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This book purports to be dedicated to the Freddie Green style of comping. Swing and Big Band Guitar: Four-To-The Bar Comping in the Style of Freddie Green: Swing and Big Band Guitar book -...
If I could afford them I'm happy to take the risk. They are particularly nice to have and play!
The question was just out of interest. I personally would rather an old Gibson even though they are tough to find over here in UK, much more expensive than in the US and what with very few sellers...
True, but a bandstand education is simply not available to most aspiring jazz musicians. Books, YouTube videos, jazz camps, college programs in jazz performance, etc., are the replacement for being...
Is there a standard way to do this? 4 half notes? 8 quarters?
There are parallels, but I don't think they're the same. To be able to do them you need the same type of study and tools but then they don't express the same things. You can't communicate literal...
I can’t imagine it would sound much different since they are the same….. slap on some Thomastik flatwounds and a 330/Casino turns into a jazz monster! Btw, I changed the saddles on my DIY...
Music and language have different purposes. Questions and answers in music are not real. No information is broadcast or received.
Gibson guitars from the golden age of archtop building are old. They are expensive, and insurance premiums are going up. Their parts will wear out; replacements might be expensive. They might be...
The higher wattage CUBE amps can develop buzzing/vibration between the amp chassis and cabinet. Roland puts rubberized tape on the chassis edge that makes contact with the cabinet. If the mounting...
Tried 2 strings. Probably not making any more videos this week. Company coming tomorrow and 2 gigs this week. Back to repertoire. I’ll have to relearn and wrap up Donna Lee next week. ...
If I am working on comping, I will pick any comping phrase from a recording, then play throughout the whole tune keeping that rhythm and adjusting the chords. Then rinse and repeat choosing another...
Actually, not a huge difference. Of course the humbucker is louder amplified with more sustain and deeper lows. Unplugged the floater is maybe a tad louder but not by much. Being a Gibson guy I...
Thanks! That’s a good description of the sound quality this instrument produces.
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