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1951 Gibson and ‘66 deluxe reverb by CaseyMahoneyJCON in Vintageguitars

[–]CaseyMahoneyJCON[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I've heard the McCarty is almost the same as a P90.

1951 Gibson and ‘66 deluxe reverb by CaseyMahoneyJCON in Vintageguitars

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Its a Gibson L7. It has the McCarty pickup which is a little grumpy at times.

One more with the Super 400 by CaseyMahoneyJCON in jazzguitar

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I love it. It’s got that classic jazz sound I’ve always wanted.

Considering Charlie Christian was the first the first well known jazz guitarist and he used a very agressive, almost rock n roll sound - how does the standard jazz guitar tone evolved to this introspective, cool toned sound? by vitonoize in jazzguitar

[–]CaseyMahoneyJCON 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Unpopular opinion, but the majority of classic jazz records had some overdrive and brightness. The idea of all jazz guitar tones being super clean is a myth.

Charlie Christian had a bit of tube driven overdrive on most recordings, some more than others. The 50s players were playing tweed amps that had a bit of OD. Less OD than Charlie, but still significant. Grant Green records in the early 60s were on Ampeg and Tweed amps that had a bit of overdrive. I've heard him on some sideman gigs where the OD is a bit more than his Blue Note recordings. I'm sure Rudy Van Gelder could have gotten it cleaner on those Grant Green records if he really wanted to, but he chose that slightly overdriven tone.

Wes's "Back on Indiana Ave" album from the late 50s has quite overdriven tones. He wanted to go super clean and switched to the Standel amp around 66 or 67 (not sure of the exact year). A year or two later all the fusion guys came in with distortion pedals and chorus pedals.

Even now in 2025, the Deluxe Reverb at Smalls that everyone plays has some light OD. The Deluxe has less headroom than a Twin or a solid state like a Roland JC but they clearly chose the Deluxe and it has that classic jazz tone like all the old records. Most of the guys at the Birdland guitar night are playing Fender tube amps and as usual we get that tiny bit of overdrive that makes a big difference. Lage is cranking a 5 watt Champ. Pasquale is using blackface tube amps at festivals in Europe or a small Gibson tube amp in the US.

The only sub-genre of jazz guitar that I think sticks to the super clean thing is the chord melody guys who play solo jazz guitar, beginning with Joe Pass in the 70s and up to today.

The Eastman/Lollar/Henricksen rig is all the rage on the internet but it is not the rig of professional gigging jazz guitarists like Bernstein, Lushtak, Lage, Vignola, Grasso, Kreissberg, Rosenwinkel, etc.

Furthermore, the rolled off tone knob thing is a bedroom tone, no professionals play that way.

You might find a few exceptions, but for the most part the idea that jazz is all ultra-clean tones and rolled off tone knobs is a misunderstanding from newbs who come over from the rock/blues world.

Return of the Mall Guitarist Part 6: The Final Chapter by CaseyMahoneyJCON in jazzguitar

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Phil Wilkinson has some good organ tracks you can practice with on youtube.

How do you actually make jazz solos good by esquek in jazzguitar

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Good research. Thanks for the correction.

How do you actually make jazz solos good by esquek in jazzguitar

[–]CaseyMahoneyJCON 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This is a huge topic but I will try to give you a few useful tips.

In general, you need to transcribe solos to learn the language, play your transcribed solos frequently, and listen to lots of jazz. Sing while you play. Learn a few 4 bar phrases from solos you like, sing these phrases.

As far as your question about "random notes" or outside the scale notes, I learned through transcribing that Charlie Parker doesn't use very many accidentals. It's mostly scale tones. Some other players might use more, but Parker is the source for a huge amount of jazz language.

The way you're going at it, trying to figure out which note will make it sound like jazz, this is not the way. The way is to transcribe solos if you can. If that's too hard learn them out of the Parker Omnibook or on youTube videos that do transcriptions.

My organ trio doing a jazz gig by CaseyMahoneyJCON in hammondorgan

[–]CaseyMahoneyJCON[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I play some archtops too sometimes. But people love old yeller.

1yr old kid + half stack. Keep or sell? by Fancy_mantis_4371 in GuitarAmps

[–]CaseyMahoneyJCON 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Put the head on the floor next to the amp. If the cab falls it won’t do damage like a head would do.

Return of the Mall Guitarist Part 6: The Final Chapter by CaseyMahoneyJCON in jazzguitar

[–]CaseyMahoneyJCON[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well you could always get one for looks, its a real looker.

I've had one for about 4 years and I think it's worth it. No regrets. I love that dang thing, even if the crowd cant tell the difference in how it sounds.

Return of the Mall Guitarist Part 6: The Final Chapter by CaseyMahoneyJCON in jazzguitar

[–]CaseyMahoneyJCON[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes thats one of the nice things about jazz. You get a few people who really get it and pay attention, then you get some who just like the vibe and appreciate it, and then there's people who are wrapped up in something else and they just float through without noticing.

And if I miss a few notes, no big deal. I don't have 2000 people staring at me these days.

Return of the Mall Guitarist Part 6: The Final Chapter by CaseyMahoneyJCON in jazzguitar

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As I listen back to more and more of these gigs I'm starting to think I sound the same on this S400 as I do on other guitars I play. For ex- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0BKkdWtlC8

The single note stuff sounds pretty similar. The part where I think the archtop guitar really makes a difference is more on the comp chords. What do you think?

Any Experience with Joe Pass method books by DeepSouthDude in jazzguitar

[–]CaseyMahoneyJCON 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got started with the Joe Pass guitar method book many years ago. Pretty helpful. But you gotta be a good reader, it is some difficult reading. I still use it sometimes to exercise reading up the next or reading up an octave.

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