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Taylor and Lagrene stopped in at KNKX on their current US run:

Thanks, Chris! Still available.

I don't think that a speaker that has a huge peak between 2 and 3 kHz at almost 110 dB (far above average, not forgetting that 3 db differences means...

Yes, absolutely. Nothing worse than a 40W tube amp at volume level 1. Lifeless, anemic tone, better off plug in direct then. I play in a club...

Would you guys tell me where you get your materials? I have looked but can't find a supplier.

Just adding the video in question to the thread:

Si. The fan in the current model does not make any noticeable noise.

I can only answer you this way: It sounds better to my earsshreddin'shreddin'shreddin'

ciao, hanno risolto il problema ventola ? aggiornata ? grazie

At last some quality guitar stuff is cheaper here in EU. Thomann sells GB’s for 33€ and .013 Swings for 18,95€. (I don’t buy things from Thomann,...

The Fender tube amps were designed to be clean (their rated power in watts was determined at 5% distortion, which is very clean for music instrument...

It depends on what sound you want. Some people like that "just on the edge of break up" sound where there's a little hair on the notes that you pick...

This is true. It's probably about the operation of the tubes in the amplifier.

It seems to me that there is a certain amount of loudness that just sounds better in an awesome kind of way. There is something about this that...

I couldn't fit a regular thickness Kent Armstrong on my '44 L7. I finally decided on a Lollar Goldfoil. It fits and works great on this guitar.

Tube amps sound amazing right at the edge of breakup. They can sound good at lower volumes too, but there is magic in the "push."

It sounds like that, at your level of expertise, any amp would suit you just fine because you don't have the experience to know the difference and...

Thanks for that AK I am a fool I was trying to play Eo with a D note on top .... I should have been trying to play Ebo with a D note on top...

The best advice I can offer is to try them all out and get the one that sounds best to you. If that's not possible, then I will just expose my...

People generally like tube overdrive better than solid state overdrive. But that opinion is based on 1970’s solid state, I think things have improved...

Duke Ellington cameo in the Dick Van Dyke episode.

Looks complex and kinda fun..

do you mean? XX787 10

Silvertone 1471. It’s 95% a champ circuit.

FWIW I used to own a 92 ES-165 with the top mounted full sized humbucker and it featured a 50s Gibson profile neck.

Dayum, I’d love to hear Billy Strings or Kenny Vaughn go to town with that.

That patio is a knockout! Looks like something you’d find on a Maui beachfront property. Stationed at Pearl Harbor, I was there in 1975 during my...

Am I naive in thinking that since a brace is thankfully resting right below it that it is not a major structural big issue? I would get it sealed...

Swing 73: If you like the D'Addadario half rounds, Start there. I say this because you already like them, but in foresight, there are so many...

Spend a tad more and get the minty one from MauiBob.

It’s a typical D neck profile known by Eastman.

You can’t go wrong with Eminence Cannabis Rex. https://youtu.be/O_c1SemuDiQ?si=nP2s56ZjVa9ljNua

Only my 1972 Fender Twin Reverb gets that true Wes sound to my ears. treble: 5 mids: 4 bass: 2.5 reverb: 2.5

What is the neck profile like? B

Agreed. An instrument like this, as old as it is, as many owners and as many possible gauges of strings as an old guitar may have seen, puts a lot of...

I found a set of TI Benson flats to be very very similar to TI jazz swing flats .... So I go with the jazz flats now But that's just me

No what i meant was that 3 sets of Bensons would cost the same as 10 sets of Newtone at 15 percent off which to me is a great deal.From your...

I’m not a luthier, but I had a discussion with Mark Lacey one time about Gibsons and neck resets. He said in his opinion that it was extremely rare...

This pickup is my choice when it comes to tight clearance floating pickups. and I love the way they sound. If you've got a good sounding guitar,...

That doesn't look bad at all. Can you find out if it's been cleated? And if where this guitar is located? And this is a recent photo? The reason I...

Thanks for that. My mistake.. not flat wounds. Describe as "A Double wrap of Nickel Plated Steel over a Round core gives these strings a unique...

Excellent playing, arrangement, and recording quality!

Understandable, you're looking at it from a luthiers pov which isn't a bad thing, their usual mindset is how can I get this playing it's best,...

Thanks John, you’re a gentleman. I’ll have a look on YouTube, etc, I’m not even really certain how to access them haha. If I can get a good Blackface...

I agree with you wintermoon. I really don't know how unhealthy or actually unplayable the guitar is from those photos given. That suggestion is based...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9oESPSbz2E

I get it, it's a secret. Good luck, have a nice life.

I use Amplitube. I did this demo of a "jazz tone" with the Dual Rectifier and a tele. This is a bit bright for a traditional jazz tone but to each...

Does Newtone even make flatwound string?.I have their archtop strings but they are not flatwound and they do have very little squeak.They are more...

https://youtu.be/iu7sGEQnb2s?si=AxdPZQze2bYALHde

Thanks

Wow!

that's about as minor as they come and appears to not even extend past the crossbar, so maybe 10% off, if that imo many dealers would likely not...

It's not technical at all. The 65 is cleaner and brighter sounding than the 68. The 64 and the 65 sound the same same for all intents and purposes,...

Here are 2 photos :

I wouldn’t go any lighter. I consider 11s the bare minimum. Wound G, of course.

Further reading on the Princeton reverb people talk about it breaking up at volume 5 and higher. Will this be a problem for me? I got no idea how...

Yes she has.

No matter the sale, it always takes the right buyer whose ready to pull the trigger. I’m happy it went to a new forum member and it’s his first ever...

w/ all due respect to Jimmy a neck reset would be a last resort in my mind. if done correctly playability can be made optimal but down the road...

if you are interested in archtops go here Google Maps it’s not far.

