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Today, 04:17 PM
You’re in Sac?! I’m from there. Left in ‘73 for the service, returned in ‘78 after stops in Hawaii and Philly, compliments of Uncle Sam, returned for...
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Today, 04:16 PM
Hope you're feeling better...
I think I'll rewrite the whole thing (and post my lead sheet), Arnold changes positions more than necessary, that is...
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Today, 04:09 PM
Hot Sale Factory Sadowsky Archtop Jim Hall Model Sienna Burst Electric Guitar | eBay
$450?
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Today, 04:09 PM
I have the G100-210 (I'd thought mistakenly it was a 212) and it is a super sounding amp. But it is HEAVY. So heavy that it's almost not worth using....
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Today, 04:04 PM
I'd place it in the "old-timey" country blues category a la Reverend Gary Davis (especially) and Mississippi John Hurt.
The average person...
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Today, 04:04 PM
How is everyone doing with this?
I started practicing seriously on Sunday then felt sick on Monday/Tuesday so didn't play at all.
Played...
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Today, 03:58 PM
Double thanks. You got me looking at the Tech 21. Im s big fan of them starting with their original rack Sans Amp in the 90’s and the PS2 pedal a few...
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Today, 03:56 PM
I guess the purists would say it's not really a tele without the single coils.
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Today, 03:49 PM
It's sort of Chet Atkins Travis picking Country style.
It's not the usual 12 bar.
If there's a proper name for the style I'd also like to know.
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Today, 03:49 PM
I bought an 89 L-4 CES recently which had had several top cracks (from an impact) repaired by a well regarded luthier
the guitar had been a...
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Today, 03:41 PM
Please check in with Fox Fletcher in Albuquerque. Handmade Electric Solid Body Guitars - Mallory Guitars I highly recommend him. Fox is an...
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Today, 03:40 PM
Actually, Alan Carruth has, at least as properly as he could.
That's why I asked a luthier. But as I said somewhere above, the strings don't...
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Today, 03:39 PM
I have a Yamaha G100 III 2x12, too big for my needs but otherwise a great amp (excellent EQ as stated). I bought it on eBay over 20 years ago for a...
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Today, 03:37 PM
I would also replace base with a full footprint on the top. This spreads the load much better and reduces chance of top sagging or misalignment in...
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Today, 03:37 PM
There are 3 ways to learn how play lines: transcribe, read, and work out the mechanics of the raw materials.
1. Transcribe. Like the others said,...
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Today, 03:36 PM
I hate to recommend Cordoba but they do have 1 or 2 guitars of that size. Whether they fit in your budget is a different question.
The closest you...
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Today, 03:32 PM
I picked up a piece I worked on a few years ago when it was barely playable for me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcwebvHKZ2U
It's from...
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Today, 03:30 PM
This is a really timely post, thank OP!
I have a '52 reissue Tele from '99 that I discovered sounded and felt fantastic for jazz. Yes, I know. ...
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Today, 03:29 PM
There is a potential way to fix the sagging. Not complicated and possibly easy given you can get under the top to work with the pickup cavities open....
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Today, 03:13 PM
One of the more SFW stories from Miles’s autobiography
“Bird never talked about music, except one time I heard him arguing with a classical...
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Today, 03:08 PM
Well I'll be.
Yeah -- never heard that one. Or if I heard it before, I wasn't listening :nightmare:
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Today, 02:58 PM
Apparently, just for some trivia, the C on the score doesn't stand for 'Common' time. It comes from medieval church music where 3/4 was considered...
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Today, 02:56 PM
Decided to mess around with this one...tried to to bring back the sixth into my solo a bit.
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Today, 02:55 PM
If I had to choose one, then single coil.
What I think would be cool: a single coil pickup right next to a humbucker, both in the "neck" position....
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Today, 02:50 PM
The cost of labor here in California is quite high. I expect luthier work to cost $100 an hour or more. And finding a luthier with the skill set to...
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Today, 02:48 PM
The wavy grain on the top of that flatsawn bridge base ... with time you'd expect that to sag. Hopefully your person can find a nice quartersawn...
