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NOOOoooooooooooo! I miss Henry J. and I want him back! Henry J at least kept the doors of the archtop department open for business. The last time Gibson threatened to close it was in 1989 but Henry...
Super 400 and L5s still seem to be available at Thomann. .. at 15k, and 10-12k for an L5. I wonder why no musician is buying one.. As great as they are, i don't think these guitars can command...
Wait, so I can still buy, in 2021, a Trini Lopez model guitar - who is he again? - but I cannot buy a new ES-175, L5, or Super 400? I am completely happy with my Reverend PA1 hollowbody - I’ve...
Thanks for that. I tried and think fell short of making the argument that Jaco was the first to really make the bass a prominent instrument. Most jazzers before then, even if they played electric,...
For us, anyway. But for most of the world, what made Gibson Gibson was the Les Paul.
Thanks for the comment; yep, I agree, I'm not going to mod this thing. Interesting you mentioned lowering the pickups - the only thin wrong with this guitar is that the top has sagged a bit, so the...
Wow! Thank you, I never expected to hear those recordings with Ed. Hopefully Mosaic or someone like that will someday put out an Ed Bickert box set.
Gary you may find the tuners to be a bit wonky, I have two Indonesian Ibanez’s and the only only complaint I would make is the tuners are not that great. But otherwise... wow they are really great...
Various genres explained. Very smart person explains different music genres - YouTube
Okay, so apparently you can use Youtube as video capturing software anymore... when did that happen, again? Oh Google, how I loathe--I mean, how I love you :) I tried and failed to record video...
I’ve been pondering the new Eagle Classic for a bit, and got some quotes back from musiciansfriend near the end of last year for $3800 shipped (plus 8% points I could use for a Hiscox case in the...
most jets come in around the low 7s in weight, i think. then again, i googled gretsch duo jet demos to get to the bottom of this, and i don't know. it sounds pretty hollow to me. i don't...
Week 7. Day 5 "Angel Eyes" at 130 bpm. Once again the initial pass through had a lot of "Nice to see you again" getting to know you moments. I decided to masochistically record myself.
Saturday. Last day of review, and it brings us up to where we left of last week. How's it going? Trying out any new approaches to line construction thinking of things in terms of CT and...
A little bit of fun...
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