Other Guitar Styles / Instruments

Sarno V8 octal preamp

How's this for a finish crack?

TOOB update

Unusual archtop design from Italy

Sadowsky Jim Hall sound variation

Lol. Fake cowboy ...You can't like this extract or not. But how can It be funeral music? The tempo and mood is quite different. Funeral music is slower...Did you listen? Stream Memories from...

New compositions

If someone transcribe the whole solo, that's fine too.Then you can treat it as an etude and just practice it. This develops playing technique and helps with phrasing.:smile-new:

Transcribing Jazz Solos: Tips, Tricks, and Recommended Recordings

First you need to determine: what does it mean to learn a song...? is it about memorizing melodies and chords? If so, I listen to different performances first. If I like the song, it goes faster....

How do you learn new tunes? By ear or by paper?

Anybody have one? Have you tried recording direct with it? Impressions?

Sarno V8 octal preamp

Enough theory, now it's time to move on to reality and start practicing and practicing. Neither "theory' nor a 'good teacher' will do it for me.shreddin'

The official mad-at-theory thread

Being a jazz musician is constant work on your jazz skills, daily practice and development, recording albums in the studio, club and festival concerts, listening to records ... etc. That's what you...

What does it mean for you to be a jazz musician?

You're fun and it's easy to criticize. You're not a musician and you hear what you want. Even if it's funeral music - it's music too. You probably don't like instrumental music at all - so you'd...

New compositions

I don't think it's a good idea to compare guitar sounds on youtube. These are mostly marketing tricks. The right way to test a guitar's sound is when you have it in your hands... :smile-new:

Which one is the real jazz guitar ?

Hahaha,,, After all, this is fun.; I'm going to exercise because time is running out. Jazz is still alive... :-) But fair point...I've already changed the title of thread.

The official Warm up-and-Practising thread

Your Golden Eagle is nice. Should be easy to get used to Venetian cut-away to reach all way up fretboard. And humbucker pickup has advantages when amplified. The ol' Gibson is still quite special....

Gibson ES-300 late 40's

Well, if forced to choose, I guess blond. It’s pretty striking even though sunburst is THE jazz guitar color and does look great.

Burst or Blonde L5 Wes

It’s hard to imagine a guitar with a more perfect neck-fingerboard-pup combination than the Sadowsky JH guitar. The neck is dead straight, PERFECT. The pickup is perfect. It is perhaps the most...

Sadowsky Jim Hall sound variation

Great looking guitars but i agree with Gitfiddler,those pickguards are a hard no. The good thing is it can easily be replaced.

Unusual archtop design from Italy

Hello Ozoro, I just purchased a Salen Jazz over the weekend. I'm looking forward to learning about jazz guitar on it! What influenced me to buy it was the ergonomic designs. The EndurNeck was...

Any views on the Strandberg guitars?

Wowsers, Danny!

Burst or Blonde L5 Wes

I don't get it

The official Warm up-and-Practising thread

Which one is the real jazz guitar ?

The "capacitor trick" on a Superblock US: 3 values compared (with audio)

Wes' superior sound in approx. 1967-68

What does it mean for you to be a jazz musician?

Burst or Blonde L5 Wes

Reverb was a Big Investor with Silicon Valley Banks

Any views on the Strandberg guitars?

Pre-build questions for a 15" acoustic bundle of joy.

Differences between Trenier & Campellone.......

Guitar cost and use thoughts…

John Pizz.