Recommend me a jazz box, please.
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CapoFirstFret
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Re: Recommend me a jazz box, please.
I highly recommend the Epiphone Joe Pass. I had one, and it was an amazing jazz box. Kinda want it back. Also, the Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin is not terribly expensive and is also a great sounding box.
I highly recommend the Epiphone Joe Pass. I had one, and it was an amazing jazz box. Kinda want it back. Also, the Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin is not terribly expensive and is also a great sounding box.
Re: Recommend me a jazz box, please.
Thanks for these replies!
I was checking out the Godins but I'm not a fan of P90's. *GASP* Is it possible to put a "regular" set in one?
I think I'm liking the Hagstrom. Hmmm. And nothing against Epiphone, but they're all I've pretty much played and I'd like something different. I am kind of a small pear of a guy and am concerned about the difficulty of a big, deep box. I figure I'll actually be standing a lot. I really should try a bunch but I don't feel like going into a Guitar Center or driving to Cleveland (yet). Unfortunately, hollowbodies aren't popular with the few local shops around here.
Thanks for these replies!
I was checking out the Godins but I'm not a fan of P90's. *GASP* Is it possible to put a "regular" set in one?
I think I'm liking the Hagstrom. Hmmm. And nothing against Epiphone, but they're all I've pretty much played and I'd like something different. I am kind of a small pear of a guy and am concerned about the difficulty of a big, deep box. I figure I'll actually be standing a lot. I really should try a bunch but I don't feel like going into a Guitar Center or driving to Cleveland (yet). Unfortunately, hollowbodies aren't popular with the few local shops around here.
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Hurricane
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Godin LGXSA & Other Godins
Godin LGXSA & Other Godins
My Godin LGXSA is a Jazzy piece of work , they can do just about anything but take the trash out heh heh .
Several concoctions of wood types too in the line of LGXs that will make a tonal difference . The LGXSA series with the solid mahogany is what I have the LGXT uses a silver leaf body and they do have a different sound no matter what amp you play them through .
If its a Jazz sound your after there are quite a few schools on this issue that go deep and fanatical so watch your step cause your bound to make a few eye brows go nuts one way or the other .
Any one here care to talk about Telecasters and their side of Jazz ? There plenty who do , just check this Telecaster Users Group Forum :
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaster-discussion-forum/134172-jazz-tele.html"]
My Godin LGXSA and other Godins as well as many PRS and the like have piezo pickups on each string . This allows me to get a really cool Telecaster tone I love it , when I blend the mag and the piezos I get a Tele sound that's to good to be true .
I have several types of tube amps ( some vintage ) and one SS that cuts it for Jazz , my Polytone mini Brute .
My neighbor has an Artcore AF75 and I like it a lot , it's prone to feed back issues at high volume though .
Plays well as far as a fast actioned guitar and it's got killer looks to , it's price is the best of them all , really a deal .
Good luck
Hurricane Ramon
Godin LGXSA & Other Godins
My Godin LGXSA is a Jazzy piece of work , they can do just about anything but take the trash out heh heh .
Several concoctions of wood types too in the line of LGXs that will make a tonal difference . The LGXSA series with the solid mahogany is what I have the LGXT uses a silver leaf body and they do have a different sound no matter what amp you play them through .
If its a Jazz sound your after there are quite a few schools on this issue that go deep and fanatical so watch your step cause your bound to make a few eye brows go nuts one way or the other .
Any one here care to talk about Telecasters and their side of Jazz ? There plenty who do , just check this Telecaster Users Group Forum :
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaster-discussion-forum/134172-jazz-tele.html"]
My Godin LGXSA and other Godins as well as many PRS and the like have piezo pickups on each string . This allows me to get a really cool Telecaster tone I love it , when I blend the mag and the piezos I get a Tele sound that's to good to be true .
I have several types of tube amps ( some vintage ) and one SS that cuts it for Jazz , my Polytone mini Brute .
My neighbor has an Artcore AF75 and I like it a lot , it's prone to feed back issues at high volume though .
Plays well as far as a fast actioned guitar and it's got killer looks to , it's price is the best of them all , really a deal .
Good luck
Hurricane Ramon
Hurricane
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Cherry's Nice
Cherry's Nice
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Cherry is Cherry
heh heh , sounds a lot like rose wood , rings , some say it is almost the same as a rosewood . Not super bright like maple at all , well balanced over all from low bass tone through the mids and onto the highs .
I find cherry very true in reproducing a even toned spectrum .
I have pondered making a all cherry electric .
Have a buddy with a rose neck on a Les Paul -- WOW
Easy .
Hurricane Ramon
Cherry's Nice
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Cherry is Cherry
heh heh , sounds a lot like rose wood , rings , some say it is almost the same as a rosewood . Not super bright like maple at all , well balanced over all from low bass tone through the mids and onto the highs .I find cherry very true in reproducing a even toned spectrum .
I have pondered making a all cherry electric .
Have a buddy with a rose neck on a Les Paul -- WOW
Easy .
