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I'm reminded of Chet Baker's comment: “It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer at all.”
Unfortunately, like many people, the result of my "learning" scales has a tendency be learning finger patterns rather than really hearing the intervals.
You can still achieve a level of play where your music is attractive to the listener and legitimate even if it isn't Jimmy Smith level.
What a remarkable, um, je-ne-sais-quoi reason not to consider a very nice guitar.
I prefer to belittle them for their over-sized f-holes. :highly_amused: Funny, that, and the aesthetically-challenged headstock shape, hasn't prevented a few of them from following me home. Go...
It looks like this new generation, both the $4500 regular version and the $6,000 Custom (core) versions have lam tops and backs with a solid rim. In the old days, the H-575 was fully carved,...
This guitar: -1 11/16" nut width - I prefer 1 3/4", but 1 11/16" works fine for me as well; -.97" - depth at the 1st fret; -1.00" - depth at the 9th fret; -soft V to C neck profile. Full report...
Since the conversation has gravitated to the headstock, I thought I would include a pick of my 2000 Heritage Eagle headstock with inlaid Fleur-de-lis.
This was it for me. Back when I did Gypsy gigs being able to switch from rhythm to soloing in a single beat was great
Well, Bali Hai (from South Pacific) goes up an octave and immediately down to the major 7th, so it's close, if you can simply imagine the second note...
In the first clip, to my ears, Hubbard is playing a sustained Bb there, not a B natural (which would be b5, a very different animal). In the second, he's not hanging onto E natural anywhere, though...
Yeah, but the recording isn't in 440 tuning. So it's in between B and C. Maybe it's just my copy.
I get that the guys that started the company were old Gibson employees, but it would've been nice if they had come up w/ some original designs. 'The Heritage' [c'mon, really?] the Kalamazoo Award...
This is an example from a group I was in decades ago, that later became a Broadway show (Pump Boys and Dinettes). This was our first performance, at The Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill. I played bass,...
Chet Baker - Do It The Hard Way, Scat Solo...
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