Other Guitar Styles / Instruments

Rene Thomas with Stan Getz - video

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Anyone have any idea who built this guitar?

Thinking about upgrading my Montreal Premiere ......

"But Not TOO Good!" Original Tune...

Thanks, Jim - you may be right. I guess I'd just like a bit more clarity and definition (sparkle?) with maybe a touch more attitude (upper midrange). I'm not looking to turn it into a Gretsch (or a...

Thinking about upgrading my Montreal Premiere ... maybe

That's very interesting, because I recently picked up a Supro Tremoverb (one of the new ones), and it IMMEDIATELY sounded better with the Supro than with my PRRI... the Supro is definitely more...

Getting the "most woody/hollow" sound out of electric archtop?

Yeah, too late to tell him to rotate the &^%$# bridge on that thing.

RIP Gibson Archtop guitar

filtertrons can get super nice hollow jazz tone...heck even hi-lo's can!...but they need the right amp...pickier than most pickups!...they like old fenders!..i never heard them better than with...

Getting the "most woody/hollow" sound out of electric archtop?

There is some interesting factory tour video out there. Godin uses a lot of automated fabrication and finishing processes, and their hand-labour processes rely heavily on jigs that speed the process...

La Patrie Guitars are now Godin Guitars

I think that the archtop guitar with the floater does not sound wood-y at all. I think it sounds string-y. When I think of, for example, Johnny Smith's classic tone I hear strings rather than wood....

Getting the "most woody/hollow" sound out of electric archtop?

Damn, too late!

RIP Gibson Archtop guitar

I think the less expensive Phreds are made in China and then QC'd here in the United States. The more expensive ones, however, might be made by a factory that we've actually heard of. Looking at the...

Languedoc (ie trey anastasio’s) guitars

Really? I didn’t know that. Not surprised about the pickups though. Hard to improve on Gibson pickups at least at that point in time.

RIP Gibson Archtop guitar

I think it shows you can make quality guitars at a reasonable price in North America, as long as they don’t have too much bling and prestige, i.e., collectibility, attached to them.

La Patrie Guitars are now Godin Guitars

Here's a link to Laurence Wexer's exquisite collection listed on Gbase. https://www.gbase.com/powered/laurence-wexer-ltd

PSA - Gibson Tal and L5CTES for sale

My trumpet playing friend told me a story about Rene Thomas's daughter Apparently, she was going out with a musician and told him who her father was. The guy said something like, "Rene Thomas,...

Rene Thomas with Stan Getz - video

Perfect Pitch Rick Beato #132 - January 26, 2021 - YouTube

Perfect Pitch Journals

France Musique have posted a video of Stan Getz in 1971 which includes some nice footage of Rene Thomas (his solo starts at 5:00): Stan Getz Quartet à Paris en 1971 - YouTube

Rene Thomas with Stan Getz - video

Just an FYI for internet radio fans: WZUM is a relatively new broadcast jazz station based in Pittsburgh PA. It's an all-jazz nonprofit, and not affiliated with any other organizations. I've...

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RIP Gibson Archtop guitar

Jgbe virtual jam, round 1

Some very cool new amps coming from Fender.

2003 Epiphone Emperor Regent Video added

Jgbe Virtual Jam, Round 2

Your Gibson L-5 Choice

Green Heritage JS?

Is this a fake Gibson?

Retail therapy...bought a Martin 000

New Ibanez Thinline Hollowbodies

Thinline acoustic archtop?

1988 Gibson ES-175–woohoo!

Steve Holst be Da Man!