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Today, 11:10 AM
I think we've established that vanilla is a flavor of ice cream.
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Today, 10:44 AM
French bakers bag record for world'''s longest baguette
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Today, 10:43 AM
I dunno, after getting my Broadway, my old faithful flying V just seemed cramped. My friend has a ES175 and it seems cramped too. I have an Eastman...
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Today, 10:32 AM
Yes, good ear. Gm Pentatonic triads with the high note duplicating the melody note.
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Today, 10:32 AM
Hey Guys,
thank you so much for the suggestions, I'm learning a lot!
The notes on the first frets are slightly sharper on some strings. I think...
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Today, 10:17 AM
To crossover threads a bit, as part of my summer of rhythm guitar I've decided to bash out some Freddie Green chords for Donna Lee for anyone to use...
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Today, 10:12 AM
It might not be mathematically a lot, but I definitely feel the difference between the two scale lengths moving between the L5ces and the ES175, or...
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Today, 10:11 AM
What's the chord punches in the background? Pentatonic triads, maybe?
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Today, 10:09 AM
I mean it's all about what you like but I used to like 25.5 scale also. "Because it's easier to fit my fingers up high" was also my excuse. But 3/4"...
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Today, 10:00 AM
I play a 24.75" scale archtop as my main "jazz guitar," but there is absolutely something special about a 17" body and a long scale.
Should also...
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Today, 09:52 AM
I just don't see why I need to play something I don't like when there is another option available.
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Today, 09:51 AM
Not 300# sterling - 300# fat. It's not tippable at all. My link above shows it available.
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Today, 09:50 AM
I’ve never seen any significantly measurable dimensional differences in any GJS, and that spans 1960s-1980s examples.
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Today, 09:42 AM
Bought it on Amazon (Kindle version) yesterday, but havent had the time to look much into it yet. Looks promising, but I couldnt find any information...
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Today, 09:37 AM
No but there have been reports of them using your info for other things.
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Today, 09:32 AM
It's my belief that every song has a key and a tempo that is correct for a given song. Obviously there is leeway for a vocalist via transposition...
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Today, 09:31 AM
Recently i watched a clip of John McLaughlin playing his Johnny Smith. I’m aware that in his hands the guitar may look small as he probably is tall...
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Today, 09:28 AM
If I am 6'4" and can fit my fingers in those upper regions of a 24 3/4" scale then so can you. Fortune favors the bold.
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Today, 09:24 AM
I always liked listening to Jack, whether playing or talking.
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Today, 09:22 AM
The slices are rather thick, though.
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Today, 09:21 AM
They're 25 1/2" scale too. The standard 24 3/4 archtop scale is too small up the neck for me.
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Today, 09:17 AM
I would keep the pay as it is until I bought the gear my band needed, then as new gigs come, split the pay differently.
Essentially, split the...
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Today, 09:15 AM
Yea... vanilla is the harmonic organizational reference.... not what one plays or tries to play. It's not just about improve LOL.
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Today, 09:08 AM
Yeah, those are flippin' SWEET.
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Today, 09:04 AM
Yerp.
Orchestral music is all in F through E because those are the keys that are better for strings.
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Today, 09:03 AM
your guitar is very similar to mine
Ibz AF whatever
they want at least 11’s in my experience (they don’t intonate great
with 10’s)
12 even better...
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Today, 09:03 AM
Of course, if pressed to pick just one pairing, it would ultimately have to be Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald for me. As most of us are...
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Today, 08:59 AM
There is always the Nuge with a Byrdland and Twin reverb so I guess I was wrong about archtops not being applicable to hard rock.
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Today, 08:59 AM
Chick Corea style 5 over 4 Gm pentatonic scale pattern
This is a simple and cool technique for playing 5 over 4 lines.
It's simply a 4...
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Today, 08:51 AM
Those are the ones that are easy for horns. It's really that simple, there's nothing magic about Bb vs E. It's just that horns, the lead instrument...
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Today, 08:47 AM
Does this mean the drummer and piano player will be standing as well?
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Today, 08:46 AM
Speaking of Funk Brothers, Robert White. Not a Funk Brother, but Freddie Stone was a funk brother (in multiple other senses) and Motown archtopper.
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Today, 08:31 AM
Jim Hall and Bill Evans
Wes Montgomery and Jimmy Smith (the real one, sorry Cliff)
Wes and Mel Ryne
Wes and Johnny Griffin
Joe Zawinul and Wayne...
