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Today, 02:15 PM
I've been at that same place for a long time but after a brief obsession with my Martin, my Mustang is getting all playing time. I'd have to sell...
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Today, 02:05 PM
sam jones
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Today, 02:02 PM
i'm lusting for one and already got a quote from masaki. just cant pull the trigger. but i'll get one eventually.
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Today, 01:21 PM
I bought this for my office, but even a champ seems too loud in this environment (!). This amp deserves to be played more…and loudly. This amazing...
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Today, 01:20 PM
Me neither, but this particular one is in fact a part joke, part truth that comes up from time to time talking with friends of Asian heritage - it...
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Today, 01:14 PM
now that omph passed here's your chance
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Today, 01:13 PM
Omph, NOW we are talking! Thats a beautiful guitar.
1st off, you are right, its not the end of the world if its a 70's. My 70's Johnny Smith is the...
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Today, 01:08 PM
About 10 years ago I bought this guitar from someone in Ohio. He wasn't a player, but a friend of his recommended he invest in a couple of new...
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Today, 01:08 PM
I've been working on toy tune recently and Wayne does it there too. Crazy harmony and then just plays the melody. Absolutely diabolical.
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Today, 01:01 PM
There were two tweed twin models back in the day. The "low powered" model and the "high powered" one. Besides the wattage difference (40W vs 80W),...
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Today, 12:49 PM
I read once (Tom Wheeler: "American Guitars?) Gibson sets aside the finest spruce for the Super 400 & Johnny Smith models!
Looks like this one is no...
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Today, 12:49 PM
No, there is no 3rd (G). The entire bar is Eb7 but one can precede any V7 chord with it's relative IIm7 (I wouldn't call it a sub). If you're...
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Today, 12:47 PM
Can't go wrong with Hoagy Carmichel. Note that I selected his tune Stardust, and someone else, his song, The Nearness of You.
I don't think any...
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Today, 12:42 PM
My pleasure but I just happened to be the one that pm'd, guys like SS, customxke, Chuck and others on the forum know their stuff and then some. Great...
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Today, 12:41 PM
Thank you all for your recommendations, lots to consider. Just a clarification regarding use, it will be a combination of practice at home, but also...
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Today, 12:34 PM
thank you so much sometimes its takes a bit for the light to flicker : )
i understand the movement from a ii to the 1
so am i incorrect in...
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Today, 12:32 PM
Yes. Sorry, that's what I was trying to explain in my previous posts, but clearly I was well...unclear:)
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Today, 12:22 PM
Dealer just sent photos of the label and pots, confirming that it is a 1970s.
Definitely glad I posted here before it shipped. Thanks everyone...
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Today, 12:20 PM
I saw that and it's all very obscure :-)
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Today, 12:18 PM
I’ve played that 68 at Crandall. Great guitar. If it were blonde I’d have bought it on the spot. I’m not crazy about the contrast and tone of the...
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Today, 12:15 PM
Yes, although I'd prefer the 1-pickup version.
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Today, 12:08 PM
Note to self: Never buy a guitar (or anything, for that matter) from Tonnie.
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Today, 12:06 PM
Even if you were wrong, that would be the right way to think about it! :smile-new:
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Today, 11:54 AM
1968 JS. Photo credit: TR Crandall.
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Today, 11:52 AM
I suppose it's a matter of individual thresholds, but I find musicality* even at our weekly old-guys jam (country, folk, country rock, my half-assed...
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Today, 11:52 AM
1968 JS. Photo credit: TR Crandall.
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Today, 11:51 AM
Yessir, after I saw the truss rod cover the first thing I noticed was the mustache/open book headstock shape customxke pointed out.
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Today, 11:49 AM
Wow! First, I did not "contact" you - this is a public forum. Second, both RJVB and I were trying to be helpful. Fear not - I won't make that...
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Today, 11:46 AM
Nothing gets past Wintermoon:triumphant: Won't be fooled again!
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Today, 11:46 AM
Maybe, but a blonde JS is relatively rare even in the 70s. I doubt you'll find one for less than say 9k from a dealer these days.
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Today, 11:43 AM
Wmoon is on point. Not the end of the world if it’s 70s but it’s less valuable and I would have overpaid by quite a bit.
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Today, 11:43 AM
I thought I read somewhere it's part of a new Euro-based process called:
" Derailleur Harmonic Alignment Tuning ".........
You need this...
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Today, 11:42 AM
1968 JS headstock. Photo credit: Emerald City Guitars.
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Today, 11:41 AM
Probably around a couple grand or so, maybe a bit more.
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Today, 11:39 AM
not about McLaughlin...]
