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Today, 09:46 PM
Since I commented on Lawson's submission, I feel that I should post a clip of me playing. :smile-new:
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Today, 09:37 PM
I have used the GC in Fairlawn 4 times in the last 5 years. Of course I do my own repairs to I can't comment there. For the purchases, I bought on...
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Today, 09:32 PM
He talks about it in the interview, agrees he was influenced by both. Says Van Eps focussed on fingerings (both hands) and etudes in every key; he...
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Today, 09:22 PM
Thanks and welcome back!
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Today, 09:05 PM
That factory black 1952 ES-175 is pretty cool, but 16k seems a bit unrealistic.
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Today, 09:03 PM
Are you sure you weren't in Tonawanda, NY? Sounds EXACTLY like the GC repair guy I dealt with there. Completely botched the guitar. At least he...
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Today, 09:00 PM
I'm a lightweight: 13 guitars and six amps. When music was my bread and butter there was almost no turnover. Probably mostly due to poverty, but I...
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Today, 08:57 PM
Correct the George Gobel was originally a Thinline L-5C acoustic model with either 24&3/4” or regular 25&1/2”scale length. Back in the mid 1970’s I...
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Today, 08:52 PM
That little bit that you weren't sure about from an analysis point of view could be seen as inserting a B7 (alt) in between the F7 (alt) and the Bb7...
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Today, 08:38 PM
It's the same thing, doesn't matter. He's just moving up the scale using notes a sixth apart. Which, of course, you can do with any interval. It's...
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Today, 08:24 PM
Ah, thanks. Not up for a global shipment on one of those. Thanks anyway.
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Today, 08:11 PM
Not enough bandwidth :cool:
There's still a couple guitars on my bucket list but they've been there forever and barring a miracle will likely stay...
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Today, 07:38 PM
This ones been on my list. And in this case he’s talking about more like small melodic patterns that are strung together into lines in more modern...
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Today, 07:20 PM
because only squares play with the square end?
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Today, 07:18 PM
Vintage: JTM45, AC15, and the Deluxe Reverb.
Fat Jimmy and DV Mark among the modern amps.
I let some nice ones get away! Especially miss the...
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Today, 07:14 PM
Oz Noy is a fine player and I imagine that his book is a quality product but it would be hard to top Randy Vincent's A Cellular Approach. One of the...
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Today, 07:00 PM
definitely closer to the almanacs. Meant to be a sort of comprehensive catalog of various motions. Not the same as the almanacs but the mission feels...
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Today, 06:44 PM
Since 1968 and onward over 500 guitars for sure! Including manyi vintage Fenders, Gibsons.
Highlights include …two 1958 Gold Tops with PAF’s,...
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Today, 06:43 PM
I cited the wrong time in the video. He's playing two notes at a time start at the 14:08 mark.
Ultimately, I'd like to figure this out for any...
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Today, 06:38 PM
Major scale in all positions across the neck.
Then go by thirds. Then go by triads. Then go by 7th chords.
Six months later you’ll be...
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Today, 06:33 PM
We started on a Thursday. I don’t see why we can’t switch to Mondays though. Everyone made a thoughts video and I’m happy with 5-8 in two positions.
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Today, 06:31 PM
My numbers are up there. And I only started digging gear in 2015.
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Today, 06:31 PM
Yes, you're right, of course. :)
After all this time, Bach keeps getting credit for other people's compositions. I have a piano book that has...
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Today, 06:30 PM
All tech products have planned obsolescence. That said, my MacBook Air is from 2013 and is still a daily user, even though the operating system...
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Today, 06:29 PM
I’m now at nine:
On the wall L - R: Martin OM16 SGNTE, Martin 12 fret 000028/45. On the floor L - R: Graciliano Perez flamenca negra, Jose...
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Today, 06:28 PM
Thanks for the reply. Sounds like fun. I shall look into it.
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Today, 06:22 PM
Oh yeah we’re on to 9-12 now, right?
