Guitar, Amps & Gizmos

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

Itching for a Fender, which one?

Modern Method for Guitar Vol 3

Advice on how to improve my playing

Mel Bay's Rhythm Chord System used by?

Which is to say: You have no idea how “on topic” you are.

Bebop Technique

I guess I'd have to play one to appreciate or understand. I was hoping to hear..."Gibson doesn't offer anything with Walnut back or, I like a certain scale length or neck profile, etc. I'm...

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

Should we better say Chis Mirabella uses the same principle Artur Lang used already in the past? :smile-new:

Artur Lang

If anyone gives you any of these guitars and you don't want them,i'll gladly take them off your hands especially the Elferink since there is a 3 year waiting list.

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

Oh baby you just opened a can. Yeah I’ve been super interested in Arban’s for a while. I borrowed a copy from a friend and adapted a bunch of exercises. A lot of this I’m kind of thinking in those...

Bebop Technique

Those are all really highly regarded guitars you named there. Gibson's not the be all end all. Nothing wrong with them mind you...but there are other options. If you look at today's young big...

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

Like the 175, the real Jersey beefsteak tomato is another sweet classic that’s no longer readily available. As much as I hate sounding like my father, we’ve lost a lot of the joy that we used to...

My first Gibson

Squier Jaguar Surf Green Alnico Single-Coil 24 Inch Scale Try playing sitting with a Jaguar, it's a great off-set body shape to play seated.

Itching for a Fender, which one?

Different sound, different feel, different sizes, different prices. People that play are usually looking for inspiration, Gibson is only one avenue.

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

Tonight 29 May 2024 James Chirillo is this week's guest.

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

I think tele neck pickups have fatter cleans. Once you get some grit going, Strat neck pickups give you a lot more useable tone, whereas teles kind of "splat out." Tele bridge pickups are...

Itching for a Fender, which one?

Sounds good! You certainly don't need my advice! Sound is good. Time is good. Playing has plenty of melodicism. I like what you're doing! But, since you asked for ideas, a couple of things...

Advice on how to improve my playing

Any other chord root tritone motion common enough to mention?

Tritone chord root movement

To me it sounds like a 2-step cadence (F Bb7) that doesn't resolve (to C, because that's the one resolution my ear is used to) but instead goes to a turnaround. In that sense, similar to the typical...

Tritone chord root movement

I don’t think this is accurate. Strats get a rap for being thin but that’s because of the out of phase in between positions. A strat neck pickup sounds thick and open. Usually people who compare both...

Itching for a Fender, which one?

Show Off Your Main Squeeze! Post a pic of the guitar you consider “the One.”

Can you call the music for J.Bond movies a genre?

Chord melody problem

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

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

Cure for a weak high E string?

Please Recommend Me Some Beginner Solos/Heads to Learn

Thoughts on Gabor Szabo? Was he a jazz artist or no?

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

A sign of the times - they can’t give this away…