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Well kind of... your advice is getting better, just as your playing is getting better, really. Your kind of still in that Vanilla mode... maybe start listening to players like Johnny Griffin,...
I prefer a single coil, and the Fender Custom Shop Nocaster is very tough to beat. I think other options can work well, but I only have a Tele for it to be a traditional Tele. Sent from my...
Speech and music both seem to be deeply embedded in human neuromuscular systems (and speech perhaps in those of other species). All neurologically normal humans can and will acquire language when...
I have owned three Telecasters (all long gone at this point). One had a stock single coil neck pickup, one had a Mini-humbucker neck pickup and one had a full size humbucker neckpickup. All three had...
Amiri Baraka's other opinions notwithstanding, this is the best piece of music writing in the history of music journalism: From the liner notes to Live at Birdland. Speaking of that other...
Better yet, Miles Davis on Don Cherry: "But I didn't like what they (Ornette and Don Cherry) were playing, especially Don Cherry on that little horn he had. It just looked to me like he was playing...
A Charlie Christian style pickup does it for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI2ea1VAFeU
I know the Tele is well established in jazz realms. But how many are purists and stick with the classic single coils? Or do you swap out the neck pickup for a humbucker? Or maybe you're an outlier...
Yeah we will. Again — I do love BB and I’m not saying the music isn’t sophisticated. Learning Au Privave won’t really get you there if you want to sound like BB King either. It’s kind of...
Maybe that’s what he meant Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I remember he did an interview with Mike Moreno and he said the L5 didn't have a great setup, but my impression was both had merits. Anyway, didn't mean to derail the thread or take a side. I...
Telecaster: Single coil or Humbucker?
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