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thanks a lot everyone - really helping me here - this is a guitar worth sorting out - it has put all my American made archtops on the substitutes bench... another pic jazz note - thanks again:
I believe that was to distinguish Gibson’s ES (electric spanish) line from their EH (electric hawaiian) line, which was also a popular range back in those days. I once got a book on the history of...
It might sound foolish but my videos on archtops often get thousands of views. My videos on the workshop get hundreds. I see the archtop videos as my best form of marketing. When people...
One of the funniest film lines ever, was in one of the Tom Hanks renaissance adventure films. When the good/bad guy is cleaning up after his stabbing murdering, he says something like "Not my best...
I'm one of those people who likes to do arrangements (and compositions), and brings them in to two bands I play with. The lousier of the two bands I play in and write for, massacred an arr. I did...
Groyniad, maybe the sideways angle of the neck does not allow a straight centered line from the middle of the nut through the center of the tailpiece to the endpin. A frontal pic of the whole guitar...
I once depped as a bass player several times in a nice 5 piece. We did a few gigs in a pub in England. The regular bassist got his own band a gig there so the bandleader for whom I depped sacked his...
That's the only one i'd never call that person again. The rest ehhh, it's not a big deal. Every good musician is a bit crazy one way or another.
In the guitar concertos thread, I stumbled on the above mentioned Johnny Smith recording that i was never fond of before, because of the poor job they did recording it on vinyl in 1955. The...
I'll be at Red Hot Strings next week and I'm really looking forward to taking some classes with you along with some other awesome teachers there. Seems like a great learning opportunity in a very...
Well, as I said I bought my ES-175 for $2500 just a few months ago. The seller dropped the price after a month or so without any nibbles at $3000; I think that pretty clearly suggests the local...
Are you telling the sideman... Don't try to book the JazzIsGood band on my behalf without my knowledge or presence or Don't try to book your own band at places where the JazzIsGood band plays ...
Thx, yes the piano is better. I am playing single notes with my left hand and jazzy voicings in the right hand, it's my Tony training. When I started piano, I was locked into the beginner way of...
Jack, This guitar compliments your playing style to a T. I just think you are very comfortable playing this guitar. I think because responds quickly, and it matches your fast clean lines. You add...
As long as I can get my combo 12 gigs a year I’ll be happy. The big band stuff is a cherry on top.
Mosaic Select's great remastering of Johnny Smith...
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