Great Examples of a Good Jazz Guitar Tone

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Almost anyone can achieve a good jazz tone regardless of the skill level.

Back when I was a wee teen obsessed with hypothetical situations, my best friend/bandmate and I would constantly have this argument:

- Who would sound better: A virtuoso guitarist playing a POS cheap department store guitar (e.g., like a Zimgar or Kent or Sekova, something even crappier than a Silvertone), or an absolute beginner playing on a mint Gibson Citation (or whatever their top-of-the-line instrument circa 1974 was)?

My buddy's argument supporting the latter was "They would only have to play one note!"
But my counterargument was "Tone requires more than just equipment; it requires some technique to get the best sound from an instrument."

I'm no longer a wee teen, but I feel like that would still be my position: "a good jazz tone" takes skill, a deft touch, a modicum of experience to know What To Do With Your Fingers in order to coax the sound you want from the equipment you're playing.

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All that and some of the greatest socks to boot.

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Home spun in a very nice, sincere way. Love it.

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