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2012 Gibson CS ES-339 Sunburst

Playing guitar with a broken clavicle

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

Wynton vs Herbie 1985

Brazilian Rosewood and CITES

I don’t know man. Dreams like that are usually more dangerous and expensive. Those types have been known to physically/mentally/financially bankrupt the dreamer. As been said though, shooters gotta...

Show Off Your Main Squeeze! Post a pic of the guitar you consider “the One.”

The Spaghetti Western probably is a genre but the movies should be confused with their themes. Film music per se is not actually a genre.

Can you call the music for J.Bond movies a genre?

Winner! Winner! Chicken dinner! That is a stunner. Mr. Mark Campellone is my favorite archtop luthier. Thanks for contributing.

Show Off Your Main Squeeze! Post a pic of the guitar you consider “the One.”

Dream squeeze lol

Show Off Your Main Squeeze! Post a pic of the guitar you consider “the One.”

Do you mean people with no real chops or understanding? The noise for the noise crowd? There are quite a few in the scene. Unfortunately, I think all art has its share of posers.

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

There is a lot to agree with here. I don’t know if it should be called “free jazz” or just “free music” now. “Free” music has become a big melting pot of many genres. Jazz, acoustic, industrial,...

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

I'll keep an eye out, but they don't come up here (Atlanta) very often if at all. Not the kind of expenditure I can make without playing one. As for the sound, obviously I can't go by the GB10SE I...

Some thoughts on Ibanez GB10SE

Show Off Your Main Squeeze! Post a pic of the guitar you consider “the One.”

I think it’s interesting and some of it is extremely moving (Matana Roberts). Other examples of it can be alienating. I used to appreciate it more but have felt burned out it due to a sense that...

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

Yea Tal... and then you start organizing the harmonic references. The note collections, scales, arpeggios, embellishments, Licks all melodic vocabulary..... change with different Harmonic...

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

Sort of. I take your point, but I’m thinking more about the ornaments than the notes they’re decorating. That’s where a lot of the vibe lives. But yeah. Next phase would be taking that E min triad...

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

Hi, Selling my 2012 CS Gibson ES-339 has larger ‘ 59 Neck Shape very comfortable and round. Professionally re fretted , Manluis PAF’s, Landmark neck Hot Rod 59 bridge pickups, Sperzel locking...

2012 Gibson CS ES-339 Sunburst

Yes, it's an old post, but for those who are concerned about losing the haunting mids if they change saddles, there is an answer:

Titanium saddles

Jim that hadn’t even crossed my mind. Sounds like good advice! I once had a fantasy to restart Harptone cases but it turns out, they never went away.

Making A Laminate Jazz Guitar: Episode 1: Buying Wood For Veneers

It’s the bleats and the growls! Kandinsky knows all the keys through C8.

Avant-Garde Music and Art. Discussions?

Show Off Your Main Squeeze! Post a pic of the guitar you consider “the One.”

Chord melody problem

Buying guitars as an investment

naming chords?

Can you call the music for J.Bond movies a genre?

Would like some advice on improving reading from Real Book

Bebop Technique

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

What's The Answer?

A sign of the times - they can’t give this away…

What is the best Scale System to use when reading music?