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Originally Posted by Max405
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03-25-2017 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by vinnyv1k
Originally Posted by lawson-stone
Its been a great week for us. Your L5 is one of the prettiest guitars ever. We are lucky guys. Thanks bro.
Originally Posted by JazzNote
Originally Posted by blille
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It's no Hofner Chancellor, but it looks OK.
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Originally Posted by Marty Grass
Yes, this guitar is now exactly I what was hoping for. But, as humans, we will never stop chasing. But as far as finding the best guitar for the stuff I play the most, how ironic is it that the "Johnny" is the one..
Now I can relax and be patient. Thanks for being happy for me bud.
Joe D
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Originally Posted by Hammertone
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Remember the Tal Farlow song......Gibson Boy.
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Well, I'm glad it's over. I'd be afraid to touch it, the pictures alone scare me. Have fun and enjoy! How loud is it acoustically? I played a 68 and found the neck block and top thickness made it quieter than I expected. It did sound good, just not really loud. I'd like to compare one to the Guild version one day.
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Cavalier, Naaa.. I touched the heck of it this morning. Here are 3 new videos.
Thanks everyone!
Joe D
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Well, fucque!! Thanks for that. Those are amazing performances. I listened to all three.
The bell-like clarity is off the charts good. Perfect balance between the bass and the higher frequencies, no excessive boom or mud--usually we sacrifice one for the other, in comparing the bottom end and the melody sounds. You are sacrificing nothing, here. The beauty of the playing just pours out.
What are the concrete differences in terms of tone, before-and-after? In your OP, you cited ease of play as an important factor. But that sounds really really incredible. Did the re-fret help create a better balance, tonewise, between the bass and treble?
May I ask what picks-amps-strings you are using?
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JD, Sounds great. Perhaps you have finally found the "one". Congrats. May this "one" inspire your playing for decades!
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As always, nice playing Joe ! Really love that sound !!
Yes that instrument is in good hands !!
Thanks Joe.
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Originally Posted by Stringswinger
Joe D
Originally Posted by Dennis D
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Originally Posted by NSJ
I really appreciate the nice things you said. As we all know, making videos is time consuming and its very hard work. Once you put your work out there, you are stuck with it. It makes me very happy that I can do this stuff and not make a fool out of myself. At the same time, I give the site things that our fellow members can find useful.
It is pleasure for me to do this.
You guys are fantastic. Once again, thank you for making this a REALLY fulfilling experience.
Joe DeNisco
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Sublime. Thank you, Joe!
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Wow, Joe! There seems to have been nothing but gains with the new frets. Clearer and better defined on the high end, but losing nothing in terms of warmth or richeness. The improved ease of playing is evident on the fast passges. Suh-weeet!
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Joe- the tone is off the charts !! Pure Johnny Smith sound - great playing.
I think your search for tone is over. This guitar is the best GJS I've ever heard.
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You're starting to tick me off. You're giving me another bad case of GAS. I was over it, but the tone of that guitar brings it back. And GAS is a dangerous thing.
But seriously, that is as good as I've ever heard a guitar sound. I have to confess to envy, a mortal sin, but I can't help it.
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Joe... I'm not just being flattering here... listening to "Around Midnight" I could close my eyes and seriously imagine I was listening to Johnny Smith.
You mentioned once your dad repeated stressed to you about Johnny Smith and Joe Pass. I hope he feels vindicating hearing his son play the performances of the Great Ones.
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There are two GJSs at Lark Street Music, a '68 and a '69, calling out to me like a siren song, tempting me with madness...
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Originally Posted by citizenk74
Originally Posted by Cunamara
Thanks!
Originally Posted by QAman
Thanks again SL.
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
Destiny? Maybe.
My fathers been gone for a few years now. I play a lot of this stuff for him. That's why I keep learning. He always told me not to digress..
thanks Lawson.
Originally Posted by Jabberwocky
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Joe.
nice job on 'Round Midnight, the JGS sounds superb, well worth
the agony of the refret. I also accidentally pulled up your 2013
vid on the 135 playing Misty, which sounded very nice indeed
very well done my friend, long may you regale us with these
exquisite renditions.
Alan
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After a long long time i finally decided to go for new frets for my 76 GJS too. I went to get the guitar today, after less than a week and have to say i'm very very pleased with the result. Better sound & more comfortable playability with evo FW 9665 frets. My luthier did a great job and i'm as happy as can be :-). Thanks to the ones who inpired this!!!!!
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JazzNote,
I am glad you got the frets done. Those Evo Gold frets will last you 2 lifetimes.
I really miss not having a Gibson Johnny Smith. I think it is one of the best guitars ever made. The guitar of a lifetime.
Enjoy yours. Never let go.
Joe DLast edited by Max405; 05-23-2019 at 04:31 AM.
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Old thread, I know...
I find this very interesting, as I took my old #1 tele to Lark Street last year for a re-fret, and they called me a week later and gave it back to me... they didn't want to touch it. WTH? I had heard they do amazing luthier work, that's why I went there. All it was was a '93 MIA tele with a maple neck... I can't figure out why they didn't want to do it??? I didn't even want a refinish job on it, just pull the frets and put in new ones, leave the neck looking as old as the rest of the guitar....
Ended up taking it to Oldschool Guitar Repair in Hopewell, NJ. Curt Wilson does fantastic work, and is a great hang as well. He's a buddy from the Grestch Discussion Pages.
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