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I have put together a Warmoth Tele 3 years ago (my second one, the first was made in '93) and decided on 2 TV Jones Filtertron pickups. The body is...

Mary can play whatever she wants to and I will play whatever I want to. I'm 60. I work out. I can schlepp around a Fender Twin Reverb and it doesn't...

about 20 yrs ago a friend brought over a beautiful blonde '53 L-5 w/Alnicos that I was considering buying. but after playing it I just couldn't warm...

24 frets or not - it has a good tone to me.

Your phone isn't showing most of the page. I suspect you have to tap on the > for each listing, but I don't know. If you use a real browser you can...

Barry says there is no such thing as the bebop scale: TILF Barry Harris EP54 There is no such thing as a Bebop Scale - YouTube

Thanks for the references, I'm really liking Pat Metheny, I recently got his last album (Road to the Sun) on LP vinyl which he made with Jason Vieaux...

Bye Bye Blackbird, Hello Blackbird I can find great videos of accordionists playing "Smoke On The Water". Is it Rock? Certainly not. Do I like it?...

This was really nice and I like that for sure. JP regardless of what he happen to do with the PM tune, is a monster guitar player for sure. He has...

Just a piece of trivia: John and his father Bucky had an afternoon spot in a music festival in upstate New York back around 1986 or so. Nighttime...

Good argument and certainly worth thinking about ! BUT consider this argument from this 61 year old fellow-pro guitarist : what were the choices our...

I think is more fun that way? Learn songs you like. Play them with like spirits. Teen spirits even...

I'm going on Post No.1, the post by the OP Tal_175 He said, "This is more a history question perhaps. Why is it that the tradition of basing jazz...

O.K. OF, I'll play . . . 1. What "great" violinists have sausage digits? Name one. 2. How many small men play Baritone/Tenor sax with...

You're correct, I didn't know that he had been teaching that long. Interesting that he is all the rage NOW. Is his stuff written down somewhere?...

Maybe someone will be interested: What Happens Now? - Q&A | Marcin - YouTube

I thought we were talking about the songs that jazz musicians play and improvise upon, most of which are not themselves jazz.

My weapons of choice

I enjoyed it. It is more challenging than it looks. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Post your performance of it for us. As Wyatt Earp said to Ike Clayton, “You talk to much for a fighting man.” Show us. Sent from my iPad...

I think that’s fair, and sort of describes why I have moved away from the Barry orbit a little. I’ve found his teaching to be incredibly helpful...

You can use the F‘tron the hotrodway- bypassing the Tonecontrol.

I don't know.

Thanks! I'll figure out the time difference and call Sweden.

You probably have that impression because he has recently gained a lot of internet fame. But I was going to his classes twenty years ago and no one...

Yeah Barry Harris devotees are a scary lot.

I'm a dimarzio endorsee. I asked them about this 10 years ago and they told me that with the additional windings they put on there, the pickup has...

I did. Just a long list of model numbers. All wood.

Cost (ceramic magnets are cheaper)? Perhaps some problem with their supplier? Different production manager took over and had a different way of...

I am not BH follower though I really appreciate the beauty, elegance and true musicality, and occasionally use some of it. Socially... I also have...

Thanks, G, What an original player. You can hear he's a city boy in his music. Here's a song every lounge Jazzer played in the 60's/70's. ...

I tried a Godin in a music store a few years ago, and was underwhelmed. I wanted to like it, but I just couldn't.

He mentioned Cecile McLorin Salvant. She and Samara Joy are now my favorite female singers. Just amazing talent from both. Thile has been around...

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Thanks a lot!

I'd like to hear some versions by our members. Maybe I'll call this one next time it's my turn in the Virtual Jam.

Where are the New Jazz Standards? Apparently, the songs have to be both Jazz and a Standard. One is a Genre, the other is a Rating. What then, is...

Agreed. Thile is an alien. An absolute monster musician.

It's a different interpretation is all. I liked it better than the original PM highly processed and studio-tricks-massaged recording, even if it was...

What do these phrases mean? Never heard them and I am curious.

Kessel usually had a pretty bright tone (sometimes very bright and piercing). Having had one I'd say you'd get closer to that with a Godin Kingpin...

No standards in 2021, just people playing music. Take it or leave it and try not to get left behind. Norwegian Wood is a blast to jam to. This...

Terms are important in music. Terms are important in any field or practice that is wide and deep. I'm certain that "Bebop scale" is more common...

