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Raezer's Edge Cab 2x8 Tower cabinet Eminence...

Chord transition frequencies in Beethoven String...

How would you play this on guitar?

Chuck Thornton 20th Anniversary instruments

Is it to be played by a nice buttocks, or an icky man buttocks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4IuHaV-N2E

How would you play this on guitar?

So show us. Anything can be read from a book or repeated from a YouTube video. Show us how you do it.

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

[QUOTE=RossThrock;1335122]Hello, My question concerns the various scale systems used in guitar playing. From what I've gathered, there are three popular scale systems: CAGED (5 positions), 3 Notes...

What is the best Scale System to use when reading music?

Right, so obviously they are not "diametrically opposed" but in fact interdependent. FYI, Sight-reading is diametrically opposed to that accursed habit.

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

That is called "gain staging" so basically yes but...in the digital realm you dont have the analog noise issues but you also have digital clipping if to hot. This really cant be covered completely in...

My 2 beautiful guitars (Moffa and Schottmüller)

Except I'd be wearing a sports jacket and wingtips... and playing jazz with four fingers :)

How would you play this on guitar?

https://youtu.be/YcEZp3uwC3s "Smile!" They said. "Don't look!" They said. "It'll be fine, even better!" They said.

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

Thank you for the great advices! I will try everything, what about the input level? I assume that the more I move the microphone away the more I have to increase the input level, right?

My 2 beautiful guitars (Moffa and Schottmüller)

Same here. I have four sounds programmed into my ME70 (I went backward after trading my ME80 for an ME90, which I didn't like). The ME70 has two advantages: 4 band EQ (the others have 3) and it...

How do you feel about modelers?

There is no "correct" mic position as this changes with each scenario. The Oktava is particularly good at distance, experiment by moving it away 1' (305mm) at a time. Start with aiming it at the...

My 2 beautiful guitars (Moffa and Schottmüller)

I believe Frank's score for guitar says to play this tone cluster at that point: 4-0-4-0-4-0 with the direction, "alla gluteal."

How would you play this on guitar?

It's hard to control them precisely but not only that, it feels like their natural state is this writhed, crooked posture, rather than just symmetrical.

Technique practice

I used to have National single cone reso, and I used it a lot for acoustic trad and Gypsy jazz gigs and jams. My experience is... the guitar's loud no doubt... by itself. But it seriously lost in...

1920‘s/30‘s JAZZ players using Resonator guitars ?

Worth an edit to find another way to describe how your fingers feel.

Technique practice

Actually I was under the impression that the II was considered more fundamental (due probably to fundamental bass theory?) I have seen a IV6 written as an inverted IIm7 in books. Maybe it depends on...

Chord transition frequencies in Beethoven String Quartets

I just ordered all the Real Books lol

What not to do on a gig

naming chords?

Buying guitars as an investment

Would like some advice on improving reading from Real Book

Favorite jazz musician pairings?

notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

Any other bakers on here?

What's The Answer?

Younger guitarists are discovering the joys of having a jazz box. Good!

how to fix string alignment

Ed Bickert's gig bag

I'm now fluent in every key