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Just making it up as you go along.

Recommendations for small solid state amp....

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I play the a section more or less like this one is written I think

Bebop heads - Scrapple From the Apple

Are you actually debating in good faith here? I often find myself wondering that when I read or hear things said by the more intelligent Republicans. You say you practiced law for many years, so you...

The US Presidential Debate

One of my favourite musicians. I'm sure he's been mentioned here a lot. The Mosaic box set with Bickert is outstanding.

Paul Desmond

Are you saying the pullout from Afghanistan did not affect US citizens including the ones we abandoned there?

The US Presidential Debate

Got the stinger done - as usual for this repair, I have to make the stinger longer to cover the extended rear veneer. In the close-up shot, you can see that flexible pin-striping tape is used to...

L-5 Repair by Mark Campellone

He also had an extensive knowledge of music and would throw quotes from all kinds of music into his improvisations. He once told an interviewer that he wanted to make the saxophone sound like a dry...

Paul Desmond

All Catholics are flawed, it's part of the religion (I come from a Catholic family- so deeply Catholic they finally went "traditional": pre-Vatican II). All people are flawed. Including all...

The US Presidential Debate

Oh wait... you're not an American citizen? Then NULL/VOID, you have no place in this conversation, your opinion is irrelevant.

The US Presidential Debate

Wow, pulling out of Afghanistan vs. the interest of US citizens (no matter what it meant to citizens of the country itself) and anti-abortionism (seriously, from someone with the intelligence to play...

The US Presidential Debate

Beautiful thing about Desmond is that his playing is this wonderful marriage of purely improvised melodic lines AND licks. So many young players think it has to be one or the other...

Paul Desmond

Well, one thing you can do is vote… If you live in one of the handful of swing districts where your vote could possibly matter. Did I say vote? Whoops. I meant ballot. Where generating ballots could...

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I feel like I'm in the passenger seat of a car colliding with a bridge abutment. The right front headlight has broken, the fender has started to bend, I've been able to see what's coming for some...

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Note sequence measure 2: RB: E-C-Bb-A This one: G-C-Bb-A Measure 3: RB: Bb-F-D-C-Bb-A-F-G-Db This one: Bb-F-D-Bb-G-A-F#-G-Db There may be other discrepancies but haven't gone further to...

Bebop heads - Scrapple From the Apple

The day I discovered the influence of high-end bridges on the tone of my guitars (viceversa the tonesucking effect of cheap hardware).

What Do You Consider the Biggest Improvement in Guitar/Gear in Your Lifetime?

I have the Hall box set. It's great. Still looking for the Bickert box set.

Paul Desmond

The US Presidential Debate

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

All of Me - A7 on measure #28 (9th?)

Anything that speaks against stainless steel frets?

Transposing woes

Can you show me your 1x8" guitar amp?

Is this an overlooked part of Metheny's sound?

Summer of Rhythm … Changes?

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

What Do You Consider the Biggest Improvement in Guitar/Gear in Your Lifetime?

More affordable alternatives to the Gibson L-5 and ES-175?

Good guitar tone for electric bossa nova