Other Guitar Styles / Instruments

Best music stand light?

any thoughts on the mDecks stuff and/or the Jazz...

JGBE Virtual Jam (Round 30) Sister Sadie

is there a fast tempo jazz guitar version of...

From a Conversation in the Alternate Picking...

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JGBE Virtual Jam (Round 30) Sister Sadie

As to the first point: well. it's not as if that's something new. Money talks. Wes, I believe, and I THINK he acknowledged, that his block chord soloing was an attempt to play like a horn section...

'Un-guitar' approaches?

Just broke mine, and the cheap ones are not worth my time or anyone’s time, IMO. I tried quite a few, and the one I just broke lasted a decade. So, what is the best music stand light going these...

Best music stand light?

I just can't help thinking about one of those just like that, from that era, but with a cutaway..... ...oh well.....

Wes Montgomery at 26 Years Old!

OK---but ALL the jazz players, and most of the blues players, on the list were somewhat to very horn-influenced. It's no terrible crime to sound like your chosen instrument or another. Different...

'Un-guitar' approaches?

Ed Bickert also used a plain G (and .010s, per his Guitar Player Magazine interview- Ernie Ball IIRC). I have one guitar I normally use a plain G because it's got PAFs; I find wound Gs balance...

Unwound G string - Mundell Lowe, Kenny Burrell, Jim Hall

My favorite guitarists are guitaristic: Charlie Christian, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel, Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Jeff Beck, T-Bone Walker, BB King, Danny Gatton, James Burton, Keith...

'Un-guitar' approaches?

Yeah, the general appearance, tailpiece, inlays say ES-300. Definitely a P90 pickup.

Wes Montgomery at 26 Years Old!

:encouragement:

Is noisy reverb normal? (Polytone Mini Brute)

thanks man!

Is noisy reverb normal? (Polytone Mini Brute)

I figure if I can get the guitar to sound good as a guitar someday, I might try some other approach:)

'Un-guitar' approaches?

With the exception of the Historic models Gibson's are essentially whatever specs they build at the time of production. In other words you get what comes off the line at that time. And at that time...

My Gibson ES-175CC is actually an ES-175D!

A guy calls Schwartz; Schwartz; Schwartz & Schwartz: 'Hello, this is Schwartz; Schwartz; Schwartz & Schwartz. How can I help you?' 'May I speak to Mr. Schwartz?' 'I'm sorry, sir. He's...

Joke thread

The P-90 was the sound for sure: big & round, and screw the pickup noise. Amps never figured much in the equation for me. Amps only do what they're named for: amplify what's already there. I have...

'Un-guitar' approaches?

IRealbook has both of those as G7b9. I can hear it as okay either way.

Blue bossa question.

JGBE Virtual Jam (Round 29) - Red Clay

The end of tubes

Gibson vs Campellone headstocks

Paul Chambers - Bass On Top

Peter Gunn's Music Score - What is the name of this type of Jazz?

Working with a singer who "Just hears differently"

Talk to me about frets - Why do we need them?

Trying out Nickel Acoustic Strings on my D-28 (Comparison with Phosphor Bronze)

Straight-ahead players who used P-90s

Improvising with Melodic Minor

17" Archtop Replacement for an L-5

Any blues cats here?

Is There a Jazz Scale?