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Today, 08:13 AM
So a spy jazz-guitar has a transparent pickguard? Or is that actually a spy-jazz guitar (in which case all odds are off)?
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Today, 08:08 AM
^ If he already has that ability, there's no reason he can't easily pick up the mechanics for creating jazz lines from scratch. Scales, arps,...
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Today, 08:07 AM
Beautiful guitar. @markb’s and your Collings instruments are fine representatives of the company. You don’t really have to modify a Collings guitar....
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Today, 08:05 AM
Isn't the biggest challenge to know how to interpret a double-0?
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Today, 08:05 AM
Man this sounds awesome. You don’t need anyone’s help here.
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Today, 08:03 AM
https://youtu.be/O35bruRJPbA?si=C4QQpaL_orrO5iaK
here’s the classic Bird solo on Yardbird Suite, for whoever wanted to see a transcription I’ve...
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Today, 07:59 AM
Yesterday a nice L5 was offered on reverb. It was listed as a 1975 in Florida. Today the same instrument is listed as a 1973 in Indiana. The price...
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Today, 07:58 AM
I'm shocked. Shocked I say.
Do you like my new screen name? :cool:
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Today, 07:58 AM
I'm happy to see that Mooradian is back in business.
The usual serious alternative to the RB cases are ones made my MONO. I've used an M80 bag...
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Today, 07:58 AM
Important to note that most normal people don’t check JGO 87 times a day. They’ll probably be back.
For selfish reasons I want to see a...
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Today, 07:55 AM
Experience and ability plus work with the real music are required to get jazz improv, but that doesn't mean you can't immediately learn the...
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Today, 07:50 AM
Why do you need a book? There are countless demonstrations on youtube. What is it that you object to about youtube? Is it the fact that it's free, or...
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Today, 07:24 AM
I had that with an Atilla Zoller floating pickup. The guitar was fine after I changed the pickup to a cheap Ibanez Johnny Smith style pickup.
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Today, 07:15 AM
Collings SoCo Deluxe. I just moved across the country, this one is out of the box.
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Today, 06:34 AM
Depends on the genre. Rock? Loud is good. Even Brian Setzer's rockin' big band is LOUD.
But yeah- no point in hearing "Take Five" any louder than...
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Today, 06:13 AM
Beautiful burst. Looks like a keeper from here.
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Today, 05:22 AM
Yeah. I would say it's purely decorative. I like the look. The one on my 175 has lasted 61 years so far. And the fake one on my Japanese copy has...
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Today, 05:03 AM
Guys, it's CRIME JAZZ. Elmer, Bernstein, Nelson Riddle, Henry Mancini, Stan Wilson, Stan Purdy...
Some Film Noir scores cross over into this...
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Today, 04:59 AM
From a purely mechanical and functional point of view: Do these external zigzag wires make any functional sense or do they serve purely as an...
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Today, 04:50 AM
Pardon my ignorance. but what is a CME Gibson?
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Today, 04:41 AM
Sometimes the acoustic sound from the guitar interferes with the electric sound from the amplifier resulting in a partial phase cancellation. To...
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Today, 04:37 AM
Beautiful- thats the alpha and omega of jazz guitar right there
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Today, 04:34 AM
I've had a number of guitars with what seemed like a tinny or fizzy sounding high E string, especially past the 9th fret or so. Of course, I don't...
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Today, 04:32 AM
So what you are saying is Barry totally Zimmered him?
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Today, 03:19 AM
Yes, but, Elmer Bernstein.
https://youtu.be/XI9Or8rE_Dc
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Today, 02:59 AM
Gibson replaced a broken tailpiece on a Gibson ES-175 '59 Historic Reissue. That guitar was purchased new in the USA, and is covered by a warranty...
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Today, 02:58 AM
There are several possible reasons why the treble strings sound thin and weak and the problem is either of acoustic or electrical nature (or both)....
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Today, 12:35 AM
Not gonna lie, the lamination layers look exactly the same from what I can tell.