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Today, 02:44 PM
Round wounds instead of flats. Improperly fitted bridge. High action out of the box. Why is ebony in quotes? Do you believe it's not ebony or you...
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Today, 02:36 PM
I think folks forget this when recommending 1950's archtops to less experienced players. Vintage guitars sound great. But vintage issues don't map...
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Today, 02:35 PM
I appreciate your perspective as a purist. However, I think the choice of pickups, while important, doesn’t fundamentally change the character of a...
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Today, 02:32 PM
I was surprised too that the 120 holds its own with the 175. They have a lot of similarities tonally but the playability on the ibanez is head and...
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Today, 02:24 PM
Mike Stern played the old Yamaha G100 amps a ton as well.
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Today, 02:22 PM
Since there seems to be so much uncertainty about it, it probably doesn't matter much as long as the band knows what's going on. There are lots of...
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Today, 02:21 PM
I've written a lot about the pitfalls of vintage instruments. I bought this '63 Gibson Barney Kessel last year and the pickups (billed as originals)...
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Today, 02:09 PM
Next, we can debate the sound differences between an oiled maple fingerboard and a lacquered one.
Anyways, I can't see how a glued-on strip of...
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Today, 02:04 PM
Gorgeous PRS! Wow. Let's see the rear shot of the rosewood neck.
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Today, 02:04 PM
Okay… I admit I’m an old man and a purist, but, in my opinion, a telecaster isn’t a telecaster without single coil pickups. It may LOOK like a tele,...
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Today, 02:01 PM
Jack, you sound great on any archtop you play. I'm not surprised that you love the tone and feel of your PM120. What I am surprised at is that you...
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Today, 01:55 PM
Yeah more medium (or less enormous) artists it would probably be the label working out the contract.
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Today, 01:51 PM
you guys with multiple archtops? Which is your favorite? I have a number of archtops including an L4CES, Gibson 175, vintage Barney Kessel but you...
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Today, 01:45 PM
That's right. I've never heard someone count off that way either.
If they counted as 1 2 3 4 then my interpretation would be that they are...
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Today, 01:41 PM
On his website he says it's a Norlin Era L5ces and a Yamaha G100-112. He likes the EQ on the G100.
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Today, 01:37 PM
Many of the guitars fetched very low prices, a few failed to reach their reserve prices, and the rest sold at average market prices, with a few...
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Today, 01:36 PM
I took this last night for a funk gig. And have also played it for jazz. Absolutely killer. The neck pickup is all mid push, the bridge pickup is all...
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Today, 01:33 PM
JRAD at Red Rocks in CO:
And Molly Tuttle with Golden Highway at the Slowdown in Omaha:
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Today, 01:31 PM
My Tele (which I just donated to an auction) had a Seymour Duncan Alnico 2 in the neck, which I thought gave a perfect, fat, warm tone with pure...
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Today, 01:30 PM
WOW - getting a lot of love. Thank you my friends :smile-new:
Hmmm - might be a good time to start downsizing.
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Today, 01:29 PM
Which reminds me of the joke about the muso who named his daughters Anna 1, Anna 2, Anna 3... :smile-new:
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Today, 01:27 PM
It very much depends. There are some venues where it will be an issue even clean. In NYC there were plenty of those. And here in China, what can I...
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Today, 01:25 PM
Metal horns do enlarge a tiny amount as temperature goes up, and this lowers the frequency of the "sweet spot" for notes by a tiny amount. But if...
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Today, 01:25 PM
I'm a Telecaster fan and I've tried a lot of different neck pickups in my Teles over the years. My all-time favorite for jazz is TK Smith's version...
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Today, 01:24 PM
The number of variables that would need to be isolated to really conclusively compare the two is enormous, and I've never seen anyone come close to...
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Today, 01:13 PM
Well, to me the twang lives at the bridge pickup. And classic filtertron is def twangy at that. The neck pickup is fine... but then again I'm not...
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Today, 01:08 PM
You should. At the very least, it should be "one and two and one and two and".