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Today, 06:18 PM
I bought my 1959 Rodebald Hoyer “Samba” 17” acoustic archtop from a reputable dealer off Reverb a few years ago. It is a great instrument. Solid...
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Today, 06:18 PM
So here are my musings on the next chunk of Donna Lee. I don't remember when the week for each portion starts, so I hope I"m not jumping ahead here....
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Today, 06:17 PM
"Tuning the Guitar (Beginner to Advanced Techniques)" would be an important book; few guitarists I've met have a clear conception of it. As far as...
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Today, 06:14 PM
Far too many.
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Today, 06:06 PM
Las Cruces, New Mexico. 45 minutes straight north of El Paso.l/Juarez. Thanks. I'd really love to find a great luthier in New Mexico.
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Today, 06:00 PM
Yknow, it’s not a book but Alex Goodman has a My Music Masterclass on intervallic stuff. It’s on contrary motion and focuses on diminished stuff, so...
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Today, 05:58 PM
You are welcome. The GGB the best all around book for the Great American Songbook that I have found. Enjoy.
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Today, 05:56 PM
I will check in from time to time. Thanks.
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Today, 05:55 PM
I am still alive and kicking. Thanks. My website is horribly outdated. As am I.... lol
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Today, 05:53 PM
Good for you for exploring new ways to structure intervals. We take certain intervallic structures for granted and it's not until you create a...
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Today, 05:29 PM
Refretting a guitar is like building a house. The foundation has to be good and level. In this case it is the fingerboard. With all the frets off you...
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Today, 05:25 PM
Learn and analyse solo on Your Bird Can Sing ( I think it’s double track, don’t believe Harrison could play it so smoothly in 3rds alone)
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Today, 05:20 PM
And I just found all of these interesting Gibson archtops on the GC website:
1949 L5 and other vintage Gibson archtops at Guitar Center
LOL
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Today, 05:16 PM
What part of the country are you in we can usually give you repairmen to check out?
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Today, 05:15 PM
Used Gibson 1949 L5 Hollow Body Electric Guitar Sunburst | Guitar Center
Used Gibson 1949 L5 Hollow Body Electric Guitar Sunburst | Guitar Center...
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Today, 05:03 PM
Wasn't the George Gobel model a thinline L5? Or do I have that wrong?
Doug
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Today, 05:02 PM
The plek-fretting promises to reach a theoretical precision work that - even if it were true (and it is not the case for all practical purposes) -...
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Today, 04:49 PM
Does anybody know what's the relationship of this book to harmonic mechanisms or almanacs?
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Today, 04:05 PM
I'll check out John's course. I have an All Access membership at TF but haven't been there in a while. Thanks for the heads up!
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Today, 04:04 PM
$5000 + shipping. I`m located overseas. Send me a pm if you want some pics / detailed info.
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Today, 04:04 PM
Love the Johnny_A guitars., I bought one, sold it; missed it terribly, bought another, and then sold that one too. There's definitely something wrong...
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Today, 04:00 PM
The thing Jimmy Bruno is talking about are 1 bar licks you take through his fingering positions. It's just another exercise after you do the...
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Today, 03:55 PM
Very true! And Danny didn't post pics of his amazing thinline Gibson Johnny A. Signature gits. They're one of my favorite guitars.
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Today, 03:44 PM
There's nothing wrong per se with kids who think it's cool to work in a music store working in a music store (granted, my definition of "kid" gets...
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Today, 03:28 PM
I had no idea someone was selling a 52 L5C. Not that I'm looking but that's the kind of thing that would catch my attention vs. bundling listings...
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Today, 03:28 PM
Well, in the spirit of commenting on my post, I shall join in.
I'm gonna lower the price to $6,000 after fees + split actual shipping.
Best I...
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Today, 03:25 PM
That's a 125TDC in my photo up in the corner. Long gone, I'm afraid, and stupidly so. It belonged to my brother, and he moved it on after a needed...
