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Today, 06:48 PM
I like the Yamaha. I'd really like to hear it with the TI 12's. I suspect it might really shine.
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Today, 06:42 PM
Guitar, cable, amp. Done. I would suggest you get rid of that Fishman amp if you want breakup tone, instead of putting an overdrive ahead of it.
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Today, 06:39 PM
Fender amps don’t have 0.5 guys.
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Today, 06:25 PM
Here are a couple of things I tried this afternoon.
1. I actually could not identify the 12AX7 that came with the amp, though it definitely...
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Today, 05:36 PM
My action is certainly more than that, so if your action at the nut is OK to there doesn't seem to be much reason for a neck reset!
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Today, 04:45 PM
Well, I'm not so sure that even the heaviest of jazz guitar players and composers really "recognise" every tone in a chord. At least that I ever...
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Today, 04:36 PM
My basic action height adjustment is 2.0mm for the high E and 2.5mm for the low E.
That's the starting point, the final height depends on many...
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Today, 04:28 PM
I have decided to sell the Sienna Burst Sadowky Frank Vignola that I bought. I've decided that Ilike nitro lacquered guitars. The FV is similar to an...
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Today, 04:25 PM
The guitar arrived. The guitar was stripped of strings and padding was put around the tailpiece and under the pickguard. FedEx did the rest and...
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Today, 04:23 PM
As it happens my bridge on the high e is less less 20mm but more than 19! Action is 1.7mm. So not too bad.
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Today, 04:22 PM
I look forward to hearing more your stuff.
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Today, 04:15 PM
Yes I think it's in C! I didn't saw transcriptions, I learned by ear but I should start to write them...! I don't have enough time and patience to...
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Today, 04:11 PM
I posted Poinciana which, ironically, is one of the few Bruno performances to make an impression. But I do see your point. Barney had so much...
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Today, 04:06 PM
I try to position the amp so i can hear it, because unless properly miked it will sound worse through the PA. Also i talk to the sound guy if needed,...
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Today, 04:04 PM
Yeah, I think I measured about 20mm under the 1st string (down to the top) just in front of the bridge.
I'd thought that I could measure there,...
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Today, 04:01 PM
Sir, this is too many of the bars... I'm going to need you to go back and edit out anything about bars 5 through 32.
Kidding, but I am glad to...
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Today, 03:58 PM
I used to have one of those 2355’s (Ibanez badged) back at college/Uni. They are solid guitars with bags of mojo. My passion for archtops really...
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Today, 03:56 PM
Probably your best bet today is to do a deep dive into what Roland is offering for guitar synthesizers- they have several. They seem to track well,...
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Today, 03:55 PM
Looks like you have a substantial height on your bridge and therefore a good break angle. My 700 looks a lot less than that. I have been...
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Today, 03:55 PM
Well it can be twangy, but with the neck pickup and volume/tone dialed down, it isn't.
A 175 is always a good choice. Very predictable.
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Today, 03:52 PM
#hehasavideo
https://youtu.be/F8UreGtVaX8?si=4WPzXFjkXYDiteQN
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Today, 03:48 PM
Yikes! I hope you like the Antoria! And the Epi for that matter.
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Today, 03:45 PM
Yup, that's just where I start with a Deluxe Reverb (old one) for jazz. Then slight increases if needed. Often leave the treble super low!
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Today, 03:42 PM
here’s my try. Different fingering from Jeff at bar 3.
https://youtu.be/EP8sERdi0Zc?si=8NHtvMJX4SNab4k_
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Today, 03:38 PM
Did you find what you were looking for. I have a Jimmy Bruno I may be selling.
Thanks.
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Today, 03:26 PM
Would guess the Gretsch to be on the twangy side. Acoustic amp will just replicate. Small venue so you probably heard your tone well enough. Might...
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Today, 03:24 PM
I hear a marked difference in hitting the fourth string all by itself vs. hitting only the fourth string but fretting the other two notes in the...
