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Today, 09:56 AM
So, new to TF - if I go in for the 'yearly subscription', you get access to everything they have for the year?
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Today, 09:56 AM
There are several gig bags out there for 17” twelve string dreads that should fit. Alvarez comes to mind. Unfortunately, Martin 12s are 16” IIRC.
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Today, 09:55 AM
I would think a call to Gibson is in order. Authentication through a guitar form is rather odd for a guitar shop. I have never seen one of these.
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Today, 09:33 AM
Any chance you know measurements of the neck? Would like to nut the nut width and the depth of the neck at the 1st and 9th frets. Thanks
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Today, 09:10 AM
Yea... so this is how you start. Your playing Diatonic 3rds in Dmaj. Scale, (Ionian).
Just for info. Your 1st finger defines what position your in....
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Today, 09:06 AM
Perhaps Barney can be of help?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtWukH-ClpA&list=PLK7wQ185qc97AVi7BTHls6U_xvfZBObqh
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Today, 08:33 AM
It's 17" wide by 43" long by 3" deep. It's got the extra long headstock so my RB continental doesn't quite fit it.
Probably going to order the...
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Today, 07:47 AM
For the analysis of bar two (F7b9 going to Bb7), backdoor with raised one is too clever I think. It's just the good old F7b9 arpeggio going up from...
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Today, 07:26 AM
Anyone raise their hand who wouldn't want a $300 guitar that sounds good (and plays well) enough to be enjoy playing and/or making money with all...
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Today, 07:14 AM
Oh yeah all those classic etude guys do that — Sor, Giuliani, Carulli. Probably Carcassi too but never played much of him.
Ive taught this one...
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Today, 07:10 AM
Thanks, I'll move onto the next 4 bars. :encouragement:
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Today, 07:09 AM
I think what Christian is saying is that you can work on scales any ole time. Donna Lee is already those scales and arpeggios transformed into...
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Today, 07:06 AM
Definitely a triplet.
Your guy might be doing an eighth note followed by paired sixteenth notes?
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Today, 07:04 AM
I had a repeated listen of Donna Lee this morning.
I hear a lot of players using a triplet for the opening notes, but my ears are telling it's not...
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Today, 06:25 AM
This Youtube Video about Melodic Cells by a good sax player might or might not be of interest.
Skip the self promotion and start watching the...
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Today, 06:01 AM
That's what I suggested people do. What is the source of disagreement? lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC5LaHUnQMA
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Today, 05:58 AM
Not to worry, still lots of cigarbox and numberplate guitars being built in the USA ;)
(Though from what I've seen those also cost more than many...
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Today, 05:16 AM
Sure. Absolutely. Yes.
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Today, 05:15 AM
Yeah that's probably been recycled in the ABRSM stuff. The later grades have a lot of that.
@ the OP....
With the mention of cadential 6/4...
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Today, 05:09 AM
Building a night like this is basically about building a community.
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Today, 05:06 AM
Sor has studies which specifically play melodies in thirds, sixths etc.
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Today, 05:03 AM
Well, to stretch a bit, the Epiphone Casino USA made IS actually a Gibson :rolleyes:
Wonder how it compares with a 330 for jazz by the way?
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Today, 05:01 AM
If I’m making a video playing over a backing track, I hate wearing headphones so in order to hear the backing while I’m playing, I feed the headphone...
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Today, 04:59 AM
Hi
I really appreciate the comments and for your time in responding and I have taken it all on board. I have done the above things as suggested. I...
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Today, 04:59 AM
Yes. Mel Bay, Vincent, and one more. My hands are full. Ha!
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Today, 04:57 AM
I was thinking of all those 19th century classical guitar pieces that do stuff like that. There's a few by Guiliani that I've taught for early grade...
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Today, 04:56 AM
Bach == all baroque music
Apparently
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Today, 04:53 AM
People practice scales and arpeggios don't they? Perhaps I'm naive.
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Today, 03:53 AM
Yes it is. Ideally combined with some fluency of the changes I would say.