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Today, 03:20 PM
I suggest posting exactly what you're selling in your title. In the case of your ad 'Gibson archtops' is kinda vague, maybe try "1948 Gibson Super...
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Today, 03:19 PM
So there we have it the guitar was the 85th guitar that was serial numbered. The first 15 or so were not serial numbered the thought is Barker made...
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Today, 03:14 PM
how much?
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Today, 02:55 PM
I wish I hadn’t sold my thinline 175.
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Today, 02:55 PM
Hi Tonnie,
Last night while looking a little closer at your other 7 string postings, I came across your online musical biography. I hope in 15...
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Today, 02:46 PM
Prolly not. Lots of tire kickers here but no buyers.
There are three wonderful Johnny Smith's for sale here.
I don't know what people are...
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Today, 02:43 PM
Over 100 guitars in 7 years, all archtop’s. But I was more a custodian than owner. 5 amps, all large tube amps. No puny amps for me!
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Today, 02:39 PM
Same here, and following their FB posts. I came close once or twice (I remember a delightfully kitsch Klira Red Lady or some such name) but the lack...
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Today, 02:28 PM
Best $200 I’ve ever spent. The result was the action played like butter, even with very low action on a moderately expensive guitar. Highly...
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Today, 02:26 PM
Here I am messing around on an original ditty of mine. It’s rough but you get the idea of what a tricone has the ability to do for the music and much...
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Today, 02:26 PM
Me too; I first heard it long ago on a McLaughlin record and thought he wrote it.
He inverted the form, so it always sounded to me as if Miles...
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Today, 02:21 PM
Don't forget the 330, and all its various forms.
Gibson ES-330 - Wikipedia
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Today, 02:20 PM
Do it. I would totally GoFundMe that.
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Today, 02:19 PM
You're good with words.
I'm actually (for real) working on an idea I came up with a few years ago, "Everything You Need to Get Started With Jazz...
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Today, 02:18 PM
What a wonderful thread. Thanks to everyone who contributed. I was mostly unaware of the Barker guitars. Great contributions!
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Today, 02:17 PM
They do don’t they?
I quite like writing vast tracts of verbiage.
I should ca$h in.
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Today, 02:13 PM
Start with parallel 3rds, 6th, 10ths, 13th. All keys, all positions.
Do it now. Start with C major today. Do G major tomorrow. And so on. 15...
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Today, 02:12 PM
Guitar players DO really like books.
I'm working on a follow up to my hit "Tuning the Guitar (Beginner to Advanced Techniques)"
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Today, 02:09 PM
It’s money in the bank! I should have done it earlier.
Be methodical and thorough. It’s not noodling. It’s hard, focussed work.
Sent from my...
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Today, 02:08 PM
Hello. I have recently became aware of melodic cells through the guitarist Jimmy Bruno. I cannot read standard musical notation, but I do read tab...
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Today, 02:01 PM
This came up recently on a FB group I belong to dealing with using backing tracks....and yes.....I do use them on some things so let's don't go...
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Today, 02:00 PM
Your local violin makers, don't know if good or not so good ones, seem to be quite reasonable folks, though they and you must be living in different...
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Today, 01:56 PM
I started playing in high school (ca. 1977-8), after having had some beginner and classical lessons here and there earlier and then stopping. Since...
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Today, 01:55 PM
My Barker's serial number is 8587.
It plays & sounds wonderful! Once compared it with a Benedetto Cremona & thought that it held it's own.
It was...
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Today, 01:43 PM
Been playing since 1960 so I don't have a clue, plus, I used own a music store so - thousands. Personal stuff: a couple Super 400s, a Johnny Smith,...
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Today, 01:42 PM
Still available.
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Today, 01:36 PM
lydian_dorian -
Would you mind showing us what the melody is that you want to harmonise? Is it well known or one of yours?
Also, what style is...
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Today, 01:34 PM
I’ve had these:
1957 Byrdland
1963 ES-350TDN
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Today, 01:34 PM
Awhile back, I stopped into a fairly large GC about an hour north of me while waiting to pick someone up at the airport. They had almost nothing in...
