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To make sure I have my rhythms worked out, I try to cover most of the bases for grooves in jazz. I practice at least a few songs in each. 1. Swing 2 and 4. Obviously the main focus. (I slack on...
Hi, thanks for the reply, I think basically in the same way as you. I found it interesting that you wrote:"Now you've got all white keys except Bb Eb Ab Gb". You think in a piano way of the notes?...
I only skimmed through it but I think you might mean Coltrane's Equinox, not Exodus.
That might be the second easiest thing to try. :rolleyes: The easiest is rolling the volume knob down a little bit and the tone knob off about halfway. Flatten out the amp tone stack. Pick lightly...
The writing I called pencil really is graphite color. It's bluish in the photo, possibly from the LED flashlight/torch color temperature.
I ordered pickup riser set, reproduction guard/rest & hardware, and reached out to VVG about rebuild of my 'early 50's P-90. I found to have an open winding & had someone rewind it, but he...
I love Morse code. I got my Tech and General licenses in December after a decades long lapse as a Novice who only a had a few HF QSOs with a friend’s rig. Now I’m thinking about getting a dual...
The easiest thing to try is to slap some flat wounds on it.
Jack Z I’m usually not a Heritage fan, but I actually prefer the H-550 model to the Gibson Tal Farlow reissue model. Plus they can be had for half o the asking price. I believe theirs one TGP at...
The Tele is just a great platform to build on. Really depends on being lucky and finding a body and neck that work together and have acoustic resonance. From there it’s just a matter of choosing...
This topic has been broached before. There's a thread called "Telecaster Love Thread, No Archtops Allowed" with 2255 entries as of 2024 06 13. There are other threads as well. Search for "telecaster...
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 are the essential grooves for jazz?
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