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Today, 11:39 AM
ps when the calendar hit Jan 1 1970 it doesn't mean Gibson started making lemons, it could very well be a superb guitar. Member Floatingpickup loves...
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Today, 11:37 AM
Its being from 1973-1975 and not 1968, how would that materially affect the price? Nice caramelised Antique Blonde with a shiny tailpiece and the...
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Today, 11:34 AM
but it you add the Eb as the root it woould be Eb6 correct?
i am trying to see this as in a video Franake did he played the chords as a rythem and...
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Today, 11:31 AM
Yeah, I mentioned that to omph, everything about the headstock including the overlay/logo inlay says 70s to me.
But the dealer didn't post a shot of...
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Today, 11:27 AM
Look at the center of the "open book" on the headstock. I doubt that guitar is from the 60s.
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Today, 11:21 AM
That # is correct for '68 but it's also correct for '73-'75 and that era will have the made in USA stamp and purple label.
SS's points are spot on,...
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Today, 11:13 AM
I’ve got a busy morning and don’t have time to research. Anyone have a second to research this serial number?
#896729
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Today, 11:08 AM
Wmoon is the one that tipped me off. Truss rod cover in 60s was bold rim “custom”. Hopefully it was just an incorrect part and not an incorrectly...
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Today, 11:02 AM
These were my biggest fantasy. Congrats. It's a keeper for sure. I hope you serve each other well until you stop playing music... then sell it to me...
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Today, 11:02 AM
Awesome Juan ! A early Congrats :smile-new:
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Today, 10:50 AM
PS Wintermoon is the cat that I would ask my questions regarding dating this guitar. I bet he knows more about it than the dealer will.
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Today, 10:48 AM
What details from the pictures would indicate that it may be from the 70's? I know that Gibson serial numbers are not 100 percent accurate. A lot of...
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Today, 10:44 AM
Hey Adam... cool and great ideas.
Some ideas to help,
Have a more organized plan for how your going to approach the tune...
Start with...
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Today, 10:41 AM
Most of the music I've written has been for a specific purpose. Typically in a dramatic context, a certain textual message was dictated by the plot...
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Today, 10:35 AM
Glorious! Play it like crazy and enjoy every note!
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Today, 10:31 AM
Well im glad I posted this. Another member called out that it might be 70s. Gonna try to get an accurate dating from strum before they ship. I’ll be...
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Today, 10:29 AM
Another beauty Juan!
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Today, 10:29 AM
My listing is only meant to sell a guitar and not to become a recording artist!
So please, unless you want to buy this guitar, do not contact me...
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Today, 10:20 AM
It isn't even close to me. The L4 by a mile.
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Today, 10:19 AM
If your needs are for practicing at home, stay with something small and inexpensive. As already mentioned, the Katana 50 is a good all around amp...
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Today, 10:18 AM
Along the same lines as Rhythm Changes is Caravan.
Serenede to a Cuckoo is another good one. The A section is almost all F-.
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Today, 10:12 AM
Damn I saw this on their IG and was planning to go by this shop this week and give it a spin; the good stuff doesn't last long at Strum! Beautiful.
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Today, 10:04 AM
I have the joyo American and on battery it is reasonably quiet. However, when I use it with an ac adapter, it produces a loud hum.
The same...
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Today, 10:02 AM
Ooohhh! Very nice score, man! My old jazz guitar teacher from college and for a several years afterwards had a early 1940s L-7, which he replaced...
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Today, 09:55 AM
Oooh! That’s one blond who’s aged very gracefully. Enjoy your prize!
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Today, 09:51 AM
Beautiful. Congrats!
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Today, 09:45 AM
Check this thread here called japanese westville insights
A user posted a photo of his. Is that what you are looking for?
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Today, 09:42 AM
I’ve wanted one of these for a while. Specifically a pre Norlin Era Blonde one. They are very rare and the only few times I saw them come up in the...
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Today, 09:34 AM
They sound close but they would sound even closer with the same strings. I hear the dullness of the flat strings in the L4 recording. I think L4...
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Today, 09:33 AM
Can we just pause for a minute and acknowledge how insanely good Tony Williams is on this recording?
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Today, 09:25 AM
got rid of the real track piano on band in box .. replaced with Oliver Gannon comping....Real track 95...i feel better now....whats with the Hal...
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Today, 09:24 AM
You’re being asked to record yourself playing the guitars you’re trying to sell. A brief one is fine - you don’t need to make a 5 minute clip, but...
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Today, 09:06 AM
Although it was last week I can't remember if China Airlines was indeed the company - will have to check.
