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Today, 06:18 PM
I retrieved my vintage Gibson that I loaned to a friend for several years in Minnesota. While I visited there last summer, I packed it in the...
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Today, 06:17 PM
In a word, "no". The suggestions offered thus far all depend on airline employees breaking or bending the rules. Currently, the carry-on size limit...
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Today, 06:16 PM
It is a 17” I’m driving to pick it up!
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Today, 06:09 PM
So here it is a special thanks to Big Mike.
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Today, 06:09 PM
I had loaned out a copy of a Gruhn book, got it back, and it confirms my internet browsing conclusions.
'Trapezoid' inlays & neck binding were...
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Today, 05:58 PM
As a general rule of thumb composers have become more strict in writing down what they wanted rather than expecting performers to share the same...
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Today, 05:41 PM
I was just being tongue in cheek.
Still — Christian would know more about this, but conventions generally spring up for a purpose and figured...
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Today, 05:32 PM
Convention you mean? Can't see I've seen many of his autographs but use of figured notation had been out of vogue in classical music for some time...
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Today, 05:27 PM
In monk transcriptions, you’ll often see an instruction at the beginning like “symbols are for solos only, during head Monk plays open fifths in left...
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Today, 05:26 PM
Yeah — I mean, they are different. In practice a quartal will be what a guitarist plays for a 7sus chord, but as you mention about the fifth, they...
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Today, 05:25 PM
Cabin crew can usually find a safe spot in their own quarters (or who knows, in a toilet that's out of commision). Maybe discuss this with the cabin...
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Today, 05:24 PM
Amen, Brother Vinny!
And thank you for that! I know you're one of the true believers!
When I pick up that guitar I feel pretty blessed!
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Today, 05:15 PM
It does look like something one has to warm up to. I don't know where the name "Florentine" comes from, but this design looks too ... eroded to still...
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Today, 05:14 PM
Why would this not be Csus? Is it important to omit the 5th?
As I've railed in the past, chord symbols are shorthand that relies on convention. They...
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Today, 05:06 PM
Thanks for the info!
Sorry to ask, but... is there a difference between the "back" and the "back plate" or are they two names for the same thing?
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Today, 04:58 PM
Buying a seat is absolutely the best approach, if you can do so.
See this JGO thread from 5 years ago for lots of good advice. The thread is...
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Today, 04:57 PM
Don't really like the cutaway, on an otherwise beautiful guitar.
I have an almost phobia about that kind of cutaway, or a flat shoulder on a...
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Today, 04:51 PM
Upgrade to early boarding, talk to the person at the desk and cross your fingers. It's also got to fit in the overhead, so if it's a 17" archtop,...
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Today, 04:48 PM
Mickey is the kind of guy who would steal your girlfriend in 5 minutes flat.
I wouldn't let a girl of mine anywhere near the little bastard.
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Today, 04:47 PM
Naturally, I thought, oh my god, he took over all our instruments. At least he doesn't play guitar.
Oops...
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Today, 04:42 PM
Was it? Hard to tell. The sound is a bit out of sync with the video.
He certainly looks to be playing all the right drums and cymbal, and of...
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Today, 04:39 PM
Variation 1 - Chick Corea / Herbie Hancock style arpeggios based on diatonic diminished scale
This is a variation of the original lesson.
This...
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Today, 04:36 PM
Sometimes this places feels so much like Instagram with a lot more text... :numbness:
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Today, 04:24 PM
Can I get an AMEM ! I know good preaching when I hear it. :smile-new:
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Today, 04:13 PM
Well, I just got it and brought into the house a great guitar I will give and update in a bit. Someone should buy the American Eagle for sale quite a...
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Today, 04:07 PM
Seems not a crack in the spruce top but just finished damage, right? Also, I just got back from a road trip to the shop. I played the 17 blond...
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Today, 03:54 PM
Wooden bridge, flats, soft picking.
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Today, 03:49 PM
my Amplified Nation amp has been repaired by then and is on its way back to me, but won't be here till next Wednesday.
Tim Miller describes on the...
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Today, 03:46 PM
I’m going to pick up a new (to me) guitar. Is there any way to insure that there will be room in the overhead or that they will allow me to carry it...
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Today, 03:46 PM
The Breton Stripe :
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Today, 03:37 PM
Well, that's annoying now that I hear it... It's like strumming a comb. I never noticed I was doing that. Thanks for pointing it out.
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Today, 03:33 PM
For no real reason I listened to the first ELP album yesterday. I was a HUGE ELP fan in high school--wore out all their albums, though I never saw...
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Today, 03:30 PM
Something you may want to consider is not making contact with your right hand on the strings every time your hand comes up. From about 45 secs on...
