I agree with both Roger and Joe. Black/black/black and gold/maple/cream are both nice combinations. Hmmmmn... Golden maple Cream sounds like a nice ice cream flavor. Mmmm... ice cream! Where was I again?
As always, I appreciate the advice and KUDOs on the new guitar day. I like the idea of possibly switching back and forth between the maple and ebony (I often change out pickguards/pickups on my strats) but also like the idea of refinishing the maple to transparent black. I have that setup on another Heritage I own. I guess I have good problems.
It may seem trivial but when I have a great guitar, I want it to look its best. Working on a Christmas tune to post for the holiday's. Can't compare to the White Christmas rendition recently posted but I am going to aim high and do this guitar justice.
In my hands for 10 days now, it has passed the gig-test and will stay. The guitar was sought out as a gig-replacement for my vintage Super400 and so far I think
it does a pretty good job of filling in that role. It is VERY comfortable, the overall build quality is spot-on, has a very nice neck-carve, dynamic response
is how I like it, it looks cool and price-wise it's the best deal out there when you're looking for a top-quality big-box electric archtop.
The only 2 things that will be changed/modded are a metal tuneomatic bridge (personal preference) and - if I can get my hands on one of these -
a Kent Armstrong PAF humbucker in a gold-plated traditional housing for the neck position. Right now it sports a set of
Seth Lover pups and these are not so much what I want in that particular guitar. They sound rather middy and a bit too smooth whereas the Armstrong PAF
that I have in my Victor Baker has a more balanced, airy tone which makes that guitar very versatile. I have reached out to Kent's son Aaron
in Great Britain and hopefully will hear from him soon.
Unfortunately I am unable to correct the sideways photo - my apalogies.
Congrats! The Kent Armstrong handmade PAF is indeed a great sounding pickup for jazz. I would suggest getting a pair of them so that when you use both pickups, the sound will be better balanced. I also prefer a wooden bridge saddle on my archtops.
I think the Heritage models look great (I even like the headstock!). May she inspire your playing for many years to come.
Great acquisition! I really enjoy my Super Eagle, although--like you--I prefer it with a wooden saddle. It's a super comfortable, great sounding and playing 18" archtop guitar.
I have not tried the Kent Armstongs but I have Seths in 2 of my guitars ( es 333 and Gibson Super V). Love the Seth Lovers in the Super 5 but initially disliked it in the ES 333 (lack of mids for me compared to the Gibson 57's they were replacing). Did not have time to swap the Seths and now I am starting to adjust to them in the Es 333 and really like them. They were really responsive to height adjustments in both of the guitars I have them in.
I have a super eagle that I bought about 8 years ago to replace my Gibson Super V that I was putting into semi retirement. Similar to your story. I ended up putting Seth Lovers into mine which worked out great for me.
Over the years the guitar has opened up nicely and is a superb instrument. I couldn’t be happier.
The tonal character is similar : a deep and warm, solid tone, with high headroom but also capable of delivering
sweet and soft sounds when picked lightly with thumb or fingers. The large body supports a nice sustain, noticeably
more than on most ES-175 types I've played or similar smaller and lighter guitars. All in all these guitars do sound like they look :
quite authoritative ! Simply gotta love them big boxes
The Gibson has a pair of original PAF pickups which do have their own specific tone, she is strung with halfrounds and
has been played a lot in her 56 years - built in 1963. - so she is more open than the Super Eagle (2002 model).... a little more air in the sound, better definition in the low notes,
less sustain ... best described as having a definitive CHARACTER , something unique to this special instrument. The Super Eagle sounds more
rotund, velvety ...
It will be interesting to check out the tonal changes with new pickups and a different bridge.
I read this entire thread through and it made me very quiet inside for a while because there are two people that were contributing many posts on this thread that are no longer with us Patrick2 and rhoadscholar
I dont think there's too many people that feel Lennon, who's more known for being a songwriter and not really not known for being a guitarist, would say he's a better player than MM whose forte is...
Both have one leg on signal an the other on ground, so: parallel. One of them (the tone ctrl) in series with a resistor and (both) in parallel with the inductance of the pu coil.
In the score you posted, the "Eb"in the 3rd bar is actually a Bbm triad (3rd in the bass), which is the IIm chord to the Eb7 that follows it. The other chords labelled Eb are Eb Major triads.
The fact is, he doesn't play jazz and you don't know if he could, i.e., improvise and accompany other jazz musicians well. As far as I can tell, he arranges and performs pieces. There are classical...
Music, always, but sometimes a lyric line will come to me, and a melody follows, but the melody takes over and drives the thing from there. Songs which have lyrics first, in my view, have too many...
Yes, saying 1 person shredded all of history is a bit of a grandiose statement. However, it's still absurd if you think Charles's playing isn't several levels above PC or even that PC's playing is...
Perhaps, but if Jazz ceased to be recorded after 1970, there'd still be more than enough recorded Jazz to keep all future generations entertained for, well, ever..:cool:
It wasn't accurate, just an opinion but glad you can see it.
Can't say I agree w the notion that a great upright solo is "thudding around" but to each his own.
Is this just "sawing around"?
Just...
i think i might see what i was missing the Eb in bar 3 one could play but the scoreit is a Eb6 minus the root?
and for the Eb7 the score is a Eb6 with the 3 instead the 7?
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Here's challenging palm mute picking etude in quintuplets. If you try this remember to practice it in small portions to prevent any strain injuries.
Cheers, Mikko
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TBH, I'm not really sure. There are multiple ways of wiring a tone control. It's late, and I've had an adult beverage or two, so I'm not going to try to do the work on it right now.
You’re coming at this the wrong way. Instead of trying to show up Count Basie, just try to have some fun. That’s what his band was doing.
Sure, there were cutting contests and stuff, but that was...
I do like upright bass. Bass was my first instrument and I also played upright. Maybe saying Charles shredded all the greats wasn't accurate. But he certainly shreds all the average work of...
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