Guitar, Amps & Gizmos

16" 1920s/30s L5

Amp Covers

Chet Baker - Time After Time guitar solo

1993 MINT Gibson L-5 Wes Montgomery James...

Andy Summers Plays Jazz

I’ve tried several 8” drivers in a small ported cabinet and my favorite was the Eminence Beta-8A. https://eminence.com/products/beta_8a I haven’t used the TF0818, but the frequency response curve...

Replacement Speaker [newbie advice please)

Caramba :-) Which one the least?

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

Myself When I Am Real https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk71dhCz7wM

Developing your own style/sound

You probably do if you use the melodic minor scale, since 5 out of its 7 notes are a diminished scale. For example, C Melodic Minor has 5 notes from the C dim scale (and 5 notes from the Eb whole...

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

ah well. can't have that.

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

That approach seems unnatural to me, i.e., referencing a scale that does not include the chord tones (root of the chord in this case) of the chord with which you're associating it. Of course you...

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

57's seem to be the favorite. It does depend on the particular guitar though. They weren't great in the neck position of my Epi Lucille, but a DeArmond Gold Tone was. Still jonesin' for a Gibson...

Like-New Gibson ES-335s

Thanks Jimmy, I have a padded one that came w an old Princeton Reverb w their logo on the front in big letters. Checking their website I believe they now offer a no padding/no logo option. I'll check...

Amp Covers

Le Cover, check them out for variations. Padded or not, I like them and have had 5 or 6 covers from them.

Amp Covers

Basically it is playing the phrase over and over from the recording. Then I try to play the phrase on my guitar. I get the phrasing and rhythmic placement. Get it up to speed and analyze the thinking...

Getting hung up on rhythms when transcribing

I liked 4 the best.

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

Let me be the fourth to mention 57's in a semi hollow. I've had them in two semis now. My favorite. I had the Seths and they just didn't match as good as the 57s IMO. There is probably a better...

Like-New Gibson ES-335s

No point, I don't use them.

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

This is not reverb, if you don’t give some better deal I say you should not post. No price listed in the ad here. I don’t care about the original i want a price here.

1993 MINT Gibson L-5 Wes Montgomery James Hutchins Signed Pristine Condition

Just have to have some vocabulary with them. That would help. Put in the time. I don’t use them all that much, unless I have a longer stretch on a diminished chord, because I haven’t put much time...

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

For those who went to music school, was it worth it?

Analysing jazz vocabulary

What beats an L5?

Came up with an epic tip for improv

The New Campellone fall batch

Developing your own style/sound

Stage setups for larger venues

Thumb pain

Emily Remler

Rediscovering my lost passion for guitar

Shape of jazz to come/that's here

The Notated Lick Compendium.

Like-New Gibson ES-335s