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Today, 03:24 PM
Thx a lot! I started shedding jazz blues all the time in 2021. It was giving me a fit with the phrasing of the 1,4,5 chords but then the quick...
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Today, 03:20 PM
I can say that my Campellone Special is the finest guitar that I have ever owned! Anyone on the fence for a good deal on one, don't hesitate when the...
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Today, 03:09 PM
...and then the eighties came along...
My favourite pop songs of the eighties (jazz chords in there) :smile-new:
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Today, 03:03 PM
I don't know if you'd call that a Florentine blonde but fortunately it's not a Venetian one :cool:
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Today, 03:01 PM
have you done any clean clips with it? I was wondering if it could get a good clean sound.
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Today, 02:56 PM
Improvisation can also be a process of distillation - sometime unknowingly. If you play the same tunes night after night on a tour, this does tend to...
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Today, 02:45 PM
I think composition was the real strength of these groups.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3NUBlm5GvQ
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Today, 02:43 PM
The Wes Mongomery in Paris live recordings made in 1965, where his playing was very similar to the studio versions, is another example of this.
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Today, 02:43 PM
Wouldn't most people assume that that's a superfluous notation for playing a regular triad, i.e. wouldn't you want to make it clear that the third is...
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Today, 02:39 PM
Yes
The Zach Meyers can hold its own with any of my expensive guitars. I have liked everything with the PRS 24.594 scale length that I've tried....
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Today, 02:37 PM
Yeah, I'm sure everyone's noticed the top crack on the 18" Special - obviously, someone shipped it with the pickguard in place and the volume pot...
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Today, 02:34 PM
Hi Jack,
Purple is one of those colors either love it don't like it at all.
I'm one of those people who love it and I guess you are on the...
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Today, 02:34 PM
great actor yes, but that was a mimed video
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Today, 02:20 PM
Tablature and chord grids mofos
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Today, 02:20 PM
This was my favourite from that same album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoyCeFgxte8
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Today, 02:13 PM
There's the real truth of it.
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Today, 02:09 PM
Hi jumapari,
Same answer than mickmac and pingu, I play an AG95 and I installed a wooden bridge and TI flatwound strings.
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Today, 02:00 PM
I think Hatfield and The North's influence on some modern group jazz can be heard as clear as day. Phil Miller was a fantastic musician and composer....
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Today, 01:52 PM
Christian Miller?
Paging Christian miller.
Christian Miller, please report to the thread for an unsolicited lecture on modern use cases for...
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Today, 01:45 PM
I've picked up a lot of useful concepts from learning about engineering and woodworking. Great craftsmen will show you their successes, not their...
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Today, 01:11 PM
I could be wrong but the 610 with a pickup is $2.400.They are great guitars.GLWTS.
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Today, 01:08 PM
Each of us has a zone within which mistakes don't happen, but beyond which mistakes may happen. The whole idea of practice and rehearsal is working...
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Today, 01:05 PM
That's probably right. If you're arranging you can write the specific voicing on the bar.
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Today, 01:04 PM
Rob, I'm looking forward to hearing your playing and your fine brogue again soon. As we say over here, I'll light a candle for you.
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Today, 12:51 PM
:rolleyes: I think too many people hear with their preconceived notions or "stuff they've read on forums" than with their ears...
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Today, 12:48 PM
I had a question I thought you might be able to help me with since the information you provided in the past was so helpful. My Tri-Sound selector...
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Today, 12:38 PM
Even on YouTube they don’t sound very good
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Today, 12:28 PM
That’s a $2400 plus instrument in today’s market for anyone interested. I owned a 610 a year ago and they’re everything I’d ever wanted in an...
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Today, 12:25 PM
do you know the difference between this and the 800? I had an 800 that i loved. If they are basically the same guitar, i'm interested...
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Today, 12:16 PM
I guess he does not want to play Debussy but use Debussy voicings in a jazz context.
The Influence of Claude Debussy's and Maurice Ravel's Music...
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Today, 12:08 PM
Probably not man, if you're playing Debussy you should know how to read.
C5 works because power chords are so common with guitar, but non...
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Today, 12:07 PM
oh man, if it was any other color I'd be on it!
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Today, 12:02 PM
unless you’re extremely layed back
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Today, 11:59 AM
yes a wooden saddle
(rosewood is a rounder sound than
ebony which is a rounder than a tune o
matic metal saddle setup)
next step is flatwound...
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Today, 11:58 AM
https://youtu.be/Ml6S2yiuSWE?si=ALh_VDzjqXVRqSs-
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Today, 11:53 AM
Far south side, Mt. Greenwood neighborhood. Almost the burbs but a city address for work, I teach in Roseland. Grew up in Brighton Park, so all...
