@Davey Bait shop Does the Krivo have to be taped on? I play acoustic 99 percent of the time and don't want to have a pickup that you have to tape back on when you need it. A condenser vocal mic is the only thing that gives you an authentic acoustic sound, but it's not always practical. If you're at an on-stage jam session, you definitely need to plug in. I think Stephane Wrembel mixes a mic with a pickup, as you described, but his pickup may not be a magnetic sound hole pickup like a Krivo or my Peche a la Mouche ... I'm not sure. I prefer using my tiny Audio-Technica, which actually IS a miniature lapel mic 🎤, but one grouchy band leader here (Philly area) won't let me use it because "it will feed back." It doesn't, really. It produces a dead-accurate acoustic sound. In fact, I was watching an YouTube of myself playing on stage with others with what appeared to be no pickup and I thought, wow, I'm really projecting well! Then I looked more closely as saw the tiny lapel mic.

Hi Arie -- for the Am chord in Minor Swing, I would use the harmonic minor scale: A, B, C, D, E, F, G#. But I play it more like an A, C, E arpeggio than a scale. I might connect notes chromatically or add the G# and F to keep it interesting, but I lay off the D (the fourth) and use the B (the ninth) sparingly. When the chords change, I take that into account, emphasizing different notes.

@Arie De hoop No, sorry, I don't know of a practice pattern for that, and I don't know how to create tabs. Just try learning the scale and the Am arpeggio -- which is only three notes, A, C, E.

That sounds great! As a footnote, that bass being light in color looks cool 😎. I'm guessing it's a 2/3 scale bass because it looks smaller than my 3/4 scale. The only place you see full-size ones is in orchestras.

@Jimmy Grant then he must be a big guy or I'm small -- it looks smaller than mine! I think you can also get a 7/8, but if so, at that point, why not just go all the way? 😁

Have fun, those of you who are there 😁

@Rick Spence We broke bread at DiJ, probably more than one year. I thought you were Australian 🤣🤣🤣 If you're coming up from Fla. (I lived on South Beach for two years), you'll prolly land in Newark (very close) and rent a car. There are motels about seven miles outside of town. It's only about an hour and a half drive from me. We live in South Jersey in the Philadelphia suburbs. Maplewood is a bedroom community for NYC, with easy access to New York via commuter rail.

@Rick Spence Don't take that to the bank -- they could be 70 miles away!!!🤣🤣🤣 No, honestly, I think someone told me they're seven miles out, or maybe it was five. The way to go is to find an Airbnb in town. A fellow participant from last year just sent me a photo -- that I didn't know existed -- of me soloing while Antoine Boyer (!!!) plays rhythm (you could tell from our body language) in a small group class. Ringo voice: " 'e pahsed the audition" 😂😂😂