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Albanus archtops

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Bebop Technique

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You make a good point. I too have wondered where all of the guitars go, since it's not like they wear out easily. As to being a collectable, the way I see it is that playing and collecting are...

Death of USA made guitars

o.k., working on getting my recorder functional - just got the right smart media card for it. "Everybody knows this stuff, but it's the doing of it that hangs up a lot of people, including me." ...

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

Why don't you post a demo clip showing us how you actually do al this over the changes of Donna Lee? Everybody knows this stuff, but it's the doing of it that hangs up a lot of people, including me....

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

At this point, expect pamosmusic/Peter to chip in: "play it backwards." :nightmare:

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

Here's an attempt just to located guide-tones, passing tones, chord-tones that might thread through the changes and be the framework for improvisation. The rhythm is pretty monotonous, and I keep to...

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

Funny how GC clearly doesn't give a crap about these, description says "INCLUDES CASE" hahaha. Go on Reverb and people write a novel about a 1959 Gibson archtop.

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There's this guy on YouTube who explains all this manfactuing stuff and all the trends with it. His name is Phillip McKnight. Very interesting to listen to, even if you don't need to buy a guitar any...

Death of USA made guitars

I worked with Bill Barker who learned to make guitars from Carl. I used to own one but sold it years ago. I don't just post a bunch of stuff but ask a question I could probably answer. He made great...

Albanus archtops

This is a great one to run an exercise my old teacher would make me do (that drove me fucking nuts, so you know it's good) Start this tune from random spots that are not the beginning or end of...

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

Excellent post. While there may be some way to objectively compare overall quality, John A. points out a bunch of factors that could swing the decision. I'd add this. The first thing I do...

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Yes, an approach I've found that is effective: (1) Play the appropriate scales for the chord progressions in the tune - that's progressions, as in II-V-I, not a scale per chord approach. (2) Play...

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

Something I've been practicing quite a bit lately is playing very simple scales up and down -- with added half steps ala Barry, or bebop scales, whatever you want to call them -- and really trying to...

Bebop Technique

I'm struggling to put all the pieces together and keep tempo. It's like playing 4 different songs back to back right now.

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

I've put a Rotron Whisper Fan in all my big tube amps since I got my Boogie hunree in '78. They're bulletproof, light, silent (44 dB) and efficient (110 cfm+). I use the 110V model and plug it into...

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Albanus archtops

Death of USA made guitars

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