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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
Last edited by Mick-7; 08-07-2024 at 01:11 AM.
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08-06-2024 03:19 PM
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I can’t think of the L5 without thinking of the man who originally popularized it and drove the tenor banjo to virtual extinction, Eddie Lang:
For that matter, his contemporary and sometime duet partner, Carl Kress, was amazing too:
As was Allan Reuss:
As is Reuss’ disciple and heir, Jonathan Stout a/k/a Campus Five:
As for electric, there are too many Wes Montgomery examples to choose from! But one of my favorites is from one of his last albums, “The Other Man’s Grass Is Always Greener,” from Down Here On The Ground:
Pat Martino used an L5 for a while. I think he was using one on the Exit album, as here:
But the ringer for me is Pat using the L5-S, the solid body version, on the “We’ll Be Together Again” album. To me, he never got a better tone:
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Eddie was a big deal.
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Originally Posted by L50EF15
Are you sure that the “We’ll Be Together Again” album was recorded with the L-5S (solid body) ?
Ettore
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Originally Posted by equenda
Jim Hall got a similar tone in the same way, on an early Les Paul Custom, with the Chico Hamilton Quintet:
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Originally Posted by L50EF15
Thanks again.
Ettore
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Originally Posted by yebdox
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
Just a moment...
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I have no idea if Andy Summers used an L-5 in the studio for the song, but he used one for the video. Andy is a total jazz enthusiast, so it’s not a total surprise.
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