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Best Looper for Jazz Standards

2020 Eastman AR610CE dual pickups

Mark Whitfield Interview - Legendary Jazz...

d'angelico 2021

Earmaster - need help or advice

There was another brand of Clonedocs.... Olladoc or something like that? ISTR they were from Central or South America, so maybe the same guy with Equator- in both cases the main marketing technique...

Languedoc (ie trey anastasio’s) guitars

Godin 5th Avenue is very acoustic by design - a contemporary take on the ES-125, with an extremely light construction and very thin laminate top. This, and the use of cherry wood, sets it apart from...

Getting the "most woody/hollow" sound out of electric archtop?

My previous post seems to have disappeared, but others covered it well, so OK. Except for the characterization of "Victim or the Crime" as- what was it, pedestrian? What the heck? Moving on... ...

Garcia and the Dead

I never remove the strings from guitars, not even when changing them (I change one, then tune it, so on). Makes cleaning the fretboard a bit more difficult, but I do that very rarely, and never use...

WesMo Setup How Low Can I Go?

That chorus gives me visions of hell.

I like moving photo

Hopefully without being long winded I feel I need to explain a bit more about my search for the perfect pick (for me). While I agree that there are noticeable differences in many aspects of...

It may be time for me to give up my search for the perfect pick.

That was the band’s schtick: Japanese culture as seen by the West; after all, it was their song title. And she takes photographs, like the stereotypical Japanese tourist. On the other hand, her...

Anyone remember the Sadistic Mika Band?

I think you can make solo jazz guitar lively. It's probably a good idea to steer away from too many rubato ballads, although even they can have lively highlights. I agree that incorporating some...

Playing solo gigs question..

Mika Fukui (the singer) divorced Kazuhiko Kato (the guitarist) and married Chris Thomas (the producer). That was the end of the band.

Anyone remember the Sadistic Mika Band?

“Whispering” Bob Harris replaced Richard Williams, who was quieter still. Whistle Test was required viewing in the 1970s, the only regular programme on British television to present rock and other...

Anyone remember the Sadistic Mika Band?

The differences in tone between pick materials, sizes, and shapes is subtle and most listeners might not be able to hear a difference. But as a player you do notice, so I don't see a problem with...

It may be time for me to give up my search for the perfect pick.

After you get your neck in spec to your liking don't forget to re-intonate all the strings with a good guitar tuner (not a clip on). I take it you still have the stock tun-o-matic bridge ? With a...

WesMo Setup How Low Can I Go?

If I wanted to lay down a bass line (an octave transpose function, maybe), chordal comping and a muted string rhythmic part to play melodies and solo over - what is a good value looper?

Best Looper for Jazz Standards

The triplet provides a nice, pre-built structure for the enclosure of chord tones...

Howard Roberts Super Chops: study group for a tune based practice routine

Softly as in a Morning Sunrise.

What standard has this chord progression?

RIP Gibson Archtop guitar

Jgbe virtual jam, round 1

Jgbe Virtual Jam, Round 2

Some very cool new amps coming from Fender.

2003 Epiphone Emperor Regent Video added

Green Heritage JS?

Is this a fake Gibson?

Retail therapy...bought a Martin 000

New Ibanez Thinline Hollowbodies

Thinline acoustic archtop?

Steve Holst be Da Man!

WesMo Setup How Low Can I Go?

1988 Gibson ES-175–woohoo!