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Several guys contacted me about the link to the Bebop scales. I had a hard time finding my way back there too! Try: http://www.freeguitarvideos.com//LJ_R1/LJ11b.html By the way, transpose the

My favorite version of this song is the 1959 Downbeat Magazine jazz album of the year version by Johnnie Smith and Stan Getz. Johnnie's trademark sound is the use of what I believe are called

--- Theslammer@... wrote: .... Greetings, I have D'addario Flatwound 12s on my D'Angelico Excel and they sound fine ... I'm building up to 13s at which time before I string them on my guitra

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--- dangelico603 <jpcombs@...> wrote: Jason, Granted that many classical players improvise -- but do they "swing"? You can teach the rudiments of improv. in any teacher/student relationship

Hi All Just finished reading Adrian Ingham's biog of Wes. I own very little of Wes's stuff and wondered which recordings I should get first. So far, I have Bumpin' (love Tear It Down on that

instead of being fitted with med-heavy jazz guages, be fitted with lighter guages that would allow playing other styles (fusion, blues, etc.) with reasonable success? < It will probably lose some of

I don't know about the presidential guitar folks, and I PROMISE that I won't stoop to politics in this post, and soil the pristine intent of our forum. However, I'm working on an idea for the

I hae a Guild F-50 blond that I think is very good for jazz comping, It is as big as many archtops, but flattop, round hole, with a maple back and sides (arched back). Not cutaway, however, but

Hi Gang, I love playing jazz on acoustic instruments. I currently play an old Gibson L-4C which is a dream. For the flattop thing I use a Santa Cruz OM with a short scale (24 3/4) that has a spruce

Hi YJGG, Circa half a year ago I saw Wes's Belgium tape and I switched to pick only with my thumb, thinking that if I ever reach his speed that would be enough. Now its starting to give me some

I'm not sure I agree with you on that...I mean, a classical guitarist has to dedicate the same amount of time and discipline a jazz guitarist has to...they just focus it on other things. The amount

I've never had a chance to see a real gibson ES-150. Anyone know what the fretboard radius of this guitar when Charlie Christian would have played one? I guess they always describe pre-war 150's

Nah most likely he was in an alternate tuning.

It was a Carvin flat top with a Presidential seal sticker on it. Blonde (or natural) was the color. Judging form the picture he was playing an open position AbM7(b5, #9). C harmonic major all the

Ken Wrote My point was that oftentimes, beginners/novices will spend TOO MUCH Dave You can force feed yourself all of this availabe information, and be nothing but a half assed , nebbish guitar

HI YJJG, I really like my epiphone dot deluxe; it's a gibson es-335 copy. I own several archtop guitars, and so far I really enjoy the dot the most. Maybe , it's the scale length; but it's a

Hey John, Some classical guitarists can and do improvise. I'm not just talking about throwing in an ornament here and there either. I had a master class with Roland Dyens and he improvised

There's a lot out there, and there're lots of opinions. A few things I'd say you should look for: A cutout in the upper bout. For jazz, 14 frets is a limitation. I'd say check out something with a