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Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

Guild X-150 (Westerly)

Crimson/Hutchins Gibson L-5

Odd Gibson L-5 on Reverb

Cure for a weak high E string?

Great job! Soon you will at legit bop tempos.

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

I've simplified Countdown but maybe not in an acceptable way to some people. The nice thing about jazz is that you can interpret a tune any way you want. Purists might object but that's too bad,...

Countdown – Any way to simplify it?

I decided to try playing this in some other keys, starting with C. This was fairly easy because I had room to move up my fingerings from Ab. This is a sloppy 190, but I'm not giving up on this...

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

https://youtu.be/Dv2yJSqOoQg Finally made it to 200 bpm! I hit it yesterday but couldn't play it reliably. Today without any warm up or build up, I just fired up the gear and rolled "tape" and got...

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

By the way, the chord diagram at the end of that vid is misleading, it seems to have done a mirror thing on itself. Should look like this:

Can you call the music for J.Bond movies a genre?

Many of the older tunes adopted by jazz musicians were written in 3/4 time.

Chord melody problem

New pickguard + new pickup with adjustable pole pieces? AKA

Cure for a weak high E string?

If I want to buy eg. 40s/50s/60s Gibsons from US to UK what do I need to do regarding CITES rules? Does the seller need to provide documentation? TIA

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

My 2cts: Replace the high E string for a fresh one. You never know, might just be a faulty string. I had that once and a fresh string was the cure. Another way is trying the weaken the signal of...

Cure for a weak high E string?

This is a good idea...maybe even just loosen the E and B and try the E string in the B slot. Don't even need to restring then. Then, if the E still sounds weak, try the thicker gauge string. I use...

Cure for a weak high E string?

You may be correct but it is such a simple test and would give a definite answer to whether it is a problem with the pickup. It is hard to think of anything else that would weaken just the electric...

Cure for a weak high E string?

The nice thing about jazz is that you can interpret a tune any way you want. Purists might object but that's too bad, the tune is not their possession.

Chord melody problem

For sure...and particularly with an acoustic nylon string guitar too. But I definitely agree that on Brazilian music, the guitar should be leading the rhythm section...but life doesn't always work...

Two simple samba comping patterns for guitar that allow you to stay out of the way

Im probably not being clear, but I think the opposite is true. I’ll make a video at some point today. But say — you know this is an Em triad which means you can say “ah this is an enclosure of the...

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

The OP said the pickup has no polepieces, so presumably a rail-type, which would make string placement irrelevant. But I haven't seen the inside of the pickup, nor even the outside, so I could be...

Cure for a weak high E string?

Show Off Your Main Squeeze! Post a pic of the guitar you consider “the One.”

Chord melody problem

Buying guitars as an investment

naming chords?

Can you call the music for J.Bond movies a genre?

Would like some advice on improving reading from Real Book

Bebop Technique

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

What's The Answer?

A sign of the times - they can’t give this away…

What is the best Scale System to use when reading music?