Speaking about poor men's Mercedes, in...
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Today, 08:58 AM
You know what grinds my gears... alt chord symbols in changes. Every other chord symbol is exact notes except the alt chord.
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Today, 08:52 AM
Love this version of Poinciana; so many textures and original ideas happening. Like the early Kessel Poll; Winners records, this trio was really...
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Today, 08:36 AM
The L4 seems a bit rounder on the low notes. They're both great.
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Today, 08:30 AM
I wouldn't know, I don't think like that. I don't see nationality or skin color. I mean, of course I can SEE it, but I don't see it. The only time...
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Today, 08:22 AM
I have several different necks in my collection, from chunky (1-11/16" nut width, fat "c" shape) to small (1-5/8" width nut, thin-V shape) and I can...
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Today, 08:21 AM
Look at the piano right hand on the F#m7b5 though … and the actual voicings in the rest
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Today, 08:20 AM
According to this transcription they first play:
F#m7b5 - F7#11 - Em7b5 - A7#9
and then it changes on the solos:
F#mb5 - F7#11 - E7#11 -...
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Today, 07:56 AM
I just bought some 12’s with that description. They are fine and legit. It’s some weird typo on Amazon.
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Today, 07:51 AM
I didn’t want to be that guy, but I figured I could count on you.
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Today, 07:46 AM
Days Of Wine And Roses:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_SQuD0ldjg&ab_channel=Adam%C4%8Cehovin
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Today, 07:45 AM
Sound fresh and outside over 2-5-1 jazz chords with pentatonic triads
This is an exercise utilizing pentatonic 3rds over a 2-5-1 progression....
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Today, 07:38 AM
Price NOK 55680 *)
A 16" archtop from 2006, with multiple layer binding, laminated maple back plate, maple sides, laminated spruce top, ebony...
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Today, 06:53 AM
So this is palm-muting with the left hand, or is there a reason why you don't show the actual palm muting?
Sounds nice though...
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Today, 06:51 AM
Sounds more like the fantasia-like descriptions I see in items that get shipped from China; auto-translation doing its thing. That wouldn't make much...
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Today, 06:46 AM
Of course they would. And to us they all look the same, right? :rolleyes:
See, I could have looked that up but didn't, despite the 2 Skodas in...
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Today, 06:35 AM
Wow, that's good money. My band has been considering starting a tip jar, not many around here do it but they're all over the place in Nashville, and...
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Today, 06:32 AM
China would say that means they are Chinese. :nonchalance:
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Today, 06:18 AM
Yeah I remembered him doing that.
It's not much discussed, but in fact an incredibly prevalent move to simply quote or paraphrase the melody over...
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Today, 06:14 AM
I did understand that soundbites, means recording, but I do not have or know about any recordings. Sorry. Tonnie
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Today, 05:53 AM
If you mean you don't understand the term: soundbites means recording(s). IOW, let's hear the darn thing ;)
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Today, 05:50 AM
Trust me the feeling is mutual, and regulations and their enforcement on this not so draconian that townships or even regions don't try to put up...
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Today, 05:38 AM
Used Henriksen Bud or Blu Six might fit the bill?
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Today, 05:17 AM
Interesting that on his own version (on Adam’s Apple), Wayne basically just plays the melody (with some embellishments) during his solo on those...
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Today, 05:14 AM
Thomas Morgan
https://youtu.be/78guJGb8dRo?si=0k2uaAOFz0N8zfAE
https://youtu.be/RManQw8hiUM?si=GgTAAbFk2KVOk7DS
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Today, 05:01 AM
It's interesting how satisfying that move from A7alt to Cm feels, isn't it? Who'd have thunk it?
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Today, 04:56 AM
Waynes version (bearing in mind the tune was reworked in rehearsal)
NRB has
F#m11b5 | F13#11 | E7alt | A7alt |
The US harmonic movement is...
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Today, 04:49 AM
Mr. Paul Jackson. Now, it's hard to separate him from his work with drummer Mike Clark, and they didn't really play exactly straight-ahead...
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Today, 04:36 AM
Just for the record, Skoda was founded in 1895 and is one of the world's oldest car makers. The main factory in Mlada Boleslav has employed...
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Today, 04:34 AM
I mean depends how you view the world... You could say rhythm changes. A section is 8 bars of Bb innit.
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Today, 04:24 AM
Invitation
Inner Urge
Topsy
The Night has a Thousand Eyes
Caravan
Night in Tunisia
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Today, 04:15 AM
The thing about this kind of tune is I don't want to complicate it. I'd much rather play something I can manage than try to be smart with it. I'm an...
