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04-24-2024, 01:59 PM
Bit of a rough take, but this has been a fun one.
https://youtu.be/urDK8t1v-9M?si=UU5-M3j_Lpz2ye5y
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04-20-2024, 07:45 PM
Anyone have thoughts on this era of es-175? I have a line on one, from a friend of a friend. I saw a couple photos. The top and back appear very...
36 replies | 1813 view(s)
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04-23-2024, 02:33 PM
Been thinking of selling some things and buying a Bud 6 for solo guitar. Won't give up my Evans Re200 but the Little Bud 6 seems pretty cool but is...
27 replies | 1531 view(s)
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04-20-2024, 08:22 PM
I'm wondering how does an attenuator really work: my fender tone master twin reverb set on 5 W attenuator and with the volume knob on 5 or 6 is loud...
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04-19-2024, 10:57 PM
Howdy, I'm a non-jazz guitarist that became a jazz bassist (out of my bands necessity) now making the foray into jazz guitar! I'm trying to dial in a...
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04-23-2024, 07:27 PM
Any humbucker suggestions for this MIK Emperor?
I have a Korean Zephyr Regent that I adore since putting a Seth Lover in it on the advice...
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04-21-2024, 06:11 PM
Wanting to upgrade an Epiphone 335 Pro (2018), I was wondering if either of these replacement bridges would be of benefit?
I like this guitar as...
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04-24-2024, 01:40 PM
A friend of mine, Buck Wilkerson, with whom I used to play frequently, died two years ago. His widow contacted me recently to see if I could help her...
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04-21-2024, 11:57 AM
Does anyone here use a TOOB for busking, or in similar situations where there is no mains power?
If so, what amp is used, and how is it powered? I...
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04-22-2024, 01:06 PM
Modal à la Coltrane with an E pedal/drone? More "traditional"... somewhere in-between?
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04-21-2024, 05:32 AM
Always trying to find ways to reduce weight of equipment im wondering how it would sound playing an archtop through a TCE BAM 200 or Trace Elliot...
18 replies | 891 view(s)
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04-20-2024, 03:34 PM
Hello,
Interested in purchasing an original DA RC1100. Please message if you have one or know someone who has one looking to sell. Not...
20 replies | 766 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:50 AM
Not ALL of them.
Maybe none of your favorites, maybe one or two.
But a surprising number of excellent ones who perform in a variety of styles....
17 replies | 633 view(s)
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04-24-2024, 01:50 PM
Here's an L5 you don't see every day. Not sure what to think of it. The pickguard def. has to go! :-)
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18 replies | 974 view(s)
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04-22-2024, 02:52 AM
Hey everyone, I was hoping to get some recommendations for an arch top. What I am looking for is a 15” laminate construction arch top, with a single...
15 replies | 764 view(s)
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04-20-2024, 10:53 AM
Dear fellow 175 enthousiasts,
A few days ago I decided to put a fresh set of Thomastik-Infeld JS112's on my guitar. I also took the time to...
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04-19-2024, 05:05 PM
I like the sound of flatwounds but they're hard for me to play because I can't get any traction on them with the pick. Recently I put some blue...
14 replies | 562 view(s)
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04-21-2024, 08:09 PM
It has been years since I posted but I tried to log in and well... it let me.... so I thought to pass something along.
I found an old link I had...
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04-23-2024, 07:27 AM
Take a look at this video first. I have some comments.
My educated guess is the box was either dropped a considerable distance with the front...
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04-20-2024, 03:35 PM
Does anyone have any experience / insight with an Epiphone Emperor? Still on the lookout for an Elitist Broadway, but maybe this is comparable?
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04-22-2024, 08:25 AM
A short excerpt from the Deep Dive with Ben Monder which happened yesterday evening.
It's interesting that Ted Greene and Ben plus other...
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04-21-2024, 11:17 AM
According to the Epi website, the Broadway re-issued in 2023 is still there, now in wine red and burst. Some vendors seem to offer new Broadways for...
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Yesterday, 03:53 PM
How did it evolved in jazz that the melodic minor scale is played the same way ascending or descending, that is, when descending the 6th and 7th...
