Improvisation

Nows the time improv

Getting Transcriptions Wrong

1979 L5 CES - Sweden ~$7k

A duet piece for guitar and cello

Replacement Speaker [newbie advice please)

And yet you strum a semi unplugged and a solid body unplugged and they’re dramatically different. So obviously there’s something going on acoustically with a semi. Plugged in, the difference can be...

Like-New Gibson ES-335s

I would not order that guitar, if that's your plan. The pickup and bridge look weird, if the shop says it does not seem sunken, I suspect they don't know what they are looking for. Having the...

Epiphone Zephyr Regent

I think it sounds great, and a long way forward from when you posted something a few months back. The lines sound more original, and you have more rhythmic confidence. Are you doing laundry while...

Nows the time improv

nice playing!

Nows the time improv

Thanks, I'll add proof reading the recording to the line into my routine. I purposely picked a different position this time too, per your advice.

Rhythms Complete Bugs Bower

There are some general guidelines, depending on the type of maple the back is made from and how it's carved: A back made from stiffer or more dense stock (i.e. quarter-sawn maple or hard maple)...

The New Campellone fall batch

Please let me know your thoughts, criticisms etc! https://youtu.be/LtKC1Yyaads

Nows the time improv

I have to disagree with ragman, as I understand him, about how diminished chords are different than dominant. For example in practice I would play A7 lines over Bbdim. Bb-C#-E-G dim arp if i'm...

Embraceable You - second chord in progression

Definitely better than no transcribing. Honestly I wouldn’t worry about this a bit. If it’s close enough that it sounds like the lick you want, then great and practice it like the real thing. ...

Getting Transcriptions Wrong

Yes, the Florentine cutaway does allow for better high fret access, and yes, its construction is more involved - there's the bending of the cutaway insert, an extra joint gluing operation, an extra...

The New Campellone fall batch

I'm doing a bit more transcribing these days. On the plus side, even after just a few months I can sense my ear improving, I'm finding things more quickly, and hearing things without having to slow...

Getting Transcriptions Wrong

Lots of great insight on this thread. I retired last May. I messaged Roli, with genuine intent to purchase his TF-sold JD's in a short-lived financial panic-wrong move! First world, entitled problem,...

2013 Gibson Custom Crimson Tal Farlow Archtop Guitar VSB

I did call the shop (which seems fairly respected), and they did say the top does not seem sunken. They said the action was a touch high and after a bridge adjustment the distance from the top of the...

Epiphone Zephyr Regent

Thanks for the kind words. I think the guitar sounds clear but not thin or brittle. Some folks like to tinker with changing pickups as an interest/pastime/hobby and that's cool but not a...

The New Ibanez Pat Metheny PM3C Model

I can’t tell from just the one picture. It could be a sunken top, or a bad neck angle, or it could just be that the action is cranked way high. Are other pictures? Action measurements?

Epiphone Zephyr Regent

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

Analysing jazz vocabulary

What beats an L5?

Came up with an epic tip for improv

The New Campellone fall batch

Thumb pain

Developing your own style/sound

Stage setups for larger venues

Rediscovering my lost passion for guitar

Emily Remler

The Notated Lick Compendium.

Shape of jazz to come/that's here

Help me find Rattle on archtop