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Ralph Towner

Es-330

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Viva La ES 125

Great tone, great playing and proof positive that a cutaway is an optional tool in the quest to play jazz guitar at a high level.

Viva La ES 125

With both you and Dutchbopper posting today, it's a great day for bebop on the forum! And your guitar just looks incredible!

JGBE Virtual Jam (Round 14) - Tune Up

Kris, Now that you listened now the reveal, I'm hoping this will surprise you... That is a piezo run through two ir's, panned hard left and right, then through a little reverb. The IR's are from...

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When i grow up that's how I want to play! This really puts me in mind of Jimmy Raney.

Viva La ES 125

Yup that one! I was surprised it was still available after a day but glad it was. Very nice seller by the way! So far I got 0 work done today. I’m hooked..

Es-330

I wanted to do a fast version so I used the Aebersold track, which I think hovers around 240-250 bpm. I don't usually play this fast, so it was quite a challenge. But I did some gradual workouts...

JGBE Virtual Jam (Round 14) - Tune Up

in the 50's in the local drug store there were two brands of guitar strings black diamond and mapes they were sold out of long glass tubes straight not coiled

Mapes Strings

I learned to read on the guitar from the start (and before guitar, I learned to read on recorder), but my ears were always better than my eyes. Even in my (brief) period of classical lessons, I...

What is sight reading?

Anyone here used Mapes strings. They're made in Tennessee. Don't know that they have flatwounds but make hex core, round core and octacore. My only experience so far is I ordered two sets of mandolin...

Mapes Strings

DB, Great sounding guitar.Very nice fat jazz sound. Beautiful jazz lines and great phrasing - that's it. I can hear a lot of musical knowledge in your playing. Beautiful jazz lines and great...

Viva La ES 125

So beautiful. Wish I was in a position to aquire it.

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GREAT guitar! Enjoy.

Es-330

You only need an ES-125....... ;-) Even if you want to play it with overdrive, wah wah and delay:

Viva La ES 125

Ha, is that the one from Marktplaats? That was a very reasonable price indeed!

Es-330

Continues to amaze... His music just gets deeper and richer. Such a role model.

Ralph Towner

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What is sight reading?

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