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Today, 07:45 AM
Nice b'roke guitar.
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Today, 07:40 AM
although the death is an exaduration
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Today, 07:20 AM
Wah-wah Watson was all over Motown recordings using as L-5 for another example. Though I hesitate to bring him up by name, because of the gut...
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Today, 07:19 AM
FWIW, Pyramid also let you compose your own sets through their website, and will do "specialty" string orders, with optional hand-polishing at no...
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Today, 07:11 AM
In-store credits usually have an expiration date, in my experience.
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Today, 07:09 AM
$52 for a 300£ stool seems a bargain (esp. if you don't flush it down) :cool:
That picture gives me shivers though; the thing is probably better...
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Today, 06:57 AM
If the rest of the band is standing, it feels odd to be the only one seated imho. I like to sit though, preferably on a barstool or something like...
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Today, 06:55 AM
s.a.g.
sell acquire gear
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Today, 06:47 AM
50/50…..good vocals are hard to find and vox are usually the star of the show…
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Today, 06:30 AM
I've caught up with bar 9-14 after my holidays.
I think the phrase is nearly correct, but slow, maybe about 120bpm.
This is played on my 7...
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Today, 06:25 AM
Sweetwater is letting you sell gear with no fees, for purchase credits. Interesting.
"When you sell on Gear Exchange, you’ll have the option to...
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Today, 06:22 AM
When I saw the title I thought you meant an early morning poop.
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Today, 06:21 AM
Why? Was there a problem?
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Today, 05:07 AM
For the novice player who doesn't have much experience with various string gauges, this Blues Set is a great educational tool. I recommend the...
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Today, 04:50 AM
I just thought that to some degree maybe I had misunderstood the title...
Because I think of it as of a collaboration of two equal leaders: very...
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Today, 04:42 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQ_koDFrtE
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Today, 04:41 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVu9B64g-WQ
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Today, 04:18 AM
Used to stand on stage often, but mostly sitting these days, partly to use pedals, partly for comfort, partly cause it’s easier to be consistent with...
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Today, 04:13 AM
Sadly, even the family firm of Morgan founded in 1910 by Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan, are now owned by an Italian investment group.
But,...
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Today, 03:01 AM
Loosen strings and rotate the bridge base. The bridge top seems correctly orientated.
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Today, 02:22 AM
I forgot to mention something cool and money which is very important obviously ( plus some questions at the end ).
The cool part is that during...
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Today, 01:08 AM
^ Yep. But why are all jazz songs only in half the keys? :P
I learn the song and internalize it, then I mentally transpose it and take it thru the...
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Today, 01:03 AM
Sorry about that. I rage quit my digital Hammond recently. Thankfully I didn't destroy it tho because I can get several k back selling it.
You...
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Today, 12:13 AM
Also worth considering just playing six strings, in several keys.
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Yesterday, 11:58 PM
FYI: Just came across a program called Moises which is great for track separation. I tried it using the album Fitzgerald and Pass Again. It totally...
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Yesterday, 11:55 PM
Yes, it really help. I saw a physical therapist who had my wife take pictures of me while playing the guitar and the PT made some good...
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Yesterday, 11:50 PM
Agreed. There are a bunch of good players who used archtops and didn't play jazz, or only played some jazz. Mel Brown, blues/soul/jazz ES175. Fenton...
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Yesterday, 11:18 PM
Nice—I'll admit I had to google image search that one... doesn't that prove my point though?!?
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Yesterday, 11:15 PM
Wynton Kelly and Wes Montgomery.
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Yesterday, 10:38 PM
Seems to be better for my wrists to be standing, but that's probably different for everyone, given body shape and guitar etc
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Yesterday, 10:36 PM
The price is so low (below any 6 string set on the market) it doesn't matter. What to do with the left-over strings? I suggest putting them in the...
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Yesterday, 10:21 PM
mounting clamp is there in the case. inset into the foam, running R to L, you see part of the mounting wings above the foam.
these are great.
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Yesterday, 10:16 PM
I’m a bit confused. Once you pick the 6 you prefer, you’re buying 3 strings you’ll never use.
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Yesterday, 10:12 PM
Songs definitely sound different in different keys. If they didn’t, they’d all have been written in concert C.
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Yesterday, 10:11 PM
You're making a fool of yourself.
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Yesterday, 10:07 PM
They also make great cheese boards.