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Today, 03:36 AM
I think you should consider applying to the Arts Council. You can say that you are increasing access to cultural diversity in Norfolk or some such. ...
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Today, 03:35 AM
Here`s a song from our latest album, hope you`ll like it.
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Today, 03:30 AM
Ed,
I have played the 7-string for over 30 years and still do every day.
At 81 I feel I have too many guitars and there are players out there...
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Today, 03:30 AM
The melody of Donna Lee IS soloing material
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Today, 01:43 AM
Gibson ES-195. Came in black or in Gertsch Orange.
It's a thinline ES-175 with a Trini headstock and a Bigsby (easy replaced with a standard...
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Today, 12:36 AM
Yes, mostly basic melodic patterns, each one classified by its initial note - root, 3rd, 5th etc - and recombined with others of the same type in a...
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Today, 12:27 AM
Yep, which is why you should be able to work a bit of it in tandem. :P
I posted my rendition on page 5. Sorry, I can't participate with working it...
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Today, 12:18 AM
Yes, as I suggested, they carry what they know will sell. They don't want to be using up store space on expensive guitars that will sit there for...
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Today, 12:01 AM
I've found that the standard air guitar fingerings work well for them. :)
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Yesterday, 11:54 PM
:smile-new: I know what you mean, I often used to come up with stuff I could never play at a speed anyone would want to hear unless I pulled a Les...
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Yesterday, 11:44 PM
I'd like to create an arrangement to play on my 14th fret acoustic guitar. To incorporate both the bass line and Miles' trumpet solos, using a...
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Yesterday, 10:57 PM
LOL just finding one in my neck of the woods isnt so easy. i was chating with a friend and he said he ended up doing mail order for his last fender. ...
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Yesterday, 10:35 PM
Here we go for 9-14.
measures 13-14 are another candidate for favorite lick in Donna Lee.
https://youtu.be/QJkkETQRqM4?si=wLwSd0H0YyiYWEJo
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Yesterday, 10:30 PM
What I see is a thread with a Gibson Johnny Smith that is priced right and another member has intruded on the thread to bring attention to three...
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Yesterday, 10:15 PM
Soloing on Donna Lee is the easy part:)
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Yesterday, 10:03 PM
Yeah. Please do. if there are other arguments between members, that should be taken privately or in a different part of the forum.
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Yesterday, 10:00 PM
What happened? Someone fill me in. Did Fender or Gibson stop making guitars?
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Yesterday, 09:59 PM
I like those elegant terminations of the F holes.
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Yesterday, 09:55 PM
Baby steps sir, baby steps for many of us. We're always lectured to about "learn the melody" and that's what we're doing at this juncture.
Feel...
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Yesterday, 09:52 PM
I was able to get a nice used Super 400 from GC.
It was at one of their Houston stores.
They shipped it to a Tucson GC and I was able to check...
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Yesterday, 09:43 PM
Nut width is 2 1/16 inches, saddle spacing is 2 7/16inches. Body is 17in. If other measures are needed, fire away!
Forgot to mention that in...
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Yesterday, 09:31 PM
Don't forget to also work on solo ideas. Scales, arps, intervals, and chromatics over the changes. :encouragement:
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Yesterday, 09:10 PM
8 weeks won't be enough to get up to speed, but you can get it under your fingers. One bar at a time. 4 bars a week is less than one a day, and a...
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Yesterday, 08:48 PM
Awesome! Thanks for the laugh JZ.
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Yesterday, 08:47 PM
Thx guys. I ordered some monitors and I'll try the eq plugin to simulate inferior speakers. I can also use the monitors to play drum and bass loops...
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Yesterday, 08:45 PM
Frankly I think we should all delete our posts not referencing the OP's Smith.
It's not doing his sale any good.
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Yesterday, 08:39 PM
You may use the AI app that isolates the instruments and voices from audio files ... even if the original was a single track or mis-mixed...