Essentially 3 ply with 2x decorative veneers.
The bottom layer in...
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Today, 12:32 AM
I couldn’t agree more!
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Today, 12:20 AM
Yes the pick does make a big difference, but I'm using a monster, no thicker made. Probably-
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Yesterday, 11:28 PM
That gypsy scene is in From Russia w Love, meow.....
:cool:
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Yesterday, 11:01 PM
The cheapest way to a thicker sound is a thicker pick. Try thicker picks of different materials. The pick can make a huge difference in tone.
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Yesterday, 09:46 PM
I have a daquisto jazz line (terada) and I love it
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Yesterday, 09:39 PM
And let us not forget the 'king of spy jazz guitar' Vic Flick. Here he is playing the same exact guitar he played the 007 Theme....
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Yesterday, 09:34 PM
Well, my first thought is trying a heavier gauge E string, maybe a .015, to see if that will beef it up some. Cheap, simple, easy. My favorite way to...
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Yesterday, 09:19 PM
I'm amazed at the mutiple weights quoted for Twins of all vintages. Even the current 65 RI is all over the place. I'm seeing same year same model...
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Yesterday, 09:17 PM
I have wonderful guitar built by Ed Shaefer that sounds and feels just right. Acoustically it is balanced across the strings, but amplified the high...
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Yesterday, 09:01 PM
"(but) playing straight"
Only on this forum would PB's playing be assessed by that criteria.
PB kills in all dimensions...
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Yesterday, 08:59 PM
2019 Collings I35 LC 60's neck. Perfect guitar for me. The only reason I'm selling a FCS Tele and a Fender D'Aquisto Elite. Anyone interested in...
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Yesterday, 08:26 PM
Appreciate it, thank you!
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Yesterday, 08:12 PM
No worries, I just measured the top of my Sadowsky Jim Hall it and it's about 3mm. I tried to get a photo with the ruler but I couldn't hold the...
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Yesterday, 08:11 PM
At 86 pounds, my 65 Fender Twin Reverb is a boat anchor but sure sounds great when I play my ES-175 through it, there is nothing quite like it. a...
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Yesterday, 07:52 PM
+1 for the Helix Stomp.
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Yesterday, 07:31 PM
American Standard Stratocaster Plus (John Cruz left his name inside)
Bahama Green (very rare, only about two dozen were shot that color)
Ordinary...
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Yesterday, 07:13 PM
No problem archie. I know I'm slightly in the minority, I rather have a guitar that plays great, sounds great with excellent sustain over the looks....
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Yesterday, 07:02 PM
Wes said he never practiced anything he wouldn't play in performance (because everything you need to know how to do is in the tunes you want to be...
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Yesterday, 06:57 PM
Is that a vintage Fender CS Jeff Beck Stratocaster in aqua? With the big “baseball bat” neck, LSR tuners and rolling nut? Definitely a good strat...
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Yesterday, 06:42 PM
Mel's been gone since '13 but I have some of those discs.
I never really liked him w/ Wes but he's better imo on the later recordings
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Yesterday, 06:39 PM
There is a used Quattro at MF for less than 1/2 price... here
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Yesterday, 06:33 PM
I won’t be able to employ anyone until I can make some money.
I’m hoping to design more manufacturing techniques (like my veneer cutting tools), so...
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Yesterday, 06:30 PM
Interesting, thanks Brian.
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Yesterday, 06:28 PM
I don’t but I’m going to ask Roger Sadowski.
I think I know, that is I suspect, you can make them thinner if you removed the fholes. They make no...
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Yesterday, 06:21 PM
Contributing even more to thread drift (because this is really fun): Compare the original Elmer Bernstein scoring for the title sequence of The Rat...
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Yesterday, 06:21 PM
We have a 3300 at the club in which I play twice a week. With 300 WRMS and a tube preamp, it positively screams.
They used to make bigger ones...
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Yesterday, 06:17 PM
^ I love that combo. It must have been a great show.
