Archtops for Jazzy sounds, but for Blues...

[Zelja]

^^^
Hey Bruno,
I was tempted by that guitar a few times. I thought the price was pretty OK & it seems it's now sold for $1100. About a year ago I always saw them for a few hundred dollars higher.
Z

 

[mad dog]

As far as getting strat tones ala SRV from a hollowbody electric - even a semihollow like the ES-335, SF IV - probably not.

Getting a hollowbody with versatile tones, that is easy. I vote Epi Casino, SF III with P90s if you can find it. I looked for that SF for years, no luck. Now playing two fine Epiphones, both Peerless made, a casino and an ES-295. With the right P90s in such guitars, just work the tone knobs. More rolled off, neck only or middle positions, jazz. Less rolled off, any position and louder, blues. How you attack the strings and set up the amp furthers that variety.

Coming from the opposite direction, I've found one tele that effortlessly moves from blues to jazz. It's not common, a Chandler bodied partscaster, chambered body, spruce top, maple neck, with very old style, not hot p/us from Don Mare. Here you can get much more into the Stevie Ray thing on two of the three p/u positions, assuming you can get some volume going. Roll of the tone knob on the neck p/u spot, a crisp, beautiful jazz tone. Just enough hollow sound in there, with a characteristic bit of snap from the spruce top.

Either way works.
MD

 

[SouthernSounds]

Either way works.
MD

Thanks for your suggestions, MD.

Time for more research and to get more funds.

Thanks you folks!
All the best,
B.

 

[Walter Broes]

Guild archtops are fantastic for blues, single coil archtops that is.

http://youtu.be/U3ipXrFRpEk

 

[bluesypicky]

They all sound good for blues.... single coil, mini humbies....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbFSBkPA ... ure=relmfu

:mrgreen:

 

[drc]

MD - nice break down/advice, I like it

 

[Los Angeles]

I think there's a danger of using the "expected" instrument for any genre. And that is that you can fall into "soundalike" cliches. If you head the other direction, things can get really interesting when you use a different instrument for a task usually reserved for another.

Jazz, blues, rock and even folk should welcome different voices. When done well, it can really blow you away.

I once saw a few guys play the blues with a couple of buckets, a tamborine and a broken acoustic with 3 strings (gotta love the venice boardwalk). There was something ... well ... REAL about it. It sounded incredible.

I guess what I'm saying is never be afraid to experiment. And just know that most experiments do not turn out all that great. The only way to really chart new territory is to keep at it.

I remember finding this on the internet a while back. Here's the founders of the blues playing some really unusual instruments:
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/dotadot/r ... and_gospel

 

[guildman63]

Hey Southernsounds, check out this ebay auction. It looks like a very nice guitar, and at a very nice starting price.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Guild-Starfire- ... 3a7bcdf374

I don't know if the seller would ship to Chile, but it never hurts to ask if you are interested.

 

[Bing k]

They all sound good for blues.... single coil, mini humbies....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbFSBkPA ... ure=relmfu

:mrgreen:

I'd buy one of those if I could play it like that.

 

[bluesypicky]

Thanks Bing, this emoticon cracks me up! :lol:

 

[southernGuild]

I remember finding this on the internet a while back. Here's the founders of the blues playing some really unusual instruments:
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/dotadot/r ... and_gospel

Great site there LA......Lots to check out and enjoy. 8) Thanks.

 

[SouthernSounds]

http://youtu.be/U3ipXrFRpEk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbFSBkPA_qg&feature=relmfu

Thanks for the links guys!

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/dotadot/r ... and_gospel

Thanks for your thoughts and this link, Kent! Very interesting!

Hey Southernsounds, check out this ebay auction. It looks like a very nice guitar, and at a very nice starting price.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Guild-Starfire- ... 3a7bcdf374

I don't know if the seller would ship to Chile, but it never hurts to ask if you are interested.

Thanks for the heads up, David!

Thanks everybody!

A hug & All the best,
B.

 

[billydlight]

I play it all on my CE100D. I think I can get any sound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txFrsQW3Blw

Here's my old Blonde CE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C058akPGnSc

 

[Dano]

I've been searching for just that setup -- something Jazzy that can also do Blues/Rock. I used my Gibson es175 for awhile -- awesome rock sounds at low (low) volumes, but feedback was a real issue. Then I went to a Taylor T5 (I was trying to get acoustic sounds too!), but it was too compromised for me on the electric side. The one I've stuck to the longest now is a mid-90's Westerly Guild Starfire II with the same bridge setup that's on my 175 (tuneomatic); sounds good clean or distorted. I run thru a small fender tube amp with a very simple pedal setup. I should also mention that I can get close to that acoustic-archtop sound with a magnetic pickup on a flat-top -- I've used a Fishman humbucking rare-earth on my 70's Guild D-25M with good results...