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Today, 05:06 PM
I chose local products because I prefer my money to benefit my country and I do not want to buy products made by exploited workers. Also, I do not...
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Today, 04:51 PM
I think if the venue regularly books bands and has bands on three or four times a week, then I think its ok to approach the venue for your own gig at...
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Today, 04:50 PM
https://youtu.be/X9lWLYVS3hk
my take on Donna Lee. It's the version from the Real Book and not the Omnibook.
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Today, 04:49 PM
Hey Rickco
Yes the JSAA is from Hoboken and the AA is from Westerly.
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Today, 04:43 PM
Great pics, thanks. So is the first one Hoboken and the last one Westerly?
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Today, 04:33 PM
Blimey. I’ve been going about this all wrong.
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Today, 04:27 PM
I know one musican who got fired from a big name act for not doing drugs
But it’s not just illegal narcotics… there are some gigs that come with a...
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Today, 04:26 PM
Exactly. As long as PDOs don't enter the equation. ;)
That's what I understood too, though AFAIK the "abuse" of the term Spanish guitar...
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Today, 04:21 PM
Those are so good. With the strawberry jelly swirl...
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Today, 04:20 PM
Paid before the gig! Are they paying out of pocket? I've only been paid by the venue after the gig.
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Today, 04:13 PM
I just bought both the RC1000 & 1100 for a Guild AA and a Guild Benny JSAA.
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Today, 04:04 PM
The primary thing for a bandleader is fostering positive attitudes among the musicians and never criticizing someone before a performance....
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Today, 04:02 PM
Jazz is vanilla ice-cream. If your licks don't work then you suck.
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Today, 03:55 PM
My jazz is vanilla with a wooden spoon-stick.
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Today, 03:55 PM
If people are really good in music.. I think it is more important.
There is nothing on your list about being on time for gig or no drugs etc....
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Today, 03:42 PM
My jazz is vanilla ice cream in a 1 gallon bucket.
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Today, 03:39 PM
Absolutely, the mic placement is important. It should be back from the amp.
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Today, 03:34 PM
What you miss are the reflections/ambience of the room. Reverb plugins have this option, which adds short delays in a range of times to emulate...
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Today, 03:33 PM
I actually think it’s tangerine burst?
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Today, 03:30 PM
For the record, I am in Sandnes and am interested in the guitar if it remains available for a while.
We have just bought a house so money's too...
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Today, 03:23 PM
Do you mean what you're hearing with no headphones coming acoustically from the amp? If so, how does it sound if you monitor it directly through the...
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Today, 03:23 PM
Jazz is dessert but it’s ice cream from that gourmet ice cream place with flavors like “olive oil” or “wild blackberry” or “buttermilk”
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Today, 03:21 PM
Robben Ford sounded absolutely wicked on a Super 400 playing blues with Jimmy Witherspoon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oJuiMrNmew ...
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Today, 03:11 PM
Barry Harris / Oliver Nelson - Dom7/Diminished, Forward Motion Chord Stabs
Chord Stabs are punctuated chord shots that establish rhythm and...
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Today, 03:10 PM
Insofar as the dBoost, yes it is necessary for that mic. But your point about backing off the amp in order to pick up the tweeter is a good...
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Today, 03:00 PM
I worked for a go-getter band leader thru the 80s who had a knack for booking gigs, but who moved on to work in the USAF band in the 90s. Still...
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Today, 02:54 PM
Jazz is not dessert. Jazz is heavy half-cooked beef.
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Today, 02:53 PM
For solo guitar, and given you have a tweeter on the Hendrickson, I'd experiment with placing your mic further away from the speaker so it picks up...
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Today, 02:52 PM
Just sold...
Sorry for not updating sooner!
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Today, 02:52 PM
Great chart!
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Today, 02:51 PM
What makes a bandleader?
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Today, 02:51 PM
Let's hear your tales, good and bad, from the bandstand about bandleaders.
To do and to don't.
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Today, 02:44 PM
Edit:
You know, I have a Creation Audio Labs MK 4.23 Clean Boost here somewhere. I think I may give that a try and hear what happens.
