An archtop is the most versatile acoustic guitar. This all goes back to what the great Jimmy D'aquisto thought and built and believed. Unlike a flattop you can change things on an archtop to change...
Oh, it’s definitely Leon Rhodes. It’s from the Gatemouth Brown video in the other post. I took that other screenshot. Here you can see Leon and Roy in the same shot. Sent from my iPhone...
Christian is making me dizzy... or maybe Dizzy. That wouldn't be so bad. :topsy_turvy:
Again, I’ll go back to Wes Montgomery and Tal Farlow. Welder and sign painter, semi-pro hobbyists by your definition. This discussion and moving goalpost gatekeeping is silly. The people...
I've been on a Peter Bernstein re-discovery lately and the youtubes from the Emmet Cohen's event 3 yrs ago sound more like Jim Hall than any of the other stuff I've listened to lately. Every note has...
There's an anti-anxiety medication named Propranolol that many have found helpful for overcoming stage fright. Users have said they only had to use it a few times to retrain their habitual physical...
Hello. Inspired by a riff from Wes Montgomery’s “Missile Blues”. First take, call it “Jalapeño Missile”. https://youtu.be/vlNF6ropSvs?si=9-1vBZDWGL5LaA9g *please forgive background noise. My dog...
From what I've read that's not at all what Gibson designed the L5 for, and it's also definitely not the only thing properly built modern acoustic archtops can do (and I'm not just talking about the...
Three options come to mind (only partially tongue-in-cheek - see: An Old Man's New Semi-Modular Rig - 1st Impressions): Get a lightweight 8 Ohm extension speaker to use with one of them. Get...
Sitting in the living room a flat top guitar of most any type might sound loud and even louder than and arcthtop. Go into a large gym or concert hall and get back in the rear and you will not even...
Yes, and it exists perceptually too. The exact expression was rien dans le ventre (except for the treble strings). And it's the impression I've often had when taking a steel-string to guitar ensemble...
It is very easy to do an A-B-C-D test and end up with circular results of A > B > C > D > A.
Designed for different things. The CG (in the lineage of Segovia) is designed mainly for use as a solo instrument with a loud, strong bass fundamental. The archtop is designed to be a cymbal,...
More tests today, this with another set of ears. My wife thought the LJ was a little more distorted than the Blu. Surprisingly, the LJ seemed a little louder with them both cranked all the...
"Jim Hall' like tone from Peter Bernstein?
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