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Today, 04:18 PM
Possibly. I had a far worse problem caused by just that with the Pyramid tape-wounds on an acoustic flat-top. Those actually have a quite high...
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Today, 04:11 PM
Price Reduced!
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Today, 04:08 PM
If you have a kneading machine (Kitchenaid, whatever) with ditto hook, try the "add moisture and knead until it forms a ball on the hook" method....
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Today, 03:58 PM
I’ve known a lot of jazzers over the years, and if I listened to their opinions I wouldn’t even think of playing jazz guitar. I never met a...
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Today, 03:54 PM
I never looked at a video of Wes Montgomery or Barney Kessel and thought, I only wish they were standing up.
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Today, 03:51 PM
No idea how I got it, but I've been annoyed by a "wry neck in my left shoulder", more precisely at the level of the left shoulder blade, since at...
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Today, 03:43 PM
Single floating pickup, cherry red, located in Toronto at the 12th Fret. Price translates to about USD 6950.
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Today, 03:41 PM
so many but the first one that pops into my head is Lee Morgan and Hank Mobley
Ceora (youtube.com)
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Today, 03:35 PM
Walkin had two of these. I bought the other one last month. I had it shipped to the US from Japan. The guitar looks, plays and sounds great! I...
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Today, 03:32 PM
^ What was that thing, like 300 lbs?
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Today, 03:25 PM
I smashed my guitar in anger; very embarrassing to say. But in my defense, as an xray tech of 15 years, the amount of fist vs wall fractures I have...
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Today, 03:24 PM
Peter Bernstein and Jesse van Ruller.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Iw3FRVj68
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Today, 03:22 PM
Incidentally...
I have a tenor uke.
I wonder if instead of expanding to the rest of the guitar, I were to shrink down the instrument instead.
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Today, 03:20 PM
Louis Stewart and Martin Taylor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gDzo50gRek
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Today, 03:19 PM
^ That's nice.
I didn't mean exclusively duo, I meant the pairing of 2 unique featured greats in any group setting. If I meant duo, I would have...
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Today, 03:18 PM
On the Bill Frisell Recent Relelases thread I called his new album "Orchestras" the closest thing to a concerto for Electric Guitar. Here is...
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Today, 03:16 PM
I just bought the Comins GCS-16-1 on sale here and it was great to hear it worked fine with your bum shoulder. With guitars that aren't quite right...
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Today, 03:10 PM
Dear everyone, First, I really appreciate your suggestions re: archtops and I just purchased the Comins GCS-16-1 for sale on this forum! I'm excited...
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Today, 03:08 PM
Did you see the Comins listed here for $1495? personally Id be pouncing on that if I was in the market and not up to my ears in guitars.
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Today, 03:02 PM
Seems like a Google search for anything jazz, especially hardware, jgo is sometimes the only source for feedback for the "general non posting public"...
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Today, 02:51 PM
Jim Hall and Bob Brookmeyer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsvan-Q7mww
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Today, 02:29 PM
It's not like duos are a rarity. A few I like are Joe Pass and Herb Ellis, Duke Robillard and Herb Ellis, Herb Ellis and Red Mitchell, Howard Alden...
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Today, 02:28 PM
Through the '80s and '90s, I worked with a piano player who used a Rhodes and the matching Fender amplifier / speaker cab that also served as a base...
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Today, 02:23 PM
Classical guitarists don't stand while playing, so why should we? I've done it, and can do it, and don't find it that different from sitting, but at...
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Today, 02:20 PM
Me too. :)
As I aged I got to a point where I only sold guitars locally, as I had no time or patience for the packaging of a guitar. I haven’t...
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Today, 02:19 PM
Yeah, that's the one. I didn't think it was difficult to play, but I was afraid to play it for fear of scratching it, or worse. Joe didn't think it...
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Today, 02:13 PM
It was intriguing, as the translation I got suggested it might be solid wood, but you are probably right. Here's the translation I got:
"This is a...
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Today, 02:04 PM
As someone with a right shoulder issue, I think I might make this decision on the basis of which guitar is most likely not to irritate the shoulder. ...
