Comping, Chords & Chord Progressions

KA PAF info please

Vintage fuzz on "space" transistors

16" 1920s/30s L5

Amp Covers

Chet Baker - Time After Time guitar solo

Do the cheaper knockoffs have the KA sticker with hand written model on the underside? They dont show it on the website.

KA PAF info please

It may be once of the cheaper knock-offs, maybe not. But with that nice assembly, I'd say it's still a good buy. Kent Armstrong Handwound Series Side Mount PAF Style Humbucker Pickup

KA PAF info please

Ok, lets me more scientific. I ask the ChatGPT what a used Gibson L5 could be bought for in 1980. I used 1980 because that was the year I bought my first D'angelico Excel from George Gruhn. Here is...

What beats an L5?

He’s wearing a collared shirt. That is dressed up. Good lord, you guys sure can make a mountain of a mole hill. Henry, you look sharp at show time, shoes or not.

Attire

ah, of course. I should have known. that clears it right up.

1993 MINT Gibson L-5 Wes Montgomery James Hutchins Signed Pristine Condition

1993 MINT Gibson L-5 Wes Montgomery James Hutchins Signed Pristine Condition

Add a Dearmond 1100 to that and it may be game over. Except that an L-5 still wins.

What beats an L5?

so although you say a dim chord is not a dominant, and playing dominant over a diminished is not a great way of doing it, your solution to C#dim is to play C7 over it!

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

Have you ever heard of a Telecaster? I think Fender makes them. If you close your eyes it's indistinguishable from an L5. This is true!

What beats an L5?

'understand' is such an odd word in this musical context - though we're pushed into using it.... we can't just say 'hear' - because a rabbit can hear just what you do if awake and placed next to...

Analysing jazz vocabulary

Well FOR ME the art of jazz is the art of improvisation. And I didn’t mean to imply no other music doesn’t have improv as a fundamental. Obviously the other elements of swing etc are crucial for...

Getting hung up on rhythms when transcribing

I would love to find a unit like that for one of my instruments.

KA PAF info please

25 September 2024 Karrin Allyson guested with Frank Vignola, Ted Rosenthal, Gary Mazzaroppi and Alex Raderman.

Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, an ongoing concert and livestream series

It was great to see you featured in this series Jonathan!

Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, an ongoing concert and livestream series

This looks like a well made pickguard assembly, the Kent Armstrongs PU's sound fine and i find the price very moderate. The only thing - the PU has no adjustable polepieces which is fine if you...

KA PAF info please

For those who went to music school, was it worth it?

Analysing jazz vocabulary

What beats an L5?

Came up with an epic tip for improv

The New Campellone fall batch

Developing your own style/sound

Stage setups for larger venues

Thumb pain

Emily Remler

Getting hung up on rhythms when transcribing

Shape of jazz to come/that's here

Rediscovering my lost passion for guitar

The Notated Lick Compendium.