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Yesterday, 09:48 PM
I should get one of those Zephyrs before they all disappear
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Yesterday, 09:47 PM
I like vanilla with the little peanut butter cups in it. Or chocolate chip cookie dough.
I think we call your me whippy “soft serve” here.
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Yesterday, 09:46 PM
I refute your argument thus
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Yesterday, 09:43 PM
I’ve got mine laying on the fireplace mantle right now. I use it to run scales and arpeggios while I’m on the treadmill.
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Yesterday, 09:43 PM
I know the term “jazz box” is commonly used, but I really think that it does archtops a disservice. They are so much more versatile than that. ...
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Yesterday, 09:40 PM
I posted this on a couple FB groups to note the loss of Jack. There are many performances, interviews, instructional things out there, but these were...
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Yesterday, 09:36 PM
I think I’m going to slow down the new songs for my band and start to transpose and get off the page for everything. We are at 46 songs. Once we hit...
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Yesterday, 09:35 PM
Are you transposing using books (notation or lead sheets) or by ear? I mean, where in the spectrum from sight reading to full internalization do you...
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Yesterday, 09:29 PM
Yes! A fellow pull up bar hanger. One of the better non surgical things one can do to alleviate impingement issues (in my humble meat head opinion.)...
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Yesterday, 09:28 PM
Folks, this is DONE.
I went with the 1st PM inquiry I received and it was from an active member of the group.
I'm sorry to the folks who were...
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Yesterday, 09:16 PM
Hmmm so it’s not something I can use to distinguish my self as lounge jazz.
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Yesterday, 09:03 PM
Gorgeous. Just sent you a DM
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Yesterday, 08:18 PM
Hexacore Electric Guitar Strings – Mapes Strings
HEXACORE BLUES SET
The screen shot pretty much says it all. You get 9 strings in a package and...
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Yesterday, 08:09 PM
Cunamara: Just fine, thank you. Haven't picked up a Tele since I got it.
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Yesterday, 08:07 PM
Many or most of you are familiar with these and their reputation. This one is all original and in mint or near mint condition depending on your...
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Yesterday, 07:53 PM
It's funny, I hear so many people saying they aren't into the modern IPAs—yet the breweries keep cranking them out. Somebody must be drinking them.
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Yesterday, 07:13 PM
At one time Britain had a slew of car companies. Now there's zero British-owned car brands. See where this goes? :numbness:
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Yesterday, 07:09 PM
That's fine, and it's a rational attitude. I'm not lecturing, and I've read a lot of good things about Chinese archtops. I'm simply saying that for...
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Yesterday, 07:06 PM
I agree with the other posts that the way the bridge is not perpendicular to the top is questionable.
I have two guitars with wooden bridges and...
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Yesterday, 06:43 PM
It's a tele. It don't need no stinkin' case. Nothing can hurt it. :cool:
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Yesterday, 06:33 PM
I dunno I got a Gibson because I like the guitar, rather than any ideological rationale.
I’d rather have fewer quality instruments than lots of...
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Yesterday, 06:31 PM
Ah, the ram's lament. There will never be another ewe. :cool:
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Yesterday, 06:11 PM
I need a stool like this but too cheap to buy one. I sit on a 4 leg folding chair and it is a PIA as it does not swivel. I have thought of doing this...
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Yesterday, 06:00 PM
How's that GB working out?
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Yesterday, 05:38 PM
I like Chinese archtops. I have six of them and can't see me parting with any. I also have expensive Gibson's that I like. I don't think there are...
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Yesterday, 05:16 PM
As a keys player. Been on my every key program for almost 3 years coming up this fall. I also noticed an improvement in my general proficiency...
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Yesterday, 05:08 PM
There is no question that sometimes the market price of a certain guitar will be higher, just because of rarity, than other guitars that play and...
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Yesterday, 05:03 PM
That is the famous “Sabionari” guitar made by Stradivarius in 1679.
But…the Italians didn’t invent the guitar. That honor seems to belong to the...
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Yesterday, 04:58 PM
TBH while we have a great beer culture in America with a lot of variety, I only like about 20% of them. Not a fan of the overly hopped IPAs. My...
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Yesterday, 04:56 PM
Thank you for your kind replies. Part II of the revised edition has many, many changes from Part II of the first edition. Lesson 27 alone has so many...
