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Today, 04:17 AM
agreed
but note that the OP is using PhospherBronze strings
will that work OK with a magnetic PU ?
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Today, 04:15 AM
Another thing to consider, even if it may not be the case here, there are factories in China that will build anything to your spec (Chibson,...
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Today, 12:23 AM
A new batch of Wilkie 18” and 17” archtops. Two each of his Atlas and Paramount models.
“Amazing guitars. One of the finest luthiers on the scene...
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Yesterday, 11:59 PM
At the current bid, that guitar is about $900 more than I would want to pay for it.
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Yesterday, 11:51 PM
It's arched. Maybe I'll find a photo that shows that....
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Yesterday, 11:08 PM
Hi all,
I am deciding between a new Epiphone JP Emperor II pro ($700usd) and a lightly used D’Angelico Excel EXL-1, MIK 2015 ($820usd) for my...
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Yesterday, 10:10 PM
Kent Armstrong or Pete Biltoft would be my starting places. They might have some ideas about mounting, which looks like a challenge on that...
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Yesterday, 10:04 PM
I've owned the Fender D'Aquisto Elite twice. In between I briefly owned a Hagstrom Jimmy f-hole model from the same period as the one at...
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Yesterday, 09:28 PM
Jescar EVO, and whatever Mark put on my recent Special. It's a killer player.
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Yesterday, 08:07 PM
I spoke to Jescar and they think EVO is gone maybe for good. While it is better I can deal with the nickel silver but no stainless steel. If you get...
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Yesterday, 08:07 PM
Jimmy Ponder from Pittsburgh could play quite fast with just his fingers.
https://youtu.be/jt3G1smEaaQ
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Yesterday, 07:58 PM
Yes, Jescar EVO Gold wire was the best balance between durability and workability and yes it has unfortunately been discontinued. I have used a...
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Yesterday, 07:57 PM
Bump for a Monday still available and open to offers
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Yesterday, 07:54 PM
The top looks more flat than arched. Is it mostly flat?
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Yesterday, 07:38 PM
But.. we'll always have Paris..
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Yesterday, 07:26 PM
I would tentatively agree with this too.
I was a jazz dork in a classical performance major in college so my guitar teacher was always bringing me...
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Yesterday, 07:25 PM
Eric Dolphy and Charles Mingus.
https://youtu.be/kLA0zT0mr8s?si=5dB8vIeEWLWM7Q5j
Django Reinhardt and Duke Ellington.
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Yesterday, 07:22 PM
Found it so here you go:
https://youtu.be/woKORMVlqSw?si=SD8B5qUa3uHd3GSr
This was smokin
Lot of slurs but in a really rhythmically...
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Yesterday, 07:15 PM
Good advice. And maybe a quick note — the big danger when you do the really good slow practice is that you can sneak by with inconsistent fingerings...
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Yesterday, 07:14 PM
If you learned to play fast lines using a pick, you'll never get that speed and articulation with your fingers. Check out a Tim Lerch video on...
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Yesterday, 07:09 PM
Reading the description, that guitar is a hot mess. Besides all the cracks listed, the lack of a truss rod nut is concerning.
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Yesterday, 07:04 PM
Bidding on the Good Will site has gotten really crazy, people must think it's the second coming of eBay or something. I've seen ridiculously high...
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Yesterday, 06:55 PM
I just saw this. Please explain further about the buzzing. What do I do exactly? You mean I should loosen some screws?
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Yesterday, 06:43 PM
Sounds good. Thanks for the help! I'll do it better next time :smile-new:
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Yesterday, 06:31 PM
Okay, cool.
My advice would be to play from beginning to end with a consistent pulse. If you have to slow down to do so, that's fine.
Get...
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Yesterday, 06:28 PM
In case you haven’t viewed this clip yet. Its a great jam.
https://youtu.be/nlf-8Mvz57c?si=iFEOKYtuwyNJ9l5M
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Yesterday, 06:22 PM
No joke. The smaller evangelical churches are in places like renovated former Circuit City and Dollor General stores, but the real deal mega churches...
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Yesterday, 06:18 PM
Hey thanks. I was thinking hagstrom as well. It just didnt look like there recent builds. I dont think I had ever seen the made in Sweden version.
