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Today, 02:55 PM
Sounds easy. Are you going to call them?
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Today, 02:49 PM
It would take 10 minutes to call gibson customer service and confirm the serial number and specs match their records.
1-800-4GIBSON
Even if...
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Today, 02:48 PM
Good lesson, can't go wrong with Barney! I've never thought to approach chord melody by number of voices. I'll have to start doing that. The first...
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Today, 02:46 PM
Run away - don't walk. You'll never get it back to being a $1500 guitar due to all the past crummy work on top of the binding will probably...
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Today, 02:45 PM
That's a beautiful and comfortable-looking archtop!! Good luck with the sale.
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Today, 02:40 PM
Smeary is a good way to describe it. That combo seems to have the most notes that aren’t on my guitar.
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Today, 02:40 PM
i cant speak for Heritage but it seems to me alway that Fender, Gibson and PRS, G&L and others are have guitars made elswhere for the most part.
i...
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Today, 02:38 PM
Listen to the punches. Of course, Bill's doing it quick and modern so take it with a pinch of salt :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2th9PAy8o8U
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Today, 02:34 PM
I got to spend about a half an hour or so talking with Jorge at a Julian Lage gig around the time Arclight came out. He is a well read, thoughtful,...
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Today, 02:31 PM
But if you're working with the chords, which is what's really happening, it's the connecting chord tones that matter, not what kind of interval it...
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Today, 02:29 PM
thx so much.... sounds marvelous too !
Scott
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Today, 02:22 PM
In addition to Fender, Gibson and PRS, several USA guitar builders like Heritage, G&L and even a renewed Harmony are doing very well. It's all about...
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Today, 02:18 PM
Looks like it's already had a "neck reset" and not a well done one at that.
Gretsch's are notorious for having binding and neck joint issues.
I'd...
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Today, 02:16 PM
PS. Take this, but don't let it throw you... yet :-)
Stream Intervals by ragman | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
What interval is that F#...
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Today, 02:07 PM
I looked at a guitar yesterday--a 1960 Gretsch 6124 (Anniversary model). A guy is selling locally on FB marketplace. He says he's selling it for his...
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Today, 02:02 PM
Hi all,
I am listing some archtops for sale here before trying the usual consignment / trade in kind of thing. Aside from this one, I am listing a...
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Today, 01:57 PM
All my archtops are strung with TI Jazz Swing 012 except for the ES175 which when I got it, I only had a set of TIJS 013 to put on it. But I've been...
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Today, 01:56 PM
Trumpet/Alto in "unison" seems to be the toughest thing for my ears to pick out. Gets "smeary."
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Today, 01:54 PM
The reports of the death of the USA made guitars have been greatly exaggerated
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Today, 01:48 PM
Making progress :encouragement:
What string gauge do you have there, 13's? Look pretty thick.
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Today, 01:48 PM
$2200 shipped and insured CONUS. I'm taking a hit on this.
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Today, 01:43 PM
Gorgeous!!! :eagerness:
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Today, 01:43 PM
I see the nut width specs and the reputation for the necks on these is moderate/thicker, but these things vary from guitar to guitar so I always try...
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Today, 01:43 PM
Hi all,
I am listing some archtops for sale here before trying the usual consignment / trade in kind of thing. Aside from this one, I am listing...
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Today, 01:38 PM
Looks like Bird's first recording of the tune was in 1947 with Dizzy Gillespie and Lennie Tristano, I'd like to hear it!
Young Bird, Vol. 6: 1947...
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Today, 01:34 PM
So here's my mm1-14 played with the backing track at about 170. Still fumbling mm. 5-6 still but otherwise feeling pretty good about trying to...
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Today, 01:27 PM
Hi all,
I am listing some archtops for sale here before trying the usual consignment / trade in kind of thing. Aside from this one, I am listing a...
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Today, 01:21 PM
Billie’s Bounce is the same way… did I say that already in this thread or decide not to post it?
I don’t like to learn the Parker/Davis takes by...
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Today, 01:16 PM
Then you agree with me. :encouragement:
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Today, 01:13 PM
How does the Yamaha AE1200 compare with the Aria PE180? I had the chance to buy a 1200 for £1350 a couple of years ago but passed on it. Mistake?