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Yesterday, 08:30 PM
JS, you could do the following but I do not recommend it, the latency is far too big, it's pretty much unusable - go to Options - Preferences.
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Yesterday, 08:30 PM
small stores, small town we only have two in the big city ( LOL small ) and one in the neihboring town and othing here in my little community.
but i...
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Yesterday, 08:27 PM
I have one and I play it often. It's rich and warm and full, not bright like my AR371s were. With those guitars, I replaced the pick-ups to reduce...
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Yesterday, 08:17 PM
Which books?
Mel Bay and Randy Vincent? Or?
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Yesterday, 07:59 PM
Always look for the silver lining, and try to find the sunny side of life. :encouragement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpRvuVOCJac
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Yesterday, 07:58 PM
I think most people listen with ear buds a various quality.
To answer the question, in Reaper on a PC at the top right of the screen you'll see...
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Yesterday, 07:56 PM
With chords that don't fit the key, etc.
With half step chromaticism, you can use the same interval you're using for the nearest diatonic note.
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Yesterday, 07:46 PM
I guarantee I know the market better than you and I put a lot of thought into my pricing.
Consider this a free bump for the OP.
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Yesterday, 07:41 PM
If there's chromaticism, just follow the chords. You need to know how to follow the chords in jazz anyway.
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Yesterday, 07:39 PM
Cue argument about how to finger rests. :welcoming:
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Yesterday, 07:38 PM
Thanks for your kind offer, but I am having a 1920s Loar-esque instrument built.
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Yesterday, 07:36 PM
Me too!
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Yesterday, 07:35 PM
@pan: how big were these stores? I wouldn't be too surprised if smaller stores catering to less-serious players carried only low-budget guitars.
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Yesterday, 07:32 PM
you need the dimensions of my 1938 L5 is sounds like a cannon and smooth too. It of course is a 17 inch guitar
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Yesterday, 07:31 PM
I’m in the process of remaking this guitar with the pickup in the right position.
Originally when I started my building project, I wanted to take...
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Yesterday, 06:53 PM
what made me start wundering was i was in two diferant music store recently probably for the first time in many many years and not one USA made...
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Yesterday, 06:42 PM
It would be the ability to do this with any tune that I'm working with.
So, right now, I'm just practicing a little bit with D major scale...
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Yesterday, 06:25 PM
Liarspoker has a point...
Why? Because no one wants to pay them a reasonable fee, or because (they think) there are no interesting...
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Yesterday, 06:16 PM
Yea Mick7... cool voicings ... but not where one starts. Back in the 60s and early 70s....we played the shit out voicing in 4ths or quartal...
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Yesterday, 06:10 PM
Isn't this what he's looking for.... Playing a Melody with Various Intervals.
His comments about what intervals and resolving a Melody is...
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Yesterday, 06:09 PM
And we have two measures of RESTS.
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Yesterday, 06:00 PM
In 1953, the Tele was $190 and a Gibson L5 was $415. The ratio 2024 to 1953 dollars is about 11.5. Not cheap, but, back then, cheap guitars weren't...
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Yesterday, 05:58 PM
Every once in a while you see vintage archtops listed at very low prices at GC. I'm always tempted to call them for an expert evaluation to determine...
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Yesterday, 05:49 PM
Sorry again. But I just can't get the above post out of my head. It is just such a flawed business idea.
If you want to revitalize the music scene...
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Yesterday, 05:41 PM
What is the nut size?
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Yesterday, 05:38 PM
:encouragement:
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Yesterday, 05:17 PM
^ Line 1 and 5 are identical, so it's only 7 weeks of material. :redface-new:
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Yesterday, 05:13 PM
Well, I ordered it. Apparently shipping from SF, so yeah, not long now. :) You can use your existing wireless AirPods as monitors to listen to a...
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Yesterday, 05:07 PM
The demise of budget to midrange priced guitars manufactured in the U.S. happened or at least began a long time ago. Now only the high-end models are...
