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Barney Kessel sketch

G string buzzing but adjacent strings don't. Any...

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Absolutely! My “big” amp is a Quilter OD202 head, for which I have both a 10” and a 12” Block Dock. In the 12, it’s the equal of my original “before there were Marks” Boogie and weighs about 22...

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Nice job building that solo - and by everyone.

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Henriksen has a 30-day trial period. If you don't like it, you can return it for a full refund. Also, there's a few youtube channels that have a link for a 5% discount. I believe Rich Severson's...

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Skip, you are turning 80. Enjoy life, it is later than you think. If you want to try the Henriksen, buy one. If you do not like it (unlikely), it will resell quite easily with little loss to you....

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I have owned a Dupont Stimer reissue and a vintage Stimer. They are not the same.

New Selmer Guitars?

the L4C is very fine and it's size and weight are part of that. I have a 1959 with a D'Armond pup and it has the richest tone of any of my guitars. Oh....it's a sunburst.

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And if anyone thinks this guy doesn't know what he's talking about, he does. Take note!

If you have to play fast to sound good, you are using speed to cover up other flaws i

Nicely played. Good band, quality stuff. Excellent :-)

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Don't know if anyone's interested in this any more. Probably not. I know the OP posted the thread and disappeared. But he's religious so he's excused. Not for the right reasons, though. This is a...

Cmaj7 to C#dim7th

From a recent gig with a quintet. No amp :smile-new:

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usually if you can play fast you can always scale back to play slow, it's just a matter of taste and mindset. But if you can't play fast it's a phisycal limitation and you have to default to playing...

If you have to play fast to sound good, you are using speed to cover up other flaws i

In my early days I wanted to be able to play fast flowing Charlie Parker lines, then an early Mentor pulled me aside and said " I really like your playing , but if you played 1/4 as many notes I...

If you have to play fast to sound good, you are using speed to cover up other flaws i

A few weeks ago I would have voted, from these choices, L-5C reflecting my excellent L-5 CT Acoustic, Hutchins-era. But then I happened upon a 2018 Crimson Shop Super 400C Acoustic. No electronics...

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IMHO the Super 400 CES is the clear winner in terms of sound, it’s an ideal thing. Size-wise, it fatigues my picking arm and shoulder so I use it for recording but I find it hard to play for long...

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From a post I wrote in an old thread: "...according to emails I received directly from Rotosound when their Top Tapes were being discussed on the forum a few years back (around here somewhere), the...

Martin Retro "Monel" strings?

Will good jazz schools accept a thumb player?

How good or how bad are we, really?

How many watts for an outdoor gig?

John Scofield on Gibson

If you have to play fast to sound good, you are using speed to cover up other flaws i

A minor and add 11

How to promote yourself and social media etc :)

Have You Met Miss Jones and the rest of Virtuoso by Joe Pass

Carved top thicknesses for an optimum acoustic tone?

Archtop guitar auction, June 2025.

Micro PA?

Used my new Holst guitar for my new album, first single just dropped

I hear 3 kinds of "time"...