I’m currently working with this luthier in PA, and he has been a pleasure to do business with. He has started making archtops and I just wanted to share his information as his prices are great for completely solid wood guitars (archtops are starting at 4k, but i’m sure that will go up as he gets more notoriety).
He’s been very open to customization, and I’m about to commission a 14” archtop with
-Solid spruce top, cut thinner for better acoustic response
-curly maple back and sides
-rosewood binding
-ebony board
-Customized inlays
-X bracing
-Customized f holes
CQ CQ
When the internet is crippled, ham operators have been an important part of emergency communications as has been proven.
Who can still communicate in Morse code? Early coders, ha ha.
Hi folks, I'm working on rhythm changes recently. How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars?
Some article says it's a modal interchange and the Bb7 and Ebm7 come from the Bb Mixolydian and Bb...
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Pawlowski.
I’m not shure how improvising could mean not to follow the progressions.
I guess my first post left the impression that I have no clue of what I’m doing,
The FG style is well...
Nothing under the fingerrest (brace)?
I for one made a foam buffer that slips under and over that brace right up against the fingerrest that I put in place whenever I take my archtop out in its...
I think that's what you're hearing somehow but that's not what he's doing.
He's playing chords and following the progressions. He's not improvising anything.
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I find it handy to keep me first finger on the C note, 8th fret, high E string, when changing from Am7/G to F#m7b5.
Isolated practise indeed but we'll get there. shreddin'
Hi!
At the beginning of this video I play a single note solo over the "ALL OF ME" chord progression. I try to follow the changes using arpeggios,the harmonic minor scale and chromatic approaches.
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Mick-7
What I mean:
If you distill the FG style down to the most audible, it’s the constant movement on the D string. Mostly going to primary chord tones. There is of course a lot more to his...
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How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of...
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