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L-5, L-50, ES-150 questions

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Lush Life - Solo Guitar

You Only Live Twice - Solo Guitar

Don't Explain - Solo Guitar

Long time SWL never got my ticket. Accidentally bought a good-working-condition Hammarlund HQ180AC on ebay a few years ago ... I didn't really think I'd win the auction but, surprise .... ! Back...

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So many words, so few pictures.

L-5, L-50, ES-150 questions

In case anyone is curious about how this sounds ... Stream Days of Wine and Roses with Les Paul 50s Tribute by John Albin | Listen online for free on SoundCloud Recording is direct using an...

Gibson Les Paul '50s Tribute

Apologies, but I am having zero results with forum searches, so I will ask a question...well, I'll try to start with only one. I am awaiting delivery Thursday (if I am home when it arrives) of a...

L-5, L-50, ES-150 questions

I wish! :whistle:

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I was studying to take the exam when covid hit and the exams were canceled I stopped studying and never got back around to it. I like the old boat anchors. Kinda like a good tube amp. I had a...

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I think Jim Hall plays it, or most of it, in "Live" EDIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d62pCIkbI1Y

Bebop tunes, what’s tune no. 2

Here's how I think of it. I'm not saying my way is the best way, it's just what I've personally arrived at. I pretty much think of the 7th mode of melodic minor and the half whole diminished scale...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

let me know if you ever feel inclined to check it out!

would you spend $5k for a Gibson Farlow if serial number was partially scratched out?

My point is, I’d like to learn that part, and sometimes people play his B solo in the head. No matter what the Hal Leonard Real Book says.

Bebop tunes, what’s tune no. 2

The luthier says himself that the side is only 3mm thick and the block needs enough gluing surface over a wider area for support (which isn't quite just "to hold the screw"). I think the block...

Rubber Grommet Bushing for Gibson Toggles

This is about 15 minutes from me.

would you spend $5k for a Gibson Farlow if serial number was partially scratched out?

How do people use this info? If you think, "I'll use 7th mode melmin", do you actively avoid the E natural so that it doesn't make the melmin more ambiguous? If you don't, then it's one 9 note...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Also, my next few posts will likely be text in nature...family in from out of town, and the prospects of having a semi quiet 5 minutes to make a video are as good as the White Sox's playoff chances.

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

Any Class D amp will run for many hours on any available power supply. Class D amps are readily available, and most sound good enough.

Power source for busking

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Rosewood vs Maple fretboard head to head - There's a difference

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

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

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

Lets go and compare improvisation to spoken language.