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Today, 07:20 PM
Can we take a break for a few minutes? I gotta clean the drool off my computer. :typing:
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Today, 07:16 PM
Even the heaviest baritone sets (eg 16-70) generally seem to come with a plain 2nd string (tuned to F# or E ?) of max. 22 gauge, the exception being...
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Today, 07:15 PM
No mirrors in your house, Jimmy?
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Today, 06:59 PM
So, the idea is that the chart says, say Cmaj7, but somebody is going to play Cmaj7, A7, D7 (or is it Dm7), G7. So, the avoid note in C is an F,...
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Today, 06:54 PM
Joe Pass was a fan of Danny Gatton, I hadn't heard of him before he mentioned him (right after Gatton's first album was released).
Re: the topic...
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Today, 06:44 PM
I got the most from a book called Inside Outside by Reese Markevich a long time ago. I don't know where you could find it now. It's OOP.
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Today, 06:31 PM
WTH? What am I supposed to do now with my outrage that it was taken off?:doh:
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Today, 06:30 PM
Yes, I used to hear him around DC in various jazz clubs. While he was well known for the country/chickin' pickin' thing, he seemed to prefer playing...
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Today, 06:25 PM
Bumping a great guitar!
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Today, 06:17 PM
Interesting to see other people's settings on their Bud 6. A lot depends on the guitar, of course – I have different settings for different archtops.
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Today, 06:14 PM
It does indeed sound like Yiorgis' low string is a B.
So with half-Nashville style tuning, from low to high:
B: heavy E string tuned down to...
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Today, 06:05 PM
Wow! After hearing some of the great stuff he did with Buddy Emmons on the "Redneck Jazz" videos on You Tube, I started reading his biography,...
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Today, 05:57 PM
Leroy Aiello in New Jersey just binds them.
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Today, 05:50 PM
I recently picked up a D’Angelico EX-DC that was made in Korea in 2018. I am extremely happy with this guitar. Top quality all the way around…and...
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Today, 05:41 PM
Ok I was looking back at it and found a juicy one in measures 7-8 of chorus 4 haha
So you can diatonically sub the VI minor over I major (cf all...
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Today, 05:29 PM
Thx. The amp was a Peavey Classic 20 played thru a lil 8 inch open back cab. The guitar was a warmoth hardtail strat.
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Today, 05:28 PM
Well then have fun coming to your conclusions hypothetically rather than empirically. :P
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Today, 05:27 PM
Some of the examples - #2, the descending run at the end of #3 and #4 im as sure about as I am anything in this crazy world.
But I’ll be...
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Today, 05:26 PM
That was a nice warm tone. That's a Strat? What amp are you using?
Thanks for posting.
PD
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Today, 05:23 PM
That's max bright for the guitar lol. I set up the controls to have some upper range and still be able to chirp a tad but while being smoky. If you...
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Today, 05:20 PM
What the heck, I'll reanimate this thread. About 1 month ago I decided to look into getting a baritone guitar. I discovered the D'Angelico Deluxe SS...
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Today, 05:18 PM
Ok, I would not consider that a full, warm, round tone. At all. But others might think differently, and take your advice into consideration.
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Today, 05:14 PM
What was that? This is some of my crappy playing of a vamp, I'm a B3 player, not a guitarist. This is with an 100k volume pot full up, and the no...
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Today, 05:06 PM
And I am still able to use the socket. Ha ha.
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Today, 05:05 PM
Sorry I did not know how to change the orientation of the shot.
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Today, 05:03 PM
Here it is. Works a treat.
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Today, 04:59 PM
This is the gatton/CC Pickup that he installed...
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Today, 04:57 PM
it was fun, scary, humbling and humiliating in several ways.
First of all, his following were as rabid as a political rally. I was subbing for his...
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Today, 04:54 PM
I balked on the Wildwood Deluxe from last week- just not drawn to the floating pickup (acoustic) tone entirely. This one may fly very soon, but...
