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Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

Variation 1 - Chick Corea / Herbie Hancock style...

Flying with guitar

I wouldn’t craft a tone/gear specifically for bossa nova. I’d focus on meshing well with the singer musically and providing the rhythm and harmony the singer needs (which is usually specific to the...

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

Hey thanks for all your replies: they are all great help. I am so glad I discovered Nelson Faria: probably the tone I am looking for is the one in this video: He is the guy on the left . ...

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

Thanks for all the thoughtful responses. I’m definitely making the 11 hour drive!

Flying with guitar

Vinny’s experience is painful testimony of the risk of shipping guitars(the repairs are simply remarkable!). I have shipped several guitars always using fedx without problems. But be aware that fedx...

L-5 Repair by Mark Campellone

Im walking everything through the circle of fifths, and it works out that I only have enough days in my summer for 5.5 passes passes through the circle

Summer of Rhythm … Changes?

What I posted isn't fusion. It's Bossa nova, on an electric guitar (actually, ALSO on a nylon stringed guitar) Granted, the electric guitar has taken over the duties of melody in that clip, but...

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

I can't help but be a bit dubious about the no-wear-at-all idea under the plain wire trebles. That remains a case of steel/iron rubbing against steel/iron, with the kind of pressure (I think) where...

Anything that speaks against stainless steel frets?

Charlie Byrd went nylon string and had great results for Bossa. Maybe try one of those in your arsenal. The Chet Atkins model I believe is electric. Here's Charlie; ...

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

Lol

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

Indeed it is mostly in the touch. https://youtu.be/XR9cE3U4se4?feature=shared https://youtu.be/stvUyRvwBoY?feature=shared

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

Anyone have any thoughts, questions, concerns or otherwise?

Eastman 805 (2005)......$1,400 PRICE DROP to $1,200

Would you accompany a singer with a fusion solo?

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

URL? Tnx.

Great Examples of a Good Jazz Guitar Tone

Or not. There's a part in that video where I finally realised where mine must have gotten her term musique de singe from shreddin'

A nice blond and Mickey Rooney on drums

He's looking for "electric tone"... not sure it matters whether there is a singer or not.

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

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

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

Time After Time - Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold - Tune #2

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

Campellone PSA

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

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

How bad is this?

Learning to play with a singer

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

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band

Just a Gigolo C7 Bb7 A7