Guitar Technique

Help me find Rattle on archtop

Slaman Super 400 with CC pickup

Genzler Acoustic Array Pro vs Henriksen Bud 10

1967 Gibson ES-335

What beats an L5?

The real Bobby is great.

August 2024 - Autumn in New York

Yeah that’s probably true. I wish classical musicians did a bit more. I remember my old classical guitar teacher had me do jazz adjacent harmonic analysis on whatever I was playing. Partly...

Analysing jazz vocabulary

Yeah, that's a good idea, I'll start forcing myself to use the other parts of the neck.

Rhythms Complete Bugs Bower

Very good solo playing. Very good jazz sound and very good jazz taste and feel. Best Kris

August 2024 - Autumn in New York

I mean - it’s no surprise when you go back to theory/practice from the era when it was actually about people being able to improvise and write music quickly in a well established style it looks a lot...

Analysing jazz vocabulary

I know about their guarantee, so I’m not worried about losing the purchase money, just the return shipping. Based on the reviews I’ve read and heard, I’m sure the Henriksen performs great. It’s...

Genzler Acoustic Array Pro vs Henriksen Bud 10

I'd say they were an integral part of the music, classical included.

Analysing jazz vocabulary

I put electrical tape around the pu and part of a sax reed to immobilise it (zoom in a bit) clumsey maybe but it works

Help me find Rattle on archtop

You might have misread it. I said jazz players do it more than classical musicians and for different reasons, mostly to do with the demands of improvisation. And, yes, the theory isn't quite the same...

Analysing jazz vocabulary

Color notes generally aren’t that interesting, alas. As much as we might like them to be.

Analysing jazz vocabulary

Btw, why is neck pickup spring wider ? Less springy? Shorter? Is it because it isn’t supposed to be raised as high?

Help me find Rattle on archtop

From my original order sheet: 16" body w/3"rim depth 25" fingerboard scale 1&3/4" nut width

M Campellone Standard Series

That wasn’t what I saying. Jazz musicians analyse stuff all the time. Their purpose in doing is not (generally) the same as classical musicians. The theory they use in doing so is also different....

Analysing jazz vocabulary

Well, I'll play interesting color notes and you play a lot of nonsense. I don't mind, it's been done before :-)

Analysing jazz vocabulary

Reading recommendation: Don Byas on Art Tatum in Art Taylors "Notes and Tones"

Analysing jazz vocabulary

Analyzing

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

Biting the bullet on an ES-175

Analysing jazz vocabulary

What beats an L5?

Came up with an epic tip for improv

No more Gibson archtops ?

Developing your own style/sound

Thumb pain

Groove comes and goes..

On Wes and improvisation (Octaves content)

Crazy Assholes--Don't Be A Dick

Stage setups for larger venues