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Today, 02:42 PM
Make Dessert Great Again
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Today, 02:39 PM
Comins calls it "violin burst". If you buy it you can call it whatever you want.
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Today, 02:26 PM
You’re a sort of an ice cream racist I take it.
I’ll just find my own way outta here. No worries.
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Today, 02:22 PM
T-Bone Walker squeezed some sweet blue notes out of his archtop guitar.
https://youtu.be/pFqK6PBq-hA?si=0JSnJbOY7WdKq4fu
Fenton Robinson had his...
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Today, 02:21 PM
Ok, I already broke my weekly promise…
Summertime:
https://youtu.be/n8p6GyuU49M?si=jJc_j7ltAZiI-rA_
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Today, 02:16 PM
I’m sure some nutter has written that in a big band part somewhere.
The Kenton chart for Everytime We Say Goodbye we play at my local BB blow...
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Today, 02:16 PM
Correct, I would never hire someone if they go legalese on a $150 jazz gig. That kind of thinking will land you on the debate team, not a jazz gig.
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Today, 02:09 PM
Never been called that before!
My idea of a basic B ‘G7alt’ is what happens when you plonk a Abm triad on a G7. So G7b9b13 basically.
The 7b5...
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Today, 02:08 PM
Dying to go to that camp. Have a great time!
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Today, 01:59 PM
Good ice cream is gooder than bad ice cream it is true
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Today, 01:58 PM
Thats a good point. The California law not being applicable necessarily, but rather an interesting proxy for whether a bandleader is treating his...
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Today, 01:58 PM
What color is that top?
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Today, 01:58 PM
I was gonna post I wonder why they called their early archtops "Spanish guitars", but I guess their first guitars were typical flattop construction....
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Today, 01:48 PM
The R-121 is a ribbon mic. I usually think of ribbon mics as warm and not having the same crisp high end of a condenser mic. Which seem to be the...
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Today, 01:48 PM
Doesn't look simple to me. Where you write, "...during...or after...", are you stipulating that one must only not try to book the place for yourself...
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Today, 01:38 PM
It really depends on what you mean by "affordable". Performer series Fenders, Tribute series Gibson electrics and G series acoustics, and S2 Series...
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Today, 01:24 PM
For my home recording of solo guitar, I'm using a Henriksen Bud Ten, Royer R-121 mic, Royer dBoost, Focusrite Clarett 2Pre audio interface into Logic...
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Today, 01:17 PM
Not a bad point.
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Today, 01:16 PM
Just subscribed to your channel. Can’t wait to see you get up and running! Best of luck to you Archie!
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Today, 01:15 PM
"Is it a Morgan if it's made in China?" Is it a D'Angelico if its made in Asia? Is it a Gibson if its made in Tennessee? Craftsmanship is a culture...
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Today, 01:13 PM
There's good news and bad. The good news is that the Jazzkritter amp I just restored looks fantastic, except for the faceplate which is a custom...
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Today, 01:12 PM
Imho 7alt is the least ambiguous of them all. It clearly states that it is a dominant, the alt scale is required to construct it.
When it's...
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Today, 12:55 PM
These are consignment guitars. Pricing is up to the owner, with input from the store.
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Today, 12:54 PM
The gig world is a buyers market, not a sellers market even for low paid gigs with shitty pay. Especially for low paid gigs.
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Today, 12:50 PM
i believe the string pressure should
vector down through
the bridge screws to the top
so yes the bridge could be slightly leaning towards the...
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Today, 12:48 PM
Not exactly a youngin's music, but very far away from jazzboxing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_-O_4jsBxE
Plus basically any of Michael...
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Today, 12:47 PM
I am satisfied.
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Today, 12:43 PM
If someone writes an alt chord, all 4 possible options should work (but not if you're playing with another harmony instrument, which goes for another...
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Today, 12:37 PM
Well chords are ambiguous.
b9s are all over dominant chords.
b3 is a perfectly normal choice over major quality chords.
b5 and #5 can...
