The Players

Pleasantly surprised at the Katana 50 for a clean...

Pürbach 14 (Andy Bartosh)

Humbucker partscaster tele - get your Ed Bickert...

1983 Epiphone Emperor F

Stan Getz - The Best of Two Worlds

Pretty close to Jimmy Rainey’s story. He said there was a bar in the South loop that let them play bebop on Sundays.

New Joe Diorio video

I know the guitar well. Here's a bit of the back story. Once upon a time, Heritage was new and trying to penetrate the market. The builders were all experienced in their craft. JP Moats was the...

Incoming or better going to get

I love Joe too. I remember this in an interview, roughly: "I learned how to play jazz in small coffee houses and clubs. They're all gone. We're screwed man!! How's a kid gonna learn how to play now?"...

New Joe Diorio video

We miss you Rob!

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

These are standard Jamey Aebersold chord symbols. Take a look at this: https://www.jazzbooks.com/mm5/download/FREE-nomenclature.pdf

Modes arranged in a musical sequence

C-Triangle/F Is a C minor chord with major 7 under F F C Eb G B The /F means play an F note for bass.

Modes arranged in a musical sequence

Oh no. Yeah I can't write that one off with a straight face. I can walk and comp on piano pretty well but I have to work up my 6ths. You know where they play quarter notes in 6ths leading somewhere....

Bebop heads - Scrapple From the Apple

Don’t forget rhythm guitar. :smile-new: I really like it. The forum feels revitalized to me.

Bebop heads - Scrapple From the Apple

Has anyone untangled the symbology?

Modes arranged in a musical sequence

also try Bbo type stuff there

All of Me - A7 on measure #28 (9th?)

And here's a few examples - Ellis Regina and Toots T https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtGMDmjk6EA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeW30piyJcE !!

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

Congrats! That is a beautiful instrument.

1933-34 Gibson L-12

Whatever tone he eventually settles upon just needs to be full and clear / clean. But some of those examples were ?? ( trying to be nice here ) Bossa Nova, samba, Latin - - that music is...

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

It's much more about playing with your fingers, and playing in the right groove rhythmically. Fingers take the edge off of round wounds, flats might even be too dull in some cases. To some folks....

Good guitar tone for electric bossanova

Imo, assuming you're not worrying about clashing with the melody, you just have to experiment with different extensions and color tone / chromaticism systems to get a sense of how they all sound and...

All of Me - A7 on measure #28 (9th?)

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

Campellone PSA

Time After Time - Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold - Tune #2

What did early Jazz guitarists in America play live pre-swing era?

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 3) - Straight No Chaser

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

L-5 Repair by Mark Campellone

How bad is this?

Learning to play with a singer

I don't know how to go about learning jazz anymore

In-ear Monitors for a Big Band