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Today, 01:32 PM
Te only players I am aware of that played National resophonic guitars and recorded in jazz in the 1930’s would be Tampa Red, Oscar Aleman, and Lonnie...
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Today, 01:26 PM
The only reason Guitar Center is still in business is because of their liberal return policy.This policy leads to them trying to pawn off a used item...
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Today, 01:24 PM
I have a very nice Comins GCS-16-1 archtop in Vintage Blonde for sale. It's in mint-excellent condition. Not exactly sure of the year, but I believe...
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Today, 01:11 PM
Folks interested in the Barker sound should check out Frank Portolese Frank Portolese | Jazz guitar
PK
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Today, 12:56 PM
Sounds normal for a GC to me.
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Today, 12:52 PM
I've tried to get a duo thing when someone comes back that they mostly do solo acoustic acts. No bites yet. I think I gotta make a stupid website,...
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Today, 12:51 PM
Sorry to hear that. I love vintage German acoustic guitars. In fact, the archtop I own is a 1959 Rodebald Hoyer “Samba” 17” acoustic archtop made in...
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Today, 12:46 PM
More than enough knowledge, Christian! :smile-new:
Doug
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Today, 12:44 PM
I always liked how "country" players could harmonize the melody of tunes in intervals.
And play out of tune intervals.
As Jimmy Smith said...
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Today, 12:40 PM
great amps there- which did you keep hold off?
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Today, 12:36 PM
Our first as a trio is May 10. We will mix it up pretty good, jazz standards with vox, some old school R&B, classic country; a few instrumentals. The...
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Today, 12:34 PM
I own two guitars. A Mule steel tricone and 1959 Rodebald Hoyer “Samba” acoustic archtop. These are the two best playing and sounding guitars I have...
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Today, 12:31 PM
I've owned a few over 60 years of playing! 21 amplifiers and 15 guitars- surprisingly small list of guitars, I tended to find the ones I wanted to...
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Today, 12:30 PM
I use my acoustic Mule steel tricone for everything I play, including jazz. A nice sounding acoustic tricone is hard to beat the sound of to my ears....
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Today, 12:28 PM
to me GC is a corporate idea that did not include low pay employees who thought working there would be cool,
and found out it was not.
My most...
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Today, 12:27 PM
Well I searched and it said pleks don't round the fret ends so I would say try to find a good luthier. But you said there are only 2 in your area,...
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Today, 12:26 PM
Nice one AllenAllen. Duo gigs next for you :highly_amused::smile-new:
We'll get a full set if I do improv but am actually looking forward to the...
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Today, 12:23 PM
I had a very rare 1 off sweet 16 pleked by J Wolfe. It came out great and after it shipped from fla to ca all I did was adjust the action hight and...
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Today, 12:22 PM
A rough estimate on the guitars results in about 100, I still have 10 of them. I am not so sure about the amps. I guess about 20-30 and still have 2....
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Today, 12:21 PM
They don't call it "Union Square" for nothing ... But I bet even Emma Goldman would have been annoyed by the slow service :cool:
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Today, 12:20 PM
I've owned over 100 guitars easily since the late 70's, no idea how many. Far fewer amps though, maybe a 15? Right now I have 17 guitars, 2 bases,...
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Today, 12:20 PM
Yes, and I've owned one. Violins, that is, not its maker. Where do you think I got my ideas about current makers not being incapable to match the...
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Today, 12:19 PM
30 amps, 46 guitars, including a few banjos and basses. I tallied 44 guitars, looked around and found two more...
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Today, 12:18 PM
my current collection has 48 instruments , the majority guitars . ( 2x5 string fiddles, 4x basses ,mandolin, conga's and keys)
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Today, 12:14 PM
I need to make a video on basic chord melody.
What the others said. You don't need a book. All you do is take the melody on top and insert the...
