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#1
05-03-2011, 09:01 PM
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 Flattop Jazz Players/Guitars I was listening to some Gilad Hekselman today, and thought about how he plays a Gibson Howard Roberts (not the fusion). He gets such a great jazz sound, and the guitar is essentially a flattop acoustic with a humbucker. Well, is this possible to recreate with any flattop, using a floating humbucker? What sort of considerations would there be with feedback, strings, etc.? Are there any other players that do this effectively to get a traditional electric jazz guitar sound like Gilad?     |
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05-03-2011, 10:03 PM
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 Yeah, he is playing an archtop, not a flattop. There are however, sever great jazz players who do use a flattop. My favorite is Eric Skye. Eric's guitar is a Santa Cruz OO. His main preference for amplification is a mic into a PA.
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05-04-2011, 07:36 AM
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http://liveassets.rationalpathinc.ne...dh0ohc3_so.jpg I remember playing some when I taught at a music store in the 70s, wasn't particularly impressed, but that is of course looking through thirty some years of memory. Brad
__________________ Guitars: 1975 Guild Artist Award 1986 Guild X-170 1975 Guild Mark V 1930s Metro B archtop 2001 Gibson Chet Atkins CE 1995 Epi Howard Roberts Custom 1999 Godin ACS Nylon with synth ??? Giannini 7 string classical |
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#5
05-04-2011, 07:56 AM
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| I was a big admirer of Gabor Szabo, he did most of his playing on either a Gibson 160E or Martin D-45 with a soundhole pickup, probably a DeArmond, they were popular in the 60s. He definitely had his own sound and style. Brad
__________________ Guitars: 1975 Guild Artist Award 1986 Guild X-170 1975 Guild Mark V 1930s Metro B archtop 2001 Gibson Chet Atkins CE 1995 Epi Howard Roberts Custom 1999 Godin ACS Nylon with synth ??? Giannini 7 string classical |
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05-04-2011, 12:45 PM
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YouTube - Sound of Choice - "Mord i Nord" live Last edited by ES125er : 05-04-2011 at 12:50 PM. | ||||||
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05-04-2011, 01:05 PM
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05-04-2011, 01:10 PM
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| Here, Scofield is playing (very nicely) what looks like a 0-18 or 00-18.
And here, Jordan Officer on a D-21.
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05-04-2011, 01:14 PM
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| My main acoustic guitar is a 1934 L-4 with a round sound hole. Like the Gibson Howard Robert mentioned in the original post, it may look like a flat top at first glance although it is an archtop. |
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#10
05-04-2011, 01:20 PM
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