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If I could afford another, this would be very tempting!
This sounds good. You've inspired me to use HHTM for my next vid.
I've seen the Charlton Johnson book, I remember it as being quite good. The Ranger Doug book is also very good. The video...not so much...I guess he's getting at what to teach a young beginner for...
The higher end Tokais are great guitars. They are very much copies of the Gibson 335, not interpretations of the 355 like a lot of maple necked/ebony boarded Japanese guitars. Mine happens to be a...
LOL - perhaps... did not know George was a player... perhaps just a collector ??
Is it not kind of a natural thing? one… two… ah one two three four
There are too many sources to list regarding basic to advanced blues and jazz blues studies in books.. the amount of recordings of jazz greats playing straight ahead blues and blues flavored tunes...
My L4-CES sounded glorious in our old Classic 20. Wish we had kept it. Wonder if the new ones would sound as good.
Just a bit of encouragement. Many think EQ controls on amps are adequate. When, in fact, they are almost always awful. A good EQ pedal may be the single most important piece of gear you can run...
Forum member Pamos recommended the book Black Music by Leroi Jones, which I have been enjoying. Reading his interview with Don Cherry I came across this jarring bit on improvisation guru Lennie...
in '64 an L-5CES was around $800, approx 8K today. by the time Wes got his 2 custom L-5's he was a Gibson endorser and didn't pay for them.
Just came across this: https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/reviews/peavey-classic-20 I had a Classic 30 that I liked, just too big and loud for home use. This looks like a pretty good amp,...
I've never even heard of this book, and signed by the master! :cool: I see that it is out of print, but free copies of it can be found online, I will post one (I can do that because it is out of...
To pile onto what others are saying here, people really don't learn blues soloing from books. People learn from listening and copying from both the "blues blues" and "jazz blues" traditions. I'd...
Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano
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