12 replies | 513 view(s)
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04-21-2024, 06:08 AM
Music Icons: The Randy Bachman Collection (juliensauctions.com)
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Yesterday, 04:44 AM
Hey there,
I'm quite intrigued by the Supro Amulet. A little tube amp, lightweight, with a 2 band EQ, reverb, tremolo, attenuator. Available with a...
11 replies | 537 view(s)
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04-22-2024, 07:48 AM
I can get a new one for $6k direct from Roger but the build is scheduled to finish in Nov and he's know to run late on build cycles. There's one on...
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04-23-2024, 04:16 AM
My favorite gypsy jazz player.
https://youtu.be/_RqM72fk75E?si=OwbSf5_qTmqM0qzz
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04-22-2024, 01:04 PM
Hi
Just wanted to show you and tell you about my experience with the d'aquisto jazz line I now have. I have had the good fortune to own many high...
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04-19-2024, 05:42 PM
I've often seen archtops described as being mid-rangy (acoustically at least). One of the things that I seem to be noticing now that I have a...
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04-20-2024, 09:49 PM
Elvis Presley | Highway to hell (youtube.com)
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04-23-2024, 06:40 PM
Full band is going well so I wondered if I could do organ and guitar using a guitar VST. I can't play real guitar anymore due to a finger injury.
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04-21-2024, 04:42 PM
Hello,
I hope everyone is going well!
This time I share you a new transcription from Grant Green, probably one of the best guitarists in the...
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04-22-2024, 02:41 PM
One of the greats along with Sal Salvador, Tony Mattola, and Herb Ellis who could play anything and made their livings in the LA studio scene. I came...
6 replies | 288 view(s)
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04-24-2024, 05:27 AM
Hey guys, first post :)
So I recently bought a Ibanez GB10EM that came with 0.011 gauge strings.
I asked a luthier to make a new bone nut and to...
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04-22-2024, 07:54 PM
I'm not sure which subforum this belongs in.
I've been thinking about individual style. The old question was, "can your mother recognize your...
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Today, 09:59 AM
From a purely guitar perspective - with limited notes available for chords - can anyone explain to me why some chords are described as flat 5 and...
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Today, 12:50 PM
I got a new Eastman AR910ce (!) which has an endpin jack but not a strap button. I wish to have a new one installed and am wondering (1) where to...
5 replies | 91 view(s)
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Yesterday, 09:37 PM
Anyone use a guitar with one (upper bout rim)? Does is work well?
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Yesterday, 10:31 AM
Has anyone else noticed that all the manufacturers seem to be discontinuing their 10 inch neo guitar speakers and the price for the remainder of the...
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04-24-2024, 10:01 AM
Hey, looking for a 17” archtop with preferably a single humbucker pickup in the $1000-2500 range. I know it could be a tough price range to find one...
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04-23-2024, 06:40 AM
Hello everyone,
I am looking for versions of said tune: so far the ones that I have heard that stand out are
Sinatra obviously
TIto Puente...
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04-23-2024, 05:23 PM
I love this tune.
That's Cornell Dupree on rhythm guitar with King Curtis. (First, the original studio recording and second, a live version from a...
5 replies | 256 view(s)
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Yesterday, 02:23 PM
Always been a big Ben Webster fan - love his tone; I wonder who would be an equivalent player in the guitar world? Wes on "One For My Baby" would be...
3 replies | 243 view(s)
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04-23-2024, 06:50 PM
https://youtu.be/yEfQE6_vDjA?si=T3LeUvwAGc-nHYPR
this:)
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04-21-2024, 01:02 PM
Quilter Tone Block 202, located in Brighton UK. Very little used, boxed and like new, £400.
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04-21-2024, 02:37 PM
I have this new Gotoh 510BN bridge with height adjustable saddles and have mounted it on my Yamaha SA2200.
Unfortunately there are problems on the...
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04-20-2024, 12:04 AM
Nowadays I practice five days each week, leading up to the Friday night recording session. I feel that I learn as much during that hour as I would...
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Yesterday, 06:04 PM
Heavy on "bro", "stoked", and so on, but worth a watch if you've gotten a custom shop guitar from Gibson recently.
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04-20-2024, 05:40 AM
New interview from the Dr. Jazz Talks interview series, this time Leni Stern – superb guitarist and composer, with a great last album Dance…talk...
