I owned two Guild-Benedetto Artist Award guitars, both made in Westerly. The first one was very quiet acoustically and frankly was a bit underwhelming. I sold that one on EBay. The second one was...
Gotta be! The seller did say in an earlier post that he has a lot of sevens, and many of those now posted look like wonderful guitars. With 6 sevens in my rack, my needs are narrow and well...
Are you only seeing intermediate level guitar players that are playing with just another intermediate level guitar players? I ask this because for years I only used 6th and 5th string root...
After messing with it for a few minutes during lunch that seems to make the most sense.
I think the style dictates everything. The Freddie style is an old way of playing..I love it, but of course it's not what you're going to hear in a modern style big band... Like even though...
I bought two guitars today and I’m nervous about both. I shouldn't have bought them but I cashed out an amplifier and frankly I’d rather have the money tied up in guitars, than sitting in my...
I am still enjoying a lot of good feels from this show. Jacqueline sent me the raw video footage, and I have watched it several times. The performances are IMO quite good, recording so-so. Vocals and...
I just spent some quality time with the LG, prepping for my first tube roll experiment (starting with the stock 12AX7, looks like an EH 7025; and I can't recognize the EL34 brand inside the cage). I...
Not exactly true. My Heritage Johnny Smith Rose from 2001 is quite a powerful acoustic guitar and louder than many good 18-inch guitars. It is as loud as my Heritage 18 inch Ghost built D'angelico...
I wouldn't mind resurrecting that rhythm guitar thread. I'm playing big band regularly and I'm not sure when to stick to Freddie G. and when to branch out. Freddie played with Basie and...
The tone, harmonics and playing are just sublime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOZ9eBrFZz0
Yeah, that's a good plan. Not sure why I thought there was a pickup on this one.
I think in a way that answers the point. If an acoustic guitar is not very loud, it’s not very acoustic. We could debate ‘good’ and granted, I’d prefer an even tone to a loud one but in general,...
JD, That sound you got with the HJS is thick enough to cut with a knife brother. You're awesome! Lots of Johnny Smith threads I know you're reading them all. A dear friend just snagged an early...
Nervous NGD x2
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