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Today, 01:04 PM
One person I know with formal musical education says that count-ins are always two bars. If there's a pickup of, say, more than a quarter note's...
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Today, 01:02 PM
If you're playing relatively loud in a place with dirty power, yeah, you might still hear some sizzle. I bought one of those Hum Debugger things...
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Today, 12:54 PM
Great info Christian, cheers. Now, how about this story about Bird liking (but not always?) leaning into the IV7 ?
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Today, 12:53 PM
No lingering odor. You can smell it when it's liquid, but it evaporates quickly. Once I wipe with a dry cloth I don't smell anything.
Caveat: I...
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Today, 12:52 PM
With cleaner jazz tones, usually not an issue?
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Today, 12:51 PM
If it's a tele, it should be a single coil. IMO. The tele neck pickup has been much maligned over the decades, when it's a gorgeous tone. And works...
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Today, 12:48 PM
Yeah ... there could be all kinds of reasons, especially for older analog recordings.
Analog recording and playback equipment can be operating at...
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Today, 12:34 PM
There are lots of things that determine whether a guitar is worth the market value, or even what the market value is.
My feeling is (minority...
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Today, 12:19 PM
A friend of mine has 1 of each. I'm curious now, and will see if I can get him to measure.
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Today, 12:11 PM
measuring at the rear point of the F-hole at the edge
175: 3.4"
L4: 3.6" almost 3/16 thicker
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Today, 12:00 PM
2 shows in 4 days...
Saw Joe Russo's Almost Dead at Red Rocks in Morrison, CO. They are a "Dead-adjacent" jam band that plays mainly Dead music....
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Today, 11:58 AM
I ditched a Gretsch with TV Jones classic because I couldn't de-twang it enough, even with the tone rolled way off. Maybe in a Tele they'd be more...
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Today, 11:51 AM
All the written specs I've ever seen for both say the depth is 3-3/8", but I've read/heard anecdotally that they're not 100% consistent and some are...
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Today, 11:49 AM
I asked a luthier at an acoustic guitar manufacture where they build various models and use many different kinds of wood. She confirms that the wood...
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Today, 11:37 AM
The L4 is even deeper than the 175? I thought the 175 was about as "deep" as an archtop got.
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Today, 11:37 AM
In general, the answer is "more guitars".
I would love to play the vibraphone. Beautiful sound, and I enjoy almost every recording with the...
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Today, 11:34 AM
The Mills Brothers
The human voice sings, imitates an instrument, and improvises.....
The Swingle Singers
The voice sings...
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Today, 11:33 AM
Hey! Thanks a lot for the detailed response,
I’m going to a school with other music students too. My budget is in about the 2,000 dollar range....
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Today, 11:26 AM
Ditto! I'm a charter member of the fan club!
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Today, 11:23 AM
To be honest, I don't know. But if you count off a 4/4 tune as 1-2-3-4 and a waltz as 1-2-3, 1-2-3, why not count a cut-time tune as 1-2, 1-2 ?
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Today, 11:14 AM
If you meant "the amazing slow downer", it is here: !Slow down and transcribe with Roni Music software - slow down the speed of music without...
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Today, 11:12 AM
Also I just wrote what turned out to be a 2,000 word essay on the history of the jazz blues from King Oliver to Joe Henderson. It was meant to be a...
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Today, 11:07 AM
Wow, that's shocking and not typical of the reports I've heard from folks who've bought via Lora and Mr. Wu. A regular setup seems to be necessary...
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Today, 11:02 AM
How much are you allowing yourself to spend? Don't neglect the used market, which could frequently turn up some gems that may not qualify for the...
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Today, 10:59 AM
I'm going to pipe up for Adam Levy's wonderful Sight Reading for Guitarists book.
Quite a few of the reading exercises are based on a blues, and...
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Today, 10:59 AM
I was out last night and a friend did mention that naptha can leave an odor. Have you noticed that?
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Today, 10:57 AM
Thanks for the advice.
I ordered a Di Marzio Area T dp417. It is on the way.