Hurricane Ramon
TimmyPage
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Re: Recommend me a jazz box, please.
I have a video clip to put up sometime soon where I'm playing my godin in a live setting and it sounds absolutely warm and natural. Its not a conventional tonewood at all, but it's still lovely sounding.
As for the Eastman's, I guess I have an odd angle on this because Canadian guitars retail for much much higher than American guitars, so any jazz guitar under 1500 is pretty much a steal in my mind.
I have a video clip to put up sometime soon where I'm playing my godin in a live setting and it sounds absolutely warm and natural. Its not a conventional tonewood at all, but it's still lovely sounding.
As for the Eastman's, I guess I have an odd angle on this because Canadian guitars retail for much much higher than American guitars, so any jazz guitar under 1500 is pretty much a steal in my mind.
Chickenwings
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Re: Recommend me a jazz box, please.
if you are gonna stand a lot then get a slimline like a 335 or a casino....but casinos have p90s (which you dont dig) and 335s are pretty bright for a true jazz sound.
Okay im gonna put this out there cos i reckon this would be absolutely spot on perfect for you (if you can wait to save up......) even tho you have a budget etc and i have been talking up the joe pas......
Gibson 137 classic.
Lovely sounding axes. Thinline. nice humbuckers. and a half block so its a cross between a 335 and a 175. Just amazing. So....if you are a patient man....forget all the half assed axes like the cort etc......make the road trip to a gibson dealer...play a 137....dream about it.....save up....and get one really great axe that you can be happy with forever....
if you are gonna stand a lot then get a slimline like a 335 or a casino....but casinos have p90s (which you dont dig) and 335s are pretty bright for a true jazz sound.
Okay im gonna put this out there cos i reckon this would be absolutely spot on perfect for you (if you can wait to save up......) even tho you have a budget etc and i have been talking up the joe pas......
Gibson 137 classic.
Lovely sounding axes. Thinline. nice humbuckers. and a half block so its a cross between a 335 and a 175. Just amazing. So....if you are a patient man....forget all the half assed axes like the cort etc......make the road trip to a gibson dealer...play a 137....dream about it.....save up....and get one really great axe that you can be happy with forever....
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A 137 would be absolutely fantastic but it's going to take me a looong time to pay for one. I think a Cort or Hagstrom would tide me over for the near future. Besides, I don't think I'm good enough for a Gibson but that's a different discussion.
A 137 would be absolutely fantastic but it's going to take me a looong time to pay for one. I think a Cort or Hagstrom would tide me over for the near future. Besides, I don't think I'm good enough for a Gibson but that's a different discussion.
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Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
Re: Recommend me a jazz box, please.
of course you do have a les paul already......they are pretty good for jazz too....
of course you do have a les paul already......they are pretty good for jazz too....
drew_half_empty
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Re: Recommend me a jazz box, please.
More hagstrom eye candy since you mentioned it
There's also this thing
http://www.hagstromguitars.eu/2214.0.html?&L=cicxjptldtqqf
the european sight for some reason has a sound analyzer thing the american site doesn't. It's pretty nifty
More hagstrom eye candy since you mentioned it
There's also this thing
http://www.hagstromguitars.eu/2214.0.html?&L=cicxjptldtqqf
the european sight for some reason has a sound analyzer thing the american site doesn't. It's pretty nifty
Hurricane
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¿ Was It As Plinky To You As It Was For Me ?
¿ Was It As Plinky To You As It Was For Me ?
¿ Was It As Plinky To You As It Was For Me ?
drew_half_empty
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Re: ¿ Was It As Plinky To You As It Was For Me ?
Re: ¿ Was It As Plinky To You As It Was For Me ?
Well depends on what guitar's sound clips you're referring to. The resonator fretboard sounds a lot like ebony so there's a bit more top and definition to it than rosewood, but in my opinion none of the HJ's sound "plinky", especially the 800, that one sounds super fat.
I think that link may have been to the HL-550, the single floating neck pickup one? If that's the case that's basically what that guitar is for, a super defined almost acoustic soloist kinda tone. It does the joe pass thing awesome, way better than the joe pass epi does the joe pass thing, but for combo style stuff I agree there's better options, like the HJ's haha.
Re: ¿ Was It As Plinky To You As It Was For Me ?
Well depends on what guitar's sound clips you're referring to. The resonator fretboard sounds a lot like ebony so there's a bit more top and definition to it than rosewood, but in my opinion none of the HJ's sound "plinky", especially the 800, that one sounds super fat.
I think that link may have been to the HL-550, the single floating neck pickup one? If that's the case that's basically what that guitar is for, a super defined almost acoustic soloist kinda tone. It does the joe pass thing awesome, way better than the joe pass epi does the joe pass thing, but for combo style stuff I agree there's better options, like the HJ's haha.
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It's an Epiphone though......:boggled:
Those Hagstroms look like you're supposed to eat them.
It's an Epiphone though......:boggled:
Those Hagstroms look like you're supposed to eat them.
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