1 replies | 220 view(s)
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Yesterday, 10:22 PM
Hi,
I've had my full TF subscription for probably as long as TF existed, and recently 2 fantastic jazz comping courses came out that some of you may...
1 replies | 209 view(s)
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04-20-2024, 09:36 AM
Secret to McCoy Tyner Part 3, Basic Gm legato pentatonic with triads and hybrid picking
You can view the preview and download the PDF here....
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Today, 02:33 PM
New vid
https://youtu.be/lfIFT-etlqg?si=oYPTaDQh8sI-Cmj0
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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04-22-2024, 06:52 AM
hello
I have to replace the vintage deluxe gibson tuners with wider bolts.
Which tuners works? lightweight?
I don’t want to drill any extra holes...
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04-23-2024, 10:47 AM
Hi!
I uploaded on YouTube a 22 minute video dedicated to the Harmonic Minor Scale.
At the beginning of the video I explain the harmonic minor scale...
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04-21-2024, 06:58 PM
asymetrical pentatonic scales with Ab Melodic Minor example, altered dominant, maj7#5
This is part 2 on my lesson about asymetrical pentatonic...
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04-21-2024, 07:35 PM
Hi everyone.
A really nice example of a first year of production Ibanez JP20. Comes with original case, warranty card and key.
This example...
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04-22-2024, 11:39 AM
McCoyTyner style Asymetrical Pentatonic Scales over 2-5-1-6, forward motion, 4ths
For more details on these pentatonic scales, check out my...
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04-23-2024, 05:03 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEbyBIJI0a4
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04-24-2024, 09:35 AM
McCoy Tyner style Pentatonic sequence with 5ths, forward motion,
This is a very cool way to play Gm pentatonic sequences with 5ths (actually...
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04-19-2024, 07:31 PM
Part 2 Secrets to McCoy Tyner using 4ths, pentatonics and Side-Stepping over Gm7, Modal
Secret to McCoy Tyner Part 2 using side stepping and...
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04-21-2024, 03:22 AM
As the title says I have: Robert Conti, "Ticket to Improv" volumes 1--4, for sale.
I am in the UK and asking £50.00 plus postage.
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Yesterday, 09:05 PM
Gibson Style Gold Trapeze Tailpiece from StewMac. Perfect condition, except for some wear around the strap button hole. (From a metal strap...
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04-22-2024, 10:23 AM
Does anyone have a truss rod rescue kit for gibson? (10-32)
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Yesterday, 02:04 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7URTOZe9PXQ
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Today, 09:46 AM
Hi, my guitar is a yamaha sa2200, and I'm happy. I would like to get a guitar more specific for classic jazz, with a very warm, soft tone. I...
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Today, 11:39 AM
Hi All,
I decided to do extensive nitro lacquer drop fill on the back of my 1981 ES-175. There were extensive buckle rash, gouges, etc., and the...
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Today, 11:34 AM
https://youtu.be/_oAK42erZJk?si=KXeqnuYuRwIkQsRy
When I play freeform, and everything is in the moment, I strive for compositional logic and...
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Today, 12:57 PM
Acoustic Image Clarus 2R Series III -- $700, plus shipping to continental US only.
I'm in the process of downsizing some gear, and I'm selling my...
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Today, 08:42 AM
McCoy Tyner style asymetrical pentatonic sequence over Bb7 Alt, with 4ths and forward motion
This is the 3rd installment of asymetrical...
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Today, 04:01 PM
That's like treating fretboard like a keyboard, lol. Interesting. But what supports the fretboard? Do you press it against your body?
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Today, 04:01 PM
If I say Barre the plebs won’t know what I mean
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Today, 03:54 PM
For x35452, I also fret the x3545x normally then reach around "the other way" and fret the F# with the side of my thumb. So wrong!
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Today, 03:39 PM
TBH, I haven’t used the effects loop in my Blu and don’t recall seeing a level switch for it. It’s about 18 months old - I’ll look when I get home...
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Today, 03:30 PM
With the 5 fret grip, you can play a scale from the first to 12 frets with 4 positions.
"you’d still get different fingerings every time you move...
