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Best Telecaster for Jazz?

I don't know how to go about learning jazz anymore

Brookwood Dog Bone leather amp handles (blk &...

Weber 8a125t 4ohm speaker

Would an L-12 scratch that itch?

Yes.

Best Telecaster for Jazz?

I met Roy Smeck once at a gig in a country club in Westchester. He came up to me and complimented my playing. He wrote down his phone # and invited me to come up to his studio sometime. I told him my...

What did early Jazz guitarists in America play live pre-swing era?

Just about any of them will do fine, even the ones I build still sound like Teles although I experiment with different woods, chambering, pickups, etc. Neck pickup, roll of a little tone and you're...

Best Telecaster for Jazz?

I have a '52 reissue blackguard that sounds amazing. It took me longer than it should have, but I finally figured out how to squeak some quality tones out of the 'ol cutting board. This got me...

Best Telecaster for Jazz?

Same form but multiple variations. It's the variations that alter the tone of the piece.

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

Hi Everyone, I'd like to get this guitar to a new home before my upcoming move, so I am dropping the price here and on Reverb until someone takes it home. Please drop me a line if you're...

1933-34 Gibson L-12 REDUCED $5500

Well now I'm intrigued with the L10. Didn't Chet Atkins play one?

Gibson L7 vs L12 Vs L5? Differences?

That's weird because I had painter's tape leave a blue impression in a nice archtop. Aaron Cowles buffed it out.

L-5 Repair by Mark Campellone

It certainly can be overwhelming, but it doesn't have to. To solo: You need a song to play. You need to be able to scat sing a solo you like. You need to be able to play that solo on the...

I don't know how to go about learning jazz anymore

I’ll just chime in quickly for now. Hammertone and Deacon have covered the bases pretty well. It’s really down to the individual guitar. Which exact species of woods are used (maple vs mahogany...

Would an L-12 scratch that itch?

LOL, maybe the guitar in the Reverb ad was actually owned by Michelle Bloomfield, no relation to Michael. :)

Reverb Fraud

Yes, but entirely depending on the individual instrument and what your ears prefer. As mentioned, the differences between Gibson's 17" carved archtops are almost entirely cosmetic. However,...

Would an L-12 scratch that itch?

As a rule, the harder the material the brighter the sound. So everything else being equal... steel will be brighter.

Telecaster Love Thread, No Archtops Allowed

To elaborate … he’s asking how to conceptualize or handle that section of the tune. It doesn’t matter what chords go there in whichever variation, because it’s “we’re getting back to One.”

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

I agree. That's why I work jazz bluez and a handful of easy tunes constantly so I can work up all the different topics. Then I have deeper rep on the horizon.

I don't know how to go about learning jazz anymore

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Rosewood vs Maple fretboard head to head - There's a difference

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 3) - Straight No Chaser

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 2) - Misterioso

How bad is this?

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band