What guitar/amp do you play?

[AdroitMage]

What is your favorite jazz guitar that you own and play the most, the guitar that you might describe as your "main" guitar, like your "main squeeze?" LOL.

Every guy should have a main squeeze.

Also, what is your favorite amp that you own and use the most for jazz? Are you a modeller guy or an amp guy?

What bread and butter effects do you frequently use, if any?

This thread will mean exponentially more with pictures, if you have any .

[AllanAllen]

Epiphone Broadway, I routed the top to add P90s.

I play live though a Fender Blues Jr and I practice with the guitar acoustically. No effects.

I have an Eastman AR503CE in the closet that I'll sell one of these days. Maybe trade it for that Ibanez CC Metheny guitar.

[John A.]

What is your favorite jazz guitar that you own and play the most, the guitar that you might describe as your "main" guitar, like your "main squeeze?" LOL.

I don't have a main guitar or a favorite. I have 4 electrics (Seventy Seven Archtop, Les Paul, D'Angelico semi hollow, Fender Strat). For jazz I'd say it's something like 40% Seventy Seven 25% D'A, 25%, LP, 10% Strat, give or take a bit. For other stuff, about a third each D'A, LP, Strat. Right now the LP is new and in the honeymoon phase, so maybe getting more action now that it would otherwise.

Every guy should have a main squeeze.

Nope. The point of having more than one is playing more than one.

Also, what is your favorite amp that you own and use the most for jazz? Are you a modeller guy or an amp guy?

My favorite of the ones I own is a Quilter Aviator Cub, but it's not necessarily what I use most (that depends on playing situations). I often use my Fender Champion 20 (modeller) for grab and go/smaller/quieter situations). For noodling outside/on vacation/quiet solo practice I also have a Spark Go (Modeller, fits in my a guitar case) and a Roland MicroCube (modeller; probably going to sell it now that I have the Spark Go). For recording, I used DAW plugins.

What bread and butter effects do you frequently use, if any?

Reverb on everything, overdrive on rock-y/blues-y stuff. On recording I'll usually add some delay and compression. I've got various other pedals I almost never use.

This thread will mean exponentially more with pictures, if you have any .

Use your imagination.

[mr. beaumont]

Everything I pick up ends up playing jazz.

[AdroitMage]

Everything I pick up ends up playing jazz.

Okay, I can relate to that, LOL.

What do you pick up most, though? If you do the math, you'll likely find there is one you pick up most. Do you really never play anything but jazz?

[Peter C]

Everything

[mr. beaumont]

Okay, I can relate to that, LOL.

What do you pick up most, though? If you do the math, you'll likely find there is one you pick up most. Do you really never play anything but jazz?

Well, I mean, I play bossa, bop, swing, free, western swing, Django's music, etc

I'm kidding but not. I like other types of music, but I really only play jazz. It keeps me plenty busy.

The guitar I probably grab the most is my Martin 000-15...but it honestly changes with the seasons. This summer I've been playing my old Kay archtop a ton. Last winter I was on a real nylon string kick. Definitely been on an acoustic kick since the pandemic really...but I won't be getting rid of my Heritage or Tele any time soon!

[RJVB]

Currently my main guitar is the Cabaret but I try to rotate.

I don't do amps or modelers and I guess my bread and butter effects are sul ponto, sul tasto and pizzicato.

This thread will mean exponentially more with pictures, if you have any[/B] .

OK:
Tried to rotate to the LH650 today...

[AllanAllen]

Do you really never play anything but jazz?

This is the way.

Oh wait, I played along to Beck while the sound guy was getting ready on Fridays gig. Does that count against only playing jazz?

[Jimmy Mack]

So many questions!!!
I love my Epi 1961 RI Casino for practice around the house. Acoustically, it sings. Plugged in, great too. Gibson P90's, but it's made with great woods, husky neck and a thin top. So jazz tones are easy because it is hollow and very responsive.

I am a tube amp guy. I have 3. Effects? with great guitar/amp? fingers. Boost, reverb sometimes

[SierraTango]

My 1990 Benedetto Cremona straight into my Evans JE 200. Gig with it, love it, cherish it.

[bluejaybill]

For me these days, it is mostly a Campellone Special (carved) or Borys B-160 (laminate) into a Fat Jimmy Gigmaster 20 (Fender BF amp variant). Or upstairs, a DV Mark Little Jazz.

I don't usually use effects for jazz, but I have an Empress parametric EQ and Compressor that I sometimes throw into the mix, especially the comp at low volume.

For other styles, strat/telecaster/LP, with a variety of effects as needed (Analogman King of Tone, Keeley Halo mostly, Fulltone Choralflange and Boss VB2 rarely.

[marcwhy]

This is the way.

Oh wait, I played along to Beck while the sound guy was getting ready on Fridays gig. Does that count against only playing jazz?

As long as you mean "Jeff" Beck, you're good.

[garybaldy]

These get the most airing. Wish I was using my 175 and L5 more.
For old time jazz - Loar 700, MBIII and massive Clayton pick.