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Today, 12:36 PM
Oh, just play a b13 and keep smiling. Life's too short :-)
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Today, 12:35 PM
I would say I've made a big mess instead of a clear argument. Let me try again.
The arranger/composer should only give extensions they think they...
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Today, 12:33 PM
The melody is usually the key because chord symbols generally reflect it.
In Goodbye the first two bars are Eb Eb C D C which is Ab7. The next...
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Today, 12:31 PM
This is the ambiguity of the chord that I don't like. It means 4 things and they don't all work when you see an alt.
I've lost the narrative in...
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Today, 12:28 PM
Not sure where you’re getting G from.
and the b7 would be Bb.
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Today, 12:27 PM
Well … what if I told you most folks are thinking about function and context when they make decisions about which extensions and voicings they’re...
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Today, 12:27 PM
C root
E 3rd
G 5th
B b7
Db b9
D##9
Gb b5
G# #5
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Today, 12:25 PM
The 7th is a Bb not a B.
There is no (natural) 13 (A). the #5 and the b13 is the same note. (Same with #11 and b5.)
I wrote this previously:
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Today, 12:25 PM
I don't like Breyer, which was my point. I've never had chocolate ice cream be better than bad vanilla.
I'm on fire in this thread. Can't get a...
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Today, 12:25 PM
Definitely doesn’t. Not sure where you’re getting that.
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Today, 12:24 PM
If it weren't red I'd probably be all over it. Interesting that they chose to price the L4C so close to this one.
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Today, 12:23 PM
I just think it's lazy to have everything else defined and then Alt can mean 9 different chords and I have to guess which one will work.
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Today, 12:19 PM
From your other post. C E G B Db D# Gb G# is C7 with a b9 #9, b5 and #5.
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Today, 12:17 PM
You people are weird. If I see 7alt what makes you think I'd play a 9 or a straight 13? Weird. None of my dom voicings have the 5 in them anyway.
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Today, 12:16 PM
Are you implying it should actually lean backwards a bit?
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Today, 12:14 PM
Or you leave this imperfection as a sign of being a hand-built instrument but instead improve the design. It never made sense to me that they'd use...
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Today, 12:13 PM
That's one of many options.
The G7b9b13(no5) is same as Abm6/G or Fø/G. So you can use your Ab jazz minor* magic tricks on G7b9b13.
If you take...
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Today, 12:07 PM
Chord symbols are always up to some interpretation.
Does C13 have an 11 in it? A sharp 11? No 11?
Does it even need to have the 9?
Is Cm11...
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Today, 12:06 PM
Super Locrian has a b11. In fact, that's why it's called super (locrian with a b11). But you're right in the sense that I don't know if anyone plays...
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Today, 12:04 PM
Well, there's booking your own shit and then there's shady stuff.
Nobody expects to play every night at a venue...but I have seen a guy lose his...
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Today, 12:04 PM
the bridge should approx bisect the break angle of the strings over the bridge
yours is way off ….
also you say the first fret(s ?) are...
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Today, 12:03 PM
I'm a millennial, but I come from a working-class immigrant household, so I even had black and white TV! I love a good knob (no jokes please), but...
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Today, 12:00 PM
Because no chord in its right mind has a b11.
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Today, 11:56 AM
No idea where you’re getting that.
it is:
C Db D# E Gb Ab Bb
D# and E being enharmonic spellings for the Eb and Fb that show up in Db...
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Today, 11:52 AM
So now you're saying a Calt is C E G B Db D# Gb G#?
What happened to the 13th?
Are you guys really not seeing the problem here?
All the...
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Today, 11:40 AM
It's really simple. If JazzIsGood(the OP) hires you for a gig and during that gig, on a set break or after, you try to book The Pauln Experience for...
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Today, 11:34 AM
I should think this to be a very effective solution!
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Today, 11:22 AM
The minor thirds doesn’t give you all the “altered” family of sounds. It pulls sounds from something closer to (but not quite) the diminished scale...