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Today, 10:52 AM
it's also slightly thicker , not the same depth as a 175
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Today, 10:47 AM
Yeah that’s another caveat. Part of the learning process for etudes is that you have to unpack and figure out what’s happening on your own.
Which...
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Today, 10:46 AM
Actually, I quite like that! You'd certainly get some vocabulary from it. Maybe not the theory behind it, though, and it's not that cheap either. But...
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Today, 10:44 AM
https://youtu.be/3oHjXTZO33g?si=nBYyuQyynUCmCIe9
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Today, 10:38 AM
so ... if your going to steal licks.... move on to sax players like Frank Morgan and Johnny Griffin.
The difference between Blues and Jazz Blues...
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Today, 10:19 AM
Thanks lawson-stone. Do you happen to know what kind of Yamaha he plays? I have a G-50. Pretty heavy amp but really powerful.
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Today, 10:15 AM
Oh, you could be right. Maybe it is Kyoto.
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Today, 10:12 AM
I'll look for that. Are you on a Mac?
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Today, 10:08 AM
Just the old Kay gussied up with some silly inlay stickers.
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Today, 10:03 AM
I like middle and ring for single note rhythm. I can help push with the index and it takes pressure off my individual fingers.
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Today, 10:01 AM
Having played Gretches for years the 3 control layout while different is comfortable territory. I leave it in the middle setting with the neck on...
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Today, 09:51 AM
Even today, there are some that believe that one should tune to A=442 or even worse. Horn players and even some conductors. They say that prior to a...
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Today, 09:45 AM
Wow, she's a looker!
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Today, 09:41 AM
What's the guitar you're playing? I don't think I've seen you playing that one before.
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Today, 09:38 AM
I have been experimenting since the last zoom meeting with composition using but strict composition and composing using improvisation.
It seems...
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Today, 09:35 AM
I have been a huge fan of Joshua Breakstone for many years. He is also a very nice guy. He's on Facebook and if you message him he'll reply and chat...
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Today, 09:29 AM
I had a buddy in college who was obsessed with the blues. He could barely play 3 chords on the guitar, but he used to wander around the house where...
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Today, 09:28 AM
If you spoke in rhyme 2 hours a day, your improvised poetry would be improve.
Also, freestyle rap, slam poetry and stand up comedy are verbal...
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Today, 09:25 AM
This is also a thing. I can’t vouch for it but a friend uses it with some students and likes it.
Three levels of “blues” ii-V-I licks.
Sick...
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Today, 09:22 AM
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift get Spotify contracts.
Nobodies like you and me are allowed to pay for our songs to be uploaded.
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Today, 09:19 AM
I thought it was in the On Don Cherry chapter. Whoopsie.
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Today, 09:13 AM
Clever solution.
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Today, 08:46 AM
When I run into this I use amazing slow downer to adjust the pitch of the recording.
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Today, 08:12 AM
Only the A side was about a half tone sharp. There are many stories about this, but the real cause was that the 3 track machine used to record the...
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Today, 07:58 AM
Tonight
5 June 2024
Mike Stern is tonight's guest.
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Today, 07:47 AM
Kendrick Lamar was apparently deep in a Coltrane phase in 2015 and you can hear it in the phrasing for sure.
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Today, 07:36 AM
I think language acquisition, fluency, vocabulary etc are just the beginning of the story. It's true that casual speaking is similar to improvisation...
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Today, 07:36 AM
I love a maple board on a Strat or Tele, but I honestly don't care. Any nice guitar in my hands is going to make me happy, whether it's...
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Today, 07:20 AM
Doesn't work that way. There are companies like CDBaby, Orchard, Distrokid that do digital distribution, meaning you upload your music to them and...
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Today, 07:13 AM
I’m not sure about the provenance of the quote. Possible Archie Shepp misremembered the publication. There were loads of widely circulated jazz...
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Today, 07:11 AM
Please do not do that: art historian in the room.
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Today, 07:07 AM
I've told this story before, but it's it's a good story....
I wandered off the road mid bike ride once in Senegal, I heard a really amazing bird...
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Today, 07:04 AM
There's a Jamie Aebersold book/record called "Nothin' But Blues" that is, um, nothing but blues. The book itself has a lot of decent information:...