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Yesterday, 05:59 PM
Hi,
Can anybody please tell me which song Gary Potter is playing here from the 'Django Legacy' documentary from 1990?
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Yesterday, 05:49 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em0LbTF1fpg&t=56s
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Yesterday, 05:32 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVYYb2j_mcc
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Yesterday, 05:31 PM
That's interesting that Gibson supplied the replacement. It always seems that people struggle with Gibson over replacements. Was it because it was to...
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Yesterday, 05:22 PM
https://youtu.be/J1meUGGtYzo
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Yesterday, 05:21 PM
Here it is without the lyrics - well almost - this charted at about the same time as Johnny's version, I much prefer the sound of his ES-335.
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Yesterday, 05:12 PM
I think you could make a case that all three have been massively influential in shaping the sound of cinema whether or not you like their music
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Yesterday, 05:06 PM
Oh Barry did this one as well didn’t he?
https://youtu.be/i2Jw6_Xgszk?si=oCVaAWhgIFFJo1we
Classic score
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Yesterday, 05:06 PM
I should also say that the ES175 and the Fender Princeton Reverb are seriously made for each other.
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Yesterday, 05:05 PM
Absolutely. The ES175 feels like a can-do-anything instrument. It inspires confidence. The L5ces makes me want to play better to somehow be worthy of...
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Yesterday, 05:02 PM
As it happens I saw Peter with Larry Goldings and Bill Stewart here in the UK recently, they sounded great as usual!
Here’s Peter talking and...
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Yesterday, 05:00 PM
I already pm'd Dirk if he can change my name to Bobby Timmons. :cool:
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Yesterday, 04:56 PM
Oh wait! .... "From 1951 to 1954, Jimmy Smith played piano, then organ in Philly R&B bands like Don Gardner and the Sonotones. He switched to organ...
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Yesterday, 04:54 PM
That album was recorded about 30 years ago.
Caracas (album) - Wikipedia
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Yesterday, 04:52 PM
Jonah, the clip in the first post is from of Peter’s early recorded appearances, Lou Donaldson’s 1994 album ‘Caracas’ on the Milestone label.
He...
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Yesterday, 04:48 PM
100% replaced tailpiece.
I just replaced a broken one with a replacement directly from Gibson. That looks exactly correct for a current Gibson...
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Yesterday, 04:18 PM
Very cool
but it sounds like his early playing?
and the tone is different
sax is great too
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Yesterday, 04:17 PM
You got to my favorite part. Looking at wood. Can't go wrong with mahogany or sapele. Even plain, it looks good, sounds great and I think everyone...
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Yesterday, 03:44 PM
The guitar's plugged in sound was great, which is why I didn't really mention it. The Super '58 pickups with Ibanez's stock harness work perfectly...
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Yesterday, 03:44 PM
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here--this is the War Room!
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Yesterday, 03:40 PM
Technically speaking the AMH90 is a semi hollow as it has a big chunk of wood under the TOM style bridge the connects the top and back. It is sort of...
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Yesterday, 03:37 PM
First post here, started playing again guitar after 19 years or so and decided I wanted a hollow body (I have a Strat)
I ordered an Ibanez AG75G...
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Yesterday, 03:33 PM
Do you know the thinnest a laminate top can be without deforming under string pressure?
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Yesterday, 03:29 PM
^ Think so? After depreciation maybe. The digital Hammond rig is 13k new which is a ripoff. I could get a nice used amazing upright Kawaii piano for...
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Yesterday, 03:21 PM
looks like a 1 man show at the moment..how many will you employ...dunno ...you might do all the processes yourself...you seem to do everything with a...
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Yesterday, 03:20 PM
The earliest pics I've seen of a zig-zag tailpiece is a 1951 ES-175 with a single P90 pickup. (Edit: But, the tailpiece could have been upgraded at...
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Yesterday, 03:19 PM
If I'm not mistaken the Wanamaker organ in Philadelphia is still the largest fully functioning organ in use today.
fascinating history to...
