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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
Keith
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09-04-2017 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by floatingpickup
everything you want to know about dampers..from the late great scotty moores site...good read thru
Scotty Moore - String Dampers
cheers
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Yes, Jim told me he had worn the finish off during the long stretches between playing on the Griffin show. I saw him play that guitar several times, always a full, warm sound, even with borrowed amplifiers. I lent him a Polytone once for a performance in Boston, and it developed a problem at sound check, had to be turned up all the way to 10 to get enough volume for the gig. I apologized profusely, and in his fashion, he said "it's probably me." Anyway, he liked the sound and used it for 8 shows.
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Originally Posted by ronjazz
Keith
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[QUOTE=55bar;799108]Agreed, I'm trying to figure out how the the lacquer got worn so much just on the top above the 15th fret. Any ideas?
I saw Jim Hall in person five times, three of them close up in a club. I can verify that the wear on the upper bout, bass side finish is due to the unusual way he hung his strap. I never saw him play the 175, only the D'Aquisto, but that's how he did it. The binding on the D'A the lower bout, bass side was completely worn away, and the upper bout had considerable finish wear by the strap coming over it.
A free Jim Hall concert anecdote: Once during his Duets album promotion I sat very close and heard him tell Mike Stern before they began, "Your music is upside down." Stern replied, "That's ok, I can't read it anyway."
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[QUOTE=Joe Phillips;800273]
Originally Posted by 55bar
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Hi 55bar,
That's not the guitar I saw him with. I only saw him with the orange finished D'A each time. I never saw him with the Sadowski either. The orange D'A had a lot of miles on it.
Joe
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Originally Posted by Joe Phillips
Are you replying to something I said?
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Originally Posted by Joe Phillips
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Originally Posted by 55bar
Regards,
Joe
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Hi Joe,
I didn't post that, that's why I was confused!
But a great picture!
55
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Originally Posted by JoeJazz2000
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this is his first D'Aquisto, an acoustic model. I don't think he ever put a floating pickup on it.
he used it on one cut of his lp on A&M Horizon iirc.
later Jimmy built him one w/built in pickup.
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Women have it so easy these days; no more drilling holes in their skulls to keep hair off their faces and dampen unwanted tones. A 50 cent scrunchy does both jobs now.
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Originally Posted by dot75
I have wondered how Jim would have fit in to the KOB session?
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Originally Posted by whiskey02
Part of me says, why mess with perfection...but knowing Jim and Bill's two duo records, they played as well together as any guitar/piano duo ever...such great listening (and you can imagine, many deep conversations about where the music was going to go beforehand as well)
I dunno...I can't think of one situation I ever heard Jim in where he didn't make everybody sound better. Part of his magic, you could say.
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here is Jim playing beautifully on the guitar with its original fingerboard pickup etc.
Tim
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And here it is after the mods, or at least some of them. Looks like he has the Atilla Zollar Pickup taped and stapled on there!
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My thoughts exactly Mr.B. You don't screw around with perfection......but still, man how would it have sounded? Perhaps a whole different album; A Different Kind of Blue?
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jim halls style clashed with the pre electric miles..miles auditioned the great bassist miroslav vitous...and miroslavs conversation type playing didn't sit well with miles... hall could have done it..layed back a bit and played straight, but it wasnt really what he was about...his years with chico hamilton and jimmy giuffre had turned him on to group improv..which he took to well!!!...he often said the jimmy giuffre experience was eye opening for him
after that, electric era miles went for guitar sounds beyond what jim could supply ie mclaughlin, sonny sharrock,pete cosey reggie lucas, dominique gaumont etc etc....
two giant forces never meant to be united
no problem with that, happens all the time
cheers
ps- and anyone seeing bill evans as the link...hall was in duo setting with evans..had huge amount of room...
miles quintet at that time had left exploratory coltrane phase ..and had young turks- shorter hancock carter and williams..all greats..but firmly under miles dominionLast edited by neatomic; 09-06-2017 at 06:16 PM.
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Originally Posted by neatomic
For all the great stuff Miles did, he was always very opinionated... But if he wasn't, would he have been Miles? Probably not.
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The evolution, just for kicks...
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IIRC, this ES-175 was bought by a Japanese fan when Jim needed money for his surgery back in 2008, I guess. Pat Metheny owns it now? If so, it's cool.
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How do you look back in time? There you go...
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
Now, if we're talkin' Wes Montgomery sittin' in the KOB sessions maybe then I'd could see it
A few bad notes or a missed chord
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