Ear Training, Transcribing & Reading

Jim Hall playing with his thumb in 1957

Vintage Fenders - Treasure, Curse, or Something...

1936 Gibson L7 for sale

Kremona Lulo Reinhardt models

anyone still playing a EASTMAN T386 for jazz?

alpop - I've just put this together. It's not perfect, nor am I the greatest CM player in the world! In fact, the last time I did one was several years ago. But at least it's the tune :-) ...

Moonlight in Vermont

Up!!!!. Interested only on the "vintage" model. Cheers

Collings i35 LC Vintage

Reduced sale this weekend.

800€ only this weekend Koch Little Gristle 112 valve amp (EU)

Financial Times: Yet looming behind the push to rebuild are some difficult questions: can the city afford the cost of rebuilding areas that are becoming uninsurable? Are the worst-hit areas...

LA FIres

The most important thing in any learning is systematicity, passion, perseverance and consistency.

Four

Service and support are the Quilter’s weak point here in Europe. They have only one dealer, Thomann in Germany, and luckily I have not had to try their guarantees.

Quilter Superblock UK died just after end of warranty

No. Yes. :rolleyes: To a great extent, whether it makes a difference depends on the player and how much they obsess about this sort of minutia. As long as the braces are intact and the top hasn't...

Gibson's use of kerfed bracing in vintage archtops

Don’t know about Eastmans but my secret to be able to play guitar while watching tv with my wife is to play quiet. And I seriously think that it has made me better player! It have schooled my heavy...

anyone still playing a EASTMAN T386 for jazz?

Well…eh… isn’t that the whole idea of internet and forums like this?

Vintage Fenders - Treasure, Curse, or Something In Between

My tube amps have definitlely needed more maintenance than my solid state amps (with the exception of two different Polytone amps that I've owned, none of my solid state amps have needed maintenance...

Vintage Fenders - Treasure, Curse, or Something In Between

Wow, Jim Hall with some hair. And the original pickup and fingerboard on his ES-175. Already his phrasing is different from other guitarists of the time, and his tone has developed. And nothing...

Jim Hall playing with his thumb in 1957

I have played for decades with d’Andrea Pro Plecs. Celluloid I guess? 1,5 mm 358 jazz and 1,5 mm 351 rock. How does Ultex material differ from those?

Anyone using Dunlop ULTEX 1.14 picks?

My attitude to vintage amps goes according to Strinswinger, I would have difficult to own and play and gig something too valuable. And some amps are ridiculously valuable! So I have made my own...

Vintage Fenders - Treasure, Curse, or Something In Between

Something you can do on your own to improve on these areas would be to learn to play the melodies of simple tunes note-for-note. Don't start with Donna Lee :-) Four might even be a bit too...

Four

I sold my last tube amp, a 1964 Princeton. The price had risen to a point where the amp was no longer more important to me than the money. I had not gigged it in years. My Quilter and my Milkman...

Vintage Fenders - Treasure, Curse, or Something In Between

LA FIres

STOP Using iReal Pro For Jazz!

Affordable, Practical, Vintage Tube Amp

More disappointment from Thomastik flats

Market for CDs?

1956 Gibson ES-175!

Quilter Aviator Cub or Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb?

Four

Cherokee - Charlie Parker (the whole solo)

Semi-hollow an anomaly?

Giant Steps

Carving material out of headstock to fix neck dive

Problems with case from Artur Benedukt