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Today, 06:58 AM
Research is just my word for work put in to find out what you need to answer your questions.
You say you're learning the Charlie Parker solo. Why?...
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Today, 06:57 AM
The DGTs are special guitars. The finish on that one is insane. I have to tell you, I have never been a fan of the splits tho, and I don't find them...
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Today, 06:41 AM
And that clarification is very useful.
If this is the goal:
Then now — as a mea culpa — all this would, in fact, be very good stuff (in...
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Today, 06:41 AM
Published in this Down Beat magazine it was an interview with Archie Shepp and not Don Cherry.
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Today, 06:32 AM
yeah, you have to just tune to the recording, the same as if you're playing with a piano that's not precisely in tune to A440.
I had the original...
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Today, 06:30 AM
I found four or five Lennie Tristano Down Beat interviews but not the one Don Cherry talked about.
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Today, 06:26 AM
I'd like to read the actual quote from Lennie Tristano. I searched for Tristano Downbeat interviews but didn't come up with anything.
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Today, 06:24 AM
*eyeroll*
Grant Green is where it’s at. He has a later period where he’s playing a bit more of a funk thing (which is also awesome) but any of...
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Today, 06:18 AM
Those old recordings are analog recordings, any difference in recording and playback spinning rate will introduce detune.
Try tuning your instrument...
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Today, 05:41 AM
Terrible story, but one worth telling to get the balance of reality for prospective buyers! It is just a shame that you had to go through the process...
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Today, 05:38 AM
Thanks for this reply. I’m a bit confused though as I view this as me doing research? I'm obviously off-base with that.
I am totally new to this...
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Today, 05:21 AM
I second Mark's words. Having purchased from Vinny before as well, you won't find a more honest seller, and his guitars are always kept in mint...
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Today, 05:09 AM
With the coils split on the neck pickup with the tone rolled back she's Magic for jazz. Rosewood necks have a delightful chime that really makes it a...
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Today, 04:36 AM
I just recalled: Furniture grade pure beeswax in turpentine is safe to use on sticky nitrocellulose. I used to wax the back of the necks until my...
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Today, 04:26 AM
Here's the video with Johnny Griffin that Reg was talking about on the comping thread but never posted.
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Today, 04:24 AM
My Japanese lawsuit copy of a 60's era ES-175 has the same skinny neck, which is the one thing I do not like about it (other than the original...
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Today, 04:16 AM
Hadn't heard of him, sounds good, his phrasing and timing is very precise, is that what you meant by "theatrical"?
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Today, 04:08 AM
The pitch can get altered during the film or video processing, especially in the case of older films like the one in the link you posted, those are...
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Today, 03:58 AM
I see that you are correct, the copyright is still in effect unless the author has been deceased for at least 70 years, I hadn't given it much...
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Today, 03:55 AM
How about Free Jazz Guitar Lessons ... you'll find all the answers you are looking for in these lessons.... should keep you busy for months if not...
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Today, 03:35 AM
No. And I wouldn't recommend it to anyone either. It's beautiful, yes. On closer inspection, it did not have everything I paid for and the setup was...
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Today, 03:31 AM
No, Jamie. Do your own research, don't be lazy. If you want to do this, you'll do it. Sorry, but there's no end to asking other people to do it for...
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Today, 03:25 AM
That’s interesting my 175 has a skinny little neck (60s) and I would say it encourages me to play three fingered much of the time. Which is something...
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Today, 03:07 AM
I tuned my guitar with my Peterson strobo tuner, and I'm reasonably confident that it's in tune. Then I try to play along with something on the...
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Today, 02:53 AM
Yes, great! Can you recommend any recordings, transcriptions, exercises (or resources) that I could start with?
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Today, 02:41 AM
Correct.
Well, as the man said, there's only 12 notes. The main instrument you have is your ear. The way to absorb a style is to listen to it...
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Today, 02:09 AM
Does it?
I have had mine for 12 months now and I can't get it out of my hands.
It was well worth the wait and the stress of the delivery...
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