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Tailpiece of an old Tellson 10s

Eddie Diehl with Al Haig, 1977

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Cool, yeah. Both of those make sense. Thank you!

Things I Learned From Barry Harris ep 1

Wonderful to get back to hear you. You have your signature style and take all needed time to your unique musical expression. I wonder if your solo is written down or if you just are looking at...

Hannie's dream

I’ve had my Romeo for one and a half weeks now so still early days. I need to spend much more time with it. First impressions are that it is a magnificent musical instrument. The solid spruce top and...

My experience with the Eastman Romeo

Oh no, I still use that for my live concerts. I will also use it for live in a proff recording studio. I actually have one more if it should fail, which it haven´t done since I bought it in 2007.

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Do you know what I'm telling you? I ordered the DV MARK Jazz 12 and it will arrive at my house in two days! Whoa..

DV Mark Jazz 12 new version?

Great post! And don't forget the recording mediums used back then as well... for example, anyone chasing Charlie Christian's tone has never REALLY heard what it sounded like coming out of the amp,...

Tube amp performs better when pushed?

For sure it has to be aligned, but my concern was that I couldn't grasp such a mistake. So I got scared that realligning would cause more damage. But now i'm convinced that there's no reason not to....

Tailpiece of an old Tellson 10s

In order to get the strings properly on aligned on theneck, the tailpiece has to be reallocated. One might wonder why the previous owner never corrected that? May be it was only used for decoration...

Tailpiece of an old Tellson 10s

Tailpiece of an old Tellson 10s

Hello, I'm restauring on old Tellson 10S, and I noticed that the tailpiece is well connected to the tail, but not exactly in the middle position of the body. And this showes in the positioning of...

Tailpiece of an old Tellson 10s

When someone is chasing the classic Jazz Guitar Sounds of the the 50's and 60's it's only logical that they're looking at all the tube-driven equipment that was used back then- it was the ONLY stuff...

Tube amp performs better when pushed?

Wow! That is pretty much my dream guitar - a blond, single pickup L5CT. I'm jealous and incredibly happy for you, at the same time! Are you able to share what year it is? And, more pics,...

Snagged a white whale

Alternatively you could try F7 up - F melodic minor up [or F minor 6th diminished up to 6th] - C major up - Ab7 up Just speculating, no instrument at hand ATM. It is probably best to try...

Things I Learned From Barry Harris ep 1

Tube amps do sound good when the power section is pushed. I dunno know if it's just that I'm unlucky or finicky about sound but in practical terms I much prefer either a clean amp with a drive pedal...

Tube amp performs better when pushed?

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The dilemma of Fender guitars

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Things I Learned From Barry Harris ep 1

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