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Vol. 1 Signature Chord Melody Arrangements
Dr Kenneth Louis - Tampa, FL
He gets you playing

I have all of his stuff and have met him and Mike, part of his sales organization. I have almost every jazz method - my wife can attest to that. He lived in Jacksonville FL for awhile. I particularly like his chord melody material. Controversial using an extremely thin pick (Dunlop .38 mm). Almost a Suzuki approach - he gets you playing complete songs first, then adds back in the theory

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Entrada Archtop Guitar
James P Burke III
Plays so smoothly…Outstanding Customer Service

My Conti Entrada plays so smoothly and is so BEAUTIFUL too. Thank you for providing outstanding customer service. Including the personalized video of Robert Conti playing my actual guitar was so SPECIAL. No other guitar company has ever provided this HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED customer service. This was one of the best online guitar purchases that I’ve ever made. Thanks Mike for answering all of my questions and assisting with my patience during the building and processing period. I am now a PROUD owner of a CONTI GUITAR!!
James P. Burke III
Accokeek, Maryland, USA

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Entrada Archtop Guitar
Protean Polymath
A much-needed dream come true...

2024 - 2 Entrada Archtop Guitars

Wonderful guitars. I call them my “fraternal twins”. Both of my Robert Conti designed guitars play magnificently, and carry the sound of a full size electrified arch top with the amazing dual Kent Armstrong pickups, Fantastic workmanship. They are both stunning beauties. One cannot go wrong with purchasing such a guitar that is in the superlative. The best design of a guitar that has ever existed, a much-needed dream come true for the working, professional guitarist, or hobbyist. A special thank-you goes out to Robert Conti, for the videos showing these guitars in action, as well as Mike, and Steve for all their help and correspondence regarding my purchases of these very fine guitars. Plus, all the course materials that I have purchased over the years are available on the site to all who want to improve their improvisational skills.

2009 - Equity Model

Case closed, this is the guitar of the future. The appointments far exceed all my expectations and make all of my studies pertaining to jazz guitar a monumental pleasure. Many bell-like tones, bone nut, perfect neck, solid woods. All my other guitars are now on probation. Once you get your hands on a "Conti/Equity" guitar, there is no turning back.

-Protean Polymath, Kingston, NY USA

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Entrada Archtop Guitar
Scott Tarulli
Berklee Professor Reviews Lefty Entrada

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Vol. 4 - Ticket To Improv
gerald mckinnon
volume four

Super excellent

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The Jazz Lines
Jack Marchewka
Just getting started

Worked though the first two lessons of the Jazz Lines book (more to go), but it opened a door for me. I’ve come to understand there is a difference between theory and harmony. This is about learning harmony. If you want to play jazz learn harmony.

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Vol. 4 Wave
Mike Sanders - Las Vegas, NV
One of Conti's Best Solo Lessons

All of the Robert Conti DVDs are top-notch, but this one takes the cake. He takes what some consider to be a harmonically complex tune and breaks it done into the simplest of terms. From here, the viewer is taken through the lesson a few measures at a time, with each concept explained in detail and with care. Once you have the lesson under your hands, you not only have an impressive solo but an increased vocabulary of lines to use on other songs and a better understanding of how to approve improvisation over any song. Great fun and well worth the effort. If you are new to improvisation, I recommend learning from a few of Conti’s “Ticket to Improv” DVDs first as you will internalize the lesson much faster and have a greater understanding of the concepts presented.

LA Times – Conti Checks In Alone

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Los Angeles Times

JAZZ REVIEW

Solo Guitarist Uses Seven Strings to Fill Hotel Lobby With Strains of a Trio

BILL KOHLHAASE | SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

IRVINE -You wouldn’t expect to find a world-class guitarist playing in a hotel lobby. But any weeknight, that’s where you’ll find Robert Conti, a musician who certainly fits that description.  The place is the Skylight Lobby Lounge in the Irvine Marriott, and more than once during Conti’s Tuesday session, guests checking in at the front desk turned from their registration duties to see who it was filling the air with sumptuous chord clusters or swift, sure strings of notes. At times, the sheer density of Conti’s sound recalled Joe Pass.

A Philadelphia native who was a childhood friend of guitarist Pat Martino, Conti has a number of albums out on the Trend-Discovery label. His most recent effort is a 1990 quartet date with pianist Pet Jolly, bassist Andy Simpkins and drummer Carl Burnett on the Time Is label called “Comin’ On Strong,” a solid session that spotlights Conti’s compositional strengths and technical abilities. He also has recorded with the Gerald Wilson Orchestra.

A longtime resident of Jacksonville, Fla., the guitarist moved to Irvine in 1988. He’s been playing the hotel lounge since 1989, with a short stint at the Newport Beach Marriott. He’s been back in Irvine since August.

Although he plays solo, Conti doesn’t seem to miss the rhythm section. With a seventh string on his guitar, on which he plucks out firm bass lines, Conti constructs both melody and accompaniment, getting an almost orchestral effect. It’s as if he’s his own trio. The slight, electronic haze from his amplification only increases the richness of his sound.

Conti applied these techniques to such standards as “Moonlight in Vermont,” “Witchcraft” and Dizzy Gillespie’s “Con Alma.” Antonio Carlos Jobim popped up often–Conti claims he knows “99% of Jobim’s music”–including the familiar (“Desafinado,” “Look to the Sky”) and the not-so-familiar (“Andorinha”).

The guitarist put his signature on the material via seductive introductions, witty asides and allusions to other tunes. His playing of “Fool on the Hill” was neither Beatles nor, as one might expect from his fondness for Brazilian rhythms, Sergio Mendes. He framed Van Morrison’s “Moondance” with references to “Fascinatin’ Rhythm.” “Moonlight in Vermont” found Conti rushing the season when he closed the tune with a line from “Jingle Bells.”

Pianist Eddie Ambrose, who plays at Bistango every Wednesday and Thursday backing singer Bobby Gant, joined the guitarist for a few numbers. Conti, free from his backup duties, took advantage of the freedom to race through long, melodic lines and to make impressive leaps up and down the neck of his instrument. Ambrose was able to keep up. His solo on “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life” was especially satisfying.

Robert Conti appears weekdays from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Skylight Lobby Lounge in the Irvine Marriott Hotel, 18000 Von Karman Ave., Irvine. (714) 553-0100.

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