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Today, 02:01 PM
I have owned 6 of them personally. I still have 2 New Yorkers a 49 and 37. I owned an Excel, Style A, and a Style B. In addition another New Yorker....
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Today, 02:01 PM
It’s mostly true- life has been good!
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Today, 02:00 PM
Thanks very much !
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Today, 01:51 PM
https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/%E7%94%B0%E8%BE%BA%E5%85%85%E9%82%A6
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Today, 01:51 PM
Id be voting for the Comins, however I must mention I bought a Guild T50 very recently (the black dynasonic) and the quality was superb. Not sure if...
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Today, 01:48 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRa4QtL08UQ&list=RDhRa4QtL08UQ&start_radio=1
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Today, 01:34 PM
I remember playing that guitar at the "flagship" GC on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood. The store is in a converted movie theater, and where the screen used...
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Today, 01:21 PM
If it was good enough for Jim Hall...
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Today, 01:20 PM
Thanks for your helpful reply, SS. I was hoping you would comment given your extensive knowledge and direct experience with D’angelicos. I hear what...
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Today, 01:15 PM
Really great looking guitar! I've often wondered why laminate archtops are almost exclusively maple. Gibson I guess. There's a huge world of face...
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Today, 01:14 PM
Hi
so for nearly all of my time playing as a Jazz guitarist, I have always sat down. It feels comfortable but I think deep down it is laziness. I...
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Today, 01:14 PM
^ They are lighter. I looked it up and it weighs 75 lbs which is much lighter than the vintage ones which were around 130 lbs apparently.
For the...
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Today, 01:12 PM
Bump with price reduction.
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Today, 01:04 PM
Well done. Nice tone, that's a lot faster than I can play the phrase. :encouragement:
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Today, 01:04 PM
If the dough springs back when you try to shape it, let it rest for a few minutes. That should cause the dough to relax and be more workable, unless...
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Today, 12:52 PM
Will this work (no affiliation)? Base for ABR-1 Style Tunematic Guitar Bridge Rsewd BP-0037-0R0 | eBay
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Today, 12:51 PM
Hope they at least make the new Rhodes a little lighter in weight.My back still has bad memories of transporting them to a gig.
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Today, 12:49 PM
The drool from looking at those pictures just shorted out my key-board. Wow, what fantastic instruments!
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Today, 12:47 PM
I have the Comins-16-1 and I had frozen shoulders. This is an excellent guitar and very comfortable to play. Shoulder pain is no joke and the...
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Today, 12:45 PM
I think you might mean Guild A-150, not A-50 (the A-50 is a vintage acoustic, not a current production electric)? Anyway, the A-150 is a 17" guitar,...
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Today, 12:45 PM
Here's my 180 bpm clam bake. Tried to push it as hard as I could with several new fingerings that I hope ultimately will help me play it a little...
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Today, 12:36 PM
You overestimate how much I care about the opinions of my trumpet friends.
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Today, 12:35 PM
learn how to read it in C, impress your trumpet friends!
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Today, 12:34 PM
The guys who play the first group GASB and swing tunes are the OG realbook haters. That’s what I meant earlier in the thread when I said we don’t...
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Today, 12:15 PM
just my thought as i the poster has removed the post i will leave the name off but wabted to give my thoughts.
i dont live in or near a large city...
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Today, 12:09 PM
I have mine already (beautiful blonde) but in looking at the Walkin website (to see if they had any of the 175 knockoffs in stock) I saw this, which...
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Today, 12:06 PM
Lol.
They sent me Bb
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Today, 12:06 PM
As a Software Engineer, I'd simply open the picture, usually by default in Windows it uses the Photos app for JPG pictures.
Then I'd use the...
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Today, 12:05 PM
That's something I can try, though I've had several resources warn against stretching dough to make it fit a pan (basically it will un-stretch). I do...
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Today, 12:03 PM
It’s $9500. Even Brother Ray would be using a Nord for half of that price.
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Today, 11:57 AM
That’s all true and I agree with you. But it’s not practical for many gigs. These days, almost no one pays for rehearsals for non-recurring club...