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Today, 03:19 PM
Eventually I would drop the 6th string stuff... but I had 3 rehearsals and zero experience in this style before the gig. I tried to fret it, but not...
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Today, 03:17 PM
Massive difference in sound between the two to my ears, mainly the difference in laminate and carved. I have used the Bravo and L5 through all...
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Today, 03:11 PM
JCat: In the folkie/acoustic world, singer-songwriter is certainly a performing genre--a singer who performs his/her own original material. The roots...
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Today, 03:08 PM
Christian — no one’s going to guess.
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Today, 02:59 PM
Well, those rhythm guitar voicings can't be bashed out on a plugged in electric guitar...
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Today, 02:58 PM
For me the most astonishing thing about my 76 JS is the difference between unplugged and amplified. I feel that it does not really retain the...
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Today, 02:52 PM
Paulie, thanks for the insight, did you note a difference in tone and depth tween the two?
the WesMo 2002 I had a chance to noodle on had that...
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Today, 02:50 PM
The jazz group I sit in with has a very good drummer, but he has other demands on his time (he's on the local university music faculty), so it's not...
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Today, 02:47 PM
Oh, I stand corrected, I just went back and saw your post that mentioned "other style" bassists. And I see that Christian did too. Sorry, it's a long...
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Today, 02:45 PM
LOL that is actually wedged-shaped wood pieces. Looks cool but I'm sure it affects the sound!
I thought it sounded "OK" through the amp. Through...
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Today, 02:43 PM
It's very often that the sound and tone on stage is a bit weird, it usually does sound great out in the room though. I saw a video with Julian Lage...
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Today, 02:43 PM
Here's my lunch break musings...
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Today, 02:35 PM
Guess what?
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Today, 02:34 PM
Hmm, when I played with my college big band, the bass player gave me dirty looks when I played voicings on the bottom strings like those, felt I was...
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Today, 02:33 PM
I understand your GBJS or GBAA feelings but it is hands down the finest made ‘mass produced’ archtop I've ever put my hands on. The recurve, the...
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Today, 02:27 PM
I am going to go off the wall and tell you to add two braces going across the top and bottom of the X brace. They will not touch the X brace but sit...
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Today, 02:26 PM
I'd hope so (or else what's the point of the subforums), and a priori threads are only moved if the OP either asks it or (supposedly) if Dirk thinks...
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Today, 02:21 PM
"volume power is not an indicator of a fine sound archtop.” -
Volume is an indicator of a well made acoustic guitar. A balanced range of...
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Today, 02:15 PM
Is that significant? I haven't paid attention to exactly where threads are posted - in which subforum - and have not seen any threads moved because...
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Today, 02:15 PM
Thanks! That squeak on the wound strings is something I dislike about playing nylon strings.
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Today, 02:11 PM
Is that wall behind where you are playing ceramic tile? Could that have weir reflective properties and effect how you were hearing yourself?
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Today, 02:10 PM
I'm in. I already know the tune, but would love to work along with you all thinking about how to play it best. We're posting clips for each segment?
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Today, 02:08 PM
This is kind of an open-ended discussion--just throwing it out there for opinions.
For our recent show in a smallish club--50 in the audience--I...
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Today, 01:58 PM
Very true, context is important...if there's no bass player, I'm playing a lot more roots...
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Today, 01:57 PM
Nothing quite like that in the charts I'm seeing. I wonder if the arranger wrote in backbeats or something, or if the chart would just have slashes.
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Today, 01:57 PM
I'd second this. Try to play a 16" 2.5-2.75" depth guitar and a 17" over 3" depth guitar if you can, even if it is not the exact models. While the...
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Today, 01:53 PM
I owned two Guild-Benedetto Artist Award guitars, both made in Westerly. The first one was very quiet acoustically and frankly was a bit...
