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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, 02:33 PM
New vid
https://youtu.be/lfIFT-etlqg?si=oYPTaDQh8sI-Cmj0
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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
Behold, I gift you with my brain-facts
https://youtu.be/RlZjCiDr6xU
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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, 01:45 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, 12:57 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, 12:56 PM
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Is a common major7 voicing with both the 5th and #4. In the example voicing it's Cmaj7. You bar the first finger slightly at an...
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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...
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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, 11:39 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, 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, 09:59 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, 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
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, 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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Today, 09:03 AM
Well it’s a thing I was told, so … but the guy who told me SHREDS
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Today, 09:02 AM
I agree, I think I would love a FM3 where I could get all the amps, and effects with great sounding default settings, fast and simple to do common...
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Today, 09:01 AM
I mean quite a few of us do after a fashion…
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Today, 08:59 AM
Topic aside, Rich's tone is to die for.
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Today, 08:58 AM
Look at the given name of the poster in #11 above.
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Today, 08:45 AM
It's funny, when I hung with the local "gypsy jazz" crowd I found the better players often (not always, but surprisingly often) used simple cheap...
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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, 08:42 AM
I mean a lot of guitar music doesn’t work in position either…
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Today, 08:41 AM
Maybe? I don't know if I could give you a single concrete reason, but I know that as soon as I stopped reading them in position and started learning...
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Today, 08:39 AM
I still have one stamped Mar 10 1970.
Also several vintage RC1000 and FHC.
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Today, 08:32 AM
Check with @thatrhythmman he sold me a 60s 1100 and had two at the time of sale. The other had some more patina may have been a 70s but may still be...
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Today, 08:27 AM
thanks everyone for your input. I've decided to go in a different direction for now. Hopefully this thread will be helpful to others.
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Today, 08:24 AM
Gypsy jazz does have some cool pick shapes. The brass shield picks are very interesting. Seems like the common denominator is that they are all...
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Today, 08:20 AM
Hello. Joscho Stephan uses the Wegen “Big City” picks.
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Today, 08:18 AM
quad cortex and tonex are not so great for effects. Fractal blows them away. I wish fractal would create a dumbed down version. HX Stomp has better...
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Today, 08:17 AM
I play fingerstyle and could never find a guitar pick I felt comfortable with. Back in the day when I first started playing guitar I used a pick, and...
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Today, 08:15 AM
I'm in that micro generation too.
I think I would go for a Boss ME90 if I needed something practical and versatile. If I had some gig or jam context...
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Today, 07:59 AM
I think it was designed to work well with all amplified guitars, regardless of type. Here’s the explanation from the manual of the input gain...
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Today, 07:25 AM
p.s. pm120 inbound. :D
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Today, 07:15 AM
Since buying my Bud 6 last year my LJ has not gotten a lot of use. I recently tried the LJ again with my Reverend Pete Anderson Eastsider T style...
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Today, 07:14 AM
Never knew that, but there must be some exceptions. Joscho Stephan and Olli Soikkeli definitely do not in Troy Grady's extensive filming of their...
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Today, 06:37 AM
Be gone!
Out with ye!
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Today, 05:41 AM
Because they have been written mostly by sax or trumpet players? Or am I missing something in your post? :numbness:
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Today, 05:30 AM
As long as we are ranting on reverb, how about how every guitar made in japan in the 70s is now a lawsuit guitar, as if that makes them more...
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Today, 04:14 AM
Yes, one can buy picks that don't have a sharp tip, mandolin picks are often round: Mandolin picks
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Today, 04:06 AM
Classical composers do use the ascending form descending over a V chord. Have a squizz at some Bach for instance.
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Today, 04:02 AM
I play with the pointy end to give me an excuse for my abject mediocrity
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Today, 04:01 AM
Absolutely not. All the Manouche guys play with the round end.
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Today, 03:58 AM
I’ve not learned much in my life, but one thing I’ve learned is that bop heads don’t work in position.
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Today, 03:46 AM
It makes crossing strings extremely easy, as the pick has to hardly move. However you have less definition and a much rounder tone with less treble....
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Today, 03:42 AM
You can sweep pick the last line at the 6th fret, it's a GbM7 arpeggio (preceded by the notes Eb & F on the 5th string). I played the entire four...
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Today, 03:29 AM
Does playing on the round corner tend to steer one's techniques away from rest strokes?
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Today, 02:46 AM
Hello again,
I finally completed my restoration work, not perfect, but much better than original condition!
I used a smooth brush to...
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Today, 12:25 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JRcT5_QlMc
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Today, 12:19 AM
Well, hey, surprise!
I just came here to read about something else, saw this and guess what - today I also fitted JS112s to my '66 ES125 and -...