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Yesterday, 04:46 PM
MARCUT,
What you need is a Barker guitar. A 17 inch and they are warm and friendly players. Most Barkers have no trouble competing with D'angelico's...
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Yesterday, 04:39 PM
This has always been true for me. Vanilla was not only my favorite, but the rest tasted unanimously sub-standard. And then the derogatory term...
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Yesterday, 04:16 PM
A member of my local classical guitar society introduced me to the music of Maria Linnemann last year. I got a copy of her book "Quiet Waters" and...
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Yesterday, 04:06 PM
thanks for that added history and the original pics! It has the glow of youth.
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Yesterday, 04:06 PM
Conceptually better than the reality
Admit it!
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Yesterday, 04:00 PM
Oh well in that case don’t be ridiculous.
Mint chocolate chip. Has to be green.
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Yesterday, 03:44 PM
Metaphor?
I’m just grumpy at Reg for being mean about vanilla. Vanilla ROCKS!
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Yesterday, 03:43 PM
I've had my Cordoba Stage for a little while now. My first nylon string. It does sound quite good. The acoustic pickup system is pretty...
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Yesterday, 03:42 PM
Great playing! Whenever I listen to a GG solo, I'm "man, I love that lick... that lick too... and that one, but it's the same as the first one... how...
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Yesterday, 03:41 PM
That said I do quite like squirty ice cream out of a nozzle. We call it me whippy in the UK. No idea what you call it, if you have it.
I also...
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Yesterday, 03:40 PM
To strip this of the metaphor, it’s interesting how harmonically straight down the middle most great improvisers are.
Especially...
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Yesterday, 03:36 PM
No
You have good vanilla and you make good ice cream.
That’s harder than dropping a load of over sweetened stuff on top.
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Yesterday, 03:35 PM
Because of these leprechauns blasting their music too loud buskers need to get a busking license from May 20 onwards. :doh:
€30 acoustic license,...
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Yesterday, 03:29 PM
Based in Cork. Where the leprechauns are.
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Yesterday, 03:21 PM
I suspect that neither the Campy nor the Heritage will be as overbuilt as the Gibson.
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Yesterday, 03:19 PM
What does Cork-based mean?
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Yesterday, 03:19 PM
Thanks for the serial number info - I checked my records - that guitar was originally built for Ed Benson, who was the publisher of Just Jazz Guitar...
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Yesterday, 03:19 PM
That's the one! Thanks!!!! :encouragement:
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Yesterday, 03:16 PM
Thanks for the serial number info - I checked my records - that guitar was originally built for Ed Benson, who was the publisher of Just Jazz Guitar...
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Yesterday, 03:15 PM
We had a good gig today. Went as expected.
Friday rehearsal was terrible on my part and was very nervous for the gig. Saturday rehearsal was bang...
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Yesterday, 03:14 PM
It’s the stuff to add to the vanilla that improves it.
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Yesterday, 03:11 PM
Go to a masseuse.
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Yesterday, 02:51 PM
Thanks! The guitar was ordered with the following upgrades:
Locking G&L tuners
G&G hard case
Natural wood body binding
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Yesterday, 02:48 PM
Picked this up on Temu for $52 - free shipping. Supposed to be good for 300# but not sure I'd trust it that far but not terrible quality. adjusts...
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Yesterday, 02:42 PM
My 76 GJS has a volute, this one doesn't. My 1970 L5CES also doesn't have one, i think they came later in the decade.
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Yesterday, 02:40 PM
Thanks for posting this. My favorite track on my all-time favorite album. Had it on vinyl when it came out and bought the CD decades later.
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Yesterday, 02:20 PM
Thank you very much for your answer.
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Yesterday, 02:16 PM
Magic strings made of angel’s hair
And you can’t have none.
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Yesterday, 02:10 PM
Thanks Mark for your thoughtful and informative response. I had a similar thought regarding DAs vs L5 of this era in a similar price range. Per...
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Yesterday, 01:54 PM
When I started lifting, bench overloaded my serratus muscle. Because my main muscles could handle it, but this little muscle on the side that also...
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Yesterday, 01:44 PM
First off, this guitar is gorgeous! Would you please list the upgrades? Thanks.
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Yesterday, 01:38 PM
Where did you acquire this knowledge?
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Yesterday, 01:20 PM
Yeah, that's what the IR lamp is meant for, but in the meantime I'm wearing a sleeve-less bodywarmer. I've actually been thinking this might simply...
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