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Jeff Arnold Favorite Standards Study group

High end luthiers and pickups

Why do strings eventually sound dead?

In search of: Heritage H-525

Setup for Ibanez AF 55

Great. I use mine daily. Have had it for almost a year now, and the other cushions have gone to the trash. I did modify the foam pad inside to make the guitar sit more comfortably, at the angle I...

Cheaper and perhaps better alternative to Dynarette cushion?

I have two of Nelson Faria's books. Brazilian Guitar Styles is the best guitar book I ever used. He breaks it all down and then brings it up to the level of some terrific stuff transcribed from...

Two simple samba comping patterns for guitar that allow you to stay out of the way

Bwahahahaha Tbh when I see that I just translate into ‘alt’ - which is probably not best practice in all situations lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

Grant Green “Feelin’ the Spirit” https://youtu.be/1dxWKW1GGdM?si=1zFdx9j2I4w7U2oF

Your Number 1 Favorite Jazz Album

I would not buy one of them either except a fire sale, but at least his company makes them here not overseas.

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

That is what I was doing, between the nut and the first fret. I'll have to take it back to my office where the guitar is in try between the 1st and 2nd frets. Thanks.

Stew Mac notched straight edge doesn't fit Eastman

There's a few Barney Kessel/Julie London songs that strongly remind me of James Bond songs... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCGNYJOrebA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrt9F_wWUos

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

Hey Jimmy Smith..(ahh gone but not forgotten) live the dream offline too..

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

I've been saying this for at least 25 years. If the audience needs earplugs because the band is so damn loud, then you don't actually care about tone.

High end luthiers and pickups

1. List of Classical music genres….Wikipedia 2. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences/The Oscars 3. rateyourmusic.com 4. Tim Smith(author) “The NPR Curious Listeners Guide to...

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

ok, don't tell that to Brazilian musicians lol... they like their shit simple, harmonically for sure. Rhythmically there are SOME variations but nothing drastic. Samba is fun music played for...

Two simple samba comping patterns for guitar that allow you to stay out of the way

Got it. You should probably be aware by this point, though, that your vocabulary is extremely idiosyncratic. Like I’ve never heard anyone else use it, before. So people using a different vocabulary...

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

I need to look up Koll and antihums! Unless you can tell me something about the pickups. When you say there was no guesswork do you mean you knew the antihums were what was needed in the Koll?

High end luthiers and pickups

Fully aware of that, and if you read my 1st reply I noted that we were talking pedal power. Cheers!

Playing guitar with a broken clavicle

This thread prompted me to get my 55 from the back of the cupboard. I barely use it! It has Chrome 12s which feel about right. I noticed the neck had quite a bit of relief so dug out a 4mm allen...

Setup for Ibanez AF 55

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

Chord melody problem

Buying guitars as an investment

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

naming chords?

New ways to practice scales/making music out of scales

Sadowsky Ends Archtop Production

Would like some advice on improving reading from Real Book

Bebop Technique

notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords

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

What's The Answer?

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