The Songs

Maya 175 opinions

Moody AF

Hendrik Meurkens (warning: harmonica content)

Shoko Nagai plays the piano

Falling Grace by the Mick Goodrick Trio

Don’t make me feel old, oh wait….

Giant Steps

How to do it? Just do it, I suppose! I would think that starting out 30 minutes might be a lot. I'm going to try it. I think you'll find yourself repeating yourself a lot at the beginning...that's...

I'm doing the Monk

Wes's sound came much more from the playing with his thumb than from the gear he used, and in fact a lot of his recordings were done with an L5 with P90s (e.g., the early organ trio albums). P90s...

Help me buy a hollowback

Thanks for quick reply! Now (event after reduction) the price is approx. $1000. It still seems to be too much (you know, I do not need the guitar :)). I like the wooden bridge (not TOM), by the way.

Maya 175 opinions

Catch me sounds like the 175 to me. The precussive (dare I say it) thunk seems evident to my ears.

The dilemma of Fender guitars

Hi. I used to own one of these. Very good copy of the later ES175s. Well built. Good sound and playability, versatile, but not great acoustically. I advertised mine at £650 and sold it for about...

Maya 175 opinions

What ever gave you that idea? Pat Metheny has received 38 Grammy nominations and won 20 Grammy Awards, 20 Grammys playing INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ. That's unheard of, that's HUGE. Even the great George...

Out of Nowhere

For JP, I think it's obvious that the solidbodies were a compromise, but for many they're an affirmative choice, not settling. I don't know whether JP ever did a jazz recording with a solidbody once...

The dilemma of Fender guitars

Hi guys, Maya ES-175, a 43 years old japan instrument appeared in my area. I haven't checked it yet, but it is in flawless and original condition reportedly. What is the reasonable price, please?...

Maya 175 opinions

I was there on and off for quite a while. I'm pretty sure I found out about jazzguitar.be from posts there.

Is the Forum getting old and tired - or is it just me?

Mattel "Tiger" Guitar all the way. My first guitar, and it was an archtop!

The dilemma of Fender guitars

Thats kind of an unusual characterization of classical music too. Until pretty late, they avoided that augmented second like the plague, even when they were using the notes themselves. You’d know...

Is minor "home" (Im) dorian, melodic, neither?

“The harmonic minor scale, prevalent in classical and folk music, is often mentioned in theory books as “the scale played over a minor II-V-I.” If that were true, you’d hear the great players playing...

Is minor "home" (Im) dorian, melodic, neither?

I think he actually gives an example of Bud Powell using it later on in the book.

Is minor "home" (Im) dorian, melodic, neither?

when soloing on Corcovado I used to emphasise that Fo to F change then i tried playing F stuff over that change and it works fine (and is less clunky)

Diminished function …. I wish I knew ….

Is minor "home" (Im) dorian, melodic, neither?

Is the Forum getting old and tired - or is it just me?

Diminished function …. I wish I knew ….

Now that we have been at this google "best amp" thing for a cope decades

How do you practice phrasing?

Marchione Guitars

Making it in the Small Time.. To Gig or Not to Gig

Shapes vs Notes

The dilemma of Fender guitars

Some Martin Taylor appreciation - and a wish

help?

Neat trick when setting up vintage ES-175 (and other) wooden bridges

Don't think that you can play bass just because you're a good guitar player