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Today, 09:36 AM
Bridge bases are sanded to follow the contour of the top of the guitar at the right spot and correct angle for proper intonation. This allows...
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Today, 09:33 AM
I tried some new supros side by side with a blues Jr. The Supros weren't what I was looking for, they sounded small and boxy. The Blues Jr. just...
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Today, 09:25 AM
You people ought to be ashamed of yourselves! I already have very nice guitars, but those are all so beautiful and I’m getting a little gassy. ...
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Today, 09:25 AM
Where I think I like it, right now. We'll see.
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Today, 09:13 AM
I agree. I wasn’t clear in what I wrote. I scale my TM Twin down for similar reasons. However, I also play through a tube ‘59 Bassman RI with...
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Today, 09:12 AM
You couldn't get the volume low enough to get a clean tone?
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Today, 09:04 AM
Here's another one. "I don't have any speakers to test it with, but the amp should work perfectly."
Talk about CYA.
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Today, 09:02 AM
Looks like a pretty small fb radius.
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Today, 08:48 AM
Thanks. She's been looking for the serial number unsuccessfully.
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Today, 08:42 AM
Two very simple solid contenders for jazz seem to be the Boss IR-2 and the brand new Tonex One. Two channels, amp, reverb, the tonex also has a...
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Today, 08:30 AM
When I tried the dream, it had no headroom. Distorted way too early.
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Today, 08:28 AM
The UAFX series of amp pedals seems like a perfect companion for jazzers. The "Dream" or "Woodrow", that is.
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Today, 08:17 AM
Here’s m5-8 … the lick over the Bbm/Eb7 is maybe my favorite in the whole tune. I love it.
https://youtu.be/O_zbt-JNRAE?si=oBIB6vgEyXRVdJA7
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Today, 08:16 AM
Yes, I am afraid that within parochial Brexit Britain one needs a buyer from the same parish.
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Today, 08:13 AM
You can't say about doing a mistake before You have heard it!
Sorry but a bit stupid question: why do You keep the pickup fairly far from the...
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Today, 08:05 AM
I'm guessing yours always remains open then?
(the seat, I mean)
shreddin'
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Today, 08:00 AM
If the name is any indication, you have to believe really hard that it actually works :cool:
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Today, 07:55 AM
That's the intention.
A twin reverb tube amp doesn't sound the same with the volume knob at 2 and with the volume knob at 10 (apart from the fact...
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Today, 07:54 AM
Yeah I’ve been working a bunch on his stuff from the Gooden’s Corner album with Sonny Clarke
So far I’ve done this one and Green Dolphin Street.
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Today, 07:48 AM
New D’Angelico Tours and Premier line have been have been selling at massive discounts in the UK for a while now. Don’t know if anyone has insight...
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Today, 07:46 AM
Yes, I remember that guitar, along with Hammertone’s oval hole model. I do recall that the original owner ordered his collection of Campellones with...
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Today, 07:45 AM
Oops, maybe the underwound was a mistake by me then. I was noticing that I keep the Zephyr's Lover humbucker fairly far from the strings and since...
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Today, 07:40 AM
Just repost this here as it was buried in an irrelevant thread. Hope you don’t mind Jeff.
https://youtu.be/u4C0u2PFBJ0?si=-JW_BfJVN9KzMurv
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Today, 07:29 AM
Oh, you mean you were playing his notes. Well, in that case he's not bad now and again :-)
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Today, 07:18 AM
We call it a transcription.
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Today, 07:14 AM
but...I also want to say that it's easy to get complacent if you are editing in your (home) studio because tweaks are simple on the computer. Then...
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Today, 07:11 AM
i agree that adjustments on the fly are an issue. I played a club yesterday where my guitar sound was very dark and muddy and the amount of menus and...
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Today, 06:58 AM
Hi
It sounds quite good, but nothing like a Princeton. Much more tweed like, and raunchy if you push it.
In my opinion you can do jazz with it,...
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Today, 05:50 AM
Hmm… without never playing with it 7,2k pickup sounds more like brighter and less-bodied than ’mellow’. Based on mere numbers the normal ca. 8k...
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Today, 05:46 AM
Well, it was quite cheeky, I suppose. Actually, I preferred panasonic's version to Grant Green's :-)
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Today, 05:24 AM
I agree with the above post: my idea is that for a full warm creamy smooth twin reverb tone you have to push it just a step before it breaks up; to...
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Today, 05:03 AM
I am, which means I eat avocado toast - but I’m on team knobs
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Today, 05:03 AM
When I'm playing my TM Twin in a small room, I'm dialing the "Attenuator" selector down to max. 45W, better 22W and the vol. around 4-5.