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Yesterday, 05:49 PM
(Also the acoustic at St Paul’s cathedral is absolutely awful)
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Yesterday, 05:48 PM
Every man has his price
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Yesterday, 05:42 PM
It is a swedish made Hagstrom Jimmy D’Aquisto model, which has been modded with a (copy) Gibson L5 tailpiece , Johnny Smith Bridge, and Super 400...
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Yesterday, 05:36 PM
I always assume that entertainment legends telling stories about events from several decades ago are getting some of the details wrong. And I'd bet...
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Yesterday, 05:34 PM
I mean o7addb13 literally turns up in Tea for Two and Pennies from Heaven stuff like that.. it’s not an exotic harmony, it pops up all over the...
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Yesterday, 05:32 PM
I have never liked the idea of thinking, hearing, or using something one is not intending to play in order to execute something one does want to...
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Yesterday, 05:29 PM
The funny thing is, that you could buy these all day long (and other DeArmond guitars) with these pickups, for not a lot of $$$. And then you had...
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Yesterday, 05:23 PM
Probably not, since Guild was sold ... and sold again...............
I like them a lot, and I am fussy! Some people said they were a cross...
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Yesterday, 05:22 PM
Time for another round of name that shopgoodwill.com guitar. It was well used. Its listed in Tennessee. Has an extra switch installed. Looks 70s...
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Yesterday, 05:14 PM
I really like Jescar EVO medium jumbo (51 100) fretwire. Size is .047”w x.104”h. I had my luthier/repair person refret my acoustic archtop with...
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Yesterday, 05:10 PM
Sure thing!
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Yesterday, 04:44 PM
It's not that the media in Singapore is less influenced by their elites. It's that they are politically and economically on the fence in between...
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Yesterday, 04:42 PM
Thanks but it doesn't look like they can provide info on pickups this old - 20+ years old.
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Yesterday, 04:35 PM
Transistor amps are ready to play immediately after power on, but their operation changes slightly over the time it takes for them to reach thermal...
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Yesterday, 04:33 PM
Looks like these pickups were standard issue on some DeArmond guitars 20+ years ago.
Here's a DeArmond X-155:
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Yesterday, 04:31 PM
You know figs are by definition full of tiny little maggots too, right? :cool:
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Yesterday, 04:27 PM
I recently came across the excellent book Jazz Piano Fundamentals by Jeremy Siskind. In my transition from classical guitar to jazz guitar i have...
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Yesterday, 04:27 PM
Good People,
I've had this amp for about 2 years and seen little use. It hasn't left my house since I got it. I'd describe it as being in Excellent...
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Yesterday, 04:23 PM
Well, maybe I was a bit overly affirmative. I only have an acoustic archtop that also happens to have a floater which I never use, but I did noticed...
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Yesterday, 04:16 PM
The o7addb13 comes up in Brazilian music. It could be 5x456x. Note that 5x454x is a common diminished grip - and the pinkie is available to add...
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Yesterday, 04:15 PM
The thing for jazz instruments is finding a reliable source for carved solid wood archtops with high quality hardware and electronics. This seems to...
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Yesterday, 04:07 PM
Roommates are the worst.
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Yesterday, 04:04 PM
There is that good system but with pitfalls.
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Yesterday, 03:48 PM
I think we already have a sensible notation system, as Reg pointed out earlier, it's just that some people refuse to adhere to it. We may have to...
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Yesterday, 03:40 PM
Oh, that could be problematic....
Q. "Where'd my saxophone go, I put it in the corner there last night?"
A. "In that corner? I saw a garbage...
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Yesterday, 03:38 PM
https://youtu.be/x3RmBs97RoI
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Yesterday, 03:38 PM
When a system got explained, there is a mixture of tradition, common sense and some added nuance.
Instead, what if a new system was proposed that...
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Yesterday, 03:37 PM
Bump for spring!
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Yesterday, 03:37 PM
I've dropped the price to a mere $1,400. Let's find a new home for this guitar!
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Yesterday, 03:35 PM
Price drop to $425. Great price for a great cab. Buy it!
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Yesterday, 03:34 PM
Now a mere $325. Great cab for cheap!
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Yesterday, 03:32 PM
In the news, Höfner has re-introduced this made-in-Germany model in 2024, motivated no doubt by my fabulous success selling this one on this forum....