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Today, 11:46 AM
So, is there a chord symbol for a 4th "chord"? - C4 (C-F) rather than C5 (C-G), I'm thinking of Debussy's chord = C-C(8va)-F
Maybe C4/C ? -...
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Today, 11:38 AM
Another good listen for Prog lovers (imo).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54kRcfVFxvw&t=10s
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Today, 11:37 AM
There's this website
Freddie Green Style: Transcriptions
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Today, 11:35 AM
Are transcriptions of Freddie Green or other good rhythm guitar players accompaniment available? It would certainly help us understand what they're...
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Today, 11:35 AM
Someone, somewhere in some early page of this thread, mentioned American Minimalism.
Check out this song: min. 2:10 - 2:40. Sounds to me like Steve...
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Today, 11:34 AM
Thanx for posting.
Ukrainian Village? Logan Square?
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Today, 11:32 AM
And you've never felt that way before, right? ;)
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Today, 11:21 AM
Im going to play each one in twelve keys. So I’ll be back around to see shortly
and yes. Definitely anyone can post clips there. That would be...
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Today, 11:19 AM
That wasn't a dig, it's a perfectly fine archeological thread on Gershwin's changes. CharlieParker wants to post clips and get feedback and I think...
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Today, 11:18 AM
Was posting listening as of late, but YouTube links were wonky, try again later...
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Today, 11:17 AM
Anyone remember this album? I got it as it came out back in the day...
I love their composing and playing (especially from min. 5:44).
...
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Today, 11:14 AM
Be patient, my man. I’m on Db in my first pass through. A few more days and I’ll throw something up there.
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Today, 11:13 AM
Summer of Rhythm … Changes?
There's this thread, but nobody is posting themselves playing... yet. I'll help you hijack it from the theory heads...
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Today, 11:12 AM
Iput a ebony bridge saddle on my AG95 ... It made ahuge improvement,Solving a similar prob lem . mickmac
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Today, 11:06 AM
I'm not sure this can be considered the urtext for the song? Seems like it's own separate instrumental feature. Cool though.
I love the film you...
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Today, 11:02 AM
Just play a Db in bar 6, bruv.
It'll be fine.
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Today, 10:57 AM
i got a refret done on an oldhofner president
archtop
it came back with ss frets (i didn’t ask
for them)
I thought well ok let’s try them
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Today, 10:36 AM
Boy, this reminds me of the brilliance of Mickey. This has been said before but i'll say it again.. There is nothing he couldn't do.
What an...
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Today, 10:33 AM
Lady of the Evening, that's a good one. Paul, The EarRegulars stuff is all great too.
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Today, 10:25 AM
Vinny:
These post make me want to order a guitar I don't need..........
but want none the less!
Greg
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Today, 10:16 AM
Mellowtonin musings.
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Today, 10:16 AM
Birthday suits :smile-new:
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Today, 10:13 AM
All the best Rob ... wishing you a full recovery from this deeply unpleasant sounding illness.
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Today, 10:08 AM
Wow! Great lines and voicings. You know your way around this one.
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Today, 10:03 AM
Common in the second pass through I Should Care, though in that case works as part of a back cycle too.
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Today, 10:01 AM
I dunno we've had some on here. Also I think Mark Levine's Analysis of Just Friends (from the Jazz Piano Book IIRC) which is like this. Maybe that's...
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Today, 09:56 AM
Aha my favourite sub
Usually it's used as a sub for the first I chord in a ABAC tune, often on the second repeat. For example IIRC Ted Greene uses...
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Today, 09:40 AM
I thought I'd heard somewhere at one point he'd stumbled upon changing from an ebony clothespin to a pine one, but still keeping the stainless steel...
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Today, 09:33 AM
That bands great.
I hear you stay at Eb7 and don't have the weird RB F7 turnaround. I should drop that, I don't think I hear it on the Ellington...
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Today, 09:16 AM
yeah I fancy one of those ….
(scale length , fingerboard radius ,
semi hollow , nice looking , wraparound
bridge)
can you get a nice clean warm...
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Today, 08:55 AM
The tricky thing is that G is not tonic here. The whole tune is more like a bluesy modal harmony though it involves typical function ii - Vs (I think...
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Today, 08:54 AM
Possibly the easiest way to check for sound differences not due to fretbuzz or other artefacts: get a ZeroGlide nut with the upgrade SS 0-fret set....
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Today, 08:35 AM
I ordered my Raines Tele 7 with SS frets and have had it for a few years. The main problem with SS is that it requires different tools and...
