Ron Eschette - I Thought About You

[voxo]

[Flat]

Ron was my Chord Melody teacher at GIT in 1983. A beautiful player, and easily one of the nicest guys in the world.

And I have seen him play at this place, Steamers Cafe in Fullerton, CA. (Closed for years now, unfortunately.) It's not far from the original Fender factory.

Thanks for the video.

[GuyBoden]

Truly great playing. Thanks for posting.

I remembering having his "Chord Melody Phrases" book.

[nevershouldhavesoldit]

Fantastic - thanks! He's the master of inside inversion - no one else folds those extensions into an octave like he does. It looks like he's driving an RE 12 cab with an Evans head to get that beautiful, glorious tone. The sound is so clear and full from his Mapson that I suspect it has an active EMG. But I can't see what's in it on the video. I know he's used EMGs - it's one of the reasons I put one in my 7 string Les Paul.

[PickingMyEars]

Had a couple of lessons with Ron when I lived in Los Angeles.

Kind soul, great musician, and the guy is a walking history book of jazz. Sometimes we would stop playing altogether and he'd talk to me about Billie Holiday or Dizzy Gillespie. That's why I love getting lessons from the greats. Constructive criticism from people in the room always helps, but hearing about those experiences... nothing quite like it! That history is part of the oral tradition, methinks. Hope Ron is doing okay these days.

That 7 string sure did sound sweet. He was always trying to get me to buy one. Nope. Same Eastman AR803 I've had for almost 20 years. Ron played beautiful harmony on his guitar during our lessons, so much so that he didn't need lightning fast lines to make the music shine. Keep on keeping on!

[sgcim]

Had a couple of lessons with Ron when I lived in Los Angeles.

Kind soul, great musician, and the guy is a walking history book of jazz. Sometimes we would stop playing altogether and he'd talk to me about Billie Holiday or Dizzy Gillespie. That's why I love getting lessons from the greats. Constructive criticism from people in the room always helps, but hearing about those experiences... nothing quite like it! That history is part of the oral tradition, methinks. Hope Ron is doing okay these days.

That 7 string sure did sound sweet. He was always trying to get me to buy one. Nope. Same Eastman AR803 I've had for almost 20 years. Ron played beautiful harmony on his guitar during our lessons, so much so that he didn't need lightning fast lines to make the music shine. Keep on keeping on!

Still one of the greats!
I heard he split LA and moved North where he's got a teaching gig at some college in the Washington or Oregon area.
He didn't have his 6 string electric bassist on that so we got to hear more of his phenomenal chord work.

[wintermoon]

This is an interesting clip, I'm guessing Benson was sitting in?
That's some pretty busy comping by George, sometimes less is more, I like Eschete much more here, cool solo!

[Alter]

Anything Ron Eschette is great, just top level classic jazz guitar. These chord solos get me every time, then i want to pick up an archtop and play!