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Today, 12:55 PM
Same tailpiece that's on my 1988 L4CES. FWIW
Seems to be the standard modern L4 tailpiece.
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Today, 12:54 PM
I’m European and indifferent to where a guitar is made. I care about how it’s made and under what circumstances (fair labour, sustainability, etc)....
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Today, 12:52 PM
This is a bit of a different thing.
Better (and more easily) understood as rootless shells, a la Ed Bickert. Just search his name (or rootless...
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Today, 12:46 PM
Pretty sure this is the only one. In complete savoy in addition to other compilations.
And yeah … Miles would’ve been 21 on this recording I...
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Today, 12:38 PM
Reducing the price to £1,399
Thanks.
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Today, 12:36 PM
This looks interesting and it might fit
RB Continental Voyager Semi/Hollow Body Electric Guitar Case
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Today, 12:33 PM
Looks good. Not sold on the tail piece, looks a little oversized for the body but I get the choice to use it.
That mahogany has some serious...
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Today, 12:30 PM
Nut width is 1.70". I don't have the kind of calipers that will let me measure those neck depths - I'd need to remove some strings to get access to...
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Today, 12:27 PM
Hauser - $3,500
James White Luthier Hauser
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Today, 12:27 PM
Is there a definitive recording of this tune by the man himself, Charlie "Yardbird" Parker?
I'm only seeing this one recording of it (on a few...
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Today, 12:26 PM
Valid question though ... take Autumn Leaves. First phrase in the bridge has a little chromatic approach note. So if we're working on a tune, it does...
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Today, 12:24 PM
Of course it would. But my point always was that the quickest way to get this is to apply it to something, work with it. There's a limit to endless...
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Today, 12:22 PM
Jonathan,
Do you think a Super 400 would fit in that bag?
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Today, 12:12 PM
death of the USA made guitarsNah, I don't see that, intuitively speaking. The USA guitar is an icon, it won't die. It may lull but something'll come...
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Today, 12:08 PM
It's a blues.
Stream Gbye by ragman | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
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Today, 12:05 PM
If a shop wants to be an official Gibson dealer they have to commit to making large annual purchases that include high end models that are hard to...
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Today, 11:52 AM
Mono makes a Jumbo-size bag, and it fits my 17" L-5 with room to spare:
I've been using it for 5 years, and I'm very happy with it.
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Today, 11:50 AM
I'm going with 2002.
Based on this web page:
Gibson | Serial Number Search
Carved Top models (serial number on orange label)
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YY...
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Today, 11:49 AM
Simply superb - Bounce | Jorge Roeder Julage Trio being just one of his many projects.
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Today, 11:48 AM
I'm trying to cut down, lol.
Oh I spent time playing family of dominants into each other. I just disagree that it provides a good insight into...
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Today, 11:27 AM
Yeah I mean that's not wrong. That's exactly how I describe in two of the videos I posted that I'm sure you watched lol.
The scale is the Ab7 to...
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Today, 11:21 AM
That's a great bag. I looked at it for my 17" Eastman but decided to go for the biggest Mono M80 because it's a bit smaller in outside dimensions...
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Today, 11:21 AM
Here’s the full Barney video:
https://youtu.be/6u5gtxLQJs4?si=R2iJ1Wn1mu4d4Al_
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Today, 11:17 AM
I'm sure you can find one if you try hard enough
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Today, 11:17 AM
Alright … on the topic of Donna Lee being vocabulary in its own right, here’s a bit on how I end up raiding stuff like this for ideas. Using m13-14...
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Today, 10:57 AM
You've never seen a certificate of authenticity?
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Today, 10:54 AM
Save your money and get a Herb Ellis 165 with a floater BJB.
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Today, 10:27 AM
Beautiful instrument but the nut is way too wide for me. GLWTS
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Today, 10:13 AM
Hi Folks,
Long time lurker and only recent poster so hopefully it's ok to list something for sale.
I have this listed on Facebook Marketplace...
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Today, 10:06 AM
this one was recommended to me...
ProGo series Ultimate Gig Bag for Acoustic-G-PG ACOUSTIC - Gator Cases
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Today, 09:56 AM
So, new to TF - if you 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 a few 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
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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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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