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Today, 01:53 PM
Gotta be! The seller did say in an earlier post that he has a lot of sevens, and many of those now posted look like wonderful guitars.
With 6...
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Today, 01:52 PM
Are you only seeing intermediate level guitar players that are playing with just another intermediate level guitar players?
I ask this because for...
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Today, 01:48 PM
?The Amos? 'n Andy Show?
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Today, 01:47 PM
After messing with it for a few minutes during lunch that seems to make the most sense.
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Today, 01:43 PM
I think the style dictates everything. The Freddie style is an old way of playing..I love it, but of course it's not what you're going to hear in a...
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Today, 01:42 PM
I bought two guitars today and I’m nervous about both.
I shouldn't have bought them but I cashed out an amplifier and frankly I’d rather have the...
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Today, 01:42 PM
I am still enjoying a lot of good feels from this show. Jacqueline sent me the raw video footage, and I have watched it several times. The...
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Today, 01:32 PM
I just spent some quality time with the LG, prepping for my first tube roll experiment (starting with the stock 12AX7, looks like an EH 7025; and I...
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Today, 01:25 PM
Not exactly true. My Heritage Johnny Smith Rose from 2001 is quite a powerful acoustic guitar and louder than many good 18-inch guitars. It is as...
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Today, 01:23 PM
I wouldn't mind resurrecting that rhythm guitar thread.
I'm playing big band regularly and I'm not sure when to stick to Freddie G. and when to...
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Today, 01:22 PM
The tone, harmonics and playing are just sublime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOZ9eBrFZz0
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Today, 01:18 PM
Yeah, that's a good plan. Not sure why I thought there was a pickup on this one.
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Today, 01:09 PM
I think in a way that answers the point. If an acoustic guitar is not very loud, it’s not very acoustic.
We could debate ‘good’ and granted, I’d...
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Today, 01:09 PM
JD,
That sound you got with the HJS is thick enough to cut with a knife brother.
You're awesome!
Lots of Johnny Smith threads I know you're...
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Today, 01:03 PM
I might throw in a vote for the Godin Kingpin.
The 175 is a deep guitar for an archtop, I think that's what makes it feel large.
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Today, 12:59 PM
It can depend on the tune and on the section … in this case we’ve got probably the beginning to beat one of m4, with the second phrase starting on...
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Today, 12:58 PM
With some fretboard (lemon) oil on the rosewood saddle holder it doesn't even look particularly odd on top of the ebony bridge. Kind of repeats the...
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Today, 12:54 PM
Thin hollowbody:
Gibson ES-120T
Guild T-50
Epiphone Sorrento Reissue (there are some with P90's and some with mini-humbuckers)
Full:
Gretsch...
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Today, 12:42 PM
I also play (a kind of) classical, so I'm used to coping with higher action (and know that actually good classical players -which I'm not claiming to...
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Today, 12:37 PM
Yeah, I ditched Spotify about 2 years ago, but still use YouTube music...I've encountered very little that isn't there, but I'm not taking chances.
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Today, 12:35 PM
There’s still music that’s not available on Spotify that you can get on CDs. So do be judicious about which ones you choose to part with.
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Today, 12:34 PM
Some years ago I analyzed the head and extracted a series of chord specific licks that covered the whole head. If you orient the licks to the chord...
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Today, 12:29 PM
My wifes car still has a CD player so I still use mine. Well, one of them at least... Danny Gatton's The Humbler is the only one I play.
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Today, 12:28 PM
Used but Mint StewMac Alnico II Neck Humbucker pickup.
Pickup in clear cylindrical container and labeled as "Golden Age Pickups" "Vintage Vibe"....
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Today, 12:20 PM
I might suggest Lily Afshar’s “Essential Bach” that features many popular works that are reasonably guitaristic. The interesting aspect here is...
