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I think Monk, Milt Jackson and Pancho Hagood qualify as having great skill, exquisite taste, perfect control over their instruments, and a whole lot of experience. If you’re in that camp too, more...
I have replaced solid bases with two-footed bases with good results. Also the opposite. IME some guitars sound better with solid bases, some sound better with footed bases, and I am completely...
ps - It helps that I keep my humidity pretty stable, usually around 45. Humidify in winter, dehumidify in summer.
I bought it new in Jan 1998. Distributed by Barnes and Mullens in the UK. It had an Atilla Zoller pickup on it which I didn't like. Also whilst in it's case the cast tailpiece, which was similar to a...
Not familiar with him but I've attempted to borrow ideas from Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett. I say "attempted" because one must rack one's brain to come up with chord voicings that can even...
jazz2511 - YouTube I love these arrangements of the standards. Does any one else get chord melody ideas from these videos? It's not easy to translate some of the lush chords on to the guitar...
The secret of Pat's tone is in the striped shirt.
At, say, 23-24 seconds into the YouTube clip? But I haven't played this for a long time, I'll have to revisit it.
That Heritage is also gorgeous!
Interesting, never heard of this brand, looks like they made a lot more solid bodies than hollow bodies. How old is your guitar?
Hi! Here's lick with some open strings and string skipping. You can use it for example as a compositional inspiration. There's also tabs on the video. Cheers, Mikko Open String Lick | TABS...
We had a great Deep Dive with Tim Lerch last Saturday. Tim is such a nice guy, very knowledgeable too. Here is a short clip where Tim talks about the tonic, subdominant and dominant families...
I called Butler music to see if they had any of Big Mike's Heritage guitars, and they said everything they had of his is on the website, which isn't close to 70 guitars. They also said the owner's...
New album called Brasil by Lee and Dave Grusin (who is almost 90 now btw). They are backed by an all-Brazilian band, with some very excellent vocals. Very nice playing (of course), immaculate...
Chord Melody Ideas - Doug McKenzie Piano
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