Yeaaaahhhh. You know it’s just one of those things. There’s a bunch of tunes I half learned wrong on the stand and then had to relearn. It’s a complicated life journey. I still find myself in...
Michael Tippett introduced the electric guitar to the orchestra in 1970 for his opera, The Knot Garden. https://youtu.be/BYCygItYjx0
The vintage sound is definitely there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmLZ34bsMkM
Hi, yes that is very true I had forgot about those videos. I sometimes have to use real pro and when im sitting the audience can't see my guitar or fingers so that was another reason for standing :)
Possibly. I had a far worse problem caused by just that with the Pyramid tape-wounds on an acoustic flat-top. Those actually have a quite high tension (according to Pyramid but feel is consistent...
If you have a kneading machine (Kitchenaid, whatever) with ditto hook, try the "add moisture and knead until it forms a ball on the hook" method. From what I can tell it won't form a proper "closed"...
I’ve known a lot of jazzers over the years, and if I listened to their opinions I wouldn’t even think of playing jazz guitar. I never met a non-guitarist who thought much of it as a jazz instrument.
I never looked at a video of Wes Montgomery or Barney Kessel and thought, I only wish they were standing up.
No idea how I got it, but I've been annoyed by a "wry neck in my left shoulder", more precisely at the level of the left shoulder blade, since at least past Tuesday. Usually when I get this it'll go...
Single floating pickup, cherry red, located in Toronto at the 12th Fret. Price translates to about USD 6950. https://www.12fret.com/instruments/gibson-l-5ct-custom-george-gobel-cherry-red-1993/ ...
so many but the first one that pops into my head is Lee Morgan and Hank Mobley Ceora (youtube.com)
Walkin had two of these. I bought the other one last month. I had it shipped to the US from Japan. The guitar looks, plays and sounds great! I asked Walkin how the sound of this Koa version...
I smashed my guitar in anger; very embarrassing to say. But in my defense, as an xray tech of 15 years, the amount of fist vs wall fractures I have seen is absolutely staggering. I am not alone in...
Wry shoulder
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