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Wynton Kelly is such an underrated pianist. Absolutely tasteful, soulful, swinging and never lets the fancy stuff get in the way of the melody.
I love that KB tone--mellow but with a edge when he digs in. If I were on a desert island and could only have one jazz guitarist's records, it would have to be Kenny.Last edited by Doctor Jeff; 12-20-2015 at 05:48 PM.
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Lol. I was going to say something like this but it's really Benson's sense of Time and Bluesy phrasing...and articulation some of his recordings sound better than others.
Originally Posted by mrcee
Weird that very very few sound like him and he's been around forever and already was great in 1966 or so...I always liked Benson even before I really liked Jazz...
Anyway recently I realized I really like the ES 175 Neck Tone a lot ( probably others too).
A guy I recently became aware of was Jonathan Kriesburg and I like his modern thorough approach and he gets a beautiful more sustained Tone from his Guitar slightly effected but not as much as Metheny..
A legato sustained approach still articulate not a hard swinger( maybe I haven't heard this aspect yet of his playing) but great Tone even on his live clips...uses a little Pedalboard - not " old school".
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Charlie Christian on that jam recording at Mintons. There is something about that CC pickup and the EH (probably) 150 at that volume level with that slight bit of grit that I just love to death!!
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herb ellis and the like
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Howard Alden on "Hand Crafted Swing" and "No Amps Allowed" (he plays with round wound strings, FYI)
Johnny Smith on most of his early to mid albums
Jim Hall when he played with other horn players, I love all his work with Paul Desmond and some of his stuff with Art Farmer ("To Sweden With Love" is very interesting)
Ed Bickert on Frank Rosalino's "Thinking About You"
Julian Lage on a flat top or on his old acoustic Gibson arch top
Early to mid Chuck Wayne (sorry Neatomic, that stuff with Joe Puma is hard to get into for me)
Joe Puma
Barry Galbraith on like every album... Read the liner notes, he played on so many albums! And his books taught me how to comp.
Charlie Christian
Eddie Lang
George Barnes totally owned his tone. Twang on, brotha!
Wes on "Live at the Half Note"
I love obsessing over tone, so this is hard.
Louis Stewart (no one knew who he was in Ireland when I last went
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Oscar Moore with Nat King Cole
Bill Frisell on those country tunes and that slight crunch. Loved seeing him live!
Peter Bernstein on "Consenting Adults MTB" and his Monk Album (round wounds?)
And for extra credit...
Classical Guitar:
David Russell
John Williams
Julian Bream (when he was recorded properly... I mean, C'MON sound guys, C'MON!)
Flat Top:
Tony Rice!Last edited by Irez87; 12-29-2015 at 08:18 PM.
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I am really liking this one right now performed by Howard Alden
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That is a crafty intro. He's playing the open B and E strings against a moving tenor line. Ugh... I could have studied with Howard... He's my favorite contemporary player of this type of style. He always has that shimmering acoustic sound in his playing. Originally Posted by Frethack
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irez87-"Louis Stewart (no one knew who he was in Ireland when I last went
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speaking of louis stewart..spectacular setting for him in trio with great george shearing and nhop
cheers
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Love that album, he sounds better with Shearing than he did on his own, IMHOO
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Agreed, Graham. Having Sam Jones and Billy Higgins on board didn't hurt either! Wish that album would get an official re-release.
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Have to add Johnny Smith on "The Man With The Blue Guitar." Wow, what a gorgeous tone and shown off so beautifully by the solo setting. I think that was still his 1955 D'Angelico, De'Armond 1100 and possibly an EMRAD amp (this recording may have predated the EMRAD project, in which case possibly an ampeg).
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One of my fave tones. Haven't hear anyone else with this sound. It's got the round "plum" thing going on. Don't know what he was playing but my personal search would end if I could find a guitar with that depth and "bounce".
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I did a thread a little while back on guitarists with a hint of country twang. Johnny Smith was a country boy at heart, and you can certainly hear that country chime in his tone, you just gotta listen carefully. He didn't just "roll off the tone knob and play", he had that country sound in his head and he made it even prettier with those sounds of classical guitar (Segovia). That's why his chords sound more like pedal steel chords than piano chords. We finally have a pedal steel player somewhere here on the forum, I'd love to get his opinion on that. Originally Posted by Cunamara
Listen to Johnny Smith, then listen to Leon Rhodes. Sound similar?
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Originally Posted by Philco
that hank album was produced like an elvis record..there's effects on the guitar..and tone not rolled back bass heavy..hank has twang..sounds relatively modern still nowadays
a fave..and fave at the time of young george benson..who's never been one to shy away from a processed guitar tone!!!..but/and to good effect!!
cheers
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erez- for me the closest to js , but definitely in the "country/western" field is roy lanham..super cool harmonic player but located firmly in western swing/cowboy genre..he was great..one of leo fenders faves..supplied him with all the new gear he was comin up with
cheers
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I think I would have to go with any of the Jimmy Raney albums as my first choice. Ron Eschete would be a close second choice along with Ed Bickert and Doug Raney. It is impossible for me to REALLY have a favorite guitarist because there are so many great guitarists to choose from and I like ALL of them.
wiz
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Signs of Life by Peter Bernstein.
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any record made before 1955. the important thing to me is no effects, no reverb, no crappola...just the balanced sound of strings without a lot of "twang". A round sound without a lot of treble.
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A lot of great listening suggestions on this thread.
For me, it's Grant Green's Standards album. Gibson ES330 (with P90s) with light gauge D'Acquisto flats through a Fender Tweed Deluxe.
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Love Gibson ES330s with P90s... If I could afford one I would totally have 1!
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These days, I love Joshua Breakstone's tone, along with Royce Campbell. I can spot them almost immediately when a track starts.
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Man, where to begin!! I really appreciate the tone that Doug Raney had on his "Introducing..." album. Believe he was playing a Gibson, perhaps an L5. No idea what amp or strings were used.
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Herb Ellis and Kenny Burrell have excellent tone no matter what or when they play. It's consistent.
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Wes on 'Wes meets Bags' or 'So much guitar'. When it comes to tone, Wes thumb on his L5 man...
Now Peter Bernstein has one of the best sound to me.
I like very much when there is a brightness standing out of a warm fat tone. I dig a lot the sound of french guitarist named Jerome Barde on Olivier Temime's Sai Sai Sai album. He claims the instrument he created 'the Bardophone' is not a real guitar. At first sight it is one to me but yeah interesting sound.
Metheny's Linda Manzer guitar on his album with Charlie Haden sounds so powerful. I'd like to know if there is much effect applied to it.
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Originally Posted by Philco
Gibson Byrdland w/Charlie Christian pickup.
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