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Today, 07:03 PM
That video where she explains the superlocrian and the lydian dominant is absolutely essential. Not sure she uses those actual terms, but she...
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Today, 07:00 PM
Yeah. Well I have absolutely zero vocabulary. At least not in the traditional sense of the word. My improv is, or tries to be, heat of the moment...
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Today, 06:58 PM
Where I live L5's are almost mythical. 'I've heard of 'em, I just ain't actually seen one...'. However, I am very grateful for the fact that the...
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Today, 06:53 PM
I had an Evans 200w 12" in beautiful forest green. Was awesome, nevershouldhavesoldit.
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Today, 06:39 PM
They are sort of the same thing if you always play diminished scale.
But that’s obviously not how diminished chords or V7b9’s came about...
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Today, 06:38 PM
Thanks @andyv for sharing your playing an to everyone that’s shared clips a stories about Emily really cheered me up :) find what Emily left for us...
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Today, 06:33 PM
Well i guess an interesting question would be ….
why do you consider C7b9, Eb7b9, Gb7b9, and A7b9 to be the same thing?
They are objectively...
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Today, 06:25 PM
Like "la concha de tu puta madre, carajo, huevón"?
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Today, 06:23 PM
As I say it may be hard to appreciate why if you haven’t worked with it a bit. (Maybe the video is flawed from that perspective, but that’s the...
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Today, 06:22 PM
I do like that idea. Rather than transpose the concert chart to suit the alto, make everyone else in the band transpose their charts. Whose band is...
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Today, 06:09 PM
i wonder why my vid didn't show up
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Today, 05:48 PM
"Nick Gravenites, Mainstay of the San Francisco Rock Scene, Dies at 85
"A blues devotee from Chicago, he tasted fame in the late 1960s with the...
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Today, 05:38 PM
They are BH 6th dim moves that were dubbed "monk moves" by the BH guitar book author. Great for short rhythmic comping at high tempos.
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Today, 05:35 PM
I don't see why relating it to the dominant scale versus other scales is any less likely to lead to playing scale-like lines - but I don't use...
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Today, 05:33 PM
No one has yet to mention a Zoot Suit:
shreddin'
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Today, 05:32 PM
I have to write out solos perfectly in some of my big band arrangements, because sometimes I'll take a small group tune and expand it to 17 piece...
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Today, 05:30 PM
Well it’s a paradox isn’t it? Improvisation in jazz is not quite the impulse to play anything you want in the moment, or rather that impulse is...
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Today, 05:29 PM
Clapton recorded his version of Autumn Leaves years after the original Real Book came out. His version is in Bm by the way, whereas the tune appears...
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Today, 05:24 PM
This was not even a FUGLY lady. More like a guy with sasquatch type hairy legs. (No Squatch allowed!)
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Today, 05:14 PM
By that do you mean if you can do Monk moves fast, you can do BH moves fast? And what do you mean by 'Monk moves'?
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Today, 05:09 PM
Nope, not according to what I always read and just saw confirmed:
Martin Monel strings have a tin-plated hex core with a nickel and copper alloy...
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Today, 05:08 PM
https://youtu.be/mQBwkA-HVUQ
also good for warm up. going from slow to fast. I improvise phrases like these ones. Nice phrasing .
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Today, 04:49 PM
Just saw this; FYI; no affiliation:
1991 Gibson ES-175 Electric Guitar #92761453 - Used (soundpure.com)
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Today, 04:43 PM
ES-175 + $$$$ in the bank.
You will likely always be able to get your cash back out of it if you ever need to; maybe more~
Find one in good shape....
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Today, 04:30 PM
+1 :amen:
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Today, 04:28 PM
I had a vanguard for a few years - it looked amazing and played great too.
good luck
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Today, 04:25 PM
The better question is what guitar gets you closer to an L5?
In the hands of Rich Severson any guitar sounds great, despite the overwhelming...
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Today, 04:21 PM
I am always slack-jawed by the cleanliness of Mark's builds. He's a Special guy, and I mean that in the BEST POSSIBLE WAY!
;)
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Today, 04:21 PM
It looks to be the model number nomenclature, you can call Kent and ask him (802-843-1065)
Cheers,
Arnie...
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Today, 03:49 PM
I’ve been reading the OG real book a lot for practice lately, and enjoy a lot of the really weird inclusions. I think sixth edition loses a lot of...
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Today, 03:40 PM
It’s almost like it’s not actually ‘theory’ at all, but practical information for making music
Yeah to give a simple example, if you run the...
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Today, 03:37 PM
You can use the "monk moves" at pretty fast tempos
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Today, 03:27 PM
Yeah I think there’s maybe a fundamental misconception about the theory stuff in the first place. Which is to say that—properly used—theory is always...
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Today, 03:26 PM
He's rocking the pure homburg with the pencil roll brim and ribbon around it's edge. I have one of those also but I like the brim flat, not curved up...
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Today, 03:25 PM
Actually the thing that is surprising to me is most of the time the dim chords are spelled helpfully in charts to make this work.
So, we can go ...
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Today, 03:24 PM
I don't understand; is the gold hardware unique to this guitar?
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Today, 03:17 PM
Hello. Here are a few clips you may enjoy.
https://youtu.be/Qxm2OXSrLEU?si=5w9fEsEUCg6NnTT6
https://youtu.be/iy_NE7iRMpg?si=1UGx8cHsR2sBOVUC
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Today, 03:17 PM
all the gold hardware, they must be fancy!! Better put my suit on!! :triumphant::triumphant:
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Today, 03:15 PM
How does calling a harmonic minor scale a Dominant scale with raised root instead inhibit you from getting stuck in it?!
Because if you play the...
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Today, 03:13 PM
yea let’s start going down this road :victorious::smile-new:
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Today, 03:13 PM
It becomes a dominant 7b9 which is still a dominant to me (and to Joe Pass, if I recall one of his videos correctly.)
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Today, 03:10 PM
What tempos you guys reckon to use 6th/dim for? I'm thinking for sure obviously ballads, and I'm thinking apply it to medium but thin it out a bit as...
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Today, 03:00 PM
And the judges come back with a 9.6 on that mental backflip.
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Today, 02:57 PM
I know, that struck me too, but there's no contradiction. I'm not really 'playing a dominant', it's just a handy mental aide to make it fit.
The...
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Today, 02:57 PM
Hello. Happy New Vintage Duolian Day. Nice score at a good price. Lovely instrument. Vintage Duolians certainly do “bark” loudly in a cool way.
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Today, 02:57 PM
In the lead right now is a heritage standard eagle
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Today, 02:53 PM
I enjoy dressing well for a gig. I cut the brass buttons off the right side of my blazer sleeve years ago for obvious reasons.
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Today, 02:48 PM
Later today, I am helping a student prepare for an audition for a state high school music competition. He is trying for a spot in the jazz combo....
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Today, 02:48 PM
Haha nice, that's a hip hat for a hip cat!
Reminded me immediately of this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWRCooFKk3c
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Today, 02:44 PM
His fingerings vary somewhat according to what he's playing, but as he said, he relates them to chord forms, a la the CAGED chord forms he...
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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, 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, 01:07 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, 11:52 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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