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Today, 11:53 AM
Apparently the company Rhodes has relaunched the instrument and are manufacturing a new version of the authentic instrument with tines (tuning forks)...
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Today, 11:47 AM
^ Oh yeah, that's a great one!
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Today, 11:41 AM
Ogden Avenue
PART FOUR
Learning Phrases
Jazz Phrasing for Beginners by Ear
After a few days of listening attentively and Internalising...
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Today, 11:23 AM
As we're doing it, here's another one, no repeat, no blues.
I hope the black and white's not too pretentious. The tune's a little... moody...
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Today, 11:18 AM
Found the first two new real books used for $25 total. First one comes today.
Oops.
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Today, 11:12 AM
Tbh if you have a decent repertoire sometimes tunes are easier to learn by ear on the band stand. Used to be like that when I was playing with dance...
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Today, 11:09 AM
Some more international interest but no real contenders yet .....
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Today, 11:07 AM
Charts are useful when playing cold. But my experience is the music gets deeper once they go away. I hate seeing them on a bandstand. I pride myself...
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Today, 10:28 AM
You've missed this one. Pretty slick, this :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzZwXp6fyMc
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Today, 10:25 AM
Thank you for confirming the refret and for the additional info. It is a really nice piece of maple on the back. Here is a picture of the label also....
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Today, 10:18 AM
This is a beautiful classic jazz ballad. I’ll try to put up a track later today. I just finished my restoration of the blonde Fender clone kit that...
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Today, 10:07 AM
Yeah good point. The final shaping is very important for the evenness and the oven spring.
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Today, 10:03 AM
I just PM’d you back.
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Today, 09:56 AM
I‘ll see Bill with the trio next week, in Oberhausen, of all places. Tickets still available.
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Today, 09:49 AM
My daughter worked at GC some years ago, as the rentals manager and later in charge of lessons at a store. I bought some things, because I could get...
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Today, 09:23 AM
This is my beloved ES-330L. The neck meets the body at the 19th fret instead of the 15th as with a traditional ES-330. Basically a fully hollow...
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Today, 09:21 AM
Wow, that beauty goes way back - back to the days when quilted maple of that quality was much easier to get than it is now. At that time, the...
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Today, 09:16 AM
Long reply via PM - thanks.
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Today, 09:06 AM
In this case the guitar is relatively subdued in the kitsch department shreddin'shreddin'shreddin'
(With this one we're getting close to what I...
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Today, 09:00 AM
Yes, but "that much" can be "only" 5 cents (and compensating that can be done by slipping the equivalent of a piece of toothpick under the string and...
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Today, 08:55 AM
No guitars here, but I find this awfully hard to beat. There are lots of great ones though.
https://youtu.be/9dDPVUNk1Mg?si=cEFWfQndag456aNE
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Today, 08:52 AM
The neck alone looks to have parts from at least three different guitars!
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Today, 08:51 AM
As SS pointed out, some 70 GJS had volutes. They actually did them both with and without. Most I’ve seen do not have them.
That said, that one...
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Today, 08:43 AM
I was addressing the OP. I have no disagreement with what you posted. But if an individual string is so far out that it needs that much...
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Today, 08:37 AM
It'd be really interesting to see and hear a proper, in-depth comparison of a number of famous US-made archtops with their counterparts from the...
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Today, 08:20 AM
I put it on when I went to bed last night, but I fell asleep. Have to try again. What I did hear of it, very interesting. I feel like people with...
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Today, 08:17 AM
Yeah, it was decided that 13 and 14 were part of the line started prior.
I like it nice and slow too. Things get too fast and they sound spastic...
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Today, 08:16 AM
Hi All,
posting here for my forum friends. Have an excellent 16-B for sale. Recently got into a vintage Fratello and just don’t need both in the...
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Today, 08:10 AM
I thought I had caught up with the thread, but bars 13-14 seem to have been included with the latest 4 bars.
I'm getting there slowly, but I'm...
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Today, 08:10 AM
Those kinds of radical mods are things you do when you're in need of a very specific functional requirement. They're things you do because it's your...
