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pauln program

a script for a comic jazz session bit.

Music from my Mustang ... Is there anything left...

5 over 4 legato diminished, synthetic pentatonic...

"strive" - dublorenzo

I mean, in my opinion, the greatest guitarist to ever play jazz played that way, so...good company. I'm gonna try it!

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

Archie! That is crazy bro! I am proud of you man. You had a vision and put a tremendous amount time and money into this. I sincerely hope you make it big. Plus, you have one of those voices that...

Family Reunited After 33 Years.

Currently enjoying working on a Richard Charlton piece, Black Cockatoo Flying Alone, but I've also enjoyed working on a few pieces by William Bay already, and others by Annette Kruisbrink. Yes, I...

Linnemann - The Ring Of Kerry

Reference podcasts from the Economist. And Google. Thing is.. who and what are you going to believe? Your government will tell you which countries are bad and which are good based on their...

Death of USA made guitars

My bad, sorry. I got the videos right but then mixed up the guitars in my mind.

The DeArmond 1000 original vs the 1000 Reissue judge?

Just a progress post. MM. 1-16, about 172 bpm. I played the L5ces through the Fender Tone Master Twin Reverb. I play the section twice, and on the second time on a whim I turned the tone knob all the...

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

The hardware is certainly pristine for being 50 years old, shows no sign of ever being touched, other than very light wear on the neck pickup. The tailpiece and tuners show no wear that I can see,...

Is this a counterfeit L4 CES?

Having a day job and doing music on the side sounds like a good deal, but I don't think there's really a way to balance it that doesn't give music the short end of the deal. I know for me that I...

What not to do on a gig

Thanks Sam, you're too kind. In comparison to making a guitar, this pickguard build was a bit of playtime. As my journey continues, my respect for luthiers (which was already high) and production...

Family Reunited After 33 Years.

I really liked his different sounds on the whole Star Of Jupiter album, but he's going for a compressed fusiony sounds there.

How to replicate the late 90s Kurt Rosenwinkel tone

I love BM but I find these videos unlistenable.

Ben Monder talks Emily

Dagnab! Back in 1982 the guy I was apprenticed to said something about fret-mills that has proven true about everything else: "Sam, the first two hundred are the toughest." You are so well...

Family Reunited After 33 Years.

This is a good era for 175's and a very good price assuming that the guitar needs no work. The tuners have been changed. What else has been changed? If I did not already have three 175's, I...

Inexpensive ES175 Near Sacramento

My impression is that 7alt in a ii V type situation is usually comped without a #11 and with either or both altered 9ths (more commonly the #9 than the b9, or so I think, without really good data on...

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

Do you have evidence for these claims?

Death of USA made guitars

Playing melody in thirds, fourths, etc.

Death of USA made guitars

I just ordered all the Real Books lol

What not to do on a gig

A couple of Guitar Center stories...

FYI: Gibson L-4 HSL4 Light Cherry Burst, 2022

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

Younger guitarists are discovering the joys of having a jazz box. Good!

Any other bakers on here?

Anyone had an archtop Plek'd?

how to fix string alignment

Gibson Thin line Guitar Models

Guitar Center CEO: No serious musician wants $300 guitars