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Polyrhythms

Gibson Memphis ES-330 2018 w. B7 Bigsby - $4000

When an Elitist is not an Elitist

Circus in Rhythm

Polytone MiniBrute IV

@RJVB wrote “I'd love a Mule Mavis, but I don't play that style enough to justify the cost.” There seem to be more Mavis models in the used market than any other Mule model guitars. I think some...

Anything that speaks against stainless steel frets?

Does anyone here mess with polyrhythms? You could spend a lifetime on this stuff. I woke up early this morning and inspired by the Debussy thread I wrote and recorded this short piece. ...

Polyrhythms

I don't have a pic of just my semis, but these are the two of them with some bystanders. In the middle is my AS-200, which is a fantastic guitar with TI 12s on it. I tried a lot of other strings on...

ES-335 style guitar love thread, no telecasters allowed

Seconded (I'd generalise satanism to religion, though). I didn't really want to get into that on here, but I think that even simply studying written-out partitions can be enrichening.

The Hours of Listening

Can't youtube or Frank just delete the comments?

Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, an ongoing concert and livestream series

Huh? AFAIK wrap wire was always round (or some approximation thereof) until fingernoise became an issue (presumably because of amplification). There may have been an improvement in how perfectly and...

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

@mr. beaumont wrote “if you dabble in jazz because you think it will help with some other style, you will fail. There's no dabbling in jazz.” I disagree with this statement. Players such as Robben...

The Hours of Listening

Yes, I saw the seller's reviews and there is nothing wrong with his Reverb reviews, much less the seller himself. What are you adding to the original question of modifying a MIJ Archtop guitar?...

When an Elitist is not an Elitist

From what I understand that's as much to mute unplayed strings as to keep the string section on the wrong side of the slide from sounding. Would palm muting on a t-bar saddle even work? FWIW, I've...

Anything that speaks against stainless steel frets?

Or you could stand on your head with a banana in your ear :smile-new:

Transposing woes

Hi, I’m the individual selling the guitar. What do you mean by that? FYI, a previous owner made most of the mods (excepted the refret). I’m very picky about playability so that’s why invested...

When an Elitist is not an Elitist

I think my point was that I'm not just talking about casual listeners. (But yes, technical skills can be both physical/mechanical and intellectual.) EDIT: Or just stumble across one of...

The Hours of Listening

I would say desktop amps. Before you needed amp + interface + microphone to record demo CD. Nowadays you just plug USB cable into desktop amp and you can record whole guitar CD for 250$. I would...

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

For me, the biggest improvement has been in synthesizers. We're in the midst of a golden age right now. It's really quite amazing in comparison to the early 90s. Analog synthesizers have made a...

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

You’re obviously right - there’s no way to palm mute with a guard over the saddle. I’ve always muted with a combination of meticulous picking (I.e. being very careful not to strike unwanted strings)...

Anything that speaks against stainless steel frets?

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

Rob MacKillop not feeling well.

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

Campellone PSA

Can you show me your 1x8" guitar amp?

Anything that speaks against stainless steel frets?

Is this an overlooked part of Metheny's sound?

Summer of Rhythm … Changes?

Florentine vs Venetian: which one is better?

Learning to play with a singer

I don't know how to go about learning jazz anymore

Good guitar tone for electric bossa nova