Imagine practicing playing on this beauty AND getting personalized feedback from Chuck Loeb of Fourplay to help you play your best!

Every person who signs up will be entered to win this guitar…Click Here to Register!

Designed for lovers of the classic “EL FIVE”, the LS-17 offers the following features:

• 17″ body
• 2-3/4″ body depth
• 5 ply laminate flame maple construction
• 25.5″ scale
• Ebony fingerboard with 1-11/16″ nut width
• Ebony bridge and tailpiece
• Ivoroid Binding
• Nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Black hardware
• Custom wound vintage PAF style pickup with black cover
• Hardshell case

ArtistWorks and Sadowsky Guitars are excited to celebrate the launch of Chuck Loeb’s Online Jazz Guitar School with such a gorgeous example of instrumental craftsmanship as this archtop Sadowsky LS-17. Imagine learning jazz guitar DIRECTLY from Chuck Loeb on this major league masterpiece. Its incredibly beautiful aesthetic combines with a well-deserved reputation for playability to make this an ideal instrument for both the expert and the beginner. Must be 18 or older to enter.  Ends August 31st, 2014.

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Chuck Loeb @ Jazz Alley

TOUR DATES

CHUCK LOEB

MAY 15

Big Blue’s River Raisin Nights, USA

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Check out Chuck Loeb’s new online Jazz Guitar School!

Spring Tour Schedule

April 25, 2014

Tangier

Akron, OH

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April 27, 2014

Seabreeze Jazz Festival

Panama City, FL

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April 28, 2014

King Center of the Performing Arts

Melbourne, FL

One of the most important things in Jazz Guitar is being able to improvise. To pull off a good solo, you need to know which key and scales work with the backing chords. What can be confusing when learning jazz guitar is that there are a variety of patterns and locations to play the same scale. It’s important to know the most efficient way of finding the right notes for the desired key from anywhere on the neck as you move around.

The way to do this is to learn the geography of the fretboard and understand how the notes relate to each other – which brings us to what Chuck Loeb refers to throughout his jazz guitar lessons as “The 6 Positions.”

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It was an All-Star event!  

Check out some great pictures from our friend Nagamitsu Endo…

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Fourplay rang in the holidays, with what has developed into a yearly closeout party each December, at the legendary Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. 

The entire Fourplay family would like to thank everyone who has contributed to an amazing year, and wishes everyone a wonderful 2014!