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Today, 03:23 AM
As I understand it Django’s guitars were relatively playable. He used gauge 10 Argentine strings and setups for a Sel Mac in my experience tend to be...
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Today, 03:22 AM
I don’t have a black archtop but I wouldn’t mind owning this one:
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Today, 03:15 AM
My DIY ES-330:
Ibanez AF55:
Condor ES-175 copy:
Furch G-1:
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Today, 02:56 AM
I’m surprised no one has mentioned this one, The Ultimate Black Guitar (as far as I’m concerned)
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Today, 02:34 AM
Stay safe!
Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk
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Today, 02:17 AM
***UPDATE** Wednesday morning 2:00 am
Pretty quiet with some rain - got everything tied down and waiting. Heavier rain tomorrow and wind will...
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Today, 01:38 AM
I still have my Herb Ellis and it's better than a number of 175's I have played.
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Today, 12:13 AM
The shooting was in 1988. According to him (see video below), it took him about 8 months to get back to being able to play, though I'm not sure if...
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Today, 12:07 AM
Restaurant gigs usually start when most people are eating and conversing. The last set generally has fewer people in the audience, more likely to be...
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Yesterday, 11:56 PM
You guys take some great guitar pictures. One of these days I’m gonna have to figure out how to do that
This one is the subtlest and I think the...
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Yesterday, 11:55 PM
Are you talking about this one? It's called I Wan'na Be Like You actually. Someone called it at a mainly bluegrass oriented session at the blues pub...
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Yesterday, 10:56 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnV8yiqJzsA
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Yesterday, 10:32 PM
love, love the headstock inlay, and the tailpiece is not bad either
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Yesterday, 10:13 PM
I don’t know man. But if I were going to risk the carpal tunnel, I’d want to be sure I was right.
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Yesterday, 10:07 PM
Depends on the crowd. Restaurant gig, medium tempo with strong melodies.
Jam session. Medium up (not like … fast fast necessarily) and swinging....
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Yesterday, 09:58 PM
That thing is SO nice.
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Yesterday, 09:51 PM
That little move on your first pass through the E dim was lovely.
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Yesterday, 09:31 PM
It was one we sold a few years ago. It was a sweet one.
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Yesterday, 09:12 PM
Watching videos on the new Pat Metheny and its single coil pickups lead me to videos of the D'Angelico Excel Style B with its Dearmond pickup.
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Yesterday, 09:08 PM
thx pingu... I am going to keep working at improved images... the top of this seems to move continuously.... just sitting still.
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Yesterday, 09:07 PM
hey jads57 - thx so much for the perspective.
audience is always the question.... well at least for me and the pieces I gravitate towards. you...
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Yesterday, 08:59 PM
Our dog comes asking for the thunder shirt when she feels a storm coming on (she knows the thunder is coming long before we hear it). If we are...
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Yesterday, 08:48 PM
hehe, it's an old Chuck Barris quote from the Gong Show...
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Yesterday, 08:46 PM
Well I did mention 2 players from different fields earlier, Django and SRV. I sound different with high action guitars because I find I need to use...
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Yesterday, 08:01 PM
Do all dog breeds have the 'homing instinct'?
There seem to be a lot of lost dogs up here in the country.
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Yesterday, 07:51 PM
Found this today on the Westone website - a free eBook.
History of Matsumoku — eBook – Westone Guitars: the Home of Westone
Weren't they...
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Yesterday, 07:36 PM
https://youtu.be/4bJ3CVdapPc?si=3Q8tBEX0ilymMyW5
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Yesterday, 07:12 PM
I like a nice black archtop. Here are a few - a Höfner Model 461, Hoyer Special, and a one-off Hoyer Special mini-me.
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Yesterday, 07:01 PM
I lived in St. Pete and St. Pete Beach from 03 to '11 with a short stint into Nashville.....
I hope you said everything you wanted to say to her....
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Yesterday, 06:25 PM
It seems I'm prone to a bit of pronation, but it's all completely unconscious and unplanned because after hearing Jimi the man I just grabbed my...
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Yesterday, 06:18 PM
Not trying to sound cynical but the public love some jokes, a bit of slap bass and maybe circular breathing.
Oh! I forgot - some vocals.
Can I add...
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Yesterday, 06:01 PM
My old friend on Paradise Island (just behind Treasure Island) is OK but is staying put. In a one story house. Very worried about her. Doesn't...
