Ear Training, Transcribing & Reading

School me in basic piano voicings.

Stranger on the Shore

Black '40s Gibson L-7

Rare Albanus on Reverb - Narrow nut?

Nica's Dream - Jazz Etude

I can agree on that. There were less than 20 made as I recall. I got one with Johnny's signature on the headstock. The scale length was 25 5/8ths", isn't it? It's a beauty.

Heritage and Gibson Settle

I had heard criticisms about the ones with Eminence Wizard in them before I bought mine with Elsinore in it. The problem with my comment is I never gigged with it.

Fender 64 Deluxe Reverb vs Henriksen / DV Mark Jazz etc

she’s like, 8

MUST Watch - Cynthia (Xinyan) Sun plays Caprice No. 24 by Niccolò Paganini

Whaaaaaaaat

MUST Watch - Cynthia (Xinyan) Sun plays Caprice No. 24 by Niccolò Paganini

To me it looks like she's playing a more-or-less period correct instrument. I'd have pointed out that she could have played any 1/2 or 3/4 classical but this is a Siccas recording so those were...

MUST Watch - Cynthia (Xinyan) Sun plays Caprice No. 24 by Niccolò Paganini

OK, so I was the guy in my Harmony class at uni that refused to play examples on the piano, so I brought my guitar and a ghetto blaster instead to get the extra notes my guitar could not. Weird, I...

School me in basic piano voicings.

no problem, I got them from Barry Harris by way of Alan Kingstone! Also I was interested to try doing notation+tab+chord grids in Musescore, took a bit of googling but got there in the end.

A month of Rhythm Guitar

2006 Gibson L-7CN at Gryphon Strings... $5,500

Thanks, good eye, and I’ll keep it as is.

1977 Gibson Johnny Smith?

Funny, from the light reflections in the pic, it doesn't look like a V at all. I actually owned several Gibsons from the teens and 20s, including a Loar L5. Their huge V is why I parted with them.

2006 Gibson L-7CN at Gryphon Strings... $5,500

Thank you, too, and wishing you all the best!

1977 Gibson Johnny Smith?

Whoa, take that to the bank!

1977 Gibson Johnny Smith?

They just added more pictures, including the back. That is not a BJB pickup. Gibson BJB Floating Neck Mount Pickup - Archtop Jazz Guitar | Reverb

1977 Gibson Johnny Smith?

I am a big fan of L7s - I have several - and I have been watching the ad you cited. I have thought about getting a late 1940s L7. With this guitar, unless one is particularly enamored with black,...

Black '40s Gibson L-7

I believe such bodies are usually carved out of a block by a CNC router. That probably makes it quicker and easier to build than traditional building methods with a hand-carved back, bent sides, and...

Carved back and sides out of one piece ...

Minor Keys

Struggling with a new band

"Frets Per String For Melody" Rule --> How Many?

Pick the guitar tone you prefer - Part II.

Fender 64 Deluxe Reverb vs Henriksen / DV Mark Jazz etc

A month of Rhythm Guitar

Which one of these two guitar tones is more pleasant to your ears?

Hotel Gig in Hell

Another interesting Reverb experience

Pickup upgrade Epiphone Broadway

2006 Gibson L-7CN at Gryphon Strings... $5,500

Heritage and Gibson Settle

Exploring polyphonic improvisation