Elek Bacsik plays a Guild x550

[LeFinPepere]

Bluesette Sacha show Sacha Distel, apart from being the mellow French-lover-crooner of the 1960es,was a good jazz player; Jacobacci guitars has a "Sacha Distel" jazz-box.He hosted a popular TV show.Here are Distel, the great Elek Bacsik, Baden Powell , and a young Boulou Ferré playing Toots Thielemans' Bluesette, back in 1964. Bacsic plays a big Guild, probably a X-550, but do I see a Charlie Christian-type pick-up on it,or what? Check other videos of Bacsic,jamming with Serge Gainsbourg or supporting Jeanne Moreau, and a wonderful vid where he plays all instruments. Any info on his later career &life in the USA is welcome! Thanks for watching!Enjoy!

 

[GGJaguar]

Yes, it could be a CC pickup. A couple of photos in the link below.

Your favorite picture(s) of an artist playing a Guild?

Mark Olson of The Jayhawks

letstalkguild.com

 

[walrus]

That was pretty cool! Great arrangement for guitars!

walrus

 

[LeFinPepere]

Post WWII , here in the Land Of 1000 Cheeses, there was a fascinating conjuction of accordion-based popular music (aka"Musette") with swingy-songs à la Charles Trenet, Django of course, gypsy-jazz, a kind of a french jazzy melting-pot that maybe culminated with"Elevator to the Gallows"and survives today in sometimes pseudo-gypsy-guitar fade..The musicianship displayed on under-rated popular songs of that era often goes under the radar.It seems incredible to me that Django or Bacsic played behind cheesy crooners, kind of like,ah "Here's Petula Clark and , oh , by the way, she's backed by Jimi Hendrix on the guitar!" Musicians have to eat, it's no romantic thing,it is a job,you play tastefully any silly love-song. Anyway, accordion was the Stratocaster of that era .Here is Gus Viseur playing his ass off!Enjoy!(What am I talking about?What a boring pedantic ass-hole I am! Can't even play a clean Blues-scale myself! Shut up and play yer guitar, like the man said! Sorry I got carried away,I promise I'll slow down on red wine!) Gus Viseur-Swing valse