The Players

GHS Strings

Musikraft Telecaster Neck, Flame Maple, Kluson...

New John Coltrane Release

Fabiano Do Nascimento

Fender Super Reverb Tone Master For Twin Reverb...

Hm. Practicing a lot will solidify the same feel when having to perform. Meaning always judging, pushy, always a sharp stick in the behind.

"Why Do I Still Suck?" The importance of rhythmic vocabulary

I have a set on my 69 Telecaster and they are quite bright sounding and not really great for a traditional jazz tone.

GHS Strings

Thanks for thinking it through and pointing those out. I'm meaning performance; practice is something else. And yes, it is a good thing we don't rhythm by theory! So suggesting in performance...

"Why Do I Still Suck?" The importance of rhythmic vocabulary

That's pretty much my experience as well. For reasons that don't matter, I decided that it was not the right time to add an archtop to my life but I really lime the way they dealt with me and I hope...

Walkin Guitars ... I believe several of you have dealt with them.

I’m into nickel plated. Never played their electric strings but ghs makes high quality strings and sells them at a very low price. I’m sure you’ll like them. If you’re used to flats you might find...

GHS Strings

Stream Undecided by ragman | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

June 2023 - Undecided

Anyone here use GHS strings? They are stable but rarely hear about jazz players using them. Years ago they made a Compound Wound set 1800 and 1810. They were really good and the strings that the late...

GHS Strings

Yeah the avoid note stuff never really worked for me, but I get what you’re saying. Where did you come across Stefon’s thing? Jordan?

The Nine-Note Scale.

Not that I think avoid note theory as presented in nettles and Graf has much to do with reality. The correct avoids notes for Cmaj7 are given by E phrygian, not C ionian for example imo…. C is highly...

The Nine-Note Scale.

Two things here that might be built on faulty assumptions. The first maybe is the dichotomy between Theory and Ear. I usually think of theory as a tool for training the ear. When I practice I’m...

"Why Do I Still Suck?" The importance of rhythmic vocabulary

Ahhhhhh okay I see what you mean.

The Nine-Note Scale.

How were the tops carved?

2013 Höfner New President - Sunburst - hand-built by Thomas Stuhlein and Dieter Fisch

My first and favorite Jim Hall album

ALL across the City, Jim Hall

so it’s not a cut and dried distinction - more like a spectrum. The more avoid notes or clash notes a scale has (again this is something of a spectrum and probably subjective) the more of a...

The Nine-Note Scale.

The video raises the musical question, "Why Do I Still Suck?" My sense of the answer is, "Because you are not playing the melodic & harmonic part by ear like you already do rhythmic." Who...

"Why Do I Still Suck?" The importance of rhythmic vocabulary

Phrygian Dominant Add #9

Barney and Herb. Does jazz guitar get any better?

Neck feels sticky

Trying to diagnose playing mistakes...GOING DOWNHILL!

For those still battling nerves when they play live on stage...

New Gibson Custom Shop L-4?

Could a basement guitarist be happy with a Champ?

Yes the ego gets a hit the past few days.

Suggestions for practicing chord melody

"British" speakers

Comping under a melody - how to avoid clashes

Gibson 175 through helix grammatico clean tones

The Nine-Note Scale.