I just signed back in after a long and regretful hiatus. Glad to be back!

Yup. Consider a neck reset. It's hard to tell what's really going on without the strings at tension. I can't see the action you're dealing with, I...

For those interested, have a conversation with the seller. You will learn alot more than reading text. Make a list of questions, then do a FaceTime...

if it's cracking then your explanation of it being constantly out of the case would explain only a minimal amount of corrosion but I'm kind of...

Has it been cleated? By a good luthier? Is the split open now? Has it been spliced? Before I go into whether I feel it's worth the purchase, these...

good, for a minute I thought that accident was messing up your judgement but I'm pretty sure the Mrs. would've probably put the kibosh on bikes anyway

Whoops, not on our bikes, just walking fast with walking poles. Satdy we went to a musical show I was supposed to play for. On he way home I...

The seller says the pickguard is starting to crack. To be fair, the gold plating on the pickups usually begins to wear off precisely there assuming...

the stock 65 would be my choice. the 64 custom sounds good but is pricey actually my real choice would be an original but they're way out of the...

Nope. That's my answer. Lovely tune indeed. I've been singing the English lyrics lately.

You guys got any idea which of the 64, 65 and 68 I should I get? Its too technical for me to understand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vjRdpyo5OM

while it sure looks like the guard is going I don't see the typical signs, discolored frets in that area, green corrosion on the edge of the pickup...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkQ_nQyV398

My understanding is that when you have a neck composed of so many pieces of wood, which may have different densities and/or moisture contents, they...

maybe about 10-20% depending on how nasty it is. headstock breaks and refins are usually the issues that reduce value significantly is it a center...

In the old days (roughly 1964-1981), all Princeton Reverbs (and most other amps, too) were hand built with components and wires soldered directly to...

you're already on a bike after just getting your head split open like a ripe watermelon?? bless you Woody!

Ordered flat wounds (edit: not flats.. Archtop series double wrap rounds) on Newtone website. Didn't do an exhaustive search but didn't find their...

I don't think anybody has answered one of the questions that you raised. Why are we playing CMaj7 as the I chord (bars 7 and 11) in the turnarounds...

So glad to see this is sold, I can't believe it took so long though. B.

The 65 has a Jensen C10R speaker and the traditional blackface circuit, the 68 Custom has a Celestion Ten 30 speaker and a "modified tone circuitry...

Less guitars = less strings. Been thinking about that a lot lately.

Thanks for listening to my morning exercise on nylon strings guitar.

I could be wrong but GnJ just seems to be selling off whatever they have left in stock.I know someone who wanted Newtone 11's but GnJ hasn't had...

Yes, there is still a bit to go. Truthfully, I like the strings virtually laying on the frets and that is where they are at the moment. I have a...

I see I can get the Princeton reverb in both 65 and 68 (and probably others) What is the difference?

Wes's sound came from how he played, not from the gear he used. If you literally want to sound like Wes, approaching that from a gear perspective is...

I have never tested the Jupiters but they get a lot of praise. Interesting that Your experience about early break up of WGS G12C/S. I play always...

I hope this post is visible. Thanks for listening.

You can do custom orders with Pyramid. I've had them make a few sets based on the hand-picked TI Spectrum combo I like on my Loar (basically to get...

The A7 is introduced as the V7 chord of Dmi7. Even though Chris simplifies bars 9 and 10 to just G7, the rhythm is Bar 9 Dmi7 and bar 10 G7. Now...

Guitars 'n Jazz here in NJ carries Newtone strings. In addition to the Newtone branded strings they also sell their own Guitars 'n Jazz branded...

Turns out I tried to call Kyro on a public holiday. But that doesn't explain why my e-mails bounced back. Anyway, thanks to Thomann's mediation,...

It appears the bridge is all the way down - is there room to lower the action further?

as mentioned a Princeton Reverb sounds like it'll fit the bill for your needs. most people use at least a little reverb but you can always leave the...

Run by Kent Armstrong's son, I believe.

Like the patio too, Bob! :smile-new:

I have one around here … somewhere … It’s ok. You can use it to make guitar-like noise. The only low-end modeler I ever actually liked was...

Well done for getting out there. It's sometimes not as easy as it looks. The good days can be great, the bad days not so but that's where the...

'Perhaps I'm slow - in fact it's very likely these days - but what exactly are you looking for re this tune? I don't quite get it.' Sorry,...

Not that this guitar needed it, but I think the air in Maui is like the fountain of youth to guitars. My Gibson Johnny Smith spent 4 years in...

The only tip I can really think of is that the presets tend to have extreme settings, and the pairings of amp & speaker are not always great. It's...

Reverb: Not sure, not good enough to find my own style. But 60s era Wes classical jazz tone is what I like. Money: Fender budget, here its like...

I tried an early version years ago and wasn't impressed.Maybe the newer version sounds better.You might want to look into a Spark Mini for a little...

Do you like your tone to be completely clean without even a hint of distortion, or do you like some amount of compression/distortion/warmth? Does...

Run the C major down to the third of A7, C# So (from the 7th) B A G F E D C# at least I assume that’s what he’s demonstrating I haven’t...

Noted! My mistake. What type of sub are we doing when we make a Cmaj7 into an A7? I don't think A7 is diatonic to Cmaj.

For a Charlie Christian swing era (late 1930s/early 1940s) tone, you definitely want roundwounds, not flatwounds. Flatwounds are typically for...

Only the JS112s are $26.59 at GC. JS110s, 111s, and 113s are now $34.95. I haven't a clue why the JS112s are "only" $26.59. Bensons (round or...

A7, not Amaj7 A C# E G