The Songs

McCoy Tyner style asymetrical pentatonic sequence...

2 new & excellent Jazz Comping Truefire...

Sound ports?

"Gibson" Gold Trapeze Tailpiece from...

Tour of Gibson Custom Shop

by the way, I have a kiesel with synthetic fingerboard. It's very stiff. Much stiffer than ebony. The truss rod functions properly on that instrument.

2012 Gibson ES-175 thoughts

Having owned both, I thought the DV Mark Little Jazz added a certain color and compression to the tone regardless of what guitar you are using, or even where the tone controls are set somewhat. To...

DV Mark Little Jazz

Regarding necks with no truss rod... My dad bought a carbon fiber steinberger in the '80s. The salesman (Chuck Levins, Wheaton, MD) demonstrated it's sturdiness by swinging it from the neck and...

2012 Gibson ES-175 thoughts

Lots of good stuff in Pizzarelli's A Train solo. Thanks for posting this.

2 new & excellent Jazz Comping Truefire courses

Transcribing is something that I really love and I really enjoy! I feel more comfortable learning and transcribing than writing, probably because when I was student at conservatory I had a lot of...

Grant Green - Moon River Solo Transcription

It's always a little bit tricky to write the transcription properly, for many reasons but principal rhythm and ornamentations...! I feel always more comfortable learning by ear the solos than...

Grant Green - Moon River Solo Transcription

The headstock that Gibson put on the later Epis is what looks wrong to me. The original Epi headstock was known as the moustache, not open book, because it's subtly different, a little more of a...

Anyone handled the new Epis?

After years of messing around with picks of all materials and prices I have come to the conclusion that the 1.5mm - 2mm tortex is best for most things. 0.75 for (American style) rhythm. Birelli...

"Why Do The World's Best Guitarists Play On the Round Corner?"

Hey Allan, You're welcome! Transcribing is a great exercise, I think that sometimes is great to transcribe a full solo to understand the style of a musicians or to understand the melodic mouvements...

Grant Green - Moon River Solo Transcription

Well it’s a thing I was told, so … but the guy who told me SHREDS Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

"Why Do The World's Best Guitarists Play On the Round Corner?"

I agree, I think I would love a FM3 where I could get all the amps, and effects with great sounding default settings, fast and simple to do common simple tweaks, but also the option to more advanced...

How do you feel about modelers?

I mean quite a few of us do after a fashion… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Why in jazz are the raised 6th and 7th notes retained for descending the melodic min?

Topic aside, Rich's tone is to die for.

Shipping Catastrophe

Look at the given name of the poster in #11 above.

Why in jazz are the raised 6th and 7th notes retained for descending the melodic min?

It's funny, when I hung with the local "gypsy jazz" crowd I found the better players often (not always, but surprisingly often) used simple cheap picks (1.5 and 2mm Dunlops were a hit)...and yes,...

"Why Do The World's Best Guitarists Play On the Round Corner?"

Bebop heads: Donna Lee

Heritage now offering the H-575 as part of their Core Collection Series

Incoming 1968 Gibson Johnny Smith

Inversions

Aint Misbehavin chord meldy theory help

Benedetto Bravo Deluxe or Gibson WesMo Crimson

Grant Green, What is This Thing

Help, this theory question is blowing my mind

Cantalope Island 1996 Gibson L4CES vs 2016 Yamaha SA2200, which do you like?

15" v. 16" archtop

2012 Gibson ES-175 thoughts

Playing live and getting the best sound from the guitar

Holy ****, my (musical) ears are bad