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Entrada Archtop Guitar
Scott Tarulli
Berklee Professor Reviews Lefty Entrada

See Attached Video Review by Scott Tarulli of Boston, MA

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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.

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Preferred Gauge Strings
Jack Marchewka
My choice of strings

For my Entradas. These strings came with my Entradas so I’m sticking with them. Live the wound 3rd string. Great tone and playability!

Chord Melody at Its Best!

This is a great DVD to start building your chord melody repertoire. Mr. Conti walks you thru the classic “Since I Fell for You” and provides you with several ways to approach the tune using a series of different chordal harmonic arrangements. Besides learning to play the song several different ways, Mr. Conti is at the ready with his famous “Off the Sheet” tips. These are items that not part of the regular lesson plan, but are sure to help take your chord melody playing to an even higher level. Of the Chord Melody arrangements, this is my personal favorite, but after finishing the DVD, I purchased ALL the other Chord Melody DVDs as I was so inspired to learn more.

Lineman/Rio/Blues Improv DVD Review

Robert Conti www.robertconti.com Robert Conti, a jazz guitarist who is already perhaps the most prolific educator on the scene today, has just released a second trilogy of superb DVD additions to his highly-popular “Smokin’ Lineman” lesson series. For those readers unfamilar with the series, the videos cover everything from bebop to latin to blues, and utilitize standard repertoire to showcase and explain Robert’s improvised solos. The new editions center on classics like “Rhythm Changes,” “Corcovado,”

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Ventano Gig Review in Just Jazz Guitar

On a recent visit to Las Vegas I had the opportunity to catch a three hour set of Bob Conti’s solo gig at Ventano Italian Restaurant about fifteen minutes from the Las Vegas Strip. Much has been written about Bob, and after seeing him in person I can say that all of it is true. . . Playing an 8 String guitar with the 7th string tuned to a low B and the 8th string

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Las Vegas Sun: Conti finds a home in Las Vegas

by Jerry Fink World-class guitarist Robert Conti mesmerizes fans with his musical wizardry. The 57-year-old native of south Philadelphia probably could be a monster success on the national and international concert circuits, but he is content with his new gig performing for diners at one of the area’s newest restaurants. . . To read the full article, click here

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The Formula: 2003 Product Review in JJG

Review appeared in the May 2003 Issue of Just Jazz Guitar Magazine.  This was a review of the original book, 7 years prior to the addition of the two DVDs. Nowadays the guitar educational field is simply glutted with a plethora of method books and learning aids, ranging from excellent to mediocre, but every once in a while there comes along a contribution that is truly unique and ground-breaking in scope. Jazz guitarist Robert Conti’s

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2002 Just Jazz Guitar Magazine Cover Story/Interview about Robert Conti

2002 Just Jazz Guitar Cover Story

Interview by Mark Stefani The name of Robert Conti first came to my attention in the summer of 2000, while I was thumbing through an impressive Just Jazz Guitar review of a Conti performance in Beverly Hills, California. Later that year I had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with Paul Getty through his visits to my educational website. During a telephone conversation, the Conti name surfaced once again when Paul convinced me to visit and spend

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Just Jazz Guitar NAMM 2001

Robert Conti played his eight string guitar at their booth with a Polytone amplifier, and the promise seemed to be kept.   A musical treat, Bob Conti’s innovative style really showcased the Polytones.

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Orange County Register, Newport Beach, CA

OC Register – King Of The Eight-String

When Robert Conti talks about performing a tune on his eight-string, he isn’t talking about a mandolin. The Rancho Santa Margarita resident is acknowledged as a master of the eight-string electric guitar. In fact, in 1992 and 1993, Conti helped design the first eight-string model featuring a low B and F-sharp to double the sonic range of the standard six-string instrument. He can play melodies on the first six strings while using the two additional

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Conti Takes MP3.com By Storm!

http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=16127 Robert Conti Takes Mp3.Com By Storm ! Email: [email protected] Website: http://robertconti.toptempo.com Music: http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/1057/1057208.html Jazz Guitarist Robert Conti has reached the #1 Position Overall on the MP3.com website in only 1 Month after VisionMusic.com (the top Jazz Instruction Guitar Website on the Internet) and David Blumberg (the #1 Ranked Artist Roster Promoter on MP3.com for 8 Months) started him on the site. “It was a combination of being featured on MP3.com, David’s www.toptempo.com affiliate site

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Rocco Gig Review

Rocco’s, Bel Air, CA Gig Review

“THE POWER OF EIGHT” By Jim LaDiana Imagine if you will, a musical equivalent of the climactic scene from a Clint Eastwood motion picture. However, when the shootout is over and the smoke begins to clear, there is a lone guitar player holding the neck of an awesome looking eight string guitar. This, while other notorious guitar slingers linger in the shadows. So it was the scenario at the performance of super jazz guitarist Robert

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