And for rock and pop covers - LPS Gecko Burst and MM 65RP.

[Skip Ellis]

I pretty much just work on chord melody these days using my GB10 and Evans RE200 - only effect I use is Earthquake Systems Dispatch Master reverb/delay. I've got a couple Teles that I haven't touched since I got the GB10. I also have a Quilter 101R that sits on a Ear Candy 'Mr Watts' clone with an 8" but I don't use it much. Sometimes I record fingerstyle with acoustics using a couple little condenser mics into Behringer interface. Lately been trying figure out how to downsize some.

[Bop Head]

As long as you mean "Jeff" Beck, you're good.

I guess he is talking about the Scientologist singer-songwriter Beck [Hansen].

[mr. beaumont]

I guess he is talking about the Scientologist singer-songwriter Beck [Hansen].

Still one of the best concerts I ever attended, Beck at Northwestern University's Pick-Staiger concert hall.

[pauln]

I jazz my Stratocaster that I got 36 years ago. Twin Reverb, tones set T on 1, M on 10, B on 1, reverb on 2 no effects, perform in a trio, bass & drums, so a nice mix of duties and freedom.

[vintagelove]

Despite having much nicer stuff...

Greco LP with flats and a polytone. Sounds great for bebop.

[Cunamara]

Practicing at home, I prefer to play acoustically and usually use my Matt Cushman 17" carved archtop. Playing amplified I tend to prefer my Gibson ES-175 or Ibanez GB10. I have a couple of Teles, a Strat, a couple of nylon strings for fun and variety. And my first flattop guitar which I bought in 1979.

My main amp is a Fender 5E3 tweed Deluxe clone that I built from a kit by Mission Amps. It works well with the electric steel strings. For the nylon strings, I usually use an Acoustic Image Clarus 2r with a Raezer's Edge Stealth 12 cab.

Occasionally I use a reverb pedal, otherwise almost never use any effects. I am much behind the times in terms of jazz guitar sound.

[Webby]

This is my live-setup, so this is what gets most Action.


This is the guitar I tend to grab at home though:

(modded Epi Broadway, not an L5)

[AdroitMage]

This is my live-setup, so this is what gets most Action.




(modded Epi Broadway, not an L5)

This is the guitar I tend to grab at home though:

Oh, that's pretty. Those two Eastman's are pretty. They look like antiques plugged into an antique tube radio. I've always thought it would be cool to have a really nice sounding jazz amp that looked like an antique tube radio like in the pic. What amp is that?

[AdroitMage]

I jazz my Stratocaster that I got 36 years ago. Twin Reverb, tones set T on 1, M on 1, B on 1, reverb on 2 no effects, perform in a trio, bass & drums, so a nice mix of duties and freedom.

Oh WOW, what a nice Start. I'm not crazy about the paint job, but I can just look at that Stratand tell it plays like butter, It looks like one of those "Ultra Deluxe" (?) jobs. I see it has the Fender roller nut, staggered locking tuners and Lace Sensor pickups. I had a Strat with Lace Sensors in the 90's. It was somewhat of a different kind of a vibe, but there were some really good sounds to be had with those too. Mine was a "Super Strat" with a Lace Sensor humbucker in the bridge positione. Repaint it dark metallic blue and you'll have an ace.

[AdroitMage]

Occasionally I use a reverb pedal, otherwise almost never use any effects. I am much behind the times in terms of jazz guitar sound.

Oh my gosh man, this saddens me. Step into the 21st century babbah. The microchip won't bite, it may just collect all of your personal information though and store it in a database somewhere.

You get a much more 3-dimensional, wet, yet unobtrusive "reverb" effects using delay, not reverb. That's what all those multi thousand dollar exceptional quality effects racks like the vintage Lexicon and Eventide effects were really all about, adding ambience to guitars so they didn't sound dry and boring and all up in your face, but had some ambience, some bit of spaciousness and even 3-dimensional quality to them. For distorted sounds they're best in the effects loop, but for clean it sounds just as good coming right off the guitar before the preamp, unless you want stereo. About 450 to 500 ms, or better yet tap tempo, and dial in several repeats after the original note, then turn the level of the effect down so that it's barely audible, then you won't hear individual repeats, like an echo, you'll hear a swirly, ambient, "reverb" like effect that is more ambient, swirly/interesting, and more 3-dimensional sounding than a spring reverb or digital emulation of spring or plate reverb. If you hear it too much, it's too loud. Some guys add a tiny bit of reverb after the delay, but it's usually just a little bit to help fill out the delays somewhat. The stellar delays are the star of the show. There's a whole art to using delays like that to add ambience. It really adds ambience and gives the effect that you're playing in a large hall or cathedral where you hear the natural reverberation off the surfaces rather than a small room. Enjoy the beautiful, spacious sounds .

[Litterick]

Gibson L6-S; Princeton Reverb II Super Pro; pedals borrowed from the library, one or two at a time.