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Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

Variation 1 - Chick Corea / Herbie Hancock style...

Flying with guitar

Dave Stryker?

Fender Telecaster vs Gibson ES-335

What does the " (half the circle) "? I didn't quite understand that.

Summer of Rhythm … Changes?

There are plenty of famous telecaster straight-ahead jazz players (not fusion, jazz-rock etc... but more traditional jazz, bebop style, hard-bob etc): Telecaster jazz players I cannot think of...

Fender Telecaster vs Gibson ES-335

Hi folks, thank you very much for all the answers and comments. I feel I really got something form them... The new "SUMMER OF RHYTHM … CHANGES?" thread is also really a good thing!! I decided to...

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

Best wishes for a speedy recovery Rob. Your posts have been some of the most informative and intelligent. Get well and get home.

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

A lot of jazz masters say that active listening time should be at least half of the practice time for a beginner (my source are the many masterclasses/workshops/clinics I have found and...

The Hours of Listening

Frankly, it all looked real enough to me.

A nice blond and Mickey Rooney on drums

Price Drop, from £3000 to £2500. There are minor cosmetic finish and binding cracks on the back of the neck and headstock. Hence the very, very low price. I bought this guitar from...

Guild Benedetto x-700 Stuart. Year 2001. Price Drop, £3000 to £2500

That’s why I got this. Cheap, great looks, name and sound, fits in the overhead compartment. Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Flying with guitar

Hello everyone and sorry for my English. I see and listen to various performances (especially on YouTube) of young Jazz guitarists. I have to say that I appreciate their efforts and sometimes...

The Hours of Listening

In my opinion a good Bossa Nova sound is more in the touch, chords and rythm approach, than in the guitar used. Jim Hall had a superb Bossa Nova feel with his ES175. It's easier to do Bossa Nova...

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

I only fly with a telecaster with the neck taken off or with my Aria Sinsonido that fits in the overhead bin on top of the suitcases. For a big band gig in Lithuania they reserved me an extra seat...

Flying with guitar

Another tiny step... Another gig. But a proper one this time. We used the archtops rather than the gypsy guitars, though, because we needed to be amplified. But still a similar set,maybe a few more...

Del's Tiny Steps...

If you wanna make sure it stays safe and arrives whole with all its parts: Hardcase and buy it a seat.

Flying with guitar

I presume Christian means charts like those on Steve Swallow's website - Arise, Her Eyes - etc. Steve Swallow Lead Sheets Carla Bley Lead Sheets

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

Time After Time - Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold - Tune #2

What did early Jazz guitarists in America play live pre-swing era?

Campellone PSA

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 3) - Straight No Chaser

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

How bad is this?

Learning to play with a singer

I don't know how to go about learning jazz anymore

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band

Just a Gigolo C7 Bb7 A7