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Yesterday, 05:52 PM
Miguel Zenon’s 08/30/2024 release “Golden City”
Musicians:
Miguel Zenon (as)
Miles Okazaki (gtr)
Matt Mitchell (p)
Chris Tordini (b)
Dan...
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Yesterday, 05:51 PM
I like that. Someone who cares. Someone who is beyond ethnocentric and nationalism. Citoyen du monde.
'Human Activity: Dream of the Possible'...
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Yesterday, 05:51 PM
Like All Of Me, Body And Soul expresses surrender to a beloved.
Here is my submission upon my new mini beater.
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Yesterday, 05:50 PM
I'm enjoying David Preston's 'Purple/Black vol.2', released on 27 September this year (with vinyl coming later this month)
Bandcamp: Volume 2 -...
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Yesterday, 05:31 PM
My ES-195.
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Yesterday, 05:01 PM
I'm looking forward to the new album from Brad Shepik, 'Human Activity: Dream of the Possible' out this Friday.
Bandcamp: Human Activity: Dream of...
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Yesterday, 04:54 PM
New Jonathan Stout Music:
The "Fathead" Session EP | The Jonathan Stout Quartet | Jonathan Stout
released August 23, 2024
Jonathan Stout,...
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Yesterday, 04:45 PM
I don't think there's already a thread for this topic, so here it is.
There are a couple of new releases next month that I'm looking forward to -...
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Yesterday, 04:23 PM
That's the thing, ain't it? When I heard it, I thought the tone was so sweet, so of course I started wondering, like we do sometimes ..."What year is...
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Yesterday, 04:16 PM
Django Reinhardt and Wes Montgomery are my main jazz influences.
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Yesterday, 04:07 PM
so cool - anyone done his truefire classes?
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Yesterday, 04:05 PM
that’s a beautiful thing
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Yesterday, 03:55 PM
Bump for a fox...
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Yesterday, 03:53 PM
Autumn Leaves gets the best reception, followed by How High The Moon and All of Me. Anything off Kind of Blue often gets someone to yell, "Yeah,...
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Yesterday, 03:52 PM
On many an occasion after playing an original,
somebody has approached and spoken to me,
"So glad you played that, it's my favorite song!"
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Yesterday, 03:48 PM
Slow and sexy 12/8 where the eighth triplets are treated as kind of swing waltz. Soloists or singers can fly on top of it.
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Yesterday, 03:40 PM
Scott I’m sure this is a very wonderful instrument. But I guess I would ask who is it aimed for,especially at the higher end asking price?
The...
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Yesterday, 03:40 PM
Here’s the thing, swinging medium tempo. Underrated, and above all, danceable.
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Yesterday, 03:23 PM
Sounds like Miles hitting an E natural instead of the D in bar 2.
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Yesterday, 03:19 PM
Original Parker Dexterity slowed down version, for fellow slow ear learners like myself.
Stream Dexterity Slow by GuyBoden | Listen online for...
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Yesterday, 02:57 PM
An extremely rare non cutaway black Golden Eagle. I don’t believe there is another one on the planet, if there is I’ve never seen it.
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Yesterday, 02:53 PM
This is huge.
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Yesterday, 02:51 PM
First four:
https://youtu.be/8H71kXiGLqU?si=CyDsIfXpdApheuYj
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Yesterday, 02:48 PM
Regardless of the music venue, you’re in Paris. Enjoy it, and feel privileged for not everyone can go there.
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Yesterday, 02:45 PM
I'm wondering what people find gets the best audience response from a jazz group.
In the situations I play, high energy stuff, played not too...
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Yesterday, 02:44 PM
Matches my Real Book version
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Yesterday, 02:42 PM
things can get wacky w USPS.
The item I posted about earlier in the thread was listed as being in St Louis late Sunday night but showed up here on...
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Yesterday, 02:36 PM
this is the one I've been working off of. I just found it on the interwebs.
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Yesterday, 02:35 PM
Did you look ahead in the Mickey Baker book yet?
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Yesterday, 02:33 PM
It's not even in my Omnibook (?) - hal leonard charlie parker omnibook contents
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Yesterday, 02:24 PM
This shows applications of some of the most common chordal movement devices:
Harmonic Techniques to Create Moving Chord Progressions using Three...