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Today, 12:18 PM
As of this morning, the count is up to 11, count 'em 11 7-stringers for sale here (along with two other auctions). Is this a record? :ridinghorse:
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Today, 12:17 PM
This is an awesome and versatile pre in great condition (very light wear shown in pics). It uses a 12ax7 preamp tube (high voltage circuit), and has...
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Today, 12:17 PM
Mine came stock in 1988 with the second version of the Wilkinson Roller Nut which is like the first version shown above except the enclosed design...
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Today, 12:16 PM
Works for me. I'm definitely in.
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Today, 12:14 PM
My rationale was 4 bars a week, 32 bar tune, 8 week commitment. I have not played the tune so I don't know how the lines lay and if we should have a...
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Today, 12:12 PM
If you're not opposed to a full depth guitar an ES-125 would be hard to beat with that budget. I'd string it with rounds for CC/Django tones.
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Today, 12:12 PM
Nice, I have it on CD somewhere...All of my CD's are in storage bins right now...can't part with them yet...
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Today, 12:10 PM
I just ordered a copy off discogs for $0.99 +shipping, fun little shopping spree. Also got Red Norvo Trio, Benny Goodman Trio, and Teddy Wilson Trio...
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Today, 12:09 PM
It’s interesting how perception can vary. I bought this amp because it’s not stiff, old, sterile or overly trebly ;-). But I mostly play fingerstyle...
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Today, 12:08 PM
Yes start with bass/treble at 0.5 and go from there. Sometimes people assume the EQ is neutral at 12 o'clock but that isn't the case with a...
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Today, 12:05 PM
Great idea...
And now I'll make a suggestion...4 bars at a time, or should we think more in terms of phrases? Or just leave it up to whoever is...
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Today, 11:59 AM
Bebop heads: Donna Lee
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Today, 11:58 AM
Here we will be working on Donna Lee.
Four bars a week. I’ll post later with the first four. Anyone else is welcome to start in the meantime —...
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Today, 11:55 AM
Hi
Got these bits for sale if they are any use. Im in the UK but can post worldwide. Rode NT1A condenser mic, with mount, bag and red xor lead...
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Today, 11:55 AM
It was on YouTube music but now I can't seem to find it.
Something that good should not be so obscure.
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Today, 11:50 AM
Let's do it. Whoever wants to start, go for it...or I can.
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Today, 11:43 AM
Hello. I thought the Yamaha sounded the best. I base this on the smaller sample of slower playing in the beginning. As with any amplified guitar, the...
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Today, 11:36 AM
I toured with Sedaka for 6 years back in the 90s as sound engineer / backline tech. He wrote many more great songs than most people realize, and I...
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Today, 11:32 AM
Oooohhhh I would start this.
Bebop head study group. Four bars a week max.
sounds awesome
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Today, 11:23 AM
I wish that album was on Spotify
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Today, 11:20 AM
For sale NOK 34 620,-*)
Bought this guitar directly from luthier Chris Forshage in Dec 2014.
Pickups: one Benedetto B-7 covered with cocobolo...
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Today, 11:16 AM
I could get behind a 4 bars a week study group. Learn and analyze the head bit by bit.
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Today, 11:13 AM
Liarspoker, I love the old "bass and treble at 0.5 trick" for Princetons.
I miss my Princeton a bit. I wonder if the guy I sold it to is using...
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Today, 11:10 AM
One thing I have found is that the Princetons sound is heavily dependent on the speaker used. Assuming you have a stock one with a 10” small mag...
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Today, 11:08 AM
As soon as I saw your phrase " I like to dig in " , I thought ' man can I relate'....
I've always preferred some string resistance, and I feel...
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Today, 11:06 AM
It's a lost art for sure...I'm determined to bring it back for smaller group settings...like this:
I gotta get up to one of your sessions once I'm...
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Today, 11:04 AM
I don't think many people here play rhythm guitar. I didn't get the difference until I sat in with that big band and there was no room with 12...
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Today, 10:58 AM
Had rehearsal with the duo singer today. She prefers the Vox ....