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Today, 04:52 PM
Thank you for all the examples, Christian.
At first look, all of those lines could be played by playing the notes on different strings rather than...
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Today, 04:48 PM
Hey jzucker, I did a search on Danny Gatton, and you said in a thread that you played with him. What was that like?
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Today, 04:42 PM
:pride:
Playing with three fingers comes from a misunderstanding of the mechanics of the hand leading to a lack of hope for the fourth finger. The...
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Today, 04:39 PM
Yiorgos' tuning is really nothing like Gambale's (which I'm not initially drawn to). It seems more like Pat Metheny's half/pseudo/whatever Nashville...
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Today, 04:28 PM
I also have a Henriksen JazzAmp 112, and I do think it sounds really great! But I also had a JazzAmp 110 for a while, and I didn't like it nearly as...
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Today, 04:19 PM
Burny MIC Model, looked great but the sound was not for my taste.
My Hohner MIK really sounds better.
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Today, 04:19 PM
He is, and he gives credit to other makers where it is due. And he is a nice guy to deal with. Thorough, reputable, very fairly priced, and has a...
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Today, 04:10 PM
Yeah, on my part I'm a huge fan of eq pedals :) They solve many problems for cheap.
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Today, 04:08 PM
Ruger, I'm not the OP. I'm not seeking help, and if I was it certainty wouldn't be from that specific poster. I just think that when you regularly do...
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Today, 04:04 PM
I tend to agree, it works better on some guitars than others. So that brings you to lower the resistance value of the volume pot, or start trying...
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Today, 04:01 PM
100%. As has been said, the "different magnet" thing only really applies if all else stays the same... which is exactly what you can do with those...
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Today, 04:00 PM
ok, you need to drop this one now. He's tried to help you... you DID come here looking for advice from people with more experience than you, right?...
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Today, 03:47 PM
Be careful with the UA stuff.
I bought the Apollo Twin (solo) and discovered that it's only powerful enough to run 3 basic effects at once.
You...
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Today, 03:42 PM
I've often found the turn the tone pot trick to be a "jazz shortcut" that produces more mud than any anything else.
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Today, 03:40 PM
Interesting post.
I have a 10 percent overwound Biltoft HS-90 that I bought with all the sets of magnets he has available. The best combo I found...
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Today, 03:39 PM
Any clips that show your warm, dark, round tone?
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Today, 03:38 PM
Or even, "turn your tone pot down". I get it. But when people are first beginning this "learning journey" of music gear mods and tweaks, sometimes...
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Today, 03:38 PM
Too many.
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Today, 03:32 PM
Oh and here's a genuine 4nps pattern from Allan. Not all that common - Allan was mostly a 3nps player - but cool when he does it
Again, this is a...
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Today, 03:30 PM
OK, these are fingerings I'm fairly confident of.These fingerings were reconstructed by ear, but if you listen carefully you can hear when Allan is...
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Today, 03:28 PM
What do you mean might? I've tried it, so I know it is that simple. Again with the obstinance. :P
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Today, 03:28 PM
Oh, I don't know, one guitarist gives another the finger, which leads to thinking about other ways to give someone the bird, which leads to thinking...
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Today, 03:26 PM
That might give you a dark sound, not necessarily warm and round. Again, I (and many others) wish it was that simple.
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Today, 03:26 PM
Yes that is on the money. It's not awful, but it's not great. I think for lots of jazz guitarists, it's really about the notes and the chords. Like...
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Today, 03:24 PM
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Today, 03:24 PM
The obstinance is just strange to me. 'I want a warm, dark, round sound.' Ok, wire in a $5 200k volume pot. Job done. But they will not do it lol.