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Today, 08:03 AM
Of course, and it wasn't my intention to contradict you on this. But the OP only mentions a slight intonation problem at the 12th fret on the lower...
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Today, 07:23 AM
I wouldn't have made these changes, but I have seen similar ones made by a competent luthier. Pete Moreno put a mounted pickup in a gorgeous...
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Today, 07:14 AM
You are welcome, Hammertone! Ploughing through a dissertation is certainly something for a rainy weekend or two.
Btw., as an owner of NOS "Roger...
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Today, 07:06 AM
Once I wrote the melody of Bluesette out in a few ways, just for fun:
bluesette_intervallides_ja_akordides.mscz - Google Drive
It's a Musescore...
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Today, 06:55 AM
Yes, Paul Bigsby is one of the pioneers of the solid body guitar and certainly George Beauchamp and a few more names.
For me, it's not primarily...
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Today, 06:41 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8cWlR60bdc
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Today, 05:51 AM
His new album Orchestras has just been released on Blue Note. The closest thing to a concerto for electric guitar.
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Today, 05:10 AM
Well the ad does mention "*(top X-brace cut through to mount replacement pickups, interior pedestal installed between top and back, tailpiece...
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Today, 05:01 AM
I agree, it's not that inspiring but it's the song we've got.
The RB has AABA so I did it like that but I did notice that most versions including...
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Today, 03:06 AM
To those interested few, here is a short clip I made when I picked the guitar up in january.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVRUtirc6LI
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Today, 02:57 AM
I frankly don't disbelieve that the best of American archtops are superior to anything else - you guys invented them. And Martin guitars - a recent...
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Today, 02:46 AM
I'm posting journals as reflections on my experiences at open jazz jam sessions near where I live in Japan. I hope some of my experiences will...
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Today, 02:05 AM
Listening once more to your demo. Now this recalls very obviously to me the sound of the Belge guitarist Rene Thomas.. and the phrasing, airy and...
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Today, 01:58 AM
BK. You mean Barney Kessel ?
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Today, 01:56 AM
I visited their concert in Berlin two weeks ago. It was really short! :)
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Today, 01:53 AM
I own three of John D'Angelico's guitars. I have a 1935 Excel. a 1837 Style A and a 1948 Style B. All are non-cut 17 inch guitars. All are amazing...
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Today, 01:37 AM
It's 4 or 5 hours each way for me (southern Oregon) and I already have a nice ES175. Of course.. if it were close by I probably couldn't resist. A...
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Today, 12:01 AM
My L50 was in worse shape. I'd be interested in using that cut-up guitar for a project like this, but the price is still on the high side for me.
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Yesterday, 11:57 PM
My favorite is T Monk and Milt Jackson. So spiky, melodic, and colorful. :redface-new:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jhWPNQi3VE
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Yesterday, 11:45 PM
Who knew that there would be homework... I know what I'll be doing this weekend, sheesh!! Thanks, Doc.
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Yesterday, 11:39 PM
Here’s my slow and sloppy first night.
https://youtu.be/kHUqrQFhnnM?si=1lRSfImoseu3wMbL
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Yesterday, 11:36 PM
^ How do you like the song? I thought it was one of those tunes with a narrative but boring melody and uninteresting chords too. But then I ended up...
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Yesterday, 11:16 PM
I’ve been researching Style A/A-1s recently and had some questions. Currently, there are 7 Style A and A-s available for sale on Reverb and through...
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Yesterday, 11:14 PM
Ow, my eyes!
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Yesterday, 11:09 PM
How close they are is an interesting question. I'll grab a few measurements from one of the three CES-style Campellones (w/P-90s, below) and a 2016 ...
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Yesterday, 11:06 PM
All in good fun, of course. :smile-new:
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Yesterday, 10:43 PM
@daverepair, thanks for that. I'd considered it and it's probably my best option. Sometimes I just want the easier, softer way and I think your...
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Yesterday, 10:17 PM
Structural integrity seems questionable to me at best! How can the top support both pickups? I wouldn’t chance it unless I was a luthier myself.
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