Great Examples of a Good Jazz Guitar Tone

**kawa** · 12-02-2021, 07:45 PM

famous Super 400 CES Florentin

???? Gibson Custom Crimson Super 400 CES Florentin ?? - YouTube

**gitman** · 12-02-2021, 08:03 PM

This is my Super-400 CES from 1963 with the sharp/florentine cutaway. Gibson originally did them like this along with the ES-350T, Byrdland and L-5 CES from ca. 1962 until ca. 1968 . Not many were made and you see them used by Kenny Burrell, Wes, Larry Corryell, George Benson, Pat Martino and a few others. Very expensive nowadays .... The one in this clip is a new custom made model, a one-off and most probably not cheap either !

**Gitterbug** · 12-03-2021, 03:38 PM

Thanks! And apologies for my ignorance! Not many (if any) in my neck of the Taiga.

**kawa** · 12-24-2021, 12:35 PM

**Scott Beckwith** · 12-26-2021, 04:43 PM

Man oh man, those Jun Satsuma videos have, to my ears, some of the most luscious electric jazz guitar tones I've ever heard. Especially the sunburst Super. What a fine player on the standards, too. So nice.

**kawa** · 01-16-2022, 02:26 PM

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**EarlBrother** · 01-22-2022, 06:53 AM

In practicing this morning i realized getting as comfortable as possible at my age was a priority.In order to spend any amount any time.And once again i noticed my picking hand/arm/shoulder had slide away from the pick up.I have be wondering in frustration what happen to a tone i use to get at times for like a month.And a few minutes ago i eureka!!!! I moved my hand/arm/shoulder up toward the pickup and there it was.Now my question is ,is my ear fooling me.mind you its a (a really nice,if there was any off ) 2015 Eastman 403 playing unplugged!Another question should this be in technique section.I figured getting optimal sound it would go here?

**kawa** · 01-22-2022, 08:30 PM

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**IA_** · 03-02-2022, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by EarlBrother

[...] I moved my hand/arm/shoulder up toward the pickup and there it was.Now my question is ,is my ear fooling me.mind you its a (a really nice,if there was any off ) 2015 Eastman 403 playing unplugged!Another question should this be in technique section.I figured getting optimal sound it would go here?

No, you're not being fooled. The harmonic content is greatly affected by where on the string you pick it. Simply put, picking close to the neck gives you less high frequencies, more lower mids and a slightly scooped sound. Conversely, picking close to the bridge will give you a lot of high frequency content and little bass and mids.

This can greatly be used to your advantage in changing the tone of individual notes or chords.