yes, that’s surf green.
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Today, 03:26 PM
Can you give an example?
Some well respected archtop builders are not household names outside the jazz world...
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Today, 03:25 PM
A little off-topic from guitar technique: Clifford Brown is known to have studied the Arban method a lot which might explain some ornamentation...
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Today, 03:25 PM
The Player Plus Nashville Tele is worth a look.
Alder body, maple neck
12" radius fingerboard, pau ferro or maple available (vintage spec is...
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Today, 03:24 PM
You have a Koa JH?
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Today, 03:21 PM
I'm sure there are good reasons but, it's not obvious to me. Can someone shed some light on this for me?
I drop in on the For Sale section...
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Today, 03:20 PM
I'd say one of each :)
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Today, 03:19 PM
Good for you. How much? Tell her it's an investment. Which, it prolly is a good place to park your money.
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Today, 03:07 PM
Billy Strings isn't jazz though.
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Today, 03:05 PM
I love a strat, but if you are coming from archtops and gibsons, it's not the easiest to adjust to. I also love teles. I think teles are a little...
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Today, 03:04 PM
The Mickey Baker book made me the hack I am today, lol.
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Today, 03:03 PM
I love this guy.
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Today, 03:02 PM
Well, the first book provides sets of chords that have lots of color to them, but not necessarily the specific color or extensions a player would...
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Today, 03:00 PM
I went with the Reverend Pete Anderson Eastsider T guitar. I just liked the specs better than what I was seeing on the Fender Models. Fender makes...
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Today, 02:56 PM
Not exclusively. I thought you were asking a different question.
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Today, 02:56 PM
Yeah if you want the in between jangles and single coils then just get a strat.
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Today, 02:41 PM
Bill Kirchen put in the bolt inserts described above. He might actually have been the first person to do it and talk about it.
If you're doing...
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Today, 02:40 PM
I found it interesting that while Bruno scoffs at some kinds of terminology, he has no problem with naming the notes and chords he demonstrates, or...
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Today, 02:36 PM
No offense to Wes, but I have to think most of those are algorithm-generated playlists (e.g., "Relaxing Instrumental Jazz). I can't imagine the vast...
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Today, 02:33 PM
I Love Strats (and I have three of them) and have tried Teles (I could never bond with a Tele or a 335). I would suggest a MIM (made in Mexico)...
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Today, 02:24 PM
Sure is - after a patient 3 year wait!
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Today, 02:20 PM
Um, there's the trouble with early attempts that people get kinda more comfortable with one certain thing.
Most often starting from a certain beat,...
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Today, 02:17 PM
Scale length. I have an L-5 and like the 25 1/2" scale, so the same scale on a Tele was nice. YMMV.
If you prefer single coil pups, the "jumbo...
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Today, 02:16 PM
I like it
I will say only the textbooks are the records.
Listen carefully, steal and apply. Learn tunes. You’ll be fine.
Sent from my...
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Today, 02:11 PM
The best way to get out of diatonic playing is both transcribing or analyzing music for ideas; but also working out the raw material to be able to...
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Today, 02:10 PM
Does he use the “drop 2” / Mel Bay approach?
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Today, 02:02 PM
Ah yes i see what you mean. ?
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Today, 01:59 PM
Yeah, I doubt Julian's bolt technique is really worth it unless you fly with the Tele quite a bit.
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Today, 01:51 PM
update , the little Lekato amp
has gone back ….
it was too quiet on the clean setting
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Today, 01:50 PM
I'd get a Squier contemporary Jaguar.
2 Humbuckers
24 inch scale
Contemporary Jaguar(R) HH ST | Squier Electric Guitars
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Today, 01:49 PM
Tnx Rog, good point.
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Today, 01:42 PM
Baker, from what I remember, I haven't looked at that book in a long time, was another no-nonsense plug and play approach. He gives a bunch of riffs,...
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Today, 01:41 PM
I've had a Fender Strat and a Yamaha Strat copy.
There are lots of obvious differences. One that was less obvious was the fingerboard radius. ...
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Today, 01:38 PM
You play much better than me so I can't possibly be giving out any advice...
..having said so, I noticed("Exactly Like You") that while everything...
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Today, 01:37 PM
The solo guitar stuff is in Mikey Baker's second book.
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Today, 01:33 PM
Honestly not very. I could probably go around once more with different stuff but to keep going with on the spot stuff, no.
I think thats what im...
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Today, 01:33 PM
My first teacher, back in the 60's was a big band player from the 30s to the 50s. He called them "muted string chords". A and B strings were muted in...
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Today, 01:28 PM
All I can tell you is that, as primarily an archtop player these days, I frequently play my telecaster and only rarely my strat. Odd, because the...
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Today, 01:19 PM
Is the reason the Mickey Baker book doesn’t go into these chords because he’s only thinking of the guitar as an ensemble instrument?
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Today, 01:16 PM
I took it more that labeling things drop 2 and shell is academic and it's not useful to wade through on the bandstand. Personally, I don't see the...
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Today, 01:01 PM
Understood.
That '61 175N would be around 15k today :shocked:
$2.29 for what I'm assuming is a hot house tomato? Just don't put it in the fridge....
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Today, 12:59 PM
As much as I respect Bruno, I nearly stopped when he claimed that shell voicings aren't really chords and that those who promote them "never played a...
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Today, 12:58 PM
I am actually very familiar with all of the chords presented in that Mel Bay system.
Back in the late 60s, with the aid of a teacher, I literally...
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Today, 12:43 PM
No. Tele single coils sound fatter than Strat pickups. Strats have that scooped and thin but sweet thing going on. Think funk rhythm guitar.
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Today, 12:41 PM
Do the Tele and Strat neck pu’s sound similar? How about the bridge pu’s?
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Today, 12:36 PM
Absolutely sounds proficient. To many, that's the goal to just become proficient. You have that down already. It would be just where you want to go...
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Today, 12:34 PM
Definitely single coil. That’s sorta the point. Just to mess around with that sound. I have always used humbuckers and have a few of those. I do...
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Today, 12:30 PM
Ed Bickert and Jim Hall on Paul Desmond records too.
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Today, 12:28 PM
yes the cost of the ones I've seen are around 3k to 5k, that's what's kept me from buying one.
I used to have a Custom Shop Gibson Les Paul and I...
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Today, 12:22 PM
I'm afraid that's only half the battle, my friend. To me, "readily available" means affordable. If the cost of living had stayed the same and the...
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Today, 12:22 PM
A tele would give you the least culture shock assuming that you are coming from archtops and/or Gibson style guitars and pickups.
Strats and...
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Today, 12:14 PM
Yes, it will be very different. I'm going to stick with a few really beloved guitars and 2-3 amps. I know what I like to play, I know what people pay...
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Today, 12:14 PM
You sound good and seem at ease with the instrument.
One thing I noticed is you almost sound bored of your lines. You have practiced them a lot...
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Today, 12:06 PM
Keep doing what you're doing and you'll be fine. If you want space, pause for an uncomfortable amount of time and then start again, that probably...
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Today, 12:01 PM
Yeah, that was "eye catching". Also in black, for them Johnny Cash songs. This would have been a good guitar for Fender to try out a black Richlite...
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Today, 12:00 PM
I think it helps to learn the full chord and the inversions, and then play less notes. I made my own chart and learned them by rote memorization.
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Today, 11:59 AM
It looks like Walkin just got a few new JH models in stock. Same price as I paid for my Koa finish a couple months ago.
?1/26...
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Today, 11:58 AM
I havent learned his solos note for note but i listen to him a lot. Just on spotify. Not sure what albums etc but i tend to lean towards that old...
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Today, 11:54 AM
If you're planning on buying a squier I highly recommend either the John 5 Telecaster or the J. Mascis Jazzmaster. Both are really great guitars from...
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Today, 11:54 AM
AKA the "Christmas tree Tele" ! :-)
Doug
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Today, 11:51 AM
I just saw Fender has a SH Squier Tele:
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Today, 11:51 AM
I would think Herb's most popular takes are on Oscar Peterson records.
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Today, 11:48 AM
All the time!
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Today, 11:48 AM
For those curious the guitar is hollow laminate construction with some inner bracing based on Paul Bigsby’s guitar design. TK actually x rayed some...
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Today, 11:46 AM
Used always means try-before-you-buy to me. I'm biased but I would say Tele, for the simplicity.
Do you have a preference in pickup, single coil...
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Today, 11:42 AM
Your ear, hands, form, and technique are good.
Maybe look at your vocabulary widening some.
Best way to do that's playing tunes with others.
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Today, 11:34 AM
Never used a Fender before, itching to try one. Something cheap just to fool around with, maybe a used Squier. But which one?
Strat, Tele, Jag,...
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Today, 11:27 AM
Learn first how to use substitute changes for a basic 12 bar blues.
This will help you immensely! There are many tutorials on this as well.
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Today, 11:19 AM
Very interesting idea. My one thought is that bolts and tools (e.g., screwdrivers) might be confiscated at security in some places (unless checked). ...
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Today, 11:15 AM
+1
Hopefully they’ll make you feel the heat a little, but most places outside the very big markets (and lots of them there too) are super...
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Today, 11:13 AM
He definitely doesn’t go for that terminology.
Do you happen to use those chords a lot for your excellent solo guitar arrangements?
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Today, 11:09 AM
Ah cool. Gotcha.
The stock answer you’re going to get is probably transcribing. And that’s the stock answer because it’s a good one.
Youve got...
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Today, 11:06 AM
Thank you so much for this! This is exactly what I needed to hear. I'm off to the woodshed & promise I'll post some clips as soon as they're ready....
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Today, 10:47 AM
That Lemon burst R-9 looks pretty damn good. How does she sound for jazz?
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Today, 10:35 AM
Thanks for posting this link!
As others said, great sound/playing! The color pics of that guitar are amazing!
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Today, 10:28 AM
If you don't mind my asking could you tell us the price of the TK Smith guitar? What woods does he use?
Thanks
Doug
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Today, 10:21 AM
Yes thats what i struggle with the space and letting things breath. I record myself to listen but its good to hear what others think because...
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Today, 10:19 AM
No im improvising on both videos.
Im looking at the chord progression its in front of me but you cant see it.
That said, ive drilled these...
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Today, 10:16 AM
They may not be making them at the moment but there's so many out there I don’t think you'll have to look hard to find one anytime soon.
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Today, 10:08 AM
It was also probably the guitar most used by gigging musicians at all levels for several decades, until they were no longer readily available and...
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Today, 09:47 AM
Thanks, that is super interesting. I was dismissive when in fact I do respect "audio science" a lot. For me the interest started with frustrations...
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Today, 09:37 AM
You gotta get over this asap. When you go to a jam, you will biff a solo, get lost, miss the B in an AABA or think the last A is the first A of the...
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Today, 09:30 AM
beautiful guitar, congrats!
I have a couple SG's but I look forward to getting an ES-175 myself one day.
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Today, 09:29 AM
Congratulations on the guitar and your upcoming retirement. I hope unlike me you will have more time to play guitar! Enjoy it I am sure you have...
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Today, 09:24 AM
Downloaded, it will obviously take a few hours to listen to all of it. I appreciate your making this possible. Thank you.
I have the files in my...
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Today, 09:18 AM
Stringmann,
Here is the answer from Josh Kellmann:
"Regarding the guy interested in your 7 string Novax, I’ve no problem with him contacting me...
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Today, 09:18 AM
Where do you think you're getting stuck? I think you sound good!
The "Exactly Like You" clip is maybe a little notey...I don't think your solo...
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Today, 09:14 AM
True, still, allowing for all that, I'm still surprised to see Jim Hall so high up, and players like Barney Kessel and Pat Martino so low.
Many...
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Today, 09:13 AM
It sounds pretty good.
mind if I ask, are you improvising the solo sections? It looks like you’re reading. Just curious
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Today, 09:11 AM
I started working on Vol 3 recently and thought I'd share my progress as I go in case it is helpful to others. I'll stick with posting the duets and...
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Today, 09:05 AM
That Bruno video is gold for someone starting out...
