Other Styles / Instruments

Rich makes a simple H550 sing!

Please have a look at this neck picture

Gypsy jazz piece out of old song

My Favorite Solos

Death of Luthier Joseph Jesselli

+1 to Cliff, I have got a feeling after a decade of what constitutes popular search terms for jazz guitar content. Giants steps is one, as is Barry harris. The algorithm is quite complicated, but...

Giant Steps

Maybe buy the other two in ear monitors? (Only 1/2 joking) :-) Doug

I think I'm a sensitive little snowflake of a player.

Wot, like going fishing? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What do you prefer in music, originality or tradition?

I looooove playing with a good drummer but I’ll tell you what … if they forgot their sticks and remembered on the way, I wouldn’t tell them to go back to get them.

I think I'm a sensitive little snowflake of a player.

Bill Hollenbeck made his guitars with a high arch much more than his teacher Bill Barker. The neck angle is around 3.7 degrees and the carved his tops to be most responsive directly over the bridge....

Thicker Plates - Deeper Carve

Generally speaking, jazz guitar is a low dynamics instrument. Just listen to the average jazz guitar album, chances are the dynamics are a lot lower than the average horn ones, and even piano ones....

I think I'm a sensitive little snowflake of a player.

This thread is getting really long, currently 19 pages, we may have to have a Just the Melody, Vol. 2 thread, especially if the site's current slow loading page syndrome continues, going back to...

Just the melody.

I played one at the showroom in NYC. It was a very positive experience. Lightweight, comfortable, looks good, plays good. They are well made, and sound very good. Someone told me it was their...

D’Angelico DC Tour - Supro Pickups

Yes, the worst one caught by my cousin. You know, she filmed when there was nothing to film. Log into Facebook And I played a wrong thing.

A rare picture !

You were playing at the 7th fret and up, which is relatively high for a ES-175. I tend to play higher up on the fretboard on my solid-body guitar with its longer scale than I do on my hollow-body...

Just the melody.

Heritage H550: Prepare to be IMPRESSED! - YouTube

Rich makes a simple H550 sing!

My 1950 Epiphone Triumph has a much more pronounced arch to the top compared to my 1952 Gibson L-4. Also quite a different tone. I find this stuff very interesting. Thanks john

Thicker Plates - Deeper Carve

I prefer playing without a drummer, or if there must be a drummer, I prefer one who uses brushes only. Sure, with an electric guitar, I have a volume knob and can compete, but that is a competition...

I think I'm a sensitive little snowflake of a player.

Agree to agree, Juan. I've said this on other threads as well, but I went through a LOT of neck pickups looking for the best Tele jazz tone (including many of the usual suspects when it comes to CC...

TK Smith Tele CC Pickup

Getting hold of a guitar wasn't possible until I went to university. At school, the emphasis was on classical music and they were keen on training violinists, so I studied that. I had some piano...

What other instruments did you play in high school/college?

RANT ---why?

More disappointment from Thomastik flats

Hexatonics - Triad Pairs To Go

Four

Giant Steps

1968 Gibson Super 400C, 100% Original

Pickup Replacement: Godin 5th Ave Kingpin

Semi-hollow an anomaly?

Vintage Fenders - Treasure, Curse, or Something In Between

Scrapple (a swinging version)

Great audience response

Days of Wine and Roses

Bebop Essentials