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Are you capable of keeping things civil?
Yes, I didn't mean to accentuate the negative in my critique, he plays well. We all have our weaknesses, and developing jazzy, stylish phrasing is a great challenge.
I really like the way Mike Stern plays, especially in a straight-ahead context like @ Vignola's but the problem I have with listening to him is that the way he uses FX makes his sound so indirect and...
My daughter-in-law gave me a (fake) Calvin and Hobbes T-shirt with the text: I'm not old, I'm a Classic. My fave.
"I haven't notated it and likely won't!" I am getting pretty frustrated with music notation apps, I may resort to writing it down on music notation paper and photographing the sheets with my...
Jazz adage I learned in school: There are no mistakes, only resolutions. i.e. if you play a "wrong" note, play a note that resolves it. Or play the "wrong" note three more times :-) And Peter...
The examples above are rather song than blues forms. AFAIK Gershwin's I Got Rhythm comes from those forms. Those dominant chains are the same as the I Got Rhythm bridge (aka Sears Roebuck bridge). ...
If that's the case, the next time I'm asked my age I'll simply say, "I'm vintage!" :triumphant:
Two questions, if you don't mind. First, what is your asking price? Second, what is the significance of the "X" on the back of the headstock and the unusual serial # (only the first two digits are...
Vintage is just another term for 'old and used', but it sounds much more attractive to prospective buyers.
My point was just that I haven't seen the issues he described, but I haven't seen enough samples to rule anything out. I cannot deny that he received a defective guitar without seeing it in person. ...
Changing one part of the guitar at a time and having the sound change every single time over a period of years does prove that the materials affect it. I'm not following your blatant irrationality.
All due respect, but is not testing. It could be, but working as a tech probably means you didn't have the leasure to test properly, varying only 1 known quantity at the time and with...
From what I can see of the bridge placement, the strings on the fingerboard and the string angle to the E strings seems good. It seems that the bridge is resting evenly on the edge of the guitar. ...
Guitar purchases Reverb - EMG pickups
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