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Bobby's keys to sounding good

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Blues Medley: BB King, James Brown, Bobby "Blue"...

Reasomax archtop bridge.

Seeking a "thinner" hollow body

1. Play soundly 2. Get into it 3. Decide how you want to represent yourself This came to me from analyzing why I thought some of my playing sounded bad. The exact opposite of those points lol. ...

Bobby's keys to sounding good

I’m down to two - equally beautiful to me. Benedetto Cremona and Wilkie Red Dragonfly. AKA

The best LOOKING guitar you own......

if I am actually seeing what I think I am seeing on the Gibson schematic, there appears to be an inductor, which probably serves as the mid cut. The effect would be essentially like removing windings...

Ibanez Howard Roberts 70s HELP!

Drop 2 and 4 chords are not hard at all. 5163 is just a barre: the M3 is 2 frets up from the barre; the m3 is just 1 fret up from a barre. 1536 is a very conventional shape. It’s just...

6th Diminished - Thomas Echols

You can't say a person!

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Non-traditional yes, but might just be a good substitute for low $ comparatively. Ebony seems a tough item to find and if you do it will cost.

Reasomax archtop bridge.

Monk.

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Hey. Thought about the thread about tradition vs. originality. But what about "unique" in jazz. Comes from jazz, be recognized as jazz. But became a thing of it's own. It is vague, I know....

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Scale length of the Pat Metheny PM3C is 24¾. Perhaps an Ibanez GB10SE? Or an Ibanez GB10EM? These models have a 14½" lower bout.

Seeking a "thinner" hollow body

Thanks MG, this is something that I'm likely capable of doing myself. I'll try this fix this week, Thankyou so much!

Ibanez Howard Roberts 70s HELP!

Well that's a bit defensive. My apolagies. Never ment to disregard you. I see my reply is a bit odd. I was reading two topics at the same time. Must have mixed them up. No need to get irritated....

Old Ibanez new Pots?

It’s obviously a non-traditional material, but I’ve tried Resomax bridges on a couple of guitars with bridges that were completely shot or of bad quality. I’ve gotten some great results with them...

Reasomax archtop bridge.

Blues Medley: BB King, James Brown, Bobby "Blue" Bland

I've always changed a tuneomatic bridge top with wood and prefered the sound. The tuneomatic does sustain better, but has a metal ping, and less depth of sound to my ears. In the past I was able to...

Reasomax archtop bridge.

If you play like Johnny Smith with spread voicings, you cannot even think of a barre chord. Funny his arrangements are not so complicated in terms of what is going on but when you physically play...

Chord melody technique: do you keep a first finger bar position by default?

The official mad-at-JC thread

What is your primary reference for practicing improvisation?

6th Diminished - Thomas Echols

The best LOOKING guitar you own......

Experimental/free etc music

One octave scales - VIDEO

Talk me out of buying a Gibson ES-335

Tonex One vs. TC Combo Deluxe '65

... But does it Jazz ??

Anyone tried a compensated nut?

12 Hour Practice - Thoughts?

What Archtop Guitars have no binding?

Transcribing melodies vs solos