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Again not jazz--I don't know how cheap they are, but here's JJ Cale playing a Casio (!):
And David Crosby playing a Strat copy:
I don't know anything about these guitars, but they don't look at legit as the original. Cale playing a Strat I get, but Crosby should be playing acoustic or at least a Tele. He doesn't seem like a Strat guy at all.
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09-18-2016 07:14 PM
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Dave Crosby's Anderson Drop Top Classic is not a cheap S type at its $3500 street price. Well made guitars used by lots of pros.
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Originally Posted by rob taft
I will say this though - that headstock does not impress. And I still don't think of him as a Strat guy.
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JJ Cale wearing a silk shirt? I thought that was against the law in Oklahoma.
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Since we're talking JJ Cale - he also used a Danelectro Convertible a lot:
and not to forget that his guitar of choice for years was a Harmony Sovereign (modified to amost being unreconizable)
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Originally Posted by rob taft
Last edited by Fidelcaster; 09-19-2016 at 03:34 AM.
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Ed Cherry on an Ibanez Artcore
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Originally Posted by christianm77
Last edited by KirkP; 10-08-2016 at 11:42 PM.
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Hagstrom HJ-600, I think.
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Interesting thread for me in that I have had lessons from a couple of the guys featured - Esmond Selwyn (long time ago before I could really play much, completely over my head; he brought a different vintage Gibson to each of the 2 lessons that I took) and Dave Cliff. Me playing my nice Vestax D'Angelico, him on a cheap dusty Tanglewood (Cort in the USA I believe) - guess who sounded better. Again, I know that Dave has a nice old ES175, but every time I saw him for lessons or live, he was using the Tanglewood, which he told me was actually his son's guitar.
Clearly, it's all about the archer, not the bow and arrow.........
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My favourite quote on this topic
: Felder’s first guitar, a Mexican Stratocaster purchased for $250 when he was 13, remains his go-to. (At age 85, Rina Ben-Yehuda continues her work as a physical therapist; among her clients was the late Paul Motian.) “Jazz is one part high art, one part folk art,” he says, “and I don’t know how much sense it makes to make folk art on a $15,000 instrument.”
http://jazztimes.com/articles/122918...ahead-of-chops
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My favourite quote on this topic
: Felder’s first guitar, a Mexican Stratocaster purchased for $250 when he was 13, remains his go-to. (At age 85, Rina Ben-Yehuda continues her work as a physical therapist; among her clients was the late Paul Motian.) “Jazz is one part high art, one part folk art,” he says, “and I don’t know how much sense it makes to make folk art on a $15,000 instrument.”
http://jazztimes.com/articles/122918...head-of-chopst
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Originally Posted by mangotango
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I have a Tanglewood parlour guitar, btw. Solid mahogany top and back. One piece mahogany neck with a slotted headstock. Really nice and nice sounding for a pittance.
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Unbelievable...
3 Pages already and nobody mentioned Mr. Goodchord
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How about Earl Slick (albiet a non-Jazzer...) on a Peavey!
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Late to the party. Jimmy Rosenberg playing a "Phoenix" archtop.
I could be wrong and this could be a pricey Epiphone so correct me if I'm wrong, but Mark Elf:
John Pisano on his pricier Eastman and John Chiodini on his Epiphone Joe Pass:
Last edited by RomaSoul; 01-09-2017 at 04:24 PM.
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Gray Sargent, Tony Bennett's guitarist, and his Godin Kingpin.
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Originally Posted by Fidelcaster
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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Originally Posted by AndrewPat
I'll never sound like Jim.
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Originally Posted by Ken Olmstead
Any chance of any of the older JGF members attending that workshop?
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I see a few guys touring with major acts playing Epiphones or cheaper Guilds. Not sure that’d qualify though.
Seems like every artist these days no matter how big has a pretty good axe. I am astounded that even some mid-level artists tour with 15 guitars—Gibsons, Martins, etc.
Not sure what this means. Maybe they’re living on ramen in the rented tour bus.
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No, that is a Takamine.
My first guitar (1979) is a Takamine F-340S. It was basically a D-18 knock off; in those years, the headstock and the decal were made to look as close to Martin's as possible. Nowadays, there are referred to as "lawsuit guitars" although I think, in fact, there was no actual lawsuit. Let's just say it's not a guitar that would give Martin a run for its money tonally to most people, but I've owned it for 44 years and it's been good enough to keep me from buying another flattop. It sounds nice enough, it plays very well and it's been a good guitar for the $200 I spent for it. I suppose because I learned how to find my sound on that instrument, I really haven't liked other flattops as well including real Martins. In the past couple of years, I put Martin Retro Monel strings on it and have really, really liked those.
I also have a Takamine EC-132C classical. I bought it to gig with for bossa tunes with my old quintet. I will be honest, the under saddle piezo pickup sound on classical guitar pretty much sucks IMHO and that's what this instrument is. It did not see much stage time as a result. I have a Rick Turner Renaissance RN-6, which is basically a nylon string crossed with an ES-335 and a Telecaster, and it sounds SO much better amplified. And no feedback. However, the Takamine has a pretty good acoustic sound, a great neck, outstanding fretwork and plays excellently. So it keeps its place in my rotation of guitars, primarily for sitting on my front porch and playing.
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