I too learned the relationships between the most common chord types this way...string set...
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Today, 09:04 AM
Josh,
I will inform the guy interested in one of my other guitars that you are OK with him contacting you.
Thanks,
Tonnie
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Today, 09:01 AM
Ha! Well it wasn't always so, up until the 60's and 70's, the good people at places like EMI, Abbey Road, Trident or Olympic studios (all in the UK)...
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Today, 08:59 AM
There's a reason the 175 is possibly the most recorded "jazz" guitar in history.
Great catch!
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Today, 08:52 AM
Thanks. TK is very popular in the rockabilly scene, but I think his stuff is so versatile. I’ve never played rockabilly and probably never will. I...
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Today, 08:51 AM
It’s amazing how many guitarists I know are into fishing. I have been looking into volunteering to help out with the stocking program. Missed it...
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Today, 08:41 AM
I really like that two-color burst.
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Today, 08:38 AM
Hi guys, im new on the forum. I Really love jazz guitar but dont find it comes easily.
If you wouldnt mind i have put two clips of my playing on a...
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Today, 08:36 AM
You & the guitar both sound great! Gorgeous instrument!
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Today, 08:36 AM
Hi Tonnie,
I didn’t even bother trying the newtone strings. I replaced them with a set of Benson flatwound jazz strings (.014) & for the low A, a...
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Today, 08:28 AM
Me too exactly. Shriveled tomato lying on the dirt.
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Today, 08:28 AM
That sounds so much better IMHO than the usual clips of his guitars where the guys play with overdrive and slapback echo ...
But I also wonder to...
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Today, 08:00 AM
Jimmy Bruno just posted a video on those 6432 chords which he calls “Mel Bay chords.”
https://youtu.be/po2uR7WxRYM?si=PbX7zBxXcnHGgR-1
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Today, 07:47 AM
This is an old style, I'm guessing, meant specifically for rhythm guitar playing.
You could certainly play the whole chord...though over time...
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Today, 06:58 AM
Interesting, but oddly skewed stat. This is looking at jazz guitarists as solo artists which is pretty far from determining a “most heard” since the...
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Today, 06:57 AM
I purchased John's course this past weekend. So far I like it. For examples I have looked at he shows examples for both 6 string guitar and 7...
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Today, 06:49 AM
I was completely unaware the history of that gear was so well documented.
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Today, 06:36 AM
Is the Mel Bay Rhythm Chord system, formerly published as the Orchestral Chord system, used by many in practice? For the those not familiar with the...
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Today, 06:24 AM
I think concentrating on emulating analogue equipment with digital software, isn't the best use of software, it's very regressive thinking.
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Today, 06:20 AM
On Reddit, an American social network, can be found a group called r/jazzguitar. In a post to this group, a user known as CaseyMahoneyJCON has listed...
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Today, 06:15 AM
Excellent playing by both guitarists.
A lot of insightful information gained from Peter Bernstein's incredible experience is divulged.
A...
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Today, 06:13 AM
Agree that most people are clueless about these analog classics, strongly disagree that they were never "objectively tested". From the 40's onwards,...
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Today, 05:39 AM
It will of course depend on the guitar and the strings used. When fitting a new PU i usually try to balance the volume of the individual strings as...
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Today, 05:30 AM
Yes it's very suspect... most people are clueless in the first place about the analog gadgets those plugins are supposed to emulate. Which were...
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Today, 05:12 AM
^ Love that tune!
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Today, 04:35 AM
Bag's Groove is a good head to learn for a beginner... (and of course, there's a bunch of great solos from great musicians to transcribe here!)
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Today, 03:31 AM
Josh,
Nice to hear that you are happy with the Elferink guitar. According to the UPS tracking system you will receive the other two guitars...
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Today, 03:30 AM
Thank you for this - I'm still not feeling confident enough to go to a jam, but I feel I'm very close. Learning the heads of these tunes has been a...
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Today, 03:24 AM
thank you!
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Today, 03:02 AM
thanks for the JL tele pics man ,
rad ….
I’m gonna stay with the stock
woodscrews for now as i don’t fly with
the tele very often ….
the...
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