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Today, 03:29 PM
Thats basically what I use too. Theres a sixth scale position I like too, but beyond that it’s a bit much
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Today, 03:21 PM
There's other seven positions, or one position (the whole neck), or any number in between.
Or maybe more positions if we do the one octave thing....
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Today, 03:19 PM
CAGED for life. Don't harden simple things.
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Today, 03:15 PM
me too, some of my old guitars came that way to me and I like that spot though it seems to be one of the least popular
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Today, 03:09 PM
I like 4 because it keeps the guitar from flipping forward, and the screw is in solid wood. 1 & 2 can tilt a guitar in the case, causing the...
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Today, 03:08 PM
These are positions.
The UNT (and probably Berklee) definitions of “position” is the fret behind your middle finger. The pinkie can cheat forward...
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Today, 03:05 PM
The only rule I've found that works well for guitar fingerings is the "5 fret rule," i.e., cover a 5 fret span with your index finger and pinky, and...
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Today, 02:50 PM
CM7#11 with the 5th ..nice chord ! it does take a bit of practice but worth the effort..
the G lydian G F# B C#..I let the high E string ring...
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Today, 02:47 PM
Since I no longer play bar gigs I don’t use “bar” chords.
Danny W.
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Today, 02:40 PM
Pos 1 or 2 for me
As for straplocks, I had a set of Schaller in the past (not the new ones) and didn't feel secure with them. I almost dropped a...
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Today, 02:38 PM
I haven't watched it but bro, I have a feeling we're totally stoked and/or super psyched!
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Today, 02:35 PM
The position 5 (and to some extend 4) makes the guitar hang more snug when standing. Positions 1 and 2 make the guitar rotate slightly away from the...
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Today, 02:35 PM
So your freind says he prefers the Korean T50 to his US made SF3? That says something !
Thanks for your thoughtful comments, very interesting.
How...
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Today, 02:33 PM
Of course, before the interweb and forums we had Usenet and BBSs (and mailing lists) ... with far fewer people on them because connectivity wasn't as...
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Today, 02:19 PM
I can never understand 4 and 5. It’s right in the way of the hand when you are on the upper frets.
I’d go with 2 because you’re not drilling into...
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Today, 02:17 PM
They existed, but far fewer people paid attention. Same thing with fretboard radius and fret size LOL.
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Today, 01:52 PM
I've had the LJ for several years now.
Early on, I was enamored of the sound. I still like it, but I only use it for very quiet situations now. ...
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Today, 01:52 PM
Behold, I gift you with my brain-facts
https://youtu.be/RlZjCiDr6xU
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Today, 01:45 PM
See the thread “shipping catastrophe” under “everything else.”
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Today, 01:41 PM
I just don't care, maybe because I used to own a music store and played, probably, hundreds of guitars in a month's time. Since I can rarely play...
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Today, 01:37 PM
Even a medium-low-end archtop can be pulverized (like this Tacoma AJ-22 I almost got to buy).
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Today, 01:32 PM
FYI the latest gen of the Blu no longer has a switchable send level in the loop. But I agree with you, most of the time I prefer my pedals in the...
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Today, 01:28 PM
I sourced the woods for this one when John was going to build my guitar, after many calls all over the country I found 3 great sets of maple and 3...
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Today, 01:06 PM
You also need to take account for the nut width when looking at above specs. 1&11/16” vs 1& 5/8” nut width makes a huge difference on how much...
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Today, 12:56 PM
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Is a common major7 voicing with both the 5th and #4. In this example it's Cmaj7#4. You bar the first finger slightly at an angle...
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Today, 12:37 PM
I got lucky, not only did I get to borrow the Starfire but a really good player came over last night so I got to compare listening from audience...
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Today, 12:23 PM
As I've said before, I think the LJ needs to be tilted to get the best sound, taming the bass and slight boxiness I hear when it's flat on the floor....
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Today, 12:19 PM
Obviously you never shipped a very high end guitar and had it arrive with a broken headstock on a irreplaceable guitar.
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Today, 12:17 PM
Yes, if you play an acoustic archtop, the port is a very good thing. It fills in those lower midrange frequencies that you otherwise wouldn’t hear so...