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Yesterday, 01:58 PM
I think you are right. I keep forgetting the custom shop slider has that chevron deal in it.
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Yesterday, 01:49 PM
The heavy triangular iron base, MS25 Atlas. About 210 bucks plus you still need the boom, preferably with a counterweight if you have a very heavy...
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Yesterday, 01:43 PM
And the winner would probably be a Gibson L-5CES Sharp Cutaway in my opinion!
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Yesterday, 01:41 PM
My bet would be that someone got burned.
One of these counterfeit guitars (eBay link below) was being auctioned on Good Will and bidding had...
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Yesterday, 01:34 PM
How about this?
K&M 20811 – Thomann United Kingdom
You can put a sandbag to make it more stable.
Manfrotto G200-1 Sand Bag Large – Thomann...
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Yesterday, 01:22 PM
I’m selling my beloved Henriksen JazzAmp112. It sounds absolutely glorious, but in its gig bag + accessories it weighs 35 lbs. I’m going to be 76 in...
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Yesterday, 01:20 PM
Some people play guitar as well as fiddle.
And always keep your thumb behind the capo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXAb56g0mRM
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Yesterday, 01:11 PM
He (?) is not wearing his shirt properly and therefore should not be allowed to play guitar in public.
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Yesterday, 01:07 PM
What is the mic for? What mic?
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Yesterday, 01:03 PM
True, but unfortunately not possible where the stand, uh, stands, the Hammond's pedalboard is in the way
But the K&M works either way, very...
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Yesterday, 12:56 PM
Allan
Everything about his technique is distinctive including the way he picks and his left hand posture.
(Also it’s a Carvin)
Sent from...
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Yesterday, 12:52 PM
Thx very much ! My photog skills don't do it justice. The carved top is just breathtaking. Great tone too. 3 way gives you a great array of tone /...
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Yesterday, 12:51 PM
I had an Eastwood Hi-Flier before. It was a well made guitar.
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Yesterday, 12:51 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Beeu6snvDpw
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Yesterday, 12:48 PM
Saw that on your instagram page, beautiful guitar.
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Yesterday, 12:39 PM
I like these Borys sunbursts
subtle ….
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Yesterday, 12:35 PM
can one of the questions also be wtf are you talking about with the warts?
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Yesterday, 12:32 PM
A couple questions:
The first would be, what are some examples, and how do you know their left hand is “forceful.”
Pat Metheny definitely lifts...
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Yesterday, 12:30 PM
Villa D'Este - $18.5K
Pls feel free to MSG me interest.
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Yesterday, 12:28 PM
And another Campellone headstock repair. :smile-new:
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Yesterday, 12:27 PM
My 65RP has been in a couple of times in recent months. I use it all the time (pop/rock covers) and a Sessionette 75 as backup! Polytone for jazz....
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Yesterday, 12:27 PM
Thanks man! I love it too, it's a good one.
Props to the Campus5 Jonathan Stout mic technique
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Yesterday, 12:24 PM
Another Campellone headstock repair. :smile-new:
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Yesterday, 12:22 PM
Sure, maybe Pat Martino didn't need to raise his fingers so high off the fret board, he might have learned to generate strength from a shorter height...
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Yesterday, 12:20 PM
one of the best..
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Yesterday, 12:19 PM
Guess who?
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Yesterday, 12:13 PM
I like the idea of the pickup positioning.
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Yesterday, 12:10 PM
You have ti ensure one of the tripod legs is pointing in the same direction as the boom. Not always convenient though if you need to slew it.
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Yesterday, 12:07 PM
HA! My apologies, present company excluded.
Follow the arrows to three fingered bliss.
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Yesterday, 12:01 PM
Supersoul, I love that guitar. Sounds good with that mic too.
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Yesterday, 11:55 AM
I'd agree with you here, though I'm not a physicist.
Part of the reason I still teach beginners is that it's easy to forget the simple stuff when...
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Yesterday, 11:52 AM
But yeah, get a K&M. It's more expensive but you will not regret it.
My organist has a tripod stand that tips when fully extended w only an SM58...
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Yesterday, 11:52 AM
Casually looking for a CES type of instrument for low dollars, I ran across this. Korean made I think, the blurb states they were trying to attain 2...