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Today, 10:56 AM
Yeah, rhythm guitar is really it's own thing...I'm always surprised when people don't get that (nobody in this thread, but when I started a thread...
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Today, 10:34 AM
I would suggest the "La Bella 413P - Studio" Professional Recording Strings. They are a classical set with a flat winding on the wound strings. ...
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Today, 10:33 AM
Is that on an iPhone? It doesn't look like that on Android, nor seem to work like that. If I choose to edit a song that has been transposed, it...
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Today, 10:27 AM
I wouldn’t get a Wes for the sake of imitating Wes (same goes for any signature model). I’d get it because it’s a great guitar.
Ive yet to play a...
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Today, 10:24 AM
Not quite played in yet, but when it’s reliable I will post.
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Today, 10:23 AM
The bit I like to use my pinky on are those little twiddles
Inner urge is good with three fingers too. I’m going to do 26-2 next. All the jazz...
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Today, 10:15 AM
Yes, Wes played a Sunburst Gibson L-5 (several different ones actually and he played quite a few other Gibson guitars over the years as well), but he...
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Today, 09:53 AM
While I look forward to more news (I find myself in similar thoughts of getting an electric nylon) of the newly acquired guitar it occurs to me that...
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Today, 09:41 AM
Secret to McCoy Tyner pentatonics Using forward motion
There really is no single secret to McCoy Tyner pentatonics but there is one thing that...
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Today, 09:34 AM
All I need. Range is not the problem. Being heard over other players who are hammering at the strings like they are forging steel is. Unfortunately,...
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Today, 09:34 AM
I prefer 17”, 3 3/8” depth, acoustic archtop guitars and a nice burst finish. The traditional burst WesMo would be my pick out of these three. I...
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Today, 09:32 AM
Sorry, should have said. $2,000 max, preferably $1,500.
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Today, 09:30 AM
I think the take I posted on the first page of this thread is almost all 3 fingers...it does work!
I need to revisit this one. Maybe this is my...
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Today, 09:23 AM
Wow I'd love to see that! Could you post a clip? I think it would be exciting to see.
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Today, 09:22 AM
But how much dynamic range can you get with that??
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Today, 09:18 AM
In my experience we tend to recognise by ear what we play. So play/listen and it’s a virtuous circle (at least for guitar stuff.)
Sent from my...
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Today, 09:17 AM
Just like this chart I made. When you cut out a note from chords, a lot of the grips become synonymous.
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Today, 09:14 AM
Measuring accurately is tricky indeed, reading a ruler held next to a string not trivial at all. I realised too late that I could simply have slipped...
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Today, 09:13 AM
Great and very extensive answer
Many thanks ….
If one were to setup a system to do
that today (ie with a pedal to ‘hold’ the
synth pad chord)...
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Today, 09:09 AM
It’s very personal. I play fingerstyle and acoustic 80% of the time, and a 2,5 - 2 mm action would feel very stiff and high for me. I spend a lot of...
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Today, 09:09 AM
I can recognize many complex chords by ear, having learned and played much of the GASB by ear. But I am not very good at recognizing intervals,...
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Today, 09:01 AM
I've never been one to measure action that precisely, but for fingerstyle playing I'd certainly like it lower than if I was playing rhythm with a...
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Today, 08:54 AM
Yep. Charles is good. But how would he sound if he were playing upright, improvising most of the music, and supporting others in a trad style? We...
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Today, 08:54 AM
I've had them, tweaking both guitars and amps (and even a couple of pedals!) over the years, in an effort to get them EXACTLY as I want them to be.
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Today, 08:53 AM
Yes it's new, MII.
It's a great guitar I'm really enjoying it and having a hard time putting it down.
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Today, 08:51 AM
Fun to see NKC singing with someone else playing piano – especially Peterson. He was a big fan of NKC, and recorded With Respect to Nat, singing as...
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