It sounds...
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Today, 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...
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Today, 03:28 AM
Great to hear that that you are still there! And sorry that you have not been able to contribute to some of the Peerless and general Korean guitar...
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Today, 03:25 AM
^ Are you a Xennial?
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Today, 03:22 AM
Boomers and gen X’s grew up with knobs, millennials and gen z grew up with screens….
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Today, 02:39 AM
I have them now. They're on an Ibanez prototype that I bought from JazzKritter's daughter and I plan on keeping that guitar well played and cherished...
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Today, 02:24 AM
:triumphant:
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Today, 02:07 AM
One day you'll play something that moves me, not just stand there playing a lot of fast notes.
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Today, 02:06 AM
I used to have the big Headrush board, and what I would do in such a situation (aside from having a fixed global EQ) is to have a master parametric...
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Yesterday, 11:52 PM
Thanks. This big PDF book work really well using Forscore on an Ipad!
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Yesterday, 11:29 PM
It won't have a serial # but you can check the factory order # stamped on the inside back viewed through the f hole.
That and the features of that...
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Yesterday, 10:53 PM
Tomorrow’s the big day. Bars ~5-8
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Yesterday, 10:16 PM
Thank you very much for sharing this very valuable resource with us!
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Yesterday, 10:13 PM
That es 125 Should go to Luthier to have the brace reglued, and then be sold for no less than 2.2 K
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Yesterday, 10:09 PM
Yep. And I'm not far from WI...but with a 3 month furlough on the way I can't go spending a grand on a guitar...
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Yesterday, 09:50 PM
I think what joebonni was referencing was these promotinal video's Bucky made for D'angelico https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diPEAsPbBxs .Of course...
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Yesterday, 09:45 PM
I think you need to add this new one with the red toilet seat pickguard.
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Yesterday, 09:40 PM
Here I forgot one thing maybe I got the one off that was made better than some of the other EXL-1’s. That’s why I bought this guitar it blew out all...
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Yesterday, 09:28 PM
Yes, that's it. Essentially identical to the Joe Pass version. They were all made by Samick back then.
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Yesterday, 09:27 PM
I seem to remember seeing that Trogly guy unboxing a full-size version of this.
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Yesterday, 09:25 PM
I too have a Zephyr Regent; 1998 vintage. It's a great guitar. I also have an Emperor like yours although mine was made a few years later than...
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Yesterday, 09:06 PM
:encouragement:
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Yesterday, 08:56 PM
You can think of the attenuator in a TM Twin as a knob to select several different wattage “models” of a Twin. A tube Twin can break up at very high...
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Yesterday, 08:51 PM
As a user of electric acoustics, to me that Kammerer is SUPER cool.
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Yesterday, 08:38 PM
There’s one for sale in Omaha that is cosmetically horrible—prior owner literally scratched his name on the back plate—though plays well—for $1500.
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Yesterday, 08:35 PM
I would think even with a loose brace that 125 is worth more than 1k.
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Yesterday, 08:32 PM
I've had an EXL-1 for about 7 years now. It's a nice guitar for the money, better than a Korean Epiphone, for example. It superficially LOOKS like an...
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Yesterday, 08:26 PM
Bloody Brexit! Your price attracts, but less after shipping and the 24% Finnish VAT on border. That BTW will increase to 25.5% soon. Second to...
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Yesterday, 08:21 PM
And remember boys, thems Canuck $$$. $7,650 greenbacks seems like a decent price for any kind of L5 these days.
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Yesterday, 07:16 PM
Well at least 3 out of 5 of those you posted look ok.
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Yesterday, 06:59 PM
Me too!
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Yesterday, 06:58 PM
I recently bought a '22 Ibanez GB10 that was consigned at Dave's . Good folks to work with.
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Yesterday, 06:56 PM
I haven't posted this in at least a couple of days. :cool:
Here's five more of them:
Danny W.
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Yesterday, 06:35 PM
Both are 25.5
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Yesterday, 06:28 PM
Tonight
24 April 2024
Violinist Sara Caswell joins Frank Vignola, Ted Rosenthal, Gary Mazzaroppi and Alex Raderman.
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Yesterday, 06:22 PM
Yeah, can you post a picture or two of the bridge/saddle so we know what we're talking about? If you mean that the saddle is *leaning* towards the...
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Yesterday, 06:03 PM
You said Gibson made at least two D'As; any information on them? Thanks.