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Today, 12:11 PM
I wouldn't assume an unlevel board is the reason the refret job turned out badly, and I definitely wouldn't assume a Plek machine is necessary to...
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Today, 12:08 PM
I've had a couple of guitars pleked, an LP and a vintage strat. Both came out great, though the LP later had to have the fingerboard loosened and...
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Today, 12:04 PM
What is the serial number I can tell if it was the last one made. Based on the bone overlay for the saddle I can tell you this was one of the last 5...
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Today, 12:02 PM
Oh, drivel go away! I don't know of any of the top 100 or so best violin makers using CNC; it's frowned upon. Some of them would easily have the...
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Today, 12:01 PM
Sounds and looks real good! I'm surprised at how good Eastman has gotten with the binding and purfling work. I own one of their small-body, flat top...
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Today, 12:01 PM
Hello. I started playing in the year 1985. After 39 yrs of playing, I have owned 23 guitars, 4 amps, and 1 stand alone reverb. I always traded up in...
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Today, 12:01 PM
My first job in NYC was at the Union Square one.
Smack in the middle of their big union fight too.
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Today, 11:58 AM
Most were already mentioned. I can add ES390 a hollowbody small size guitar, ES135 and ES225 all not specificly made for jazz. As far as I am...
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Today, 11:51 AM
Yeah, my preferred local GC is pretty good. Actually, there's two within 5 miles of my house which I realize makes me pretty lucky. Neither is bad,...
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Today, 11:49 AM
It looks like you're looking for something a bit prescriptive ... so here you go ...
The guy in the video (at 7:40 anyway) is playing a scale in...
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Today, 11:45 AM
How dare you.
Pachelbel's Canon. Bach would never ....
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Today, 11:43 AM
The first story is a show of pure 'douche-baggery'.
The 2nd, hysterical!
you can't make this stuff up~
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Today, 11:36 AM
Both sound different, therefore I use both, adjusting as I go. There's no point in restricting yourself to one sound. It's nice to play, for example,...
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Today, 11:34 AM
Some shipping/packaging genius should read and take some inspiration from Larry Niven...
Crash Web by Larry Niven from Crashlander
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Today, 11:33 AM
I thought it was time for (yet) another attempt at trying to extract the magic from this book. (Yet) again, I've gone back to the beginning. This is...
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Today, 11:30 AM
I heard they're changing the name of the Mayfield Heights Branch to "Mess With Zucker Center" ...
IME the people in the Manhattan GC are mostly...
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Today, 11:29 AM
That would be a lot to ask from a machine...
From what I understand a plek is a system that can detect and (probably) take out high spots, and...
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Today, 11:22 AM
I only play with the pointy end. It has better tone.
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Today, 11:19 AM
I'm in Melbourne, Florida (Space Coast)
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Today, 11:16 AM
A 12 sided Roman Dodecahedron die has been discovered that was probably used for Dodecaphonics.
"Mysterious Roman dodecahedron to go on display in...
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Today, 11:12 AM
Well I'm not suggesting just noodle. You could go about this very systematically, but I'm saying your ears will need to be the final decision maker...
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Today, 11:09 AM
Stream Ftprnts by ragman | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
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Today, 11:05 AM
Well Danny W. sure has owned some of the most beautiful Gibsons ever produced!
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Today, 11:04 AM
I have seen threads about how many guitars or how many amps we own, but how many have you owned in total?
I sat down and composed a lost of every...
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Today, 11:00 AM
Would love to see a video or pictures.
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Today, 10:46 AM
2 speakers distribute the sound differently in the room. You have two sound sources instead of one so you wave interference and just a different...
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Today, 10:38 AM
Yes, that's what I was trying to say :)
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Today, 10:37 AM
No, I don't want to guess about how to do this anymore. I've spent a lifetime of time-wasting noodling on the guitar trying to "figure things out"...
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Today, 10:34 AM
Another example.
This classical guitarist has arranged the start of Bach's Canon in D playing two notes at once (have to click onto youtube to...
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