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Short Jazz Guitar
Michigan Avenue Shuffle Not much to it. The drums were from some CD I had with some drum tracks on it. I used an old Peavey Fury for bass and an older Ibanez 335 type guitar into my V-AMP 2 on a a Mesa Boogie Mark IIC setting. I still think that old Vamp sounds pretty darn good. I know most of you guys aren't jazz heads. Try not to cringe too much. Your face might freeze that way.  Bill
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/04 20:42:34
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/04 21:01:28
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Lovely tone! AND great bass playing....
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/04 21:15:49
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Very smooth and tasty sounds. I like it right in my face.
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/05 03:46:50
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Hey Bill ,
Them sausage fingers of yours are moving around pretty good there on the fret board and your clips sounds good .
It can still use some refinement ..not a crit just an observation .
Kenny
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/06 00:09:43
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Not my finest moment, but I thought it was okay. Thanks for listening all.
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/08 16:17:46
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Classic jazz tones, nice walking bass, brush drums, nice, thanks for sharing. Do you find a short guitar easier to play?   
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/08 18:09:35
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Yes! Smaller guitars are much easier to play. In fact, when they're very tiny, they actually play themselves.
I've always enjoyed playing bass. I think that's one of the reasons I'm primarily a fingerpicker. I get to play bass and melody at the same time. I've been wanting to post a fingerpicked version of "The Candy Man" for quite a while now, but I broke a nail all the way down to the nub a week or ten days ago and want it to grow back out first. I also want to add tablature to the video which I suppose will take forever in Flash....
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/08 18:10:11
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Liked the lead tone and the little volume swell control at the end! Tasty improv choices, and I'll just say Walter Becker might have liked your style.
The bass timing might be a little early just in a couple of spots?
Nice slinky feel throughout, good job!
-Tom
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/09 01:44:15
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Tom,
I know exactly the two identical instances you mean. They come in the first minute. Actually, there's a grace note in there that's barely discernible, and if you could hear it better I think the timing would make sense. Maybe I shouldn't have done it that way. I was trying to get a bit fancier than the song called for. The bass suffers from "toomanynotes syndrome" in a couple of places.
Love that piano piece you posted. Will comment on it when I get a minute.
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/09 12:02:56
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Sweet playing and tone Bill! I liked that brief 'violining' part too.
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/09 17:17:43
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Bill,
Very good track. The guitar tone is fantastic. Bass playing is really good too, you might consider giving the bass a little more presence in the 2-4k range. Someone mentioned bass timing, I think the presence boost would reduce that perception, when the track is loud the timing sounds fine, I think your grace notes are disappearing at lower volume.
Had a couple listens through and thoroughly enjoyed this production.
Regards
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/09 20:07:34
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Good points Mark. I put the bass through a little Toneworks Ampworks Bass Modeling pedal. I never could get the sound I really wanted with that thing.
Thanks for the listen.
Bill
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/10 11:38:56
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Enjoyable guitar music
Nice tune and ambiaence.
Good jazzy guitar sound.
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/18 12:28:36
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Nice wakeup! Love how it ends!
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/18 12:28:50
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I don't know how it posed twice... oops
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/18 12:42:51
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lovely warm tone, Bill and that sizzle on the ride - jazzzz
I really enjoyed it
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/19 05:54:30
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Great tone on the guitar. Its amazing what older gear can do sometimes. Nice playing too.
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/19 08:52:01
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Yep, have to agree, great playing and tone... Loved the ending  I was wondering if a double bass would have sounded nice with this...
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/19 10:58:13
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Thanks guys.
Good idea about the double bass.
For what it's worth, an early version of this tune got some airplay at some small stations, particularly one in Indiana. In fact, it was the only song on the record that got any airplay at all and was the only jazz tune on it. I'm thinking that shorter pieces like this are more easily digestible to the general public, so I've thought about doing a whole album of shorter jazz pieces. We'll see.
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/19 16:56:37
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A cool jazz piece. Nice tone on the lead guitar - nice chops.
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/19 19:13:42
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/25 19:18:12
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Really nice, Bill. Loved the tone, the vibe and the ambiance. Towards the end I actually heard a bit Steve Howe-ness.
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/26 00:07:51
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Hi Bill, great tone, vibe and playing! Are you using flat-wound strings? Really enjoyed the volume swells toward the end. Very nice!
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/10/26 03:32:56
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Thanks fellas. Just regular round wound strings GR.
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/11/28 00:09:52
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Hi, Wayfarer,
Nice playing and nice tone. (The bass sort of mushes a bit into the background for me, it might sound better and more jazzy with a little upper mid EQ growl and be brought up in the mix but sinces its all about the guitar... it's not a big deal! ;-)
I just recorded a jazz guitar for a vocal/guitar ballad and med tempo tune. Not sure what I should do to it. Would you mind providing some detail what you did to get it? In particular, I'm using a Direct signal, so I've got to use a plug in to simulate the cabinet, amp and settings then pick some reverb. Did you compress it much? Is it miced or direct from the guitar?
Thanks!
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/11/28 01:42:19
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Hey Bruce. Actually I just used a 335 through an old Vamp 2 for everything using the Mesa Boogie Mark II C setting. It's called "California Clean" on the unit. I had both the volume and tone rolled about halfway back on the guitar probably. I don't think I used any compression.
If you're using a guitar with single coils I can tell you that my Telecaster sounds much better through the "Modern Class A" setting. (It's supposed to be based on a Matchless Chieftain.) I usually hit it with compression using the Tele, especially if I'm playing clean, and I boost the the highs on my cheap Behringer XENYX H1622 mixing desk at 3Khz, mids at 500hz, and the lows at 60hz. I just run the 1/4" outputs to the 1/4" inputs of a 15-year old Echo MIA Midi sound card.
I always use the single 12" open back cab setting for everything.
You can pickup used Vamp 2 units for $30 or $40 all day long.
Anyway, that's all I do. It's a very inexpensive way to go that sounds pretty darn good in my opinion.
Thanks for asking. Good luck!
Bill
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Re: Short Jazz Guitar
2017/11/28 05:56:57
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Thanks Bill. Do you think I can get something close with just plugins from a direct box? I don't want to rout it out and through any outboard gear and it's already recorded earlier today. We'll see!
Bruce
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