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Originally Posted by Little Jay
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11-27-2017 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
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Thank you, guys, for all of the encouraging words and congratulations. I’m so glad to be caring for this instrument. I’m sure I will never record anything of historical importance like Herb did, but I hope to maintain its legacy for the future and that it may continue long after I’m gone.
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The NGD of NGD's! Henceforth all NGD's will pale in comparison. Herb Ellis' and Billy Bean's guitar on the SAME day - just WOW!!!
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Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
They figured the first thing Herb would do is to put a damper on it, taking the cover with his name off...
B.
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Originally Posted by 2bornot2bop
Just don't tell my you're also dating Bo Derek! (My weak ticker, you know.)
Congratulations on snagging these wonderful, historic instruments.
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That's remarkable!
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Originally Posted by rabbit
Keith
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What a great instrument with a great tone! It is a museum piece indeed. Long live the legacy of 175! I wonder where Joe's or Jim's original 175s are right now, curious to know.
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Lovely guitar.
Herb is probably my favorite jazz guitarist. I don't like to get into discussions of "the best" but I can see he's the only one I listen to every day.
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Since this post has arisen, here are some more recent pics.
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Great pics!
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Is this the 175 you wanted to sell me?? You never mentioned it was Herb Ellis'!
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Originally Posted by omphalopsychos
The one I told you about is the ‘52 that was my first ES-175. That one is in all original condition. Herb’s is definitively not all original.
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The most legendary 175 there probably is, along with Jim Hall's original one that Metheny owns nowadays. There was a thread about Jim's 175 somewhere here in this forum. The one owned by Herb and the one Jim had are probably the most famous pieces of this iconic guitar. It's interesting to know where these guitars owned by legends end up. It's great that some of these guitars are in good hands owned by musicians rather than collecting dust in a museum or owned by a collector, some who even can't really play at all.
As in thought, thomastik flatwounds. 12s I suppose. Herb used to use those. He had a bit brighter sound in earlier of his records but changed darker, because of the pickup chance to humbucker. I still can see the original holes of the p90 pickup in the picture of that guitar, next to the current pickup.
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Originally Posted by Epistrophy
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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So Metheny has Jim Hall's 175 now? I did not know that, but it makes complete sense. It'd be great if he did a tribute record with it.
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Yes, as far as I remember, Metheny owns the guitar nowadays. Makes a lot of sense. That guitar had a top crack since the picture fell on it, so DAguisto repaired it when it still was owned by Hall himself. Jim said something like his old 175 never sounded as good as before the top repair and the picture accident. Anyway would be nice to see how it sounds nowadays.
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Is that Herb's finger gunk on the fingerboard? Cool
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
The strings are actually still Herb’s strings too. I’m not going to change them until I absolutely have to do so.
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One of the coolest ever versions of "Billie's Bounce" was played by that man, on that guitar, on "Texas Swings." As a Western Swing fanatic I love this album, has face-melting jazz steel by Herb Remington, and Willie Nelson plays rhythm!
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Out of all the famous 175 players IMO Herb’s 175 sounded the best. His 175 was a tone monster. That is the only axe he mostly played from 1953 to 1991 when Gibson gave him his signature model which sounded like crap compared to his 53.
Well he did play his signature Aria model for a little while but went right back to his trusty 53.
That 175 is a huge piece of jazz history.
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These are great comments. I haven’t heard that version of Billie’s Bounce. I will definitely look it up.
One thing that wows most people I know more than anything else is that Herb played this guitar on an episode of Sanford and Son.
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Here's Billie's Bounce from "Texas Swings".
https://play.google.com/music/m/Tbauo3q5e5i2bkni6pyqhmpgtlm?t=Billies_Bounce_-_Herb_Ellis
Has anyone played or had a Supro Amulet ?
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