To me a scale is a useful limitation of all pitch possibilities. Let's take the scale in OP: D E F G A Bb C C# That is D Harmonic minor with an...

When I was in school, we used Sibelius but that’s much better suited for instruments and ensembles other than guitars. Currently, I'm using...

Very nice! Dig it!

No, it's Dante!

So a couple of things as a 63year old professional guitarist come to mind. Are we chasing the actual tone and playability of said instrument...

Yamaha AEX 1500 had both a piezo and mini-humbucker. They show up used not infrequently.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ That’s Shakespeare

Oh shit Flek’s on that one too

Another option, one I didn't see mentioned and the one I pursued, is to have a new neck made. I can't stand skinny necks so I shipped my L5 off to...

Wasn't there an experiment where researchers would play play first video without sound from classical competitions for audiences and then sound...

I would say Real Estate for sure Stringswinger has this nailed down. In fact I believe Bill Gates owns the most real estate by a private person....

And yes, he (and his band of virtuosi) can do whatever he wants Musician Birthdays: Sinéad O'Connor, Little Richard, Olivier Messiaen, Gregg Allman...

The definition I find reasonable is : A song's likelihood of appearing in the next "X Plays the Standards" album. Which is not a definition but a way...

New tune here: Patrycja Wybranczyk Intro - YouTube More to follow soon, including 3 complete and uncut takes of new material stay tuned

I think this is exactly what I and christian77 meant... as you notices 'maj6 Dim scale' and 'bebop scale' have the same notes. And as you also...

Hi guys! New drummer and tune excerpt, please also follow our fb page which from now on will be also in English Patrycja Wybranczyk Intro -...

I went to see Punch Brothers a couple of years ago and it was the most obscene (yes exquisitely tasteful) display of musicianship I have ever seen in...

"I knew Pat back when he lived in Cambridge, before his solo career began." I remember seeing him join his brother Mike at "Ryles" in...

Kudos to the OP, by the way :encouragement: You post something, all enthused, then others (self included) start picking holes in it, so you let it go...

Yeah, sure you guys aren't a bit punch-drunk with so many pro-produced wow factor offerings on YT? I think John is just saying how much he enjoys...

For what it's worth, that was not at all clear from your original post. Most of us who have praised these guitars in the past were referring to our...

Gypsy jazzers play Isnt She Lovely (mind you even Barry Harris plays that one) Birelli does it, the Macaferri botherers get on it.

So I reckon Stevie Wonder tunes are standards then

It went nowhere with me he does not have it under control.

If they don’t, you could also try Halkan’s Rockhouse (also in Sweden). They’ve sold a lot of Levins over time, and might have a spare Kjell or two. ...

Frank Vignola teaches the same approach in his Jazz Studio at Truefire: learn the chord progression using basic chords and chord shapes and take it...

Is the housing subsidized or paid for, like in Aspen**? ** At least that's what our chaffuer told us. He was living rent free as long as he...

Everything is one and five. I still think-- not that im an expert-- but I think it's good to be able to nail everything change in your line....

I saw that about a week ago, and it really opened my eyes on how to arrange something for oneself. In my defense, I'm not a jazzer, so alot of this...

The cheap way is to wire the guitar in stereo then for mono use a short cord you can loop on your strap with a stereo plug inserted that leads to a...

I thought of another way to define a standard. Whatever wedding bands play must be standards (or a bar band). They have to play (though rarely if...

Here's a link. They are rugged and look good. Tone Ninja | Unique and High quality guitar tuner buttons I only saw wooden buttons, but not...

I enjoyed it. His joy in the song comes through. I don't need to be bowled-over every time and that song has never struck me as something Pat...

See post #4. And what is a "Maj6 Dim scale"? I've never heard of that. A Barry Harris coined name? Anyway, I believe we established that it...

As Christian wrote: watch. If we would not, there would not make sense the performer look to the audience meaningfully when an "interesting" note...

I was playing with a blind musician who heard and played much better than other musicians.

I haven't tried them, thanks for the suggestion, I'll contact them.

I do admit. It is scary btw. On classical concerts I used to do the experiment, if I think this is a really deeep and meeaningful perfrmance, I close...

What this is about? Sound defeat.:grumpy: I'm not sure if this is a good promotional video.I might be wrong.

I like this Godin better! Play live . . . Marinero

Apparently the house has now been sold. If it really WAS haunted by JB, I’d have been tempted to sell up and buy it myself!

