Guitar Technique

McCoy Tyner / Mike Brecker style, Asymetrical...

Gibson Thin line Guitar Models

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Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

What's happening at the end of this song?

Gypsy A 1" circular pick. Of all the V Picks that I have tried, this is the best sounding, along with the Fusion; otherwise, I find their picks clanky and overly bright. They might be better with...

"Why Do The World's Best Guitarists Play On the Round Corner?"

$249 actually seems good to me, An SM 57 is $100 and that's my baseline mic. The amount of crap I'd have to buy to hook that up to my phone would easily get me over $249.

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Dude.... don't use a screwdriver to jack up the bridge on your archtop. You're going to gouge the top. Just loosen the strings a little.

Can you help me understand the "thumb wheels" on my floating bridge?

at the start it's a slow 6/4, definitely not 4/4. Which I tend to feel as a bar of 4/4 followed by a bar 2/4. The piano notes are felt as sixteenths. By the 2m mark it's a clear 12/8 (3, 3, 3,...

What's happening at the end of this song?

McCoy Tyner / Mike Brecker style, Asymetrical G7Alt Pentatonic, Forward Motion, 2nd inversion This is the 2nd inversion of the Ab Melodic minor asymetrical pentatonic scale along with a couple...

McCoy Tyner / Mike Brecker style, Asymetrical G7Alt Pentatonic, Forward Motion,

Miles Okazaki. “Blue Sphere” Album: “Work” https://youtu.be/VzeSTfD52kw?si=mGsaisBZ0GpRGt8L Miles Okazaki. “Round Midnight” Album: “Work” https://youtu.be/oV6WLIBDZqA?si=sjZ-7kxjxbcd52v9 ...

Great Examples of a Good Jazz Guitar Tone

Jim Hall. “Turn Out the Stars.” Album: “Intermodulation” w/ Bill Evans piano. https://youtu.be/OTZ1VT29Kpk?si=GFftqBOJdMVVvIYE Jim Hall. “I Hear a Rhapsody” Album: “Undercurrent” w/ Bill Evans...

Great Examples of a Good Jazz Guitar Tone

There were also the ES-275 thinline hollowbody range, which came and went in 2-3 years. I personally liked them, except for the too narrow for me neck. The signature L5s were nice too. The only...

Gibson Thin line Guitar Models

Sorry, what are cadence fourths? On the face of it, just practice your scales in intervals. Pick one a week and do 15m a day, maybe?

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

What makes you say the refret is horrible? Did you try taking it back to the luthier who did it to get it corrected?

Anyone had an archtop Plek'd?

Weight, yes. Specific shape details, no.

Anyone handled the new Epis?

Here's my table of subs

From Bar Chords to Bebop

Bah, humbug! :) If we skip the question how you'd even quantify quality objectively there's still the question that you simply can't know all the luthiers who achieve that level (esp. not if you take...

Anyone had an archtop Plek'd?

I have a bridge jack that I made from a paint can opener, free from the home improvement store. StewMac sells a bridge jack of similar design for much, much more money. The end is curved, and slips...

Can you help me understand the "thumb wheels" on my floating bridge?

Grant Green. The tune “Exodus.” The album “Sunday Mornin’.” https://youtu.be/A67SqWICnt4?si=WO7ja_aHlKt7nJbS Grant Green. “Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho.” Album “Feelin’ the Spirit.”...

Great Examples of a Good Jazz Guitar Tone

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

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Incoming 1968 Gibson Johnny Smith

Inversions

Grant Green, What is This Thing

Help, this theory question is blowing my mind

2012 Gibson ES-175 thoughts

Is the Bud 6 Really That Good?

Playing live and getting the best sound from the guitar

Holy ****, my (musical) ears are bad

Tone Master Twin at 5W (attenuator) is loud enough for loud gigs

Looking for a "jazz box"

Drummer has left, what now?