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Today, 03:20 PM
Ok. So watch Derryl’s hands very closely at 0:15 and you’ll see it
https://youtu.be/PnkQQjuFFbE?si=RKXauFoJnzsLmZQo
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Today, 03:20 PM
Why the hostility? Everyone is on their own "tone journey", and yes sometimes trying it for yourself is the only way to know. And there's nothing...
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Today, 03:16 PM
Easier to carry one amp that has a 12 inch speaker I think. I have an ext cab with a 12 inch, I use it for super big rooms with a Fender Twin.
If...
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Today, 03:16 PM
No not really
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Today, 03:15 PM
Sure. The big stretch lick from city Nights is the most crazed example, but there’s quite a few in the solo I’ve transcribed - lots of stretch dim...
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Today, 03:12 PM
Lines =/= voicings
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Today, 03:08 PM
^ There's this thing called communication where the person tone seeking says what they want to achieve, and the veteran says well I'd recommend you...
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Today, 03:07 PM
Anyway, one question is the term avoid note always applicable? This is a modal piece in 3/4:
BbM7#11 - % - % - %
GbM7#11 - % - % - %
F7#11 - %
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Today, 03:05 PM
I don't have enough frets on my guitar to transpose this scale pattern to all keys unless I change it.
Similar lines? 9-10 bars of 8th notes...
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Today, 03:02 PM
Yeah not sure Adam uses rest strokes either … the sound just punches, which is awesome.
and yikes …. I’ve seen some little things of him talking...
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Today, 03:02 PM
I'm not sure it's that simple. I found what works for me, it might help others, but it might not. Tone is very personal... By that logic anyone would...
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Today, 03:01 PM
A3? Nah... it's still unmistakably pole magnet/telecaster sounding. Bar magnets (P90s) are a whole 'nuther thing. (Plus, with a P90 you've got a...
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Today, 02:57 PM
You can quit being obstinate and listen to people who effing know what they're talking about because they teched heavily for years!
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Today, 02:55 PM
I think what Reg means is using I VI II V as a chord pattern when we have, for example, a static I maj chord (aka back-cycling). I that case it...
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Today, 02:49 PM
I know, I said that earlier.
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Today, 02:48 PM
speaking on a 60s model it really depends Tom, originality, etc but less than 15 that's for sure, especially a post '65 model.
there was a super...
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Today, 02:45 PM
I lean toward thinking top and pickup had more of an effect than B/S species, with the caveat that I haven't had anywhere near as many 175's in my...
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Today, 02:44 PM
There was an earlier thread on the TF price increase months back. What should these be going for today? They appeared to have nearly doubled in price...
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Today, 02:43 PM
I hope I'm not discouraging you, gear can be a fun road but also expensive and frustrating - it took me a while to get the gear for the sound I had...
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Today, 02:42 PM
Practice tips from California-based Dobro & pedal steel guitar master Pete Grant. Pete address the slow-to-fast notion at the end .......
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Today, 02:40 PM
"An original from the 60s is probably 30k or more"
um no, less than 1/2 that in reality. but glwts anyway....
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Today, 02:40 PM
So I basically fell into it...ran into the guy who ran the music shop I took lessons at as a kid (he was playing the piano at an Italian restaurant),...
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Today, 02:39 PM
Ah ah, I don't understand it either.
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Today, 02:38 PM
Yes. I couldn't understand why the previous owner chose the way they did.
I would have thought the pickup winder would have suggested it wasnt a...
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Today, 02:35 PM
before the advent of the internet you could make some money teaching nothing else matters to teenagers. with youtube, not so much anymore. who's...
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Today, 02:35 PM
Congrats :smile-new: I think you will be very happy with it.
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Today, 02:30 PM
Funny how this thread ended up discussing fingerings instead of the first post.. :focus:
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Today, 02:24 PM
There's also top thickness. I often wonder why my '89 175 (lam mahogany) sounded so different. The obvious answer is the mahogony but it's not...
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Today, 02:23 PM
^ A bit of bunk info in that post. Tal started at 22, and CC died at 25.
