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Help me find Rattle on archtop

Slaman Super 400 with CC pickup

Genzler Acoustic Array Pro vs Henriksen Bud 10

1967 Gibson ES-335

What beats an L5?

I'm not sure why you feel the need to scoff at people practising something which they might not have a career in. It seems to me that in doing this, you're scoffing by extension at the many people...

Analysing jazz vocabulary

Benedetto buys pickups from Seymour Duncan, AFAIK. I'm sure they don't wind their own pickups.

Armstrong or SD Benedetto S-6

I've just recently got my first hollowbody, and I set the neck pickup for 4/64ths on the treble side, and 6/64ths on the bass side. Gibson specs, and seems to work well. On the solid bodys the neck...

Humbucher height?

Just a note on the Wesmo versions sounding better acoustically than the CES versions: When I got my CES last year, I thought it had a very good acoustic sound. A couple of months ago, a customer...

What beats an L5?

The Bud 6 is not in the same league as the AA Pro for fullness and range.

Genzler Acoustic Array Pro vs Henriksen Bud 10

There's also a natural slide in the use of notes. For example, using the major seventh as part of a melody was common in the 1920s, but you wouldn't hear it in a comping chord until much later. ...

Analysing jazz vocabulary

My parents said college would ruin me. I'll never be respected in academia or the music business no matter how much experience I have. They had strong feelings about it.

For those who went to music school, was it worth it?

Of course not. I would never call it a wrong note. A inside note played haltingingly is a wrong note. But I brought it up because …. Which makes one think you’re a little more hard line on the...

Analysing jazz vocabulary

right. So this it, right. Analyzing based on the color of the note against the chord isn’t terribly productive because its rhythm and articulation that make it colorful or not.

Analysing jazz vocabulary

I may have done, I can't remember now :-) It depends entirely on the context. I'd say that's the bottom line. Done skilfully it can sound terrific. But I wouldn't call that a wrong note, or notes....

Analysing jazz vocabulary

Rim wood :smile-new:

The New Campellone fall batch

My fault, I thought you meant the chord D over C, not just the note. So, D on C. Then it's C add 9 or CM9 if the C was CM7. I'd still say colorful to a musical ear. But you didn't say whether it's...

Analysing jazz vocabulary

I have a PhD from St. Tropez University in Osaka. I'm a labor relations consultant. On a personal note, I'm in the world's worst techno band.

For those who went to music school, was it worth it?

It occurs to me that you might have read that as a “D chord,” but the same still applies.

Analysing jazz vocabulary

Being a club musician takes dedication. Everything is about networking no matter where you're at in music. You have to pay your dues in clubs. A guy I worked with in Osaka in the mid 80's went solo...

For those who went to music school, was it worth it?

Analyzing

For those who went to music school, was it worth it?

Biting the bullet on an ES-175

Analysing jazz vocabulary

What beats an L5?

Came up with an epic tip for improv

No more Gibson archtops ?

Developing your own style/sound

Thumb pain

Groove comes and goes..

On Wes and improvisation (Octaves content)

Crazy Assholes--Don't Be A Dick

Stage setups for larger venues