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Yesterday, 05:33 PM
Yes I've seen the 200 going for less than the 120s...the slimmer body and double cutaway is very interesting (though I would presumably still need a...
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Yesterday, 05:31 PM
:pcguru:
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Yesterday, 05:20 PM
If you have two sound sources and hypothesize that one is more compressed than the other (in this case, a guitar plugged into both channels of the...
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Yesterday, 05:17 PM
Oh, c'mon, it's just kind of amusing.
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Yesterday, 05:13 PM
Wine "Rustoleum" Red and Ebony are the cheap Gibson finishes. No impact on tone or playability. But they are the lowest cost finish and hence you...
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Yesterday, 05:05 PM
The open string and 12th fret harmonic will always be in tune with each other. The 12th fret harmonic should also be in tune with the same string...
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Yesterday, 04:49 PM
RP,
My guess is that it allows you to match the signal strength coming into the input while the output from the gain to the volume is fixed. My...
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Yesterday, 04:43 PM
I think they are open to setting the price within a small range. I'm not sure, though. I went along with their suggestions.
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Yesterday, 04:40 PM
Thanks for this. I don't think I understand the difference between preamp gain and level control. Apparently, the level control doesn't affect the...
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Yesterday, 04:24 PM
You literally copy and pasted my OP from this thread: Vintage D'Angelico electrics (jazzguitar.be) , but somehow seemed to get the facts wrong.
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Yesterday, 04:14 PM
/methinks the L5 really has become the Golf of the guitar world - there are so many different variations that are usually so far from the original...
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Yesterday, 04:10 PM
If I had the extra money I'd get one of the custom luthiers such as Holst, Campellone, Baker etc to try and build me a 15 "L5". Wonder if they...
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Yesterday, 04:10 PM
Interesting. How do you test compression with a dB meter?
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Yesterday, 04:08 PM
It should be rare, as in "red headed step child " rare! I get the feeling that someone had this guitar custom made and Gibson never told them that...
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Yesterday, 04:05 PM
Also-at first I never noticed the finger tail piece; I'm so used to seeing them on Heritage guitars that it slipped right by. Whooosh! :-)
Doug
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Yesterday, 04:00 PM
The add says it appears to be a Lee Ritenour model in all but name. A limited run/one off from the Gibson Crimson Team.
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Yesterday, 03:59 PM
Well, an instrument with a lot of acoustic properties is not always what's needed...that's why 175's remain popular. Though a lightly built 50's 175...
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Yesterday, 03:57 PM
Scale length maybe?
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Yesterday, 03:53 PM
Yeah. Looking at it, I can understand why this model# is “rare.” Definitely not the best look for a L5. The six finger tension tailpiece is a...
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Yesterday, 03:48 PM
I can see no difference from the Lee Rit model except for the color.
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Yesterday, 03:46 PM
Personally, I don't like the grain pattern chosen for the top. I'm a sucker for symmetry.
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Yesterday, 03:39 PM
Well, the original question was "who's your favorite bassist" and not "who's the best bassist." There is really no objective way to measure who is...
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Yesterday, 03:33 PM
No no I hear you I just made a point that's all and yes I am very well informed. However I can remember when the ES-175 was the choice of guitar in...
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Yesterday, 03:25 PM
You might consider that the audience here consists of a fairly well informed group. The thoughts you express are in conflict not only with what even...
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Yesterday, 03:24 PM
I went with the underwound 57 from Sam Ash with a 15% off coupon code. Thanks again for the thoughtful gear advice. I'll check back when it's...
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Yesterday, 03:19 PM
I agree with the deacon above. That price feels steep for a wine red but again, color doesn’t impact tone or playability and it’s subjective. “Market...
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Yesterday, 02:49 PM
Go for it!
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Yesterday, 02:47 PM
Goin hard
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Yesterday, 02:43 PM
Any time spent transcribing Grant Green is quality time. Nice!
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Yesterday, 02:31 PM
I usually compare the fretted 12th fret note to the 12th fret harmonic. I do understand there are other methods. What do you find when you compare...
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Yesterday, 02:30 PM
Thanks RJVB ,
I forgot to reply, please excuse me.
Yes I think you've understood what I was writing about. The fact that my intonation is now...
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Yesterday, 02:20 PM
Serial number on the ES125? PM if you prefer.
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Yesterday, 02:16 PM
I too looked at that guitar but really too much for a Wine Red. I see just now it is on hold. I would not pay this for a wine red but possibly a...
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Yesterday, 02:02 PM
Were you allowed to set the prices or did you have to use Dave's prices ? I think that's where I got confused.
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Yesterday, 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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Yesterday, 01:57 PM
Good to know.