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Today, 11:07 AM
For Galt you can play Abm6 (tritone’s minor in Barry-speak): Ab (root) is the b9 of G7; B (m3) is the 3rd; Eb (5th) is the #5; F (6th) is the b7. ...
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Today, 11:07 AM
of course. It's not somewhere I get that often but I would love to meet you if I"m anywhere in the area. You're pretty much plugged into US players....
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Today, 10:59 AM
I don’t doubt it. I like blue bell vanilla personally. But I’m such a fan of chocolate that I prefer their Dutch chocolate flavor, even though I...
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Today, 10:52 AM
yeah, it's a great guitar for doing stuff like transposing or reading because of the fret access. Wish I knew why it feeds back so much. It's weird...
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Today, 10:43 AM
thanks Jack
i might try a pm120 out someday
the 24.75” suits me ….
twould be nice to play
a blues in F up there I think
it can be done but...
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Today, 10:33 AM
Yes, upper fret access is the best of any of my archtops.
the ranking upper fret access on my archtops:
1) PM120
2) BK
3) 175
4) L4
5) GB10
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Today, 10:27 AM
I’m interested in buying or trading toward any of the amps listed in the title, namely either an Allen LF or Chihuhua or a Kendrick Solo7. I also...
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Today, 10:20 AM
lol R35 is one of the things “alt” distinctly doesn’t mean.
For what it’s worth, I dispute the idea that “alt” doesn’t mean anything specific.
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Today, 10:18 AM
What Christian means is that if a big band chart says Galt, It first and foremost means that that should not play A (major 9) or E (major 13). The...
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Today, 10:07 AM
I'll never be able to afford one but I LOVE those :)
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Today, 10:06 AM
The list of what not to do looks to be universally clear and agreeable except the one that starts with "Everyone seems to know this..."; I still...
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Today, 09:59 AM
Thanks, yeah I agree it's a waste of money and I'll likely wait for now. I have stuff arriving this week to redo the Emperor's electronics and it...
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Today, 09:52 AM
Hi!
I tend to forget to use double stops in different playing situations. Here's one simple example of double stops.
Cheers, Mikko
Turn...
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Today, 09:41 AM
Man, I'm jealous of you. They were broken up before I had the chance.
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Today, 09:39 AM
I've never had chocolate ice cream that's been better than Breyer vanilla. (for you cultured types, Breyer is one tier above generic ice cream)
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Today, 09:35 AM
Do you mean major 13 or major 9, or any 9 at all? I just play a R35 triad when I see alt now. If you want a G7b13 just put it in the sheet.
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Today, 09:29 AM
I haven't had any bookings come by passing off a card at the end of the night. Usually I follow up at least 3 times to an unanswered "cold call"...
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Today, 09:23 AM
How / why would / could ' Do not be late ' not be rule # 1 ?
: )
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Today, 09:15 AM
Why wouldn't it be, if it's not a Chorgan?
I do consider provenance when I buy an instrument, but ultimately sound, characteristics and build...
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Today, 09:06 AM
Of course, and you also got there one way or another.
But apparently the trick is to get the booker to contact you without talking him/her into it...
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Today, 09:01 AM
Good vanilla is better than most other ice creams in another flavor. Good chocolate is better than most vanilla. And so forth.
It’s not...
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Today, 08:57 AM
I saw those guys well over 100 times. Almost always a good time :)
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Today, 08:57 AM
Is it a Morgan if it's made in China? Should Gibsons be made in China because then they would be cheaper to produce? Some of us consider more than...
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Today, 08:54 AM
I would also add that my experience is that if you want work, folks are looking for.
1. The best hang.
2. The best fit
3. The best player
in...
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Today, 08:50 AM
Most of these I agree with, but honestly this one doesn’t really bother me. I don’t expect loyalty from folks I’m playing with. Everyone does their...
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Today, 08:48 AM
Somehow this reminded me of a little company making beautiful guitars in a beautiful place:
General 1 — Dehradun Guitar Company
If someone...
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Today, 08:28 AM
It has in many respects—not a good thing.
