Other Guitar Styles / Instruments

Raney and Aebersold - Great Interview (1986)

Willow Weep For Me's original changes (1932) is...

The Guitar In Jazz - Jazz Guitar Radio Documentary

Pass and Peterson at the top of their game

Loar Vs. Samick (Tone Examples)

Sounds like one of the jam sessions I'd hear at the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music back in the day, when the tabla player couldn't make it. In fact, you'd sound better with a tabla player or...

What song does this sound like?

We had a thread here a while back about guitarists who pick with the rounded edge rather than the pointed edge of their plectrum. Also, a few forum members mentioned they file down the pointed edge...

Plectrums for acoustic jazz

Thanks, you’re hearing the flavor of it, same as I’m hearing it. There’s still something on the tip of my ear that I can’t place. Thanks for listening.

What song does this sound like?

It’s such a useful exercise. Going back to that seeing shapes and patterns thread, it’s a really simple thing that turns the way you navigate a guitar completely on its head. Kind of genius from a...

Bending

Agree with that of course, different materials and thicknesses can have a huge impact, what I meant to say was that thin picks are not necessarily easier or better for strumming. Some also claim...

Plectrums for acoustic jazz

I think John Abercrombie mentions it in a video somewhere too (he probably got it from Mick Goodrick when he went to Berklee).

Bending

Thanks alot for the input all. Like spook410 said, i bring a container with a few. Currently its the dunlop gator 2mm and the dunlop 507&508 for big volume.(which are wegen copies i believe). Im...

Plectrums for acoustic jazz

Oh boy!! Can't wait to listen to these on my walks!

The Guitar In Jazz - Jazz Guitar Radio Documentary

In practice I find that the thickness/rigidity matters a lot. I mostly use Dunlop Tortex, but different thicknesses which all sound different. Thicker is less clicky/more dark sounding. Picks are...

Plectrums for acoustic jazz

My guess is that the H-575 is over-represented in this shot from Jimmy Webster Guitars. None of them are Core Collection.

Heritage now offering the H-575 as part of their Core Collection Series

Joe Satriani also advocated the one-string-at-a-time approach. Again, as an exercise, not something you'd employ in anger.

Bending

I like the 1.3 mm Dunlop small triangle Primetone. That line looks like they copied Blue Chip. But they're good with perfect finish and virtually don't wear out. Rigidity or thickness should not be...

Plectrums for acoustic jazz

It’s worth noting the full context of this - this is the section where he is suggesting improvising in each of the 7 modes of C major in turn, on one string at a time, to learn how each mode sounds...

Bending

Just pour glue in there.

Epiphone "Blak & Blu" Casino - Worst Neck Joint in the History of Neck...

The model went out of production in 2019. I would like to sympathize with stressed factory workers, but this is, I fear, something older than Covid.

Epiphone "Blak & Blu" Casino - Worst Neck Joint in the History of Neck...

Will good jazz schools accept a thumb player?

How many watts for an outdoor gig?

If you have to play fast to sound good, you are using speed to cover up other flaws i

A minor and add 11

Have You Met Miss Jones and the rest of Virtuoso by Joe Pass

G string buzzing but adjacent strings don't. Any ideas? (video content)

Being entertaining.

Epiphone "Blak & Blu" Casino - Worst Neck Joint in the History of Neck...

Tip Me Over The Edge - Henriksen The Bud Six

Micro PA?

Martin Retro "Monel" strings?

I hear 3 kinds of "time"...

Used my new Holst guitar for my new album, first single just dropped