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Yesterday, 11:43 AM
Oops, thanks. That must have been an imbibing day. :smile-new:
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Yesterday, 11:35 AM
I don’t think that’s the reason for his chosen technique. You can’t generate much more force (if any) on the string by raising your fingertips high...
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Yesterday, 11:20 AM
I mean I already posted mine lol
I think it’s pretty clear - there’s arrows
https://youtu.be/7b3TlvNqrcM?si=rxd5RBXIPa3iGzqw
The relevant...
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Yesterday, 11:16 AM
Hey there Woody, you had asked that a little while ago
Mic Stand for Boom?
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Yesterday, 11:00 AM
Too bad it wasn't the Kingpin (1xP90)
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Yesterday, 10:51 AM
Anyone tried these $250 IVY archtops?
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Yesterday, 10:38 AM
Amazon.com
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Yesterday, 10:38 AM
I need a mic stand for a fairly heavy mic boom. Which base do you think is more stable, the heavy round dome, or the lightweight folding tripod?
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Yesterday, 10:37 AM
Yeah, but a link would be appreciated.
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Yesterday, 10:30 AM
pronation means the hand is turning palm down as if dropping something
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Yesterday, 10:30 AM
I increased my jazz guitar "vocab" with the two solos I selected:
Kessell - Mean to Me - Poll Winners - the trade-off of fours at the end of the...
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Yesterday, 10:28 AM
title says it all.
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Yesterday, 10:26 AM
Search YouTube enough and someone's done a vid on this exact subject:
https://youtu.be/H2sfmaE9YXs?si=5jr_AvPOi7j2Ej06
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Yesterday, 10:22 AM
I had a couple. The more expensive NY-SS, and the nice older EX-SS. The NY has a 15-fret neck, the EX a 16. Both were impeccably made, great...
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Yesterday, 10:18 AM
How Dexterity is going so far. I put Dewey Square at the end, since I never posted it in that thread.
https://youtu.be/h-xEJXRWwAE
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Yesterday, 10:17 AM
Violin fingers.
Classical technique the middle finger should be roughly parallel to the frets with the other fingers as close to parallel as...
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Yesterday, 10:13 AM
I'm not quite clear what pronation means when talking about hand positions. I assume it refers to the hand being bent out like spiderman casting a...
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Yesterday, 10:09 AM
I wasn't saying they're the same thing. Just that it's interesting that people are interested in technical flexibility in some situations and dismiss...
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Yesterday, 10:07 AM
Larry is a real treasure,sounding great as he always does and doing it on one of his Sire guitars.
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Yesterday, 09:59 AM
I was hooked on his playing ever since I first heard his lines on Joni's "Hejira" album, the early Michael Franks records and with the fabulous...
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Yesterday, 09:58 AM
As a resophonic guitar aficionado, I confess that my favorite sunburst finishes are National’s green burst and walnut burst. Old school cool.
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Yesterday, 09:56 AM
I usually assume I'm being sarcastic unless I hear otherwise
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Yesterday, 09:56 AM
The shipping system seems somewhat chaotic overall. I buy stuff online all the time, because I don't like driving to malls and stores, and because...
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Yesterday, 09:53 AM
Does anyone sometimes leave comments and not be quite sure if they themselves are being sarcastic or not? Or is it just me?
Sent from my iPhone...
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Yesterday, 09:52 AM
Prince Planet had a terrific point that, he's talking about two different and unique techniques pinky vs 3 finger and floppy fingers are not the...
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Yesterday, 09:51 AM
Sarcasm wars, I love it, even if poor starjasmine thought you were being serious! :nightmare:
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Yesterday, 09:42 AM
My 1959 Rodebald Hoyer “Samba” 17” acoustic archtop. I have owned it for over two years now. It is a wonderful playing and sounding guitar.
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Yesterday, 09:39 AM
Hello. That is a nice looking Rodebald Hoyer. How has it held up the last 4 years? I love my 1959 Rodebald Hoyer “Samba” 17” acoustic archtop. It is...
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Yesterday, 09:21 AM
I'm too preoccupied working on other heads old and new, but I'm hoping the panel will accept my humble submission recorded a couple of years ago:
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Yesterday, 09:20 AM
You’ve obviously got to work on being more dimwitted
I also can’t tell if you’re mocking me or Prince. Or maybe both. In which case, excellent...
