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Guitar purchases Reverb - EMG pickups

Epiphone Sheraton USA 1977

Gibson L-5 near mint 2011 custom shop - $7250.00

Seeking advice - New used archtop purchased

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the...

Most people are honest but some are not. In any kind of transactions in life, one will eventually have dealings with the latter. As President Reagan once said "Trust but verify". That is good...

Reverb Fraud

If the purists come for you, just call this guy.

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

I actually like your tone - I think it's very articulate, but agreed it's not a traditional jazz tone. I use a bright guitar through a Fender Princeton AxeFX emulation, and for me I found setting the...

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

Sometimes a “steal” is just a steal.

Reverb Fraud

Well again that's not what I said. The materials affect the sound to the degree that they change how the strings resonate. In solid body guitars especially, which are purposefully less resonant to...

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

Look, if I went to Guitar Night and Mike Stern was there I wouldn’t leave. But at home, with access to literally everything else in my life to pass my time with. I’ll pass. I can’t hear his...

Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, an ongoing concert and livestream series

Thank you all so much for these thoughtful responses. What a great welcome. It's true I'm an acoustic/fingerstyle guy at heart, I'm not - and definitely don't pretend to be - a jazz musician. But I...

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

By all means that's a good idea; I have my own treatment of the tune also, but I haven't notated it and likely won't! We'd all love to hear you actually play the piece, since this is a playing...

Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold

Actually there are a good many jazz players who have a tone something like yours. Lenny Breau comes to mind, a very harp-like sound that lots of jazz guitar fans love. I have a Princeton Reverb as...

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

After reading this sentence from your post I got a sillly image of two cavemen sitting around beating drum rhythms on logs. "We use pine logs, not those weird alder logs like you're using. Not...

Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, an ongoing concert and livestream series

I'm going to disagree with those here saying that the tone is paramount over the feel. There are alot of jazz tone out there... not everyone has to sound like Wes Montgomery. Jazz tone can be on...

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc8QM_W6enM

Great Examples of a Good Jazz Guitar Tone

If we leave the ad hominem attacks at home, why would anyone have to feel compelled to listen to things s/he does not appreciate for pleasure? It really doesn't matter how acclaimed someone is or who...

Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, an ongoing concert and livestream series

Please try it again... Guitar tones full up, volume down a little from full up Only an instrument chord between the guitar and amp Princeton set with both tone controls at full minimum (1...

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

It may or may not be relevant that according to Howard Rees, Barry didn’t start teaching the 8 note scales until the 1980s.

Official Barry Harris Thread

What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 1) - Blue Monk in minor

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

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

Itching for a Fender, which one?

Please Recommend Me Some Beginner Solos/Heads to Learn

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

how to suppress cough on the bandstand ....

Tritone chord root movement

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

Where do fusion guys play gigs?