Gigging with your expensive guitars ?

[Cavalier]

I think everybody needs to send me their expensive guitars which I will then gig with and offer an objective review.

[Burrellesque]

I gig with my 1952 ES-350 and 1961 L-7c. What I take depends on the gig.. and that includes the type of venue. If its a packed bar then I'm taking the Telecaster!

[Danny W.]

Great arrangement_, and I'm in love with the second tenor's sax, looks like an old Selmer Super Action or an early Mark VI ... maybe even a cigar cutter?

I love Sammy Nestico charts--almost never the same chord progressions twice.

That tenor guy subs with us from time to time. Since I'm sitting behind him, I have no idea what he was playing. All those guys have a ton of horns.

Danny W.

[FPC-music]

I play a 54 es175 on gigs. But i have it fully insured! Life on the Road is dangerous, and you’re always taking a chance when you bring it out. But I’m a musician and I wouldn’t own a guitar that I can’t play out!... - A friend of mine just broke the headstock of his Johnny Smith... shit happens...

[ThatRhythmMan]

Do classical musicians gig with their expensive instruments?

Gibson Stradivarius - Wikipedia

[Takemitsu]

Do classical musicians gig with their expensive instruments?

Gibson Stradivarius - Wikipedia

In my orchestra, everyone is playing with their best instrument. There is milions of dollars on stage every rehersals or concerts. I play with my Walter a 30000$ basson almost everyday. The only time you see a classical musician use a cheaper instrument is in outdoor concerts, if their best is serviced or if they try a new instrument.

[christianm77]

Even when the bass player takes their cheap bass, that’s still a few grand lying around where drunk idiots can trip over it.

[hotpepper01]

I think you should play as you practise. So yes, I take my L5 out on a gig. I keep a good eye at my guitar and look for a safe place to put in during the breaks.

[electricfactory]

Nice guitar, what amp are you using ?

My Sadowsky Jim Hall wasn't cheap, but it was designed and built as a gigging guitar, so I gig with it.

[smmllr]

Nice guitar, what amp are you using ?

In that photo, looks like I was using a ZT Acoustic, which has a mic input, so if I'm lazy I can substitute it for the PA by patching it into a cab and daisy-chaining to a mini monitor. Usually I mic a Roland Cube 30 into the PA. Since I play about 1/3 jazz and 2/3 blues-ragtime, I like its modeling option between acoustic and Jazz Chorus.

[electricfactory]

Hmm, wonder how many others are using a Roland Cube for clean jazz tone.

....Usually I mic a Roland Cube 30 into the PA. Since I play about 1/3 jazz and 2/3 blues-ragtime, I like its modeling option between acoustic and Jazz Chorus.

[rio]

I practice with my Cube 30x often. I changed the speaker out for an Eminence Delta Demon and it sounds phenomenal. Good enough that when I used to have a Henriksen Convertible I ended up selling it to a student because I couldn’t really justify needing it with how good the 30x sounded after the speaker replacement. I only use it for practice now because I still like the amp but nothing beats slinging my Bud over my shoulder walking to a gig and it is lighter (the speaker added some weight) and louder. But they are great amps - it’s a shame they stopped making them.


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[customxke]

A long time ago, I decided to retire my then-number-one guitar (a 50s ES-175,) from live gigging, because of its increasing value, fragility etc. Gibson made me a new 175 with p90s (and some other custom silliness) to replace it. The thing is...I never enjoyed playing the new guitar as much, and found myself wishing I had it on gigs. I realized i'd rather enjoy myself, and -just not worry about it. If something happens to one of my 50s Gibsons (a couple of L5s, a Byrdland, an ES175), that would be a bummer, but it would also be a bummer if something happened to a $500 Epiphone. For me, I'd rather just enjoy them.