Re: jazz on tele's etc./Gibson Explorer

["Mark Showalter" <folkstone57@operamail.com>]

Hello,

As a Godin player i am in love with mine. My luthier has customized mince 
with stainless steel fretts & Lace pickups, multiple selector switches for 
either humbucking or single selection & some other goodies still to go. Of 
course, the internal synth access is fantastic.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christo Jota" <chris@christojota.de>
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: jazz on tele's etc./Gibson Explorer
> Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 09:50:53 +0200
> 
> 
> I remember, a long time ago, maybe even in the early eighties, donīt 
>know,
> I checked out a Gibson Explorer in a store and was blown away by itīs 
>warm,
> fat sound and the feel on the neck. I still can remember how sad I felt 
>cause
> I didnīt have the money to buy it. I was much into kind of heavy 
> Blues, Rockīn Roll
> music, done by the likes of Johnny Winter.
> Now, for my smooth ambient sounds, Iīm not interested in the 
> Explorer anymore, would
> rather look for a Godin or so, but in those days I would be a happy man 
>to get
> this strange looking axe.
> christo
> www.christojota.de
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Charles Zwicky" <cazwicky@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 4:43 PM
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Subject: Re: jazz on tele's etc.
> 
> > I realize that you're simply trying to make a point, but I want 
> > to hip you to a little known fact:  Flying Vs make FANTASTIC jazz 
> > guitars.. the body and neck are made from a very thin piece of 
> > mahogany , and they have a natural warmth and resonance... you'd 
> > prolly only get away with it in the studio... nobody in a Jass 
> > club wants to see some middle aged Jass guy with a flying V (and 
> > spandex)....
> >
> >> Good point on the flatwounds.  My observation is that you can 
> >> take any guitar, and I mean any guitar, that has a neck pickup, 
> >> put flatwounds on it, and plug into any amp that allows you to 
> >> pump up the lows and roll off the highs, and you can get at 
> >> least 50% to that "jazz guitar" tone.  I don't care if it is a 
> >> Gibson Flying V....humbucker neck acticatd... into a amp with 
> >> bass on 5, mid on 4, and treble on 2....I can play a jazz gig 
> >> and sound halfway decent. I may look ridiculous, however :)
> >>
> >> Hmmmm, maybe I should have a custom hollow body archop Flying V 
> >> made.  Hah hah.
> >>
> >> Kris
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> It's interesting how certain elements work together on specific 
> >>> guitar models. A Tele can be a great jazz guitar with the 
> >>> treble rolled off, a humbucker or P90 in the neck position 
> >>> certainly helps,  but heavy strings even more so. Put some 12 
> >>> or 13 flatwounds on a  standard Strat and off you go!
> >>>
> >>> I got that from a studio player friend of mine who is 
> >>> constantly changing instrument's setups, putting nylon strings 
> >>> on older Martin's, thin strings on a jazz box, heavy gauge 
> >>> stuff on a Strat just to see what he comes up with. Quite a bit 
> >>> of setup work there (also some cheaper guitars might start to 
> >>> go south under 13's these days), but probably more rewarding 
> >>> that trying out your 12th variant  of a modded Tubescreamer 
> >>> clone.
> >>>
> >>> On the other hand my luthier once as an experiment (no extra 
> >>> holes drilled) put a Tele bridge on my 1960 Gibson Melody Maker 
> >>> (the single cut LP shaped variant with P90's added) - and that 
> >>> small mahagony swampthing suddenly started to put out some 
> >>> serious twang, amazing difference. Too much twang for me, we 
> >>> put the Pigtail one-piece- bridge back on...
> >>>
> >>> Best, Andreas
> >
> >
> > -- ...
> > http://www.zmix.net
> >
> > http://www.esession.com/ChuckZwicky
> >
> > http://albumcredits.com/zmix
> >

>



Mark Showalter
Minden Jot!

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