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I'm looking for examples of recordings for a specific instrument, namely the Gibson L5 (all makes and models). Obviously I can listen to Wes, but who else? Any lesser-known players or videos out there?
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08-05-2024 11:14 AM
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i love this clip, even if it's a lil too smooth jazz for my tastes...the playing is just absurdly good and he does things youd never expect from an L-5 (like play slide)...but my favorite thing is playing an L-5 with a floater thru a bunch of mesa boogie rectifiers that were made for metalheads. the outro solo sounds really, really good.
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Originally Posted by spencer096
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Not typically the first thing that comes to mind when you think "L5", but it is indeed Scotty on a '55 L5-CES with Alnico V staple pickups.
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Bireli Lagrene:
DG
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Didn't Kenny Burrell play an L5 for a while in the late 50's or so?
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Peter Bernstein played L5 before he came across his iconic Zeidler
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The number of L5 recordings of jazz guitar would be way to big really to get any reasonable answer. I go to the player and the recording before I think of the guitar that they used. Hank Garland would be my pick for the sound, but he used a thin version of the L5 till the Byrdland was made. Lee Retinour certainly one of the most accomplished players in history but he is a long way from the top of the list. His sound is bit to smooth a processed.
If you just want get to the real L5 player's, then you simply listen to most anything Wes did. My favorite Wes is Bésame Mucho in 3/4 time his sound and playing just swings and smokes. Hank Garland Cherokee, I not sure if you used the guitar on the cover but......
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Originally Posted by deacon Mark
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Originally Posted by Doug B
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Originally Posted by ThatRhythmMan
same one pictured on the Jazz Winds cover
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Probably the first L5 I saw or heard.
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of course there's many recordings of acoustic L-5's through the years, especially in big bands or from a rhythm standpoint, but not a ton of electric L-5 recordings relatively speaking if you think about it, as opposed to say 175's, etc.
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Peter Leitch
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
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Bruce Forman played an L5 for years recording of him for sure.
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
Doug
PS-Digging those Desmond/Hall records that I got from you. Thanks again for having them.
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
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Originally Posted by Onesimus
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Originally Posted by Jonah
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Couldn't help but share one more non-jazz example. The late, great Hollywood Fats tearing it up on a 50's L-5 CES.
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That Tuck Andress clip above was really nice. He has a lot of the Cornell Dupree sound in his playing. It was great to see him go from super serious concentration scowl to beaming smile at the end.
I'd like to hear him in front of an R&B band, I bet he would really shine there.
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Originally Posted by deacon Mark
He is always a guarantee for some very nice fingerstyle playing and he is someone who absolutely knows how to groove, no rubato-itis and ritardando-/accelerando-itis patient.
I do not go to music with an expectation of how it should sound, instead I listen to what I get.
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Originally Posted by Bop Head
Free Western Swing recording
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