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Yesterday, 03:32 PM
Thing is, B/C may be interpreted as a slash chord, B triad over a C triad, C-E-G-B-D#-F#, which is a major rather than a dim. or minor sound. Of...
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Yesterday, 03:30 PM
Some buy this LP Studio with a nice wide neck, and channel your inner Johnny Smith, for only $699. Come on down!
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Yesterday, 03:29 PM
Maybe to clear the confusion?
Chord naming default degree qualities are 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7
Mixo is 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 and Major is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (not b7)...
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Yesterday, 03:28 PM
Adam, it is a great thing. You are doing a niche thing that can never be filled fully.
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Yesterday, 03:26 PM
My ex-FIL had an audiophile system with an Eagle 7-A amp plus Levinson preamp, Watkins speakers. He claimed if it was turned off one had to warm up...
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Yesterday, 03:26 PM
A saxophonist friend of mine lived in a dangerous neighborhood here in Buenos Aires and he carried his sax in a garbage bag.
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Yesterday, 03:20 PM
In an effort to cleanup my previous thread, I decided to just delete it and start fresh. Below is the original post and I will also add some pictures...
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Yesterday, 03:13 PM
Beck broke up the group 2 weeks before they were supposed to play Woodstock. There are some interesting rumors that Peter Green and Jimmy Page...
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Yesterday, 03:07 PM
Yes, probably not, hopefully it's more accurate than the standard Real Books.... Looks like he he's quite fond of 9th (& 6th) chords? This chart has...
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Yesterday, 02:59 PM
Ogden Avenue
PART FIVE
Jazz Phrasing for Beginners by EarOver the next few days, repeatedly listen to the track Ogden Avenue.
Then...
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Yesterday, 02:58 PM
I imagine a really good vintage B3 would be like Casu Marzu...
Casu Marzu, the Illicit Cheese of Sardinia | The Cheese Professor
Eat it? I...
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Yesterday, 02:47 PM
A piece of art, with some original designs (tailpiece, pickguard, fretboard inlays, f-holes .....) !
I guess it sounds at least as good as it looks....
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Yesterday, 02:45 PM
Buddy you’re in the UK.
Now let me tell you about the “praise and worship” budget of an evangelical megachurch in the good ole U S of A.
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Yesterday, 02:42 PM
I listened to an album with Jim Hall, Jimmy Raney and Zoot Sims the other day. Fun album. Their guitar styles complement each other well.
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Yesterday, 02:39 PM
The Gretsch Deltoluxe Sound Hole Pickup might work on a slant.
I think they are magnetic pickups not piezo, but check.
Obviously, you'd need to...
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Yesterday, 02:29 PM
I wouldn't be too concerned whether it's a neck or a bridge p/up. They weren't wound very "hot" so no danger of too muddy in the neck position. If...
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Yesterday, 02:27 PM
That depends…. Some churches are better than others.
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Yesterday, 02:25 PM
It’s a typo for sure
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Yesterday, 02:23 PM
It's challenging. There is so much great music and there are so many ways to play the guitar that it's hard to focus on one thing without being...
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Yesterday, 02:19 PM
Would trade for an AER dual mix 2 pocket tool.
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Yesterday, 02:18 PM
The suggestion to "learn tunes you like" is most important. If you are not playing songs you like what's the point?
So what standards "speak to you"?
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Yesterday, 02:13 PM
Bumping mm 1-16 up to 180. Also, I really enjoy playing this old Aria Pro II PE180, aka "Poor Man's L5ces" or at least, the less-affluent man's L5....
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Yesterday, 01:57 PM
Almost anything can be a solo tune if you try hard enough...and if you change the key so it doesn't get up too high into that plinky zone....
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Yesterday, 01:53 PM
Your question is a bit confusing.
the major scale is Ionion--it will be a different mode degree ( first mode-second mode-etc) within each ...
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Yesterday, 01:40 PM
Oh, Stomping at the Savoy is a great one that I forgot!
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Yesterday, 01:36 PM
That chart has got both m7b5 and m9b5, perhaps an indication that he cared about the ninth, or lack thereof.
That said, it's may be that Hermeto...
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Yesterday, 01:34 PM
The filament in the tube that emits the required electrons needs to reach a minimum temperature to do this and that is a fast process. Why does a...
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Yesterday, 01:33 PM
Nice job, you've done some work. Good of you to post. Would you be open to some well-intentioned advice?
