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I am so old my first guitar hero was Buddy Merrell! ha ha
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09-29-2020 07:46 PM
I am so old my first guitar hero was Buddy Merrell! ha ha
Being the proud owner of an early 70's Martin D28 with no truss rod, that I am not able to play because the action is so high, which breaks my heart, I'm with the "only guitars with truss rods" club.
by the way, I have a kiesel with synthetic fingerboard. It's very stiff. Much stiffer than ebony. The truss rod functions properly on that instrument.
Having owned both, I thought the DV Mark Little Jazz added a certain color and compression to the tone regardless of what guitar you are using, or even where the tone controls are set somewhat. To...
Regarding necks with no truss rod... My dad bought a carbon fiber steinberger in the '80s. The salesman (Chuck Levins, Wheaton, MD) demonstrated it's sturdiness by swinging it from the neck and...
Lots of good stuff in Pizzarelli's A Train solo. Thanks for posting this.
Transcribing is something that I really love and I really enjoy! I feel more comfortable learning and transcribing than writing, probably because when I was student at conservatory I had a lot of...
It's always a little bit tricky to write the transcription properly, for many reasons but principal rhythm and ornamentations...! I feel always more comfortable learning by ear the solos than...
The headstock that Gibson put on the later Epis is what looks wrong to me. The original Epi headstock was known as the moustache, not open book, because it's subtly different, a little more of a...
After years of messing around with picks of all materials and prices I have come to the conclusion that the 1.5mm - 2mm tortex is best for most things. 0.75 for (American style) rhythm. Birelli...
Hey Allan, You're welcome! Transcribing is a great exercise, I think that sometimes is great to transcribe a full solo to understand the style of a musicians or to understand the melodic mouvements...
Well it’s a thing I was told, so … but the guy who told me SHREDS Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I agree, I think I would love a FM3 where I could get all the amps, and effects with great sounding default settings, fast and simple to do common simple tweaks, but also the option to more advanced...
I mean quite a few of us do after a fashion… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Look at the given name of the poster in #11 above.
McCoy Tyner style asymetrical pentatonic sequence...
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