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Yesterday, 03:16 PM
Right you are! I stand corrected. I think the zig-zag came in with the switch to humbucking pickups and the "PAF" era. Maybe 1957? So if someone...
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Yesterday, 03:11 PM
I don't subscribe to that fetish. Especially for jazz (and this is a jazz forum, after all), loud is more often bad than good. I love the way the...
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Yesterday, 03:04 PM
Stop fighting, we have good thing going on here!
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Yesterday, 03:04 PM
Step 1 is getting the changes in your ears.
Step 2 is applying some judicious substitutions to facilitate making the changes at high tempo. It...
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Yesterday, 03:01 PM
But a Leslie cabinet isn't that loud, a small one has a 40 watt tube amp inside, I'm lucky to play gigs with an organ player that uses a real Leslie...
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Yesterday, 02:54 PM
You seem to be the one getting bent out of shape.As far as what the masses like,i couldn't care less.The world also thinks Eric Clapton is a greater...
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Yesterday, 02:53 PM
Interesting to compare the two versions of the UK Danger Man series theme music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL2Jdyoo5tk
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Yesterday, 02:46 PM
Oh, I meant no disrespect to the L5. ‘Tis a classic also. The 175 stands out more to me. It’s an apple to apple comparison though. Both are winners.
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Yesterday, 02:44 PM
Maybe in the 1950-60's, but the original Gibson ES-175 from1949, the first year of issue, didn't have the zig-zag tailpiece.
See this pic of an...
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Yesterday, 02:41 PM
Omg :)
edit: wait. Dr. No was 1962, this song was '64 or something.
Well, if something massive happens, there's always this mess.. "who did...
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Yesterday, 02:39 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-yaT6fWTP4
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Yesterday, 02:37 PM
A guitar riff almost as distinctive as the James Bond theme. One of the first things I ever learned to play on an electric guitar! Maybe an example...
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Yesterday, 02:36 PM
The L5 is a classic too, actually produced for a much longer period than the ES175.
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Yesterday, 02:33 PM
You can’t lose with that pair. The VOS ‘59 ES-175 gets my vote though. Classics become classic for a reason.
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Yesterday, 02:32 PM
Yeah, what was the thing there?
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Yesterday, 02:31 PM
My favorite PRS color, Dark Cherry. Gorgeous instrument.
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Yesterday, 02:25 PM
Someone put together 3 different Spotify playlists on Peter - blues, ballads, and standards. They include some really obscure (to me) tunes/artists....
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Yesterday, 02:24 PM
Bet this went over alot of heads..
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Yesterday, 02:23 PM
Loud is good. Those who disagree probably haven't experienced it. Or they have a heightened sensory response so it's truly "too" loud for them.
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Yesterday, 02:19 PM
Chillax dude.. I didn't say anything about you being "wrong", I merely stated the fact that John Williams is one of the greatest film composers of...
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Yesterday, 02:19 PM
We like the zigzag on our late '50s/ early '60s 175s. It's just that some are preferred to others. And there's a fundamental difference between the...
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Yesterday, 02:19 PM
The zig-zag is the original ES175 tailpiece, and the main distinction between the original and later imitations of it is that the inward bending...
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Yesterday, 02:17 PM
It makes you realize how overpriced plank guitars are.
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Yesterday, 02:15 PM
John Barry is certainly a genre
https://youtu.be/JI6VPFQw6BU?si=xiNQAylcZ_Z7Qd0_
(although Monty Norman wrote the original Bond theme lest we...
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Yesterday, 02:15 PM
The "film noire" genre developed a kind of music that is associated with jazz because, well, it was the big-band era and big-band music is a solid...
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Yesterday, 02:12 PM
Does Johnny Rivers count?
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Yesterday, 02:10 PM
I think I'm gonna go with your advice on the gig bag! Good call, seems super sturdy and will also be the most expensive gig bag I'll buy, haha!