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Today, 02:23 PM
Jon, glad you posted this. I think it would be in your best interest to offer a lower price here than on Reverb. You will still make out better here...
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Today, 02:22 PM
Just got Moises….. where has it been all my life?
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Today, 02:19 PM
That's very common on Les Paul users, A5 on the neck, A2 on the bridge.
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Today, 02:19 PM
Or, how I stopped worrying and learned to love dim chords
https://youtu.be/bAAWlzeKGRU?si=llLt2D3wDMIV1A13
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Today, 02:16 PM
Depends what kind of engineering you want to do. It's possible to work for a contractor and work your way into a construction engineering position...
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Today, 02:13 PM
Good timing with this note, thank you. I found a mint condition on Reverb with the Weber 15inch speaker and extra tubes, arrives Monday. I was lucky...
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Today, 02:13 PM
Tal Farlow started when he was 29.
Wes Montgomery started when he was 20.
Everything Jimi Hendrix achieved was done in 27 years.
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Today, 02:09 PM
what would you tell a music teacher like me, if i was interested in taking up engineering as a side hustle?
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Today, 02:08 PM
Indeed, but I'm not hearing the hating in this rendition! ;)
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Today, 02:07 PM
To me that is the problem. You really have to love teaching and be patient with students. 45 years ago I started teaching in college. I did it for...
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Today, 02:03 PM
Private lessons. I assume a classroom position would require a teaching qualification. I don't have one and don't know that it's feasible for me to...
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Today, 02:01 PM
I bought a Tokai firebird with Creamery vintage style fb pickups. The original owner had chosen an a2 lower DCR in the neck and an a5 higher DCR in...
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Today, 01:56 PM
Sounds like it might be getting close to p90s.
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Today, 01:56 PM
PART NINE
Learning the whole track.
Jazz Phrasing for Beginners by Ear.
Listen to the whole Milwaukee Avenue track, you should recognise by...
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Today, 01:54 PM
I picked up a marketplace resale of a new Fender Strat American Pro 1. Still had the plastic wrap on it. The guitar has a wonderful neck and a great...
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Today, 01:52 PM
Yeah- A3 is even more mid-focused than A2. I want a set of A3s for my tele.
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Today, 01:51 PM
Go to the local music store and see if they need a teacher. Show them you're competent and can play stuff in Mel Bay Book 1. You'll mostly be...
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Today, 01:49 PM
Classroom teach or private lessons?
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Today, 01:47 PM
I am a little late to the party but here is a file I put together with diatonic arpeggios in all 5 shapes of CAGED system. Elliott's book discusses...
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Today, 01:45 PM
Awesome, each and everyone of them. Who makes pickguards for Mark? Dave Daspray?
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Today, 01:45 PM
My day job is increasingly grating on me and more and more I'm considering trying to do something with music. I'm not so naive as to believe I could...
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Today, 01:43 PM
That's a cool tip, might have to try it. But on that department I'm very happy with my current SD.
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Today, 01:43 PM
I've found what you are saying to be very true. Talking to a guy at Seymour Duncan he would say you could do this, but if you do that it would be...
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Today, 01:34 PM
I have had the previous version of this amp (not the newer Recording with additional features) since 2016, and it is an amazing amp. I cannot think...
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Today, 01:32 PM
I think these are the two most true statements on this thread.
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Today, 01:25 PM
^ If you want jazzy tone but less bass than A2 and A5, try A3.
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Today, 01:21 PM
I didn't read the whole thread but I have to say I've not found this to always be true. It's true some people have a lot of talent and waste it, but...
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Today, 01:15 PM
I would be careful when asking for advice from companies on jazz related topics - it's not that they're not knowledgeable, they are, but in these...
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Today, 01:07 PM
Scales are just another approach for a reference to create relationships with.... that can be different than chord tones etc... Not better or...
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Today, 01:05 PM
What pickups do you have now?