I get it—you like your Chinese guitars. That's fine. And when China becomes too expensive,...
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Today, 08:26 AM
Don't try to book your band while you're working one of JazzIsGood's gigs.
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Today, 08:14 AM
Around little old Portland, Maine we have a few:
Portland Jazz Orchestra (which I play bass in) has about four books, with everything from...
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Today, 07:40 AM
The worst
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Today, 07:37 AM
Haha go play in a big band then. You'll be begging for ambiguity after two hours of reading charts where the arranger has put the horn arrangement in...
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Today, 07:03 AM
Thanks Joe. Unfortunately, i need to get a pickguard put on it to play it. Otherwise, it puts my pick at a weird angle and I have a problem with...
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Today, 07:01 AM
I can't play the piano, I don't have the brain for it, I can't coordinate the two hands at all. But my mother was, or used to be, a concert ...
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Today, 06:50 AM
That was wonderful. Thank you
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Today, 06:41 AM
In jazz, all chord symbols are ambiguous.
That's one of the things I love about playing jazz.
In jazz, chord symbols are more of a guideline for...
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Today, 06:39 AM
Ref my post #14.
I shall be slacking 2 screws on my tailpiece and see if the strings pull the tailpiece into line. I'll probably loosen the strings...
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Today, 06:17 AM
just found this from an earlier forum post - thought id repost it here in case it helps someone else too. it seems the issue is not unheard of with...
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Today, 06:10 AM
yeah , that’s a really nice sound Jack
Surprising the amount of warmth
on that one (for a thinner archtop)
is the upper fret access any better...
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Today, 05:46 AM
Well, a chord is either specified or labelled 'alt'. I don't think alt is ambiguous, you can put what you want in.
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Today, 05:39 AM
I'm working on this for my channel - thought I may as well pop it up for proofreading etc. That said, @Tal I think you mentioned it as a typo in an...
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Today, 04:59 AM
it has been like this always - though the bridge used to 'stick' in roughly the right place better than it does now (now it just slips back a bit to...
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Today, 04:41 AM
thanks a lot everyone - really helping me here - this is a guitar worth sorting out - it has put all my American made archtops on the substitutes...
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Today, 04:23 AM
I believe that was to distinguish Gibson’s ES (electric spanish) line from their EH (electric hawaiian) line, which was also a popular range back in...
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Today, 03:58 AM
It might sound foolish but my videos on archtops often get thousands of views.
My videos on the workshop get hundreds.
I see the archtop...
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Today, 03:51 AM
One of the funniest film lines ever, was in one of the Tom Hanks renaissance adventure films. When the good/bad guy is cleaning up after his...
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Today, 03:31 AM
I'm one of those people who likes to do arrangements (and compositions), and brings them in to two bands I play with. The lousier of the two bands I...
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Today, 03:24 AM
Groyniad, maybe the sideways angle of the neck does not allow a straight centered line from the middle of the nut through the center of the tailpiece...
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Today, 03:02 AM
I once depped as a bass player several times in a nice 5 piece. We did a few gigs in a pub in England. The regular bassist got his own band a gig...
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Today, 02:07 AM
That's the only one i'd never call that person again. The rest ehhh, it's not a big deal. Every good musician is a bit crazy one way or another.
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Today, 02:05 AM
In the guitar concertos thread, I stumbled on the above mentioned Johnny Smith recording that i was never fond of before, because of the poor job...
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Today, 01:52 AM
I'll be at Red Hot Strings next week and I'm really looking forward to taking some classes with you along with some other awesome teachers there....
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Today, 01:18 AM
Well, as I said I bought my ES-175 for $2500 just a few months ago. The seller dropped the price after a month or so without any nibbles at $3000; I...
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Today, 12:42 AM
Are you telling the sideman...
Don't try to book the JazzIsGood band on my behalf without my knowledge or presence
or
Don't try to book your own...
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Yesterday, 11:31 PM
Thx, yes the piano is better. I am playing single notes with my left hand and jazzy voicings in the right hand, it's my Tony training. When I...
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