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Do any modern jazz players play carved top arch tops? It seems to me that most play laminate tops.
The three noteable exceptions I can think of are Pasquale Grasso, Kurt Rosenwinkel (although, I believe his D'angelico is a carved top semi hollow, so it's its own beast), and Dan Wilson (however he's no longer using that guitar).
Are there any others? I'm sure there's plenty that I'm missing.
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11-24-2018 05:51 PM
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Peter Bernstein's Zeidler is carved. Gilad Hekselman's Victor Bakers, too, I think. Pat Metheny's Slaman, maybe? There's more.
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I play carved top.
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Lage Lund plays Carved Tops.
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Royce Campbell plays carved tops; L5ces is his typical instrument. Russell Malone and Mark Whitfield. I think by "modern" maybe you are referring to a style and not simply "people playing jazz guitar today?"
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Lund goes both ways...
Julian Lage has a Manzer and a 20''s L5...
Mike Moreno plays a Marchione, I'm pretty sure that's a carved guitar, even though it's thin bodied.
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Kurt plays some Moffas which I believe have curved tops. Yeah, his D also has a curved top but it's a super heavy semi, so.
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If I could afford a carved top I would be playing it for shure
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There's a guy who plays an Andersen Streamline with some sort of exotic giant single coil pickup.
Locally I can tell you that Bill Coon plays a carved top (small body but reasonably deep).
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Bobby Broom! (Is he considered "modern"?)
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Kurt Rosenwinkel plays his Westville signature carved top. I think his D’Angelico Vestax is curved top but laminated.
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
I wasnt meaning he only plays carved tops, but rather he does use them.
He once stated his laminated was a smaller body which made it easier to travel.
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Vince Lewis.
Another relevant question is whether modern jazz players use floating pickups. Not many!
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All the Benedetto artists? Artists |
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The great Henry Johnson!
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Lots of the Benedetto artists play laminated guitars. The Bravo is a laminate, as is the Bambino and others. The advantages of laminated tops is that they resist feedback better than carved tops, and can be made more repeatably, more easily. If you're going to play amplified, there is little need for a solid carved top.
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Bobby Broom! (Is he considered "modern"?) Originally Posted by Marty Grass
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I agree with what you say. I would add that a laminate is more durable as well. Most of the audience could not tell the difference at a gig.
But there is a difference to someone with a very discriminating ear, to someone practicing acoustically, in recordings in which the guitar is mic'd and mixed with the amp output, and in the pride of ownership in the carved workmanship.
I would not take my L-5 out on a cold, humid day or to somewhere it could be damaged. I would check a ES-335 into cargo on a United flight! Maybe.
Originally Posted by sgosnell
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Taking $20k+ instruments to bar gigs can be dangerous. Expensive carved archtops can be nice at home and in the studio, but for gigging a laminate is much more practical, and in most venues the audience can't tell the difference, and neither can the player. Same for amps. A solid-state amp that gets loud enough for the situation is good enough, while being more reliable and lighter to schlep around. Worrying about killer tone in a bar is a waste of time.
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Bar gigs are what my Teles are for. The perfect tool for those situations, also for gigs in cold or hot/humid weather. But I do love playing my carvetop and have taken that to many coffee shop and home gigs.
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I thought carved tops and round wounds are quite fashionable?
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No Originally Posted by Jehu
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Wow a 20’’ L5? That’s one hell of a lower bout. Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
Sorry I’ll get my coat
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