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Yesterday, 01:28 PM
many thanks for all the suggestions AA
(Yes I do do my own arrangements ….I’ve done Pennies from Heaven in G and
Stomping at the Savoy in Db)
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Yesterday, 01:17 PM
I've had mine now for a few weeks. I put strings on it that have somewhat flatter winding so there isn't as much fret squeak, but otherwise it is a...
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Yesterday, 01:11 PM
yeah, for sure. Good point. I inquired about a 8 string CC by this pickup maker in Seattle (famous person, many here know his name,just can’t...
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Yesterday, 01:07 PM
I've had a set of Doug's Plugs EVA foam installed in my L-5 for 15yrs now w no issues. They still look like new and EVA looks smoother/cleaner than...
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Yesterday, 12:31 PM
You’ll have a hard time finding an 8-string floater.
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Yesterday, 12:19 PM
If the scale degree reference used for default chord symbol description (1 2 3 4 5 6 b7) is the fifth mode of major (Mixolydian), then the degree...
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Yesterday, 12:17 PM
In a JGO post two years ago, you mention using "closed cell neoprene foam material". Is this the material you use today? Again, if I'm not mistaken,...
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Yesterday, 11:58 AM
Personally, I don't think speed is necessarily determined by the number of notes actually picked rather than slurred. Nearly all players, even the...
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Yesterday, 11:45 AM
Looks much larger than a tele. Very cool design though.
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Yesterday, 11:44 AM
Sterling, a foam manufacturer, states: “Polyurethane, polyethylene, and polyurethane foam materials are renowned for their lightweight and durable...
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Yesterday, 11:39 AM
How High The Moon falls well onto the guitar. Afro Blue too... Those are just he last two I worked on. I've also worked out Autumn Leaves, Mack...
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Yesterday, 11:34 AM
I quite like it but I really don't see the Tele part.
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Yesterday, 11:30 AM
Thank you! Just FYI: I too am talking about a Solomon oval-hole archtop, actually a “triangle-hole” archtop. It’s become my #1 guitar, with...
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Yesterday, 11:25 AM
Monkey on a stick doesn’t screw in. It clamps to the strings between the bridge and tailpiece. There’s a tab that sits under the pickguard. No holes...
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Yesterday, 11:11 AM
There are several options. Monkey-on-a-stick requires two small screw holes in the neck; if the right hand end is not supported by a pickguard you...
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Yesterday, 11:07 AM
I did that at first, but I quickly had too many fish. Now they live together.
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Yesterday, 11:06 AM
Hi everyone,
Can you suggest me some good
tunes (with suggested Key)
that lay well on solo gtr ….
Standards and Pop tunes
Note …. I’m...
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Yesterday, 10:57 AM
Are there non-set-in floating magnetic pickups that don’t require attachment to a pick guard or other kinds of intrusive acts that cut into the wood?...
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Yesterday, 10:56 AM
Yes :smile-new: My Dad tends to them. We have 2 fish tanks one for babies and one for adults
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Yesterday, 10:51 AM
What's in that fish tank? Is it guppies? I have an endler colony going and they're so fun.
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Yesterday, 10:43 AM
Yes, I'm a fan of old tube amps, they're all I use, but I'm talking about a small cooling fan. After a gig my old Twin or Vibrolux would be very...
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Yesterday, 10:37 AM
Not to mention that they’re extremely expensive and probably built with performance in mind. Probably about as much attention to acoustics as a...
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Yesterday, 10:36 AM
That is not my experience.
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Yesterday, 10:26 AM
Oops miscounted. Did 12 instead :doh:
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Yesterday, 10:24 AM
Here goes!
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Yesterday, 10:23 AM
Interesting...
The suburban mega churches around here are basically stadiums...I can't speak to their acoustics, but I imagine they'd be echoey...
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Yesterday, 10:14 AM
I always liked the Fretless Wonder Frets they seem to work very well for me flat (almost fingerboard level) and very wide........ I think they get a...
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Yesterday, 10:12 AM
Someone had a theory that suburban mega churches basically have no acoustic, so you have to put reverb on everything to make it sound churchy.
I...
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Yesterday, 10:08 AM
Here is one of my latest build off the bench, a Blond 14.5" Archtop with a Sitka top and curly maple back and sides. The guitar has ebony...
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