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Yesterday, 09:09 AM
That is one sweet looking LP Custom. If that is yours, congratulations. If it sounds as good as it looks it is a keeper most definitely.
Duane...
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Yesterday, 09:06 AM
It was supposed to be so dimwitted that the sarcasm would come across. Sometimes the jokes on me I guess.
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Yesterday, 08:58 AM
Not sure you would consider them “starter“ chord solos, but the Jimmy Bruno and Jonathan Stout courses on DC Music School are chock full of chord ...
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Yesterday, 08:56 AM
Real Book has F and I hear F.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWpXFXXc4x4
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Yesterday, 08:48 AM
I've never seen anything like that before. Thanks for sharing this.
I rather like it in a weird way. I think that green is a difficult color for...
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Yesterday, 08:40 AM
as do I
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Yesterday, 08:28 AM
44sec to 119sec sounds better to my ears.
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Yesterday, 08:25 AM
I have had this problem for over 10 years, I'm 76 and I still gig. I recognized it with Larry's video. It hindered my playing to the point where at...
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Yesterday, 08:24 AM
And up ....
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Yesterday, 08:23 AM
Go get it : it's beautiful, sounds and plays superb, it's RARE and the price is absolutely reasonable !
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Yesterday, 08:23 AM
Bring it on over here Allan:
Dexterity
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Yesterday, 08:22 AM
I’ve always played it as an F.
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Yesterday, 08:07 AM
I did do this one before I went away. I think there’s a difference but it’s quite subtle. Can one tell which is which?
Stream Test by Christianm77...
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Yesterday, 07:40 AM
Oh another point - just about everyone uses their pinky sometimes. I have made this point several times but it does keep being lost.
Wes and Grant...
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Yesterday, 07:39 AM
Is the first note F or G?
Notated in my Omnibook 2 as G, but sounds like F.
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Yesterday, 07:35 AM
I tell you what would really help the debate is if you could do an audio recording of both approaches and not tell us which was which. I wonder if I...
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Yesterday, 07:17 AM
Thanks for giving it a go.
That’s a good start with the three fingered stuff, stick with it, sounding good ;-)
Ok, so more seriously, anything...
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Yesterday, 07:12 AM
Alright cats, have at it.
This week is the first four.
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Yesterday, 07:11 AM
too many cracks and iffy neck joint for me to buy sight unseen without a close personal inspection. Thanks for looking. I think if I do buy a smaller...
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Yesterday, 07:09 AM
neck joint does not look good on that one. Thanks for looking though.
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Yesterday, 07:09 AM
Although I posted the transcription above, I am with Christian Miller on this that really digesting small fragments of a solo is often more useful...
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Yesterday, 07:08 AM
Nice, you seem to have a strong little finger and big(ish) fingers. I do too, so I use the little finger.
But, we're all physically different.
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Yesterday, 06:31 AM
Just had a meeting cancelled, so picked up my guitar and tried to remember some of the discussion in this thread. As "usual", a rough and ready vid...
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Yesterday, 06:30 AM
Christian has a video on the A section of Dexterity.
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Yesterday, 06:16 AM
Same experience with Premier vs Excel. Excels I've tried were really nice, Premier meh.
SS are somewhere between 335 and a 330.
Other options...
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Yesterday, 06:00 AM
Good gradiation from the edge to the middle in both colors and transparency. Colors that don’t blend well and/or abrupt solid to transparent will...
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Yesterday, 05:45 AM
It went for $908. Maybe someone knew something more than we did. Or not. We'll likely never know.
Auction Ended|Bids:33
Current Price:
$908.00
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Yesterday, 05:30 AM
I played solos by Ch. Parker at the beginning of my studies and then a few solos by M. Davis and J.Raney..
Later I transcribed John Scofield's and...
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Yesterday, 05:18 AM
It's plausible there could be a difference. I remember years ago there was a guy on some guitar forum that found out that if he loosened one of the...
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Yesterday, 05:16 AM
Great concert!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkLA7VHpGSQ&t=744s
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Yesterday, 04:48 AM
I think the first complete solo I learned was Summertime by Wes Montgomery (the Live at Jorgies one, not the studio one he did). It’s really long...
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Yesterday, 04:39 AM
I bought this one (TA 40) used and changed the electronics and put in two Seymor Duncan Seth Lovers. Now it plays and sounds great!