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Yesterday, 04:54 PM
Looking to sell a Comins 7-string concert in violin burst. I thought I could do well adding a lower end but have come to realize a 7 is above my pay...
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Yesterday, 04:53 PM
I would say that reports of the death of the USA guitar industry are not to be believed. While it is true that regulations and labor costs keep USA...
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Yesterday, 04:49 PM
No.Besides Gibson and Fender you have Prs,Knaggs,Collings,Musicman etc all making fine guitars.Some of their prices might be seen as absurd but they...
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Yesterday, 04:48 PM
Thanks to everyone contributing to this thread. Your bravery has inspired me to learn from your example, though I suspect 8 weeks won't be enough...
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Yesterday, 04:48 PM
Received some body measurements on a 1925 Gibson L5 today from Paul Alcantara:
20-1/4” Body Length
11-5/8” Upper Bout Width
9-11/32” Waist...
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Yesterday, 04:38 PM
Wow, you're paying £100-£150 per gig? Madness.
Play solo or in a duo.
Edit. Lovely tune. I play it too in my duo :smile-new:
Edit 2: reading...
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Yesterday, 04:31 PM
How do I set playback in Reaper to my computer speakers?
I don't want to use monitors or headphones. I want to mix to suit pos speakers because...
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Yesterday, 04:24 PM
Attached is a guide to using 4th chord voicings I wrote up ages ago, with an example of using them to harmonize the tune Little Sunflower.
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Yesterday, 04:19 PM
so are we seeing the death of the USA made guitars and does anyone care for the most part?
i love quality guitars and i have a love for USA made...
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Yesterday, 04:18 PM
That's a beautiful instrument . I can see why you bought it. Is the 7 string not what you had hoped. I had an American Artist years ago that sold at...
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Yesterday, 04:14 PM
Do you think that a Super 400C would be much different than your Heritage built New Yorker replica? I have played a late 1960's Super 400C and to my...
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Yesterday, 04:07 PM
Mr. Diehl gets wonderful tones from his vintage D’Angelico archtop guitar. Good stories from his playing and being a part of the NYC jazz scene...
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Yesterday, 04:00 PM
Copy that sir. I receive my books next Monday. Give me a few months and I hope to have positive progress.
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Yesterday, 03:56 PM
Yes, I grew up there, played a bunch of gigs on Niagara Falls Blvd. at the 3 Coins and at the Scene. I have family there, and returned for some gigs...
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Yesterday, 03:50 PM
Certainly Fender isn't too happy about the global competition. And I'm sure Guitar Center would rather sell $2000 guitars than $300 guitars. ...
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Yesterday, 03:49 PM
Here's example how I tend to practice picking technique sometimes.
1. Take one note, take another note. Move them one at a time and try to make...
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Yesterday, 03:30 PM
I don't want to sit down and go through a list but less than 50 guitars. I tend to keep them so the majority of my now 13 guitars I have had for over...
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Yesterday, 03:29 PM
Three guitars, three amps.
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Yesterday, 03:28 PM
Yeah Parker learned it wrong I guess haha
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Yesterday, 03:23 PM
I think it shows that the best player with a quality amp can make any guitar sound good.
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Yesterday, 03:20 PM
Good Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NGUPWVukjg
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Yesterday, 03:14 PM
These days I'm using a John Petrucci signature Jazz III. (It's a shade wider, longer, and sharper than a standard Jazz III.)
I pick with a...
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Yesterday, 03:04 PM
Old dog eh..well kid..AA gave a good start point with the Mel Bay book
and of course lots of info online..
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Yesterday, 03:00 PM
Though to be fair, Leo was NOT marketing the Tele as a cheapie...he was going right for the pros. It was priced accordingly, I think a Tele was $150...
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Yesterday, 02:52 PM
Were you just visiting WNY?
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Yesterday, 02:50 PM
Good thread and good stuff, I've been on holiday, but hopefully I'll catchup. :encouragement:
I don't like Miles on the original version, he's not...
