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McCoy Tyner style asymetrical pentatonic sequence...

2 new & excellent Jazz Comping Truefire...

Sound ports?

"Gibson" Gold Trapeze Tailpiece from...

Tour of Gibson Custom Shop

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...

Grant Green - Moon River Solo Transcription

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...

Grant Green - Moon River Solo Transcription

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...

Anyone handled the new Epis?

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...

"Why Do The World's Best Guitarists Play On the Round Corner?"

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...

Grant Green - Moon River Solo Transcription

Well it’s a thing I was told, so … but the guy who told me SHREDS Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

"Why Do The World's Best Guitarists Play On the Round Corner?"

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...

How do you feel about modelers?

I mean quite a few of us do after a fashion… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Why in jazz are the raised 6th and 7th notes retained for descending the melodic min?

Topic aside, Rich's tone is to die for.

Shipping Catastrophe

Look at the given name of the poster in #11 above.

Why in jazz are the raised 6th and 7th notes retained for descending the melodic min?

It's funny, when I hung with the local "gypsy jazz" crowd I found the better players often (not always, but surprisingly often) used simple cheap picks (1.5 and 2mm Dunlops were a hit)...and yes,...

"Why Do The World's Best Guitarists Play On the Round Corner?"

McCoy Tyner style asymetrical pentatonic sequence over Bb7 Alt, with 4ths and forward motion This is the 3rd installment of asymetrical pentatonics. This time over Bb7Alt using B Melodic minor,...

McCoy Tyner style asymetrical pentatonic sequence over Bb7 Alt, 4ths, forward motion

I mean a lot of guitar music doesn’t work in position either… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

Maybe? I don't know if I could give you a single concrete reason, but I know that as soon as I stopped reading them in position and started learning them by ear it suddenly got much easier from a...

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

I still have one stamped Mar 10 1970. Also several vintage RC1000 and FHC. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In search of: Original DeArmond RC 1100

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

Heritage now offering the H-575 as part of their Core Collection Series

Incoming 1968 Gibson Johnny Smith

Inversions

Aint Misbehavin chord meldy theory help

Benedetto Bravo Deluxe or Gibson WesMo Crimson

Grant Green, What is This Thing

Help, this theory question is blowing my mind

Cantalope Island 1996 Gibson L4CES vs 2016 Yamaha SA2200, which do you like?

15" v. 16" archtop

2012 Gibson ES-175 thoughts

Playing live and getting the best sound from the guitar

Holy ****, my (musical) ears are bad