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Yesterday, 04:30 AM
There’s solo transcriptions I’ve done that I’ve learned relatively little from. There’s small bits of music that I’ve learned a tremendous amount...
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Yesterday, 04:06 AM
A short film about the Paris jazz scene. With English subtitles.
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Yesterday, 04:02 AM
There were a few that made my pull my hair out for sure! Haha! Thanks for watching!
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Yesterday, 03:48 AM
I’ve had many issues over the years and in general found ways to fix them. You don’t actually always have to suffer for your art.
My favourite...
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Yesterday, 03:39 AM
The actual amount of anatomical pronation in the forearm is also governed by the position of the neck. Obviously if you have TBS with the guitar on...
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Yesterday, 03:31 AM
Yeah thats true, they do look and sound good but no mojo at all, kida cold, what about Ibanez AR520 VLS? seems 335 vibe, light weight and they sound...
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Yesterday, 02:07 AM
I saw this on YouTube. I thought the heading was a bit over the top, but this is a few really sweet notes...
Just one-minute long, but what a nice...
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Yesterday, 01:19 AM
Sorry, gotta disagree on that. I spent years looking for the single way to hold my pick that would let me play anything, the single way to fret that...
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Yesterday, 12:58 AM
Decent guitar. I‘ve played the same model but with the Bigsby style vibrato in the 90‘s.
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Yesterday, 12:46 AM
I said "in general" those that are nearly black on the rim (yours is not) and not translucent are IMO fugly. I posted a pic of some very acceptable...
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Yesterday, 12:17 AM
Sounds good.
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Yesterday, 12:07 AM
IDK any specifics about his health, but I recall that back in the 80s he was shot in the neck by an unidentified teenager in his own yard. He had...
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10-07-2024, 11:58 PM
Some people think that kind of little tweaking on an electric guitar does nothing. I found the contrary. Any little modification, the better the...
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10-07-2024, 11:38 PM
Skip, please post any updates you can. Be safe down there brother.
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10-07-2024, 11:27 PM
But did you meet Legba at the Crossroads?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYuBKRj6ELU
EDIT: Interesting that on all the iconic photos Johnson...
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10-07-2024, 11:17 PM
Here’s another. Same disclaimer as before. Just trying to get those voicings in everywhere. Wouldn’t play it this way live (even if I could, which I...
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10-07-2024, 10:42 PM
I did not know that nyc chaz. This news is saddening. God bless Larry Carlton.
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10-07-2024, 10:41 PM
Or maybe, just maybe, I’m came to this conclusion because I got carpal tunnel syndrome at 22 and still get tingles in my fingers when I hold my arm...
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10-07-2024, 10:37 PM
Great thread, good examples!
Although I don’t have the time nor patience to transcribe solos or study them systematically, I appreciate what can...
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10-07-2024, 10:36 PM
Lucky you! Seems I'm always in some sort of guitar related pain, fingertips, tendinitis, carpal tunnel, tennis (guitar?) elbow, neck and even back...
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10-07-2024, 10:31 PM
I'm in Bradenton - we lost power for 10 hours on the last one and had a little yard trash. I think Milton will be worse but I'm about 6 miles inland...
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10-07-2024, 10:28 PM
From the Moll website, back is carved, top is laminate. Got a lam already so don't need a road guitar. I was hoping it'd be a solid carved tuned top...
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10-07-2024, 10:22 PM
What do you have against a Gibson tobacco burst? For example this one doesn’t look cheap to me.
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10-07-2024, 10:20 PM
Moonglow again.
Dropbox
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10-07-2024, 10:17 PM
Whoa, I just heard Johnny St Cyr play the 2nd measure of the Opanije rhythm verbatim!
On Heebie Jeebies, he plays this descending line from Ab7...
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10-07-2024, 10:11 PM
OK, gotcha, thanks for the tip! :hippie:
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10-07-2024, 10:07 PM
Agree 17" but I can't tell if it's a lam from those pics.
I believe the 10,000-4,000 is a price reduction. If it truly was 10k originally I'd expect...
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10-07-2024, 09:56 PM
I watched the video and those looked like some insanely difficult solos to play on guitar.
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10-07-2024, 09:54 PM
Time to put up or shut up.
https://youtu.be/lWpXFXXc4x4?si=mT2FKolK3BOX54V8
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