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Yesterday, 02:08 PM
I regard this as an honorary James Bond song
https://youtu.be/mNoo_rNZQ84?si=vGjOjZmcT5bl2eW3
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Yesterday, 02:08 PM
I agree Ragman.
But the thing that bugs me is that the Bond movies (which itself is not a genre by itself at all.. it is just a mere series), have...
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Yesterday, 02:06 PM
I think it might be 20-24 or 25-28. The tune gets way easier in the last few lines.
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Yesterday, 02:04 PM
The style is ‘melodic minor harmony’
https://youtu.be/3gDboKGn-Sw?si=gDthTgX9gRo2nuF8
And also chromatic mediant
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Yesterday, 02:00 PM
Good progress, 190bpm is nearly 200bpm, wow.
I'm at 130-40bpm.
Does anyone know what bars we are learning this week?
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Yesterday, 01:58 PM
I think I'm old enough to have ear-witnessed the evolution of the movie/TV scoring that includes the Bondian "spy music" material. Mancini was...
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Yesterday, 01:55 PM
That’s a shame.
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Yesterday, 01:54 PM
Traitor! You realize you'll have to change your forum name now? Can't keep that one.
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Yesterday, 01:52 PM
Well you have two measures of rest there, so you could do it twice, or play something else. Most agree it needs to be a C7altered chord of some sort....
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Yesterday, 01:51 PM
Not necessarily, you could chronicle their unwholesome impact on country music... Mama, don't let your babies grow up and and play tele's, have 'em...
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Yesterday, 01:51 PM
I didn't see this before I posted.
'Why Film Music Is Not A Genre
Basically, a genre is a category of music, characterized by a particular...
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Yesterday, 01:50 PM
What's wrong with the original 175 tailpiece?
More robust surely?
I have one on my 1949 Gibson L4C.
New reproductions are available...
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Yesterday, 01:50 PM
Hi, new forum user and new player here. My friend (who plays alto sax) and I are wanting to play Shorter's Black Nile at an upcoming jam session, and...
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Yesterday, 01:42 PM
Great discussion on a very important topic!
I went through this when I was first gigging and I found it had to do with a few things. Audience and...
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Yesterday, 01:38 PM
Yep no pole P90. Interestingly the cover of those pickups are painted from the inside so they have a sort of 3d look to them in person, it's really...
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Yesterday, 01:37 PM
And I thought dragging a Hammond across the stage was a major hassle. I'll never complain again!
Growing up, I was privileged to be where the...
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Yesterday, 01:37 PM
You like what you like and i'll like what i like if that is ok with you.Sorry but John williams,Hans Zimmer are obviously great composer's but Barry...
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Yesterday, 01:36 PM
That's awesome :smile-new:. I'm nowhere near your level. That chord in the gap..what if you hit it twice?
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Yesterday, 01:32 PM
https://youtu.be/m25Y2Psx4e8
Kinda sorta got it up to 190 bpm, which is a happy start to the week.
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Yesterday, 01:31 PM
That was nice.... Auger will be 95 y/o this year, not many rockers last that long!
Here's a newer interview:
The Brian Auger Interview -...
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Yesterday, 01:21 PM
There are several I love, in fact, I don't have a guitar I don't love. But most of the time I reach, entirely predictably, for my 2015 VOS1959 ES175....
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Yesterday, 01:16 PM
sounds good!
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Yesterday, 01:16 PM
With 124 stops and 8,000 pipes, the new concert organ at the Helsinki Music Centre is the world's largest modern organ. It's also very sculptural,...
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Yesterday, 01:15 PM
Bern is on a lot of the later records from the hard bop legendary guys who are still around. Check out some of the Melvin Rhyne records. Melvin Rhyne...
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Yesterday, 12:58 PM
Hands down.
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Yesterday, 12:16 PM
Me too ... very :)
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Yesterday, 12:14 PM
I'm just saying that Garner's own performances don't uniformly match the "slow tender ballad" description. Even when the tempo is slow, the...
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