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Today, 11:52 AM
Are people familiar with this? This helped me get more specific with my neck preferences. I found that I like the large c shape and the 66 oval c...
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Today, 11:41 AM
Yeah the #11 with a natural fifth is pretty common –– most chords marked 7#11 will sound pretty good with the fifth as long as it's an octave lower....
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Today, 11:31 AM
Don't think the modern electric archtops would really do the sound you're looking for. Something with a bit more acoustic dry punch would be better?...
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Today, 11:16 AM
On the Benedetto style archtops (solid, carved) from Wu and Yunzhi, ports are huge. Very easy to test playing with them covered to see the...
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Today, 11:08 AM
You might want to email Michael at DjangoBooks.com. He carries all sorts of rare and old pickups, including DeArmond. He also might be able to give...
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Today, 10:43 AM
I have two guitars with sound ports. The Beardsell short-scale high-A flattop is almost all soundport on the upper bout and delivers a lot more...
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Today, 10:42 AM
Oh, right, there is a bar line at the enclosure. Thanks a lot!
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Today, 10:36 AM
I only had one that I forgot the name (some guy had gits made and imported them) of because I sent it back as it had many top cracks that the seller...
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Today, 10:27 AM
Since chords are derived from scales, the #11/b5 designation exists so that each letter of the musical alphabet is expressed only once in the chord...
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Today, 10:17 AM
As bad as that break looks, I bet a good luthier can repair that so you'd never know it broke, and it would never break there again. It's pretty...
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Today, 10:17 AM
Hello. Old thread I know, but the greatest blues music guitarist/singer/songwriter(imho) was never mentioned; the late Elmore James. All of his...
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Today, 10:17 AM
Yeah, it's not so much that I wouldn't want one, I just know if I were ever to buy a really nice hand built classical, it's probably not going to...
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Today, 10:11 AM
LOL! Lighter strings is not a fix. I don't think I'd ever buy a guitar without a truss rod. I just wouldn't be able to sleep at night!
Greg
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Today, 10:06 AM
I have a Cordoba classical and I wish it had a truss rod. The new Cordoba Stage I bought DOES have a truss rod and I'm glad, I have already had to...
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Today, 10:01 AM
In the measure with the Bb-7 chord, 4th note, you're playing a D natural and it needs to be a Db. You got me thinking about playing it an octave...
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Today, 09:48 AM
Is an Archtop Tribute AT101 model not the same (or pretty close to the same) as the ES-125C? Not quite the TDC but an option. There's a used one on...
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Today, 09:47 AM
I think I'd only buy a classical without a truss rod.
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Today, 09:46 AM
Joe Pass used the pointy end, but he got small picks and then BROKE them, and used the pointy half of the broken pick.
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Today, 09:45 AM
Being the proud owner of an early 70's Martin D28 with no truss rod, that I am not able to play because the action is so high, which breaks my heart,...
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Today, 09:37 AM
by the way, I have a kiesel with synthetic fingerboard. It's very stiff. Much stiffer than ebony. The truss rod functions properly on that instrument.
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Today, 09:29 AM
Having owned both, I thought the DV Mark Little Jazz added a certain color and compression to the tone regardless of what guitar you are using, or...
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Today, 09:29 AM
Regarding necks with no truss rod...
My dad bought a carbon fiber steinberger in the '80s. The salesman (Chuck Levins, Wheaton, MD) demonstrated...
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Today, 09:24 AM
Lots of good stuff in Pizzarelli's A Train solo. Thanks for posting this.
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Today, 09:15 AM
Transcribing is something that I really love and I really enjoy! I feel more comfortable learning and transcribing than writing, probably because...
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Today, 09:08 AM
It's always a little bit tricky to write the transcription properly, for many reasons but principal rhythm and ornamentations...!
I feel always...
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Today, 09:05 AM
The headstock that Gibson put on the later Epis is what looks wrong to me. The original Epi headstock was known as the moustache, not open book,...
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Today, 09:04 AM
After years of messing around with picks of all materials and prices I have come to the conclusion that the 1.5mm - 2mm tortex is best for most...
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Today, 09:04 AM
Hey Allan,
You're welcome! Transcribing is a great exercise, I think that sometimes is great to transcribe a full solo to understand the style of a...
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