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Today, 08:02 AM
I hear a bit of Sing Sing Sing in the beginning as well. :cool:
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Today, 07:26 AM
This is it exactly. When I had my #1 tele refretted a 2nd time, I went with SS because I love this neck, and didn't want to have to refret it again...
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Today, 07:13 AM
In her tune "Mother of the Dead Man" Carla Bley uses the #ivm7b5 IM7 move in both directions.
at bar 5 it goes Gmaj7#11/B to C#m7b5
and then...
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Today, 06:59 AM
Great job Paul. arrangement too sounds awesome.
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Today, 06:18 AM
the only drawback is that they’re very difficult to work with from the installer’s standpoint
some people say they are too bright sounding, but I...
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Today, 06:12 AM
Actually, after posting the images, I noticed a broken solder point, so I‘ll try fixing it and hope this is the problem :smile-new:
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Today, 05:44 AM
or maybe not dumb enough. like most folks you seem to overthink the matter. i'll go out on a limb and say you're an adult. so you'll most likely not...
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Today, 05:26 AM
I would not be too structural... it is music.
Structural approach is important with the basics (like you have to play basic chord shapes, or basic...
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Today, 05:05 AM
Hi, great thread about a great amp! I own 2 G100. 212 II and a mark III. Now the input Jack on the mark III is failing.
Does anyone know where I...
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Today, 05:03 AM
Learn tune
Steal lines
Make those lines your own
Repeat
Die
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Today, 05:00 AM
I just had my Mensinger guitar re-fretted with stainless steel frets, changed a mediocre guitar to a very good one.
They never wear, no more...
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Today, 04:55 AM
Totally depends on the guitar. Both are lovely.
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Today, 04:39 AM
5
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Today, 04:06 AM
In this case, it means that the back is carved from solid wood as opposed to being pressed from laminated wood. It is pretty standard for the carved...
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Today, 02:48 AM
Lydian tonic.
In G major
C# (#11), B (3), E (13), G (root).
If it sounds as a tonic or not depends on the context and chord position,...
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Today, 02:40 AM
Mellotone is one of my favorites
I've posted this one before in another thread, but here's an older clip of me playing that tune with a terriffic...
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Today, 02:31 AM
The sound of course!
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Today, 02:14 AM
Thanks very much and I agree about the headless guitars. It's hard to get older players to try it.
I've had the Alan Holdsworth model as well....
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Today, 01:28 AM
FWIW to other readers, and probably a given fact not requiring repetition, but these are wonderful instruments. Playability, tone, aesthetics,...
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Today, 01:07 AM
I don't understand the "solid wood back" notation. I am far from an expert, but this looks like a two-piece back to me. Am I misunderstanding...
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Today, 12:54 AM
I've always seen them notated as (no 3rd).
For example, C (no 3rd).
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Today, 12:20 AM
In A Mellow Tone Rhythm Guitar
https://youtu.be/X6i6YCCfQ_U
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Today, 12:09 AM
That is exactly what the very nice young lady at Butler Music told me, and the very next day I spoke to the owner and got a very different story. I...
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Today, 12:04 AM
It’s hard to get people to try headless guitars,especially older players. But since I switched to Kiesel Alan Holdsworth headless model,I have a hard...
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Yesterday, 11:42 PM
Good thing you took those requests for c jam blues….
https://youtu.be/UMmTED8oc20
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Yesterday, 11:23 PM
Went back to listen to Munisteri again...
Playing a lot of drop3 stuff, like I've been mostly doing. Not much in the way of reharmonization, some...
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Yesterday, 11:14 PM
That's what I'm saying...it's not really a sub or a reharm...just doing what I can to have pleasant movement on the 4th string.
As for what Flory...
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Yesterday, 11:11 PM
I owned the exact same guitar 30 years ago. It was a terrific guitar and one that I have a lot of fond memories of. I have no idea how many they...
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Yesterday, 11:07 PM
What an incredible recording in that space.
I've also seen them with Josh Dunn. Look him up on you tube.
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Yesterday, 11:00 PM
Hey, Ray Charles stole that bass-line for Hit the Road, Jack! :numbness:
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Yesterday, 10:56 PM
It's a gypsy jazz guitar with Argentine steel strings. I just always play this guitar, it would sound better on something else probably. I'm just...
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Yesterday, 10:52 PM
Nylon string guitar? I've never seen a pick-up like that before but I'm not a gear person so for all I know, it may be commonplace.
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Yesterday, 10:48 PM
I haven't quite figured out the Zoom recorder settings, it's plugged directly into the amp (headphone jack). I tripped over the 7#9 chord but...
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