Thanks
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Yesterday, 01:54 PM
Me too. Otherwise I would pick up that Silvertone for sentimental reasons.
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Yesterday, 01:51 PM
Those are very nice guitars. There used to be some good used shops in Madison, and there was a guy in La Crosse who used to be Dave's main guitar...
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Yesterday, 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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Yesterday, 01:50 PM
I've consigned a few of my guitars at Dave's in the last 2 months. All sold quickly and they pay 80% of what they sell them for.
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Yesterday, 01:47 PM
I thought Dave consigned guitars too, but two years ago he told he didn't . ( ?? )
Anyway, good luck with the sales.
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Yesterday, 01:44 PM
I haven't messed with guitar VSTs in a while but I think amplesound was good.
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Yesterday, 01:44 PM
^ Thx. There's a flute player's posting I'm going to reply to.
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Yesterday, 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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Yesterday, 01:33 PM
To keep the post count/how annoying I am down, I took notes throughout the year. So here is a mashup of the more interesting entries. It seems a...
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Yesterday, 01:05 PM
So, a little update on this. I did find one that popped up on eBay overnight, shipped from Canada. This is the one in the configuration I wanted but...
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Yesterday, 12:56 PM
I may be interested in that, we will see. It's definitely exciting. Would need to get my hands on one when they are out
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Yesterday, 12:28 PM
Thanks. I've no intention to sell it. I should play it more!!
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Yesterday, 12:27 PM
D'Angelico electrics (the ones where John D'Angelico only made the necks) are NOT Excels. Those guitars were not even recorded in his ledger. The...
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Yesterday, 12:20 PM
No need to apologize. A well played, great looking Favino deserves a double look. Looks like a keeper.
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Yesterday, 12:19 PM
Actually that's not true a lot except for The New Yorker was made by someone else out of plywood and he just put on the necks....A few months ago, I...
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Yesterday, 12:09 PM
Not to derail you Chris, but there is the new Metheny model with the CC pickup coming this summer if your search continues that long....
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Yesterday, 12:06 PM
Vince Magol, a lawyer, guitarist, and once-co-owner of Heritage talked about breakage. He said 2-3%. That includes all damage. Nothing will...
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Yesterday, 12:04 PM
The Korean made Excels are not identical to an original Excel at all.The originals were hand carved, solid wood archtops and the Korean made examples...
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Yesterday, 11:54 AM
The neck on the 59 reissue is pretty fat. That took me awhile to get used to. Some guys actually like that, I tolerate it. And with the skinny frets,...
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Yesterday, 11:51 AM
I see a lot of "missing part X, which is like ten bucks..." nonsense. Just buy the damned part and install it yourself, and add the $10 to price...
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Yesterday, 11:47 AM
Seeing them October 9th, can't wait!
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Yesterday, 11:40 AM
I know some forum members have stated this before but I never heard the difference people claim. I.e. input gain up doesn’t seem to make a difference...
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Yesterday, 11:37 AM
I would probably agree with that. I still wish I had taken some time to play the two side by side for tone comparison.
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Yesterday, 11:37 AM
I have found that the tone is more balanced on the wedge and that I can hear it better. In fact, without the wedge, my Les Pauls sound downright...
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Yesterday, 11:37 AM
Yours is also a great post with a lot of great info. I've also had a couple '70s 175s that were great but the most recent examples needed a ton of...
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Yesterday, 11:26 AM
This is a great post. The two 60's examples that I had may have been good guitars in the 60's, but they were not when they came to me. The two 70's...
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Yesterday, 11:08 AM
I enjoyed Jack's video. I may have seen it before, but it is especially on-point for me at this time, so Thanks again, Jack!
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Yesterday, 11:01 AM
Great words of wisdom Jack.
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Yesterday, 10:57 AM
Ive had mine for a month now so still trying different strings and action, that said heres what I know the body is mahogany which I believe is...
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Yesterday, 10:57 AM
I played the 2012 es-175 yesterday afternoon, made an offer, and it was quickly accepted. I think this was a guitar that was bought and cased for...
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Yesterday, 10:55 AM
I bought a Bud a couple of years ago to replace an 80 watt Roland that was becoming too heavy for me to lug around. I tried it sight unseen, having...
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Yesterday, 10:37 AM
I wonder what the actual incidence/prevalence of these damages is. When it happens, we hear about it at length because people are rightfully upset;...
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Yesterday, 10:32 AM
My Broadway Elitist had no solid top. It had an second thin wood layer on the inner side of the top. Maybe due to easier fabrication because they had...
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