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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.

MMR Magazine

Conti B.C. Rich 8-String Electric Jazz guitarist Robert Conti introduced the B.C Rich Conti 8-String Electric Guitar during performances at B.C.Rich’s exhibit at recent NAMM show. The instrument, designed by Conti and B.C. Rich president Bernie Rico Sr. has a contoured maple top over a mahogany body, White binding on the body periphery, headstock and fingerboard, a multi-lami-nate maple neck with ebony fingerboard, and abalone block inlay, rosewood headstock overlay, a custom-wound Bartolini Humbucker pickup

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LA Times - Top 10 Jazz Concerts

LA Times – Top 10 Jazz Concerts

This is an ongoing gig for the marvelous guitarist (he continues weeknights in the hotel’s Skylight Lobby Lounge).  Whether playing solo or with drop-in guests, Conti shows plenty of heart as well as technique on his seven string instrument. Go see him.

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A Star in the Skylight Lounge

You wouldn’t expect to find a world-class guitarist playing in a hotel lobby. But any week night that’s where you’ll find Robert Conti, a musician who certainly fits that description. So begins a feature in the September 24th Calendar section of the los Angeles Times reviewing our own lobby lounge musician, Robert Conti. Conti, a Philadelphia native, came to Irvine in 1988 after residing in Ponte Vedra Beach Florida for twenty-two years, enticed by an

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Orange County Business Journal

I don’t track the popularity of happy hours, but I have a suggestion on late afternoon relaxation that could include a business conversation in the mix:  As the day winds down, and perhaps business carries you into the evening, take time to enjoy the awesome talents of jazz guitarist Robert Conti, now appearing

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OC Register - Lounge Guitarist Is Pleasantly Different

OC Register – Lounge Guitarist Is Pleasantly Different

By Paul Hodgins Special to the Register if the term “lounge music” conjures up images of mint-green tuxes and renditions of “feelings” that make you grind your molars, the Irvine Marriott has a pleasant surprise for you : guitarist Robert Conti . Conti has been a Marriott regular for almost four years, alternating between bars in its Irvine and Newport Beach hotels. Currently he holds court in the Skylight Lobby Lounge, a busy but intimate room with a comfortable sunken

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LA Times – Conti Checks In Alone

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

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Pick Of The Month – Comin’ On Strong!

Robert Conti Quartet: Comin’ On Strong! Hold on to your hat!  This is an outstanding guitar player.  “Robert’s fingers are faster than the speed of light, yet they never stray from his tremendous melodic touch.” -Duncan Blaine MUSIC/NH  A truly brilliant performance.

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Scott Yanow Review of Comin on Strong!

Comin’ On Strong CD Review in Jazz Link

Robert Conti Quartet Comin’ On Strong Time Is TI 9802 Dec, 1990 Robert Conti, g; Pete Jolly, p; Andy Simpkins, b; Carl Burnett, d; Charlie Clark, vcl on “Westbound” Despite the growth of mass communications, most jazz critics rarely take any musicians seriously who do not play regularly In New York, particularly those writers who just happen to live in New York! Guitarist Robert Conti owes his anonymity to his having resided in Jacksonville, Florida

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LA Jazz Scene Comin On Strong Review

Comin’ On Strong CD Review

ROBERT CONTI Comin ‘On Srrong! (Time Is Records) Nov, 1990 Guitarist Robert Conti is not an overnight success, but this debut shows great promise. Honing his skills in Florida and California, Conti has not adapted to the laid-back styles associated with those states. He’s a pretty aggressive player with his own style and this CD should get him such well deserved attention.

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