Of course! What are CDs? :-)

what about Cds? Musicians like to look at the covers ...I know it.:smile-new:

I mean to I don't think it's necessarily a good thing NOT to copy players... I spent some time copying Django and learning those licks. But I was...

Hi, C, Break out the *Ripple . . . light some incense . . . and let's burn one! ...

Ok. But what about Django style...? Gypsy Jazz musicians use the Django language. I think they are copying the master's licks ...?

Don't know, how long it's on the market, but seems to be perfect for the task.

Yeah. I think that's it. Chord scales should be called harmonic palettes or colour pitch sets or something, really. But there is a historical...

TBH if there are visuals I reckon EVERYONE listens with their eyes. Not everyone admits it or is aware of it.

Not really in my case. I liked certain players, but there was a whole slew of them. I'm not saying it's good thing necessarily

Hi, DJ, Nothing special here with JP that an intermediate Bossa Player couldn't play . . . and, someone needs to tell him he needs to tune his...

I really do not know what to think about this, confusing

I would say one of the Ibanez's might be your thing?

I'd go with the second definition. Countdown, Maiden Voyage etc aren't GASB tunes but they are jazz standards. Well, most concepts do not have a...

As much as I respect and admire John Pizzarelli for his playing, singing , his humor and general care for the genre THIS is not really reaching me...

Yes. One of the Gruhn era designs I believe.

Also, I'm most comfortable when I play with fingers, so maybe Joe Pass style? I am getting myself a Roland Cube 20 from 1982, in the orange box. ...

Well, I am new to jazz, I play classical, so I don't really have many references yet. I think something approximating the sound of Barney Kessel...

Yeah that's an interesting question partly because I don't really know what a jazz standard isn't, if that makes any sense. For instance, is a...

JMO the Godin is better made and better sounding acoustically than any of those. Electrified, YMMV—I like the Joe Pass, especially with good pickups....

I was waiting for someone suggesting that you file down your fingers. I have a G&L solid body with a 1 3/4" nut. The neck is slightly wider at...

I have a 1950’s L5CES with the same staple pickups. I agree that they are finnicky but I think this may also be related to the old-style wiring...

Check out the suppliers for gun/knife handles- they sell ebony blanks large enough to be glued together for a pickguard.

Well it always seems to me with some classical guitar music too, you get so many numbers, numerals and so on, you may as well tab it out...

I wish I was more like you, haha! It's like, I can know a tune really well, but put a chord chart in front of me and I will stare at it.

What sort of sound do you want? Any guitarists whose tone you like in particular?

I've had the chance to buy this '56 Super-400 a couple of years ago, sold via ebay by a guy in Dorset/GB . We agreed on € 7000,- (app. US $ 8300.00)...

Johnny Smith is a very different sound than a L-5!

This is a very important point IMO. I often hear people say they like a 1 3/4” nut for fingerstyle playing. Whenever I hear that, I always think that...

I dislike any string squeak and my playing style was producing string squeak with all type of strings except flat wounds. Recently I found a half...

One question - very difficult: Do you listen to music or do you watch music?

It depends on what you want. This thread was supposed to be about the acoustic version. Those other guitars are not acoustic archtops. To really...

Some years ago I bought several Russian 6P3S tubes in matched quads and duos. They are still in my Twin and my Blues Deluxe because unlike all other...

How does a song become a standard? I think it needs to be played by numerous ensembles for many years. This creates a two fold problem. I suspect the...

I'm looking to get an inexpensive second hand archtop as an alternative to my ESP telecaster, just because I'm intrigued. So, as an introduction to...

Even the most subtle changes of spacing will be noticeable when you're playing. I don't recommend it. You may feel the difference of a wider spacing...

I have been observing this phenomenon for a long time. But it's growing fast. :pcguru:

thanks for the reference. Seems a bit expensive and TBH, i'm not crazy about the look of an unbound black pickguard on a gibson with binding. But I...

ibanez doesn't make pickups. The pickups they were buying from dimarzio changed. Dimarzio used to make those pickups with alnico magnets but switched...

They are on the heavy side. I would urge you to play one before you decide whether it's right for you. Ibanez makes a lot of guitars and you can't...

Wow, that's a HUGE change to make to a model... like night and day. Strange Ibanez would do that.

TOM does not come with slots. I suspect yours is slotted wrong if the strings are too close together.

Haven't you heard? Making everything controversial is the new hobby. Because everybody has to have a problem with everything. Complaint and outrage...