Hello,

I had a Folk guitar Martin 000x1AE with integrated Mic Fishman. About 700 or 800€ in shop in France 10 years ago, 400€ or more on used market. The mic is active (with a 9V battery).

I used this guitar plugged to a looper JamMan and an acoustic amp Harley Benton for recording loops for training purpose only (no jams or anything requiring some quality stuff).

I have now an Altamira D hole, that I love so I was thinking selling the Martin guitar and buying a mic instead. But I am stucked with the choice of mics.

Could you give me some advice ? Should I keep the Martin guitar, or do you have some some mic (50 or 100€ max) with similar quality that the one integrated to recommend ? It will need to be compatible with the D hole.

I will use it in my room so no external noise.

Thanks !

The fun tongue twister “Nagasaki”? Here is a video of my band and I playing it at a show the other night. One of my favorite songs to play. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/dzKeje0Rg30?si=SV9VKB3rhM_1Z1vF

Been playing guitar for around 5 years now (mostly psych rock, blues, a little bit of country and folk) and recently discovered tom waits and fell in love with marc ribot’s playing. After looking him up a little bit i’ve discovered a lot of his playing is highly influenced by this beautiful genre of music that i’ve now fallen in love with alongside marc ribot’s playing.

What are some good starting points for someone wanting to delve into playing this kind of music (basic chord shapes/progressions, basic lead techniques and scales etc)

Thanks!

Hi, is this normal?

I've been breaking my G string pretty much once a week, going trough 4 packs of argentines a month.

I play an average of two to four hours a day, usually clean my strings with a cloth.

If you are considering paying for Ultimate guitar dot com, here's a way to do it and save a bundle. First, create an account. Then try downloading and you hit a paywall. Don't pay. Wait for that email offering 90% off ($24.99/yr) and then pay. It may take some months. Just keep logging in without paying and eventually you'll get that email. BUT, and I mean this. If you are looking for accurate Guitar Pro versions of Django solos, don't hold your breath. Most of the tab is sooooo wrong, even Django couldn't play those fingerings. In my book if you are trying to learn Django solos and not sticking to just two fingers, you won't see inside his head at all. And GP tabs from Ultimate won't help you get there either. When you learn Django's solos with only two fingers (single note passages) after 10-20 solos you will see how he re-used many fingerings but in differing contexts. What a genius.

I just wanted to know how much of the improv I see from professional gypsy jazz players is licks that they memorized, and how much of it is actual improv on the spot.

The title might not make much sense, but what I mean is in terms or chord tones, arpeggios, scales, modes, etc, what are the ones I need to learn to be able to play and jam in the style of gypsy jazz. I know if I learn every arpeggio it wont make me instantly play like Django, but I want to know what the greats of gypsy jazz use(d) to get their sound. Obviously I will need to learn a lot more about the "style" aspect of gypsy jazz before I can use these properly, but I just want to know what Is best to improv in gypsy jazz and maybe what Django used for his own music. Thanks for any information.

I just heard the Boilermaker Jazz Band version of Minor Swing, which I really like, and was wondering what else is out there.

Very curious…that dark /swingy / soulful bayou dirge vibe haha

It’s good for your health

https://open.spotify.com/track/6wuYc0fzk11bfHzYaNzItD?si=_MFrn5OKQNiZsHdD1j8RVA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpIjrott8A4

Especially for the Halloween season coming up I wanna dive deep into some weird, unique , darker toned jazz like tigran Hamasyan, Alan Holdsworth, jonathan kreisberg etc etc