The Autumn of Solo Guitar 2024

[mr. beaumont]

That was quite beautiful.

If you don't mind me asking, was that a tune that you had arranged in the past and were just trying to recall more or less what you had done? Or were you trying to remember the tune itself and harmonizing on the fly?

A little of both actually. Trying to remember a basic arrangement, transposing down from Eb, trying not to get lost, definitely just trying to remember the bridge..
Flubbed it a bit!

[Hep To The Jive]

Today, when we arrived at the job locatioin, it was a beautiful old house hidden in the garden, in the old Shanghai district. We had to play at a vintage themed birthday party of a 1 yo kid! His parents, swing affocinados, requested many American and jazz Chinses tunes. It was fun. Beofre the performance started the singer suggested I record something very quick video, sure! Good vibes!

https://youtube.com/shorts/BwAznvMXC...Vs8uuMbZZgQAox

[L50EF15]

Yeah…for reasons, I did it again, this time with an Epiphone Casino. For now, it still wears the stock (too light for me) strings. I will have my usual tech set it up with D’A Chromes 12s soon enough. Here’s the initial playing when I got home with it this evening:

[mr. beaumont]

Yeah…for reasons, I did it again, this time with an Epiphone Casino. For now, it still wears the stock (too light for me) strings. I will have my usual tech set it up with D’A Chromes 12s soon enough. Here’s the initial playing when I got home with it this evening:

Is that completely unplugged? Really nice tone (and playing!)

[2bornot2bop]

This thread must be amongst the most musical threads on the forum! Goes to show how great a solo instrument the guitar is, and how jazz music suits it! I mean, even with most pro players and all their great albums, i could still listen to them just play solo guitar all day!

And all these beautiful guitars ..!!

Here 's two improvs with my two archtops, a Mesrobian L5 clone, and an Elferink Tonemaster:

Both, very nice!

[L50EF15]

Is that completely unplugged? Really nice tone (and playing!)

Thanks! Nope, not unplugged, though it’s pretty loud acoustically. I had it plugged into the Jazz 12, with bass/mid/treble all at noon, with very little reverb. I suspect it will gain in volume once I get the heavier strings on it.

I really appreciate the compliments. As I have mentioned before, this is the kind of thing I did on my old gig; improvising for two hours every Sunday. What I can’t do is play everything in the Real Book/Great American Songbook on command. I admire (and envy) those who can.

[Hyppolyte Bergamotte]

René Magritte,original composition

[supersoul]

I know it's a lot but...

Elizete - Clare Fischer

I Hear a Rhapsody

Embraceable You

[Ukena]

Here's a recording I made today of Here's That Rainy Day, with a vocal:

[L50EF15]

Another acoustic improvisation:

[joe2758]

[joe2758]

Here's a recording I made today of Here's That Rainy Day, with a vocal:

I enjoyed this! Are you inspired by cliff edwards?

[Hyppolyte Bergamotte]

hommage à René Thomas,great Belgian jazz guitarist

[supersoul]

I finally finished resurrecting this guitar and had just put strings on it, played "Autumn in New York" even though it's the middle of November in Berlin.

[Alter]

A rendition of Black Orpheus. Been trying to get back to playing this guitar, which isn't the easiest guitar to play for some reason. It's a 17" L5 clone that i have hardly played for years now, more than 3" deep. I had some needed fret work done recently and it plays much better now, but still needs some time both for me to get used to it, and for it to "wake up". Lovely sounding guitar though, here it is recorded direct using a Tonex one little interface without much meddling on the Daw.

[L50EF15]

Another thread on postwar acoustic archtop players prompted me to toss off this one on my L-75:

[rlrhett]

A rendition of Black Orpheus. Been trying to get back to playing this guitar, which isn't the easiest guitar to play for some reason. It's a 17" L5 clone that i have hardly played for years now, more than 3" deep. I had some needed fret work done recently and it plays much better now, but still needs some time both for me to get used to it, and for it to "wake up". Lovely sounding guitar though, here it is recorded direct using a Tonex one little interface without much meddling on the Daw.

Truly lovely. Congratulations.


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[L50EF15]

A couple more, back on the Casino. The second one is frantic; but it’s been an interesting week, for reasons, so that’s what came out:

[L50EF15]

An improvisation from last night in very (very) loose approximation of Pat Martino circa “Special Door”, on one of my Les Pauls: