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Are there any current generation big name players who use ES 175? Current big names seem to play either custom luthier build big hollows or just solids or semis.
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07-04-2019 02:12 PM
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Django Reinhardt's brother, two sons and grandson all play/played 175's. Had he lived longer, i believe Django would have as well.
Already mentioned were:
Joe Pass
Jim Hall
Pat Metheny
Herb Ellis
Kenny Burell
Wes Montgomery
Joe Diorio
Jimmy Raney
Jonathan Kriesberg
Phillip Catherine
175 Players not yet mentioned:
Toots Thielemans
Howard Roberts
Rene Thomas
Trefor Owen
Peter Bernstein
Steve Howe
As a 175 player myself, I am pretty sure that I am in good company
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Actually he played an Aria Pro II PE-175 in the late 70s-early 80s. But you're right that he played the '53 175 for the majority of his career.
Originally Posted by vinnyv1k
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Besides Two for the Road, 7 Come 11 is classic album that features Ellis/Pass playing ES175 guitars together. Fabulous live album.
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Raney ‘81:
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Kenny Burrell:
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Ronny Jordan played a Norlin 175. I even think it's an early 80s mahogany one, exactly like mine. I always had a soft spot for him. Lots of soul in his playing ...
All his early albums were recorded with his 175.
DB
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Another 175 player :
Richard Ring
a great jazz guitarist, music teacher in college and also husband of renown singer Ranee Lee.
Artist | Justin Time
Unfortunately he passed away last summer!
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A little more modern, but it sounds great imo.
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Yep, no doubt, but then two players on that list are known for not only great playing, but terrific guitar sound - Wes and Kenny. Originally Posted by Stringswinger
Django Reinhardt's brother, two sons and grandson all play/played 175's. Had he lived longer, i believe Django would have as well.
Already mentioned were:
Joe Pass
Jim Hall
Pat Metheny
Herb Ellis
Kenny Burell
Wes Montgomery
Joe Diorio
Jimmy Raney
Jonathan Kriesberg
Phillip Catherine
175 Players not yet mentioned:
Toots Thielemans
Howard Roberts
Rene Thomas
Trefor Owen
Peter Bernstein
Steve Howe
As a 175 player myself, I am pretty sure that I am in good company
And that would be on the L5 and Super 400 or other carved top.
Accurate, or inaccurate?
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if we want to be completely accurate, those two players have great tone on any guitar they have recorded with. Originally Posted by Jazzstdnt
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Yes on Kenny and Wes.
No on Pete B. I still prefer his sound AND his playing on his Zeilder--that sound is... yeooooowzas!
I'm trying to gather everything he did in Larry Golding's organ trio. Man! Larry Goldings--I know this forum is about guitar--but holey schmoleys! Larry Goldings could make ANYONE sound good. Larry Goldings could make ME sound good!
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Ronny Jordan - So What (Miles Davis) - Veojam Originally Posted by DB's Jazz Guitar Blog
My favourite thing by him ever!
Pure gold!
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Everything by my favourite jazz guitarist of all time:
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"In the 1950's Roberts acquired a Gibson ES-175 with a single neck pickup. This was his main guitar throughout the '50's. He had a second ES-175 with a square hole cut into the guitars back. No one knows why he did this to the instrument."
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There is even a video concert of James Taylor in which he has Larry Goldings on piano... it is just superb. Originally Posted by Irez87
Yes on Kenny and Wes.
No on Pete B. I still prefer his sound AND his playing on his Zeilder--that sound is... yeooooowzas!
I'm trying to gather everything he did in Larry Golding's organ trio. Man! Larry Goldings--I know this forum is about guitar--but holey schmoleys! Larry Goldings could make ANYONE sound good. Larry Goldings could make ME sound good!
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But not the same tone. I also think that Wes' tone improved in his career, due to improved technique, but that's another tale. Originally Posted by Stringswinger
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Certainly, I cannot argue that the three iconic jazz guitars (ES-175, L-5 and Super 400 CES) have different tones. IMO, all are magnificent assuming one has a good example and a good skill set (I own good examples of all three and have a modicum of skill that gets great tone from all of them so long as they are played through a proper amp). Originally Posted by Jazzstdnt
I do like Wes' later tone better than some early recordings. His one pickup L-5 along with his thumb technique and a solid state amp created a superb jazz guitar tone.
Kenny Burell's D'Angelico New Yorker through a Fender tube amp is another great example of jazz guitar tone.
But all of that said, Joe Pass got a tone with a 175 on those WPJ albums (think "For Django") that is second to none.
A good Gibson ES-175 is all the jazz guitar a jazz guitarist needs.
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Stringswinger,
Joe Pass does sound incredible on "For Django." It is different, but beautiful, in comparison with his 70s tone on Concord Jazz and Pablo records.
I like both sounds.
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Goldings has been with Taylor for years Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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Well if we include Kreisberg we also have to include early Metheny on the album Bright Size Life that invented the jazz guitar sound almost everyone’s been using for 40 years...
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You can't discount the impact the impact of PM.
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I was going to mention him also. I started listening to Jonathan Kreisberg when I got my ES-175 a few year ago. Originally Posted by jorgemg1984
He is more of a hard-core ES-175 user than some other guitarists listed in this thread.
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That's very true. How do they get that sound? Modernized ES 175 sound. A little brighter, lots of mids, compressed. I'm assuming pedals are involved. Originally Posted by christianm77
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