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I'm trying to help the OP... I can swing like a Mother F.... I've worked with some of the best drummer. They know and can help. The obvious thing is technique... which is always the main problem...

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

Wow... beautiful Mark. Thanks... please play more in that direction. Do you enjoy this style... Reg

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thanks... yea the sequencing approach is great for developing two part or compound line soloing. Even call and answer thing. I use harmonic approach with sequencing licks. Kind of like playing a...

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

The tone isn't Wes, but it can work fine. In fact, it's all fine. It doesn't have to be jazzy. But, the reason it doesn't seem jazzy, to my ear, is a lack of syncopation. Put on a fedora...

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

Ah I figured I could just ask the guy leaving the cryptic ellipses and maybe he’d tell me. Alas.

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

He usually sounds similar to my ears in casual listening. It's always weird watching him play, he never looks like he depresses any fingers on his left hand. NOT a criticism, just an observation

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars.

Maybe you should apply for a forum monitor position LOL

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

So how long can you solo on a I IV vamp/ How many different styles and feels can you develop. Blues really just comes down to the Tonic Subdom thing. the I IV harmonic movement using notes. V's...

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

Hello Vinny, Thanks for inquiring. I will measure the frets and get back to you later on this evening. Just as a FYI, the frets have a substantial feel to them. I know this is a very personal...

Gibson L-5 near mint 2011 custom shop - $7250.00

Agreed on all counts. My two favorite albums of hers (now out of print, “Take Two” and “Catwalk”) have excellent examples of her playing with that instrument. For example, “Pocket Wes”, Track 1, side...

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I’d like to hear the end of this sentence. … and maybe this one.

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

Yea... what your playing and tone can easily be fixed.... what will take TIME is as someone said... your feel... which is how your thinking or feeling ... subdividing. Your playing straight... You...

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

No prob!

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I am 100 miles away and interested. Can you measure the fret height. I have seen some from this year that had the frets pleked too low.

Gibson L-5 near mint 2011 custom shop - $7250.00

Oh, I see. Very simple. Thanks!

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 2) - Misterioso

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Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

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Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

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