Ear Training, Transcribing & Reading

Please have a look at this neck picture

Gypsy jazz piece out of old song

My Favorite Solos

Death of Luthier Joseph Jesselli

A rare picture !

My 1950 Epiphone Triumph has a much more pronounced arch to the top compared to my 1952 Gibson L-4. Also quite a different tone. I find this stuff very interesting. Thanks john

Thicker Plates - Deeper Carve

I prefer playing without a drummer, or if there must be a drummer, I prefer one who uses brushes only. Sure, with an electric guitar, I have a volume knob and can compete, but that is a competition...

I think I'm a sensitive little snowflake of a player.

Agree to agree, Juan. I've said this on other threads as well, but I went through a LOT of neck pickups looking for the best Tele jazz tone (including many of the usual suspects when it comes to CC...

TK Smith Tele CC Pickup

Getting hold of a guitar wasn't possible until I went to university. At school, the emphasis was on classical music and they were keen on training violinists, so I studied that. I had some piano...

What other instruments did you play in high school/college?

Thanks gentleman, especially Never with his usually detailed and precise observations! I agree, and btw I spent time doing pro photography years ago and without good lights it's very hard to get...

Please have a look at this neck picture

Why? That's my preferred location.

1968 Gibson Super 400C, 100% Original

Looks like reflections.

Please have a look at this neck picture

No, it doesn't. When Kent Armstrong fabricates the pickup I have him leave the top layer of epoxy off it so the rosewood is the same thickness.

Goodman 16" carved Archtop

Guitars are tools, and they work best when used for what they were designed for. With the intimate setting of recording yourself at a computer to post on a forum, I've been surprised to find my...

RANT ---why?

i suppose you must figure out if this is a mental issue (for example, a friend's daughter stops playing automatically if she makes the slightest error, almost out of her control right), or if there...

I think I'm a sensitive little snowflake of a player.

I think at least in part it comes down to an aspect of the algorithm whereby it recommends similar videos to those you've already watched/search for (it seems, and I'm guessing, to also favour newer...

Giant Steps

ahh Mark..Im at year 25+...its that dame GM7...

Giant Steps

Here is an example - This is Guitar Salon International in Los Angeles Just a moment... $9000 US for a new Licari Albayzin and here is a new Licari Albayzin in CA: C-661, Valerio Licari...

20% off buying in Canada

Looks like an interesting trio. Got a recording?

A rare picture !

Thanks! It’s been a lot of work, but I’d do it all over again.

2 clips from last night

RANT ---why?

More disappointment from Thomastik flats

Hexatonics - Triad Pairs To Go

Four

Giant Steps

1968 Gibson Super 400C, 100% Original

Pickup Replacement: Godin 5th Ave Kingpin

Semi-hollow an anomaly?

Vintage Fenders - Treasure, Curse, or Something In Between

Scrapple (a swinging version)

Great audience response

Days of Wine and Roses

Bebop Essentials