Re: jazz on tele's etc.

[Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net>]

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


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