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Today, 12:02 AM
Those numbers tend to be faded blueish stamped ink. A black light might help. The locations.can also vary.
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Yesterday, 11:24 PM
I have a 1st generation Parker Fly, never tried, and never needed to turn the rod. More Non-defining info, I know, but a data point on stiff necks...
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Yesterday, 11:00 PM
One of the most legendary pairings and albums I think is Art Tatum and Ben Web.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJifh-S2Hw4&t=7s
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Yesterday, 10:55 PM
So many wedding dances to that song.
Everybody clap your hands
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Yesterday, 10:51 PM
Shots fired
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Yesterday, 10:49 PM
Thx guys. I should be ok with my existing sounds in my brick and mortar instruments for right now - my organ, and then bass, vibes, rhodes and piano...
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Yesterday, 10:44 PM
the 120 sounds very different from the 100 or 200. 100 and 200 are more similar. I have not a/b'd them but a friend of mine has both and says the 200...
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Yesterday, 10:42 PM
It’s a fabulous instrument.
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Yesterday, 10:28 PM
:tongue-new:
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Yesterday, 10:24 PM
Reverse! Reverse!
Is anyone else here the right age to be hearing the Cha Cha Slide voice saying that every time someone mentions learning the...
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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...
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Yesterday, 10:22 PM
Haha exactly. I think it's cool that even though our micro generation came of age around the millennium, we were still the last to experience olden...
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Yesterday, 10:20 PM
Learned it by reading bar 8, then 7…. It was pretty pleasant that way.
https://youtu.be/xa1N0giAM7Q?si=GiBQQyMukqy1UWOS
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Yesterday, 09:52 PM
This. In jazz, mm isn't only about the contour of the melody, it's also about the tonality of those raised notes against the (minor) chord.
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Yesterday, 09:48 PM
I love it too. I like the enclosure emphasizing the extension and then further crap in the extensions. Lotta good vocab in DL.
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Yesterday, 09:43 PM
GG is one of the best jazz guitarists of all time. He wasn't a monster technically but he certainly was musically. Hey ragman, are you going to...
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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, 09:29 PM
You and Charlie Christian? You play beyond the veil?
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Yesterday, 09:17 PM
I've been a Quilter guy for several years. I think the main attraction in the Mach3 isn't the added voicings, as much as the fact that it's 2 amps in...
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Yesterday, 09:15 PM
A few observations on m5-8:I meant to say that the positions I chose rather than the fingerings are close to Jeff's. I'll often play in three-finger...
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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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Yesterday, 09:01 PM
Lower bout - 17"
Upper bout - 12.25"
Depth - 3.75"
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Yesterday, 08:54 PM
I love that wide wavy flame on the back.
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Yesterday, 08:51 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cQKH_yLROE
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Yesterday, 08:11 PM
So interesting how it’s basically just Les Pauls and assorted solid bodies. No L-5’s etc. Amazing how much these can cost for basically cosmetic...
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Yesterday, 08:03 PM
Then go with the Cub. It’s just more features as far as I can tell.
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Yesterday, 07:39 PM
So I asked the pianist if they were going to go all Coltrane on this, and he just smiled. No. They actually ended up singing it and I played a solo...
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Yesterday, 07:18 PM
Oh you're absolutely correct...it's just a recent joke:)
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Yesterday, 06:53 PM
Cause they wanted to punish me for practicing the Segovia Scales for the last 40 years, every freaking day, at 320bpm through the cycle of fourths...
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Yesterday, 06:48 PM
But I've always seen it referred to in books from way back as the jazz minor. That's definitely not new.
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Yesterday, 06:45 PM
It ain't no Adam Rogers on Night and Day, but hey.
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Yesterday, 06:45 PM
As the others say, the same up and down mel m is called the jazz minor but that doesn't answer the question in the thread title.
My handy answer...
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Yesterday, 06:37 PM
I can't say that I listen to a ton of GG, but his groove is undeniable. And I feel like people underestimate how important that really is; audiences...
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Yesterday, 06:36 PM
I can't think of any guitarists who had BW's breathy sound, but the clarinetist Tony Scott was one musician who was strongly influenced by BW,...
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Yesterday, 06:35 PM
Thank you for your feedback on the Supro Amulet
I hear a lot of good reviews about Quilter amps. They have piqued my interest for several years
The...
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Yesterday, 06:16 PM
Supro amps have their problems.
I read this thread appreciating my Princeton Reverbs - thought about releasing one, but maybe it's better to hang...
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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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Yesterday, 06:02 PM
And don't you just love those oval fretboard inlays? I do.
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Yesterday, 04:49 PM
haha oddly enough I haven’t transcribed any GG. But I have listened to him a lot, and picked up something from it, I’m sure. As others have said,...
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