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Yesterday, 02:46 PM
They had a mint used Fishman Artist acoustic amp at a great price. I wanted to see how it stacked up against my similar spec'd Genzler. But I...
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Yesterday, 02:41 PM
https://youtu.be/VFw-BIGyRf4?si=A4ePsHFfjjn189jA
just a few of the shapes I see/hear that come naturally to the fretboard.
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Yesterday, 02:39 PM
I regularly play a Yamaha Pacifica 012, made in Indonesia. It has replacement tuners, pu, switch and output jack. So, I guess the original hardware...
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Yesterday, 02:37 PM
Ogden Avenue
PART THREE
Jazz Phrasing for Beginners by Ear
(I've been on holiday, but I'm reconvening this play by ear thread for Jazz...
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Yesterday, 02:34 PM
Otoh it’s ’you may not prepare the major seventh in a major seventh chord with an octave on the previous chord’
Why not??? Why not CPE??? It...
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Yesterday, 02:31 PM
Guitar Center use to be totally awesome. And their inventory was probably the best you could find anywhere.
In the 1970s there was one Guitar...
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Yesterday, 02:21 PM
Just been reading CPE Bach’s treatise on figured bass realisation. In four parts it becomes a horrendous list of prohibitions haha. They all make...
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Yesterday, 02:19 PM
Oh, right.. :-)
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Yesterday, 01:50 PM
There's a related idea I've usually heard called "moving a chord through a scale".
So, for example, you start with a Cmaj7 chord (C E G B) and...
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Yesterday, 01:33 PM
And here is the ES330. Fabulous instrument.
Bought from a famous studio french guitarist Claude Engel
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Yesterday, 01:26 PM
The newer ES- 335 I tried, a 2009 faded, a 2022 Original, and another one I don't remember the year, where nice but nothing exceptional.
One Cherry...
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Yesterday, 01:24 PM
Pics added...
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Yesterday, 01:17 PM
All consumer tech has planned obsolescence. It's expensive for a company to maintain compatibility with old hardware, software, and outdated...
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Yesterday, 01:02 PM
I wouldn't mind a peek at the COA as well.
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Yesterday, 12:54 PM
On to lick 3, back to 3 fingers...
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Yesterday, 12:44 PM
Let's be honest,if the 480 had Gibson on the headstock and sold for 4k or more there would be a lot more people raving about it.
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Yesterday, 12:42 PM
I don't think I have bought anything other than strings from a Guitar Center. And I have never been impressed with either their inventory or the...
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Yesterday, 12:36 PM
Thank You! I knew he made that quantity of guitars but did not know how it could be numbered 85 & be the "last one".
The 1st bunch not being...
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Yesterday, 12:16 PM
What a snitch.
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Yesterday, 12:15 PM
Yep! That is the thing to do. Put Linux on your old computers. I do that with any new computer I buy, but I realize that many folks wouldn't be...
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Yesterday, 12:08 PM
That's one less digit than a modern serial number format. Gibson's serial numbers are weird and inconsistent. I wouldn't be surprised at all if it's...
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Yesterday, 12:06 PM
I only had a GC repair person work on one guitar of mine. It was a Taylor 912CE that I bought at that store. He really messed up the setup so I...
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Yesterday, 12:02 PM
Yup
Most of my business with GC the last few years has been online.
If I don't like what they send me, I can return it in person.
If I'm...
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Yesterday, 11:54 AM
I just went into my audio achives and found the original recordings. So I uploaded them again for you. The levels are pretty well matched, but I...
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Yesterday, 11:51 AM
Resophonic guitars are wonderful instruments. They are so much more than the “loud trash can and one trick ponies” moniker many give them. My Mule...
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Yesterday, 11:33 AM
We visited I Remember You in Aug 2013, so our standard for May 2024 will be Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins, 1935).
Background:
Jazz Standards Songs and...
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Yesterday, 11:27 AM
I would not be at all surprised if it was fake. I've seen some really convincing ones, and not just from China. It's been happening for decades.
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