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Music In My Head

Roy Smeck's 1942 Gibson L-5 for sale

Campellone 17” Thin-bodied Archtop

Moving from bedroom to stage...

When my facial hairs began to grow I was beginning to lose my hair but I didn't know it yet. When you notice it, it's too late. I've been shaving my head for more than two decades. Balding is a...

Baldness

Bottom line is wear a hat if you want, be bald like Joe Pass and Jim Hall or wear a hairpiece like Al Dimeola. Be comfortable and play good music. Be appropriate for the venue and don't listen to...

Baldness

Are there jazz guitarists on this Forum?

May 2025 - April in Paris

I was never really a hat person, but after my Dad, may he RIP, got a nasty case of aggressive skin cancer on his head (he was bald from his 30s and he loved being outdoors in the sun, hatless), I...

Baldness

I agree, sounds like it’s time to learn some tunes. And if at all possible, find a jazz jam session, even if it’s a drive, to get some playing experience with others. In a way, jazz is a social...

Music In My Head

If it was good enough for Jim Hall, it's certainly good enough for me. When I was young, I wanted to play guitar so I grew my hair long. Now that I'm old, if I want to play guitar I guess my hair...

Baldness

Sure, ask him why he's still only doing theory after a year and no tunes. Confront him. In fact, you should have brought this up long ago. Ridiculous. Don't be weak, sort it out.

Music In My Head

The pianist is wonderful, he is formally a percussionist (all types of drums, vibes and marimbas). That's a new project, a classic jazz trio (piano, bass and drums). A wonderful meeting, you know...

They are finding a solution

And Ulf.

Baldness

You do it well, I used to wear something only in winter, and nothing in summer. Today my head is weird, it's got two colours, when it happened I thought it was something that would disappear, the...

Baldness

I learned right hand fingerstyle technique mainly from Gene Bertoncini's book "Approaching The Guitar." But when playing I don't really attend to which finger of my right hand is being used- my...

Observations on Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar

Make mine a 16" body please.As for Gibson vs Ibanez vs Eastman - I've never owned an ES-335, but I did have a Heritage H535 (it was pretty decent, and the sound was good, but not better than my old...

Gibson, Eastman, or Ibanez ES-Style Guitar

You might be right, they are tunes I'd never heard about and you can imagine what kind of gig it was. What tune is that ? How many bars ? What is that ? Bossa ? Swing ? Funky ? OK, I will do it the...

Last gig with a drummer I met for the first time

So you are presumably a competent rock, blues and bluegrass guitarist looking to expand your range to jazz. First off, good for you! And you found a teacher- also good for you. But you are right...

Music In My Head

Ahora con su nuevo puente de ébano, suena más cálido...

I found this Ibanez rarity

Will good jazz schools accept a thumb player?

How many watts for an outdoor gig?

If you have to play fast to sound good, you are using speed to cover up other flaws i

A minor and add 11

Have You Met Miss Jones and the rest of Virtuoso by Joe Pass

G string buzzing but adjacent strings don't. Any ideas? (video content)

Tip Me Over The Edge - Henriksen The Bud Six

Epiphone "Blak & Blu" Casino - Worst Neck Joint in the History of Neck...

Being entertaining.

Baldness

Plectrums for acoustic jazz

New Selmer Guitars?

Martin Retro "Monel" strings?