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Guild Benedetto x-700 Stuart. Year 2001. £3000

Peripheral Gear, NWD

Is this an overlooked part of Metheny's sound?

"Natalia"

Power supply for busking

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Comins GCS-1 Vintage Natural $1,549!

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Raezer's Edge Centauri Hybrid 1x12 combo MINT

I'm selling my beautiful Guild Benedetto. This guitar has Robert Benedetto's 'opulent brown' nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Robert Benedetto signed label. The serial number GBB105 indicates...

Guild Benedetto x-700 Stuart. Year 2001. £3000

That's a really helpful diagnosis, thank you. I think that must be exactly what happened.

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Agreed! If the headstock can't move but the body can, it can be a problem.

L-5 Repair by Mark Campellone

Kind of an unusual place for a fracture - typically, a neck joint failure will cause a noticeable increase in string height - if your action hasn't changed, then the neck joint is probably stable. ...

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Sold, pending buyer's approval.

Gibson L4C 1949 with Lollar McCarty type Pickguard. £2800 (Similar to a 175)

Thanks Hammer, it’s Boris and Natasha are the ones you gotta look out for.. I'm in conversations with Steve, love the instrument, in my honeymoon phase with my new L5… you know that feeling???

2008 Gibson L-4CES -carved spruce top, carved mahogany back -MINT

It appears that the strap button is screwed into the neck block, not the heel cap, so unlikely that it's part of the problem.

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And I absolutely love to split hairs, so in that spirit, your posts used the word “arpeggio” without specifying whether you meant 7th chords or triads. I’m still deciding if I want to be weird and...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

It's been a while since I made this thread. I was really lusting for a Pavan model but never acquired one. I did get an Esteve 7SR for very cheap as it had a crack in the top that was repaired very...

Need help on finding a mid-range classical

You absolutely love it. and thank you for the exhaustive post outlining how triads and 7th chords are different.

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

And the towers are much easier to carry and set up. No heavy speakers to lift onto poles. Just place the woofer box on the ground and pop the tower segments into it. And the dispersion is so good,...

Seeking Advice for PA Speaker Voiced For Jazz Ballads

Hey Big Mike: Miss your comments, recipes (Saturday lunch especially) and general presence on this site. Tony D. (pilotony)

Campellone PSA

I'm the proud owner of a Campellone thin-line which I ordered in March, 2020 and was delivered to me in July, 2021. Mark told me the guitar had a substantial un-amplified sound and he was correct.. ...

Mark Campellone the Archtop building machine

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

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

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

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

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

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

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

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

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

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In-ear Monitors for a Big Band