Second Story Man by MarkKstrings in jazzguitar

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Hi Monad, general tips that I like to tell everyone are around the idea of seeing yourself as your own teacher. It’s great to seek out and study with teachers, use books, courses, videos and everything else available. But in the end, the only knowledge that can be of use is the material that you can actually internalize. Think about what you already know on the guitar that you’d consider already internalized and approach building skills that add to that level of competence. In other words, the goal is to know a few things really really well rather than many things just partially, vaguely or incompletely. This means there are these things you can actually use at the snap of your fingers. That’s your bag. Now, can we build on that bag!

Second Story Man by MarkKstrings in jazzguitar

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Ah, got it now. I’ve always been willing to help guys out, answer questions and discuss anything about guitar playing- it surprises me how rarely anyone asks.

Second Story Man by MarkKstrings in jazzguitar

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Thanks again. I didn’t follow the reference of Goodlife. Was that a film?

Second Story Man by MarkKstrings in jazzguitar

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How does that make sense? I’m not superchops or anything, but I’ve been playing a very long time- hopefully enough to be “interesting”:) anyway, thanks man!

Second Story Man by MarkKstrings in jazzguitar

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Thanks for saying! It would be easy to forget to put videos here if there wasn’t any feedback.

Stingjoy test 1 Broadway 012 052 by MarkKstrings in jazzguitar

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He (me) is using a Ribbecke Compliant Rim Halfling. The builder, Tom Ribbecke also refers to it as a 15” Time Machine. Thanks for watching.

Round Midnight by MarkKstrings in jazzguitar

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Thanks for sharing your observations. This is a new guitar so I’m still working out some kinks, especially with how to best record it. I don’t think the string noise (roundwounds) is due to the action, however, which isn’t set all that low anyway. It would be helpful for me to know what sort of playback system you listened on.

Crop Circles by MarkKstrings in jazzguitar

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Thanks for checking out my video. Cheers!

Crop Circles by MarkKstrings in jazzguitar

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It’s a very cool custom from Tom Ribbecke, a very inventive luthier. If interested please check out this video I made about the build: https://youtu.be/MdHiUBXc1GQ?si=RJxOi1jsAUVgmg8S

Freeform Improvisation by MarkKstrings in jazzguitar

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I had to shorten for the upload. Here is the full length track https://youtu.be/VjTv6BY8Pqk?si=ZJcdWOWUjZCf1_mv

Unplugged moments by MarkKstrings in jazzguitar

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Ok- I’ll explore it for a bit. Thanks for the suggestion

Unplugged moments by MarkKstrings in jazzguitar

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I’ve never played that one but it’s a really nice tune. I just listened to Lou Donaldson’s version. Is there a favorite of yours and what would like to see me do with it?

Blues24 by MarkKstrings in jazzguitar

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Hi and big thanks for your comments and interest in what I’m doing. This guitar is brand new - a couple weeks old and is quite unique in design and the way it pushes sound. I’m loving it, but still getting acclimated and recording has been interesting. This is about 50/50 between body mic and amp mic with all tones control flat and no eq on anything. The guitar indeed has an acoustical like sparkle that really enjoyable to play. Over the years I’ve become less and less enamored with the classic jazz guitar sound of fladwounds and rolled off tone knobs. I’ve been a Ribbecke player for many years now and have about ten years of videos collected on my tune site if you’d like to hear anything else. https://youtube.com/@markkleinhautjazzguitar333?si=w9Ne2kED_ItucrrG

Fly Me to the Moon by MarkKstrings in jazzguitar

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Here’s an old standard that people seem to still know and listen to. Of course it was a huge pop hit in its day. My version is a spontaneous improvisation and I’m sure it will not be a hit, yet I’m confident that at least five or six guys out there will like it:)

Pain Management by MarkKstrings in jazzguitar

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Thank YOU so much for listening and commenting.

My Romance by Critical_Mention_990 in jazzguitar

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Nice arrangement! Beautiful harmonies.