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Here's another tune I recorded this evening. I'm playing a #JCRFretlessBass #Gibson175, #FractalFM3 using Celestion and #redwirez Impulse responses for guitar, Tyler Spicer's Aguilar SL112 impulse response for bass.
My photography in the background.
Dedicated to my father, Sy Zucker who was a bassist and who died from covid in january 2021
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03-24-2022 08:41 PM
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Love it Jack! Sounds wonderful!!
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Very nice. End of a long journey to get this 175?
Nice photography. Are you a professional photographer?
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Fine playing (on both instruments!) and great tone.
I have written many times that a good 175 is all the guitar a jazz guitarist needs. Of course "need" and "want" are two different things.
That beautiful Gibson would look better with the truss rod cover on and the clip on tuner off. Just sayin'
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Very nice, Jack!!
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Great playing & tone!
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Nice dreamy tune!
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thanks for the comments guys and to deacon mark and stringswinger for help with which 175 to get.
I almost got rid of this guitar. I was not bonding with it and finally switched the strings from daddario chromes to thomastic js112. After a week, the thomastics have worn in (they are very bright at first) and now I really love it.
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Originally Posted by icr
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Beautiful, Jack.
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That bass and guitar are so tight it’s as if they share the same mind! Great, just great. Thank you.
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Originally Posted by TedBPhx
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Sounds great, Jack. So does this mean your back to using a modeling system instead of an amp?
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Originally Posted by John A.
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Originally Posted by jzucker
Guitars at the top of food Chain in no particular order they all work. In whatever pickup or no pickup options you happen to like.
1. Gibson es175......the jazz guitar for everything
2. Gibson L5 the number 1 carved top guitar that is still within in reach
3. Gibson Tal alternative to 175
4. D'angelico (real ones) not much to say they work
5. Gibson Super 400 the big alternative to an L5
Notice I listed no other guitars. Naturally there are sleepers and good buys but in my world these guitars are pretty much the gold standard and will always have value and be sellable. So Jack notice you are at the top of food chain with I think Polar Bears ( they are in real life). If you get the urge to sell this guitar and do not need the money for some life saving purpose, simply put the guitar in hibernation.........carefully in the case. Let it sit there until you get a bit bored and want to play real jazz guitar in the tradition of the past but with your own great talent. Then get it out and play it again and you will have found the buried treasure for the second time. It might sit in the case for weeks or even months, possibly longer, but so what you just go drag it out and play a tune.
Great playing as always.
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Thanks - and great advice as always.
Originally Posted by deacon Mark
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Your bass playing is tight too Jack! Loved it!
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Beautiful. Melodic, lyrical, plus the bass is great. Excellent sound too. Thank you.
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Lovely everything !! Kudos !
(BIAB drummer ? -sorry for asking)
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Wonderful playing. Sorry for your loss.
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Great playing, and beautiful guitar. A keeper for sure.
I always hate to compare good player’s playing with other players, but I immediately thought of Pat Metheny and especially Larry Coryell.
The bass playing was also top level!
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thanks so much guys. Ironically, since my dad died i've played/practiced bass almost exclusively except the last 2/3 months. I have found that bass is my real love. I'm keeping up my guitar chops but I'd really love to focus just on bass. It's kind of hard to "come out" as a bassist at age 64 though, haha!
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But way easier to get gigs as a bassist than as a guitarist. Guitarists are a dime a dozen, even in jazz. Everybody and their nephew plays the thing and quite frankly if you have a horn player and a keyboardist you have no need for a guitarist in a band. But a bass player; everybody has to have one of those.
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
but if you play in organ bands like I do, left hand bass and pedals take care of that
Used Ibanez AF 207 7-string archtop
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