Another Holst clip

[jzucker]

[2bornot2bop]

Oh *ell yeah!

[vinnyv1k]

Fantastic tone and monster chops. A winning combo.

[vinnyv1k]

P.S. love the jazz cat look too Jack.

[jzucker]

P.S. love the jazz cat look too Jack.

haha, thanks. I actually have a sensitivity to bright lights so if I record with my studio lights on, i wear the sunglasses to protect my eyes.

[Rob MacKillop]

That was beautiful, Jack. Great guitar, and a player to match. All is well with the universe.

[Jim Soloway]

Sounds great Jack. And you seem really happy with this guitar Congratulations.

[jzucker]

Thanks guys. Really struggling with depression lately but your cheerful comments definitely help. Much appreciated.

[JFranck]

Congratulations, nice tone, nice playing !
Hope you get well soon

[DMgolf66]

haha, thanks. I actually have a sensitivity to bright lights so if I record with my studio lights on, i wear the sunglasses to protect my eyes.

Like Bono!

[arnie65]

Man, that sounds like a 10K guitar! Steve Holst is awesome...


Cheers,
Arnie..

[2bornot2bop]

Thanks guys. Really struggling with depression lately but your cheerful comments definitely help. Much appreciated.

Keep hanging bro! 1 breath at a time, slow and easy does it.

[pingu]

that was very groovy Jack ….
I like it !

I’m digging the chord idea at
exactly 2:00
(I can’t really understand it tho)

it’s at bar 4 of the Bb blues form

are you playing
Fmin (via Bb7) to get to the 4 chord Eb ?
(ie a 2 5 idea to get to the 4 chord Eb ?)

sounds great anyway !!

[jzucker]

That's exactly right. Fm7 / moving up to Fm9 and fm11 followed by Bb7 and E13

that was very groovy Jack ….
I like it !

I’m digging the chord idea at
exactly 2:00
(I can’t really understand it tho)

it’s at bar 4 of the Bb blues form

are you playing
Fmin (via Bb7) to get to the 4 chord Eb ?
(ie a 2 5 idea to get to the 4 chord Eb ?)

sounds great anyway !!

[pingu]

That's exactly right. Fm7 / moving up to Fm9 and fm11 followed by Bb7 and E13

great thank you much Jack

I’m gonna explore that a bit
its a new sound for me
I like it

[jzucker]

great thank you much Jack

I’m gonna explore that a bit
its a new sound for me
I like it

like most of my playing, stolen probably from wes, benson or joe pass.

[bluejaybill]

like most of my playing, stolen probably from wes, benson or joe pass.

Pretty much like all of us! And don't forget your fave IIRC, Pat Martino.

Good musicians are usually good thieves!

[Stringswinger]

like most of my playing, stolen probably from wes, benson or joe pass.

In Jazz, it is OK to steal, so long as you do not do all your looting at one single store

[deacon Mark]

Jack the guitar sounds and looks wonderful. Your playing is always quite good as always and hopefully this guitar will help battle a few demons that hang on. Depression can be quite hard to deal with given it tends to not run its course like other typical physical problems. Focusing on the guitar can help and probably if you teach much and get good feedback that is always good.

The Holst just looks so nice and the overall picture of the guitar I like. It has the traditional stuff in looks and I like that plus is sounds so smooth. I recently made a pickguard for a local player around here who has a Holst. It was single built in pickup with a carved spruce top. The guitar looks and played fine when I did the work but the owner told me maybe a year or so ago, he had to get major work done. The neck back bowed on him and could not get it to play. I guess someone in Chicago heated the neck and got it playing. That is not a usual case with necks. It does give me some concern though in evaluating them personally. I might add though the guitar retained a powerful acoustic sound much more than any Wes L5 would.

[spencer096]

that is a beautiful guitar and sounds fantastic. loved how it handled the wes style chord soloing.

[jzucker]

that is a beautiful guitar and sounds fantastic. loved how it handled the wes style chord soloing.

I was pleasantly surprised by that because i'm not a fan of the 175 or ibanez metheny for octaves or chording.

[spencer096]

I was pleasantly surprised by that because i'm not a fan of the 175 or ibanez metheny for octaves or chording.

maybe the maple neck gives it that extra…whatever…it needed compared to the 175 styles. But yea, yours had this great snap and clarity that I loved while still having some meat behind it.

[jzucker]

maybe the maple neck gives it that extra…whatever…it needed compared to the 175 styles. But yea, yours had this great snap and clarity that I loved while still having some meat behind it.

the holst actually has a mahogany neck (2 pc). The diff seems to be in the 5 play hard maple top vs the 3 pc laminate on the 175 style guitars where a thicker poplar strip is in the middle which cuts sustain and brightness

[JSanta]

This guitar really seems to suit you Jack! I think many of us have watched guitars come and go as part of your really helpful reviews, and it's great you landed something that really speaks to you like this.