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Pole piece screw position question

Semi Hollow Guitar Around 3000

Body and Soul at a local session

Finger Tailpiece?

1970’s Goya (Aria Pro II) GE-500 L-5CES Copy MIJ

If you want to become a great player/performer, I think it's essential to be a part of a like-minded and challenging community because the state of the art is advancing constantly. I think this is...

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

Someone has reversed the position on the guitar in the first photo. Yes, it does have some effect, but it's subtle. It gives individual volume adjustment and that adjustment will have more of a...

Pole piece screw position question

Here's a fun little thing that I did last year based on quartal harmony.

The Autumn of Solo Guitar 2024

Quick question. I love the sound of the pick-ups on my Ibanez AFJ85 while the pick-ups on my Ibanez AS93 are more high gain. While I know that the two pick-ups are different I also noticed that...

Pole piece screw position question

This one is for the common fingering that puts the tonic on the same fret for strings 1 and 6. Each of the three fingers has six places (representing the strings where parentheses indicate two...

three fingers technique

No, it goes a little deeper than that. Here is one description of the song (which features a choir of baritones-very Russian sounding): Interesting mid-20th century take on the Soviet situation....

Scott Walker- What planet did he beam in from?

The old "pop music with weird lyrics" genre, which first reared it's peculiar head back in the 60's, with songs like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=670YMraVnyk

Scott Walker- What planet did he beam in from?

Thanks, I guess Gibson is sourcing these parts somewhere (most likely Korea) as they certainly don't make them themselves and the quality is just downright poor.

Help! 8 year old Gibson ES-275 with busted tailpiece

I hope you post frequently about your learning journey.

Learning guitar as second instrument

If you have a source for one online, I would be interested, however, I have not been able to find one myself. There are loads of ES175 zig zag tailpieces, but they will not fit this ES275. Let me...

Help! 8 year old Gibson ES-275 with busted tailpiece

I’m currently in New York studying Jazz and I’m trying to find a high quality semi hollow guitar. Handmade by a notable luthier (Moffa, Victor Baker, Westville etc.) would be cool but isn’t a make or...

Semi Hollow Guitar Around 3000

Fingers tailpiece: -Mechanically complex. -Leaks energy like crazy due to its many hinges and mechanically connected bits. -Heavy chunk of bell brass (if it's an ABM - I don't know the metallurgy...

Finger Tailpiece?

This song scares the hell out of me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-zgdGQB4S4

Scott Walker- What planet did he beam in from?

Thanks for pointing me to that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAB4TlCj8Ms

Andy Summers Plays Jazz

sounds good. I also played with a piano tonight. We did Blue Moon as a ballad. Body and Soul is another staple I need to learn.

Body and Soul at a local session

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

What beats an L5?

Analysing jazz vocabulary

Getting hung up on rhythms when transcribing

The New Campellone fall batch

Emily Remler

Developing your own style/sound

Stage setups for larger venues

Thumb pain

Shape of jazz to come/that's here

The Notated Lick Compendium.

Rediscovering my lost passion for guitar

Like-New Gibson ES-335s