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Today, 04:09 AM
Point taken. Text will be corrected! Sorry but do not know about any sounbite.
Tonnie
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Today, 03:36 AM
I dont think there's too many people that feel Lennon, who's more known for being a songwriter and not really not known for being a guitarist, would...
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Today, 03:14 AM
Both have one leg on signal an the other on ground, so: parallel. One of them (the tone ctrl) in series with a resistor and (both) in parallel with...
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Today, 02:58 AM
In the score you posted, the "Eb"in the 3rd bar is actually a Bbm triad (3rd in the bass), which is the IIm chord to the Eb7 that follows it. The...
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Today, 02:36 AM
The fact is, he doesn't play jazz and you don't know if he could, i.e., improvise and accompany other jazz musicians well. As far as I can tell, he...
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Today, 02:27 AM
Music, always, but sometimes a lyric line will come to me, and a melody follows, but the melody takes over and drives the thing from there. Songs...
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Today, 01:16 AM
Yes, saying 1 person shredded all of history is a bit of a grandiose statement. However, it's still absurd if you think Charles's playing isn't...
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Today, 01:01 AM
Oh, that's sad alright, in so many ways...
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Today, 12:55 AM
Perhaps, but if Jazz ceased to be recorded after 1970, there'd still be more than enough recorded Jazz to keep all future generations entertained...
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Today, 12:38 AM
It wasn't accurate, just an opinion but glad you can see it.
Can't say I agree w the notion that a great upright solo is "thudding around" but to...
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Today, 12:26 AM
Anyone know how to get McLaughlin’s synth sound here at 1:44 onwards?
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Today, 12:19 AM
i think i might see what i was missing the Eb in bar 3 one could play but the scoreit is a Eb6 minus the root?
and for the Eb7 the score is a Eb6...
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Today, 12:16 AM
Hi!
Here's challenging palm mute picking etude in quintuplets. If you try this remember to practice it in small portions to prevent any strain...
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Today, 12:13 AM
TBH, I'm not really sure. There are multiple ways of wiring a tone control. It's late, and I've had an adult beverage or two, so I'm not going to...
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Today, 12:04 AM
You’re coming at this the wrong way. Instead of trying to show up Count Basie, just try to have some fun. That’s what his band was doing.
Sure,...
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Yesterday, 11:53 PM
I do like upright bass. Bass was my first instrument and I also played upright. Maybe saying Charles shredded all the greats wasn't accurate. But...
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Yesterday, 11:52 PM
If everyone that came after Duke and Basie thought that way a lot of good music wouldn't have been created.
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Yesterday, 11:30 PM
I suggested in post #27 that the use of different chord names for "the same thing" was probably for the benefit of bass players (vanilla root...
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Yesterday, 11:27 PM
You could get a small 2 wheeled hand cart and the amp would be more than easy to handle.
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Yesterday, 11:26 PM
You could get a small 2 wheeled hand cart and the amp would be more than easy to handle.
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Yesterday, 11:22 PM
Good news. I now have my Boss GT-001 (Guitar Effects Processor) and Boss Tone Studio working in Windows 11.
I tried many things, e.g., installing...
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Yesterday, 10:47 PM
As mentioned above, the Boss Katana is a really nice amp for a nice price - I gigged with one for several years. Anything that Quilter makes is very...
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Yesterday, 10:40 PM
I listen to a lot of 40s big band, etc. on XM radio and Pandora when I'm out and about in my car and often times think that there's no point in even...
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Yesterday, 10:03 PM
I can hear the horrified gasps and see the rolling eyes from here…
The Blackstar Debut 50R ($250) has a REALLY nice clean channel.
I picked one up...
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Yesterday, 09:35 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y87hMXF_RCI
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Yesterday, 09:30 PM
Related to this - for me, the saddest-sounding chord is a major chord: Maj7b5.
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Yesterday, 09:30 PM
These don't appear to be very popular in the jazz community but if you wanted something a bit more 'generic', I suggest check out the Fender Tone...
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Yesterday, 09:23 PM
It's definitely a turnaround, it's a blues!
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Yesterday, 09:12 PM
I can take it a step further: I've been playing since about '67. I didn't know anything about neck dimensions until I started visiting here about 8...
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Yesterday, 09:03 PM
The guitar has been sold.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Yesterday, 08:45 PM
A lot of great names mentioned.
I liked Keter Betts a lot.
More recently, Scott Colley.
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Yesterday, 08:33 PM
I'm running a four piece group. I usually take home anywhere from 75-100 plus tips for a weekday gig and 100-250 plus tips for a weekend night and...
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