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You don't sound like jazz because you're not playing jazz. Your guitar is not set up for a jazz tone and you're playing these tunes like an acoustic player would. That's not jazz. This is jazz: ...
I currently have three T-style guitars, all cobbled together from parts and with different pickup configurations (SS, HH, HH splittable). Actually, I find seven out of eight pickup positions (one...
Books... Tim Lerch on melodic impro, Randy Vincent cellular approach (if I remember the title correctly)... Personally I never really used any as I feel like for comping (or chordal soloing)...
I think Rouse would purposely play sharp as well..
There is a "ragtime" style of guitar playing associated with musicians like Blind Blake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GDMm5P48wo
Yeah, I love keys. I think I'm fortunate that my ability lies there, piano really. I had to quit guitar (and bass) because of a finger injury. I had a Hammond XK-5 digital organ rig. It was both too...
In simple terms, your playing doesn't swing, it's like you're playing classical music, a Bach chorale or something. Your technique is adequate, your tone is too bright and chimey, as Bobby said, I'm...
You sound like a really good player, you have a lot of stuff already worked out. I can see why you're frustrated, as you've put in the work but it's not sounding like you want it to. Here's my 2...
"However also try to record Jeff's version as that is what this study group is about." I don't plan to change it much, on paper anyway, just add some alternate voicings and/or chord fingerings. I...
Fully understandable for horns to tune to 442. I play only bigband and IMHO it makes no sense when a conductor insists that my guitar and the bass are to be tuned to 442 whilst the E piano is 440,...
Welcome to the forum. No, that's definitely not only due to your technique. I can think of 3 problems. It sounds like there could be some tone suck going on in your signal chain, you've dialed...
Sorry to hear the details Clem. Clearly worse than it sounded at first. Something drizzled on the neck that can't be wiped off.. what the heck is up with that? Let us know when you figure out what...
"Just because a Negro plays Jazz, it doesn't necessarily make him a man"... Surely Tristano could not have meant this in a racist way. Without knowing the context, we can twist this to mean anything....
Glad you kept that one, Jack, I remember you thinking about selling it a while back (recognize the cool fingerboard). I love my GB10, just wish it was the size of a 175. ( I'm 6'4".) Might have...
Shows what looks to be an authentic Sadowsky serial number on the back of the headstock (I have one).... thus, I think the photo is of a legit Jim Hall, which means the real guitar they are offering...
Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the...
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