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Today, 01:04 PM
Big +1 on comping along with chordless trio recordings. A good way to regularly feel bad about yourself, but also ideally to expand your ears hahaha....
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Today, 12:59 PM
I've gone back and forth a couple of times between your recent L4 and 175 recordings .... You kind of have to hedge the comparisons to allow for...
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Today, 12:58 PM
I can't swear that I understand this. But, if we're talking about different paths through a I VI II V, each path can be conceptualized by...
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Today, 12:52 PM
His brilliance was captured in only a couple of his own albums, a few recordings as a sideman and of his early R&B work, and his influence over a...
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Today, 12:49 PM
You are correct about strings, but magnetic circuits and electronic circuits compare like apples and rocks. Very different principals.
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Today, 12:42 PM
I think this may be one of those situations where the horrible mismanagement of the D'Angelico brand name has created a bargain. These were really...
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Today, 12:35 PM
^ No, hypothesizing that cap material could affect the tone, and then verifying it with observation over a period of several years and countless...
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Today, 12:25 PM
The others have it correct. A5 has a little more output than A2, it has high bass and treble, and scooped mids. Sounds hi-fi and glossy. A2 still...
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Today, 12:20 PM
one of the exercises I have my students do is learn this 15 fret pattern in all keys, then i have them learn it in all positions, and then I have...
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Today, 12:14 PM
How many guitars is too many?
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Today, 12:01 PM
I must be doing something right, those three albums are three heavy sources of inspiration for me.
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Today, 12:00 PM
Talent is not as important as being dedicated to regular playing, in the long term.
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Today, 11:58 AM
Hot pickups sound much better when the volume is rolled down, preferably way down. At least that's been my experience. But I have zero experience...
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Today, 11:54 AM
You can sometimes hear a slight difference between capacitors, but it's because they have slightly different values. No two capacitors of the same...
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Today, 11:52 AM
It only has a couple of chords (the fancy part haha) and a break which is free (lol). It's been a while since I played along with that one (not a lot...
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Today, 11:49 AM
yes. i do that specific movement a lot. it is also useful for the kicks under the melody, especially the Dbmaj C7#9 Abm7 part.
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Today, 11:46 AM
I never thought about that, certainly a benefit playing jazz on solidbodies. I couldn't imagine playing without sustain, unless I was doing a...
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Today, 11:46 AM
I have swapped magnets in a few pickups. First, it must be understood that there's more to a pickup than just the magnet. And there's more to a...
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Today, 11:44 AM
I recently switched from A5/8.9k (both neck and bridge) to A2/7.2k (N) A2/8.3k (B) in my semi-hollow. The A5 pickups had a spikier/harder attach...
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Today, 11:36 AM
Yeah Alnico 2 is usually warmer and creamier i.e "syrupy" and more mellow on the top end. Alnico 5 is usually a little more aggressive with more...
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Today, 11:34 AM
Interesting, though maybe trivial thing I just noticed, if you play with voicings a bit you can voice lead nearly an entire octave chromatic scale...
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Today, 11:33 AM
Couple of reasons.... on my jazz box.... single notes just don't sustain that long. They fade and somewhat loose the feel, both harmonically and...
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Today, 11:33 AM
I've never compared them side to side but I was looking for a mellow Telecaster neck pickup a few years back, I settled on SD Alnico 2 pro. The...
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Today, 11:29 AM
Rag... most avoid notes are just labeled that way because that tend to destabilize or interfere with the Chord sound. They are not wrong.... they...
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Today, 11:29 AM
that is pretty much what i play, except i go em9 a7 in the first bar. and Bb7b13 in bar10. the C7+ i sometimes treat as Ab7+ or quite often as Dbo....
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Today, 11:28 AM
Hard to tell on the stop time, but in the solos I’m definitely hearing the Em A7
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Today, 11:28 AM
Early Genesis rules.
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