What Guitar Are You Playing At This Very Moment...

Have been playing my SG today testing out my new DOD CARCOSA Fuzz pedal.
Very much enjoying the results 👍
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I've posted this guitar before, my 1960s Gibson ES-125 archtop, which I've been playing regularly.

Tomorrow night there's an open jazz jam session at a local venue, the first of the new year, so I've been boning up on jazz standards after taking time for the holidays. Took this pic before beginning.

I'll start off with a tune that I like to call, "If I Had You," an old swing number associated with Benny Goodman. However, it's not a commonly called tune, so I'll provide lead sheets in C, Bb and Eb for the others at the jam. Normally, tunes from the Jazz Standard Bible (sort of like a Real Book here in Japan) form the common basis for a jam session. It has around 250 or so standards, which is more than enough to keep jazz jams going, but it's also fine for participants to call tunes outside of the JSB, who usually provide sheets as a courtesy, especially if the tunes are not commonly known.

I practice tunes with iReal Pro, set for drums and bass (no comping instrument) to get the melody and changes under my fingers. I find that more fun than using a metronome. Once it's up to tempo, I run through the changes to work on finding pathways for ad-lib. Although there are more realistic backing tracks and apps, I like its flexibility and scope and the ability to easily customize sheets.

My ES-125 is the model with a thin body and no cutaways, fitted with two P-90s. It's a light guitar with a thin neck and I like the feel of it. The pickups are on the bright side, but the four knobs can provide a variety of tones. I like keeping it in the middle position, with the neck pickup full up for volume and tone, while adjusting the bridge pickup to shape the overall sound. Tomorrow night, I'll be playing it through a Roland JC-120, one of the several backline amps at the mixed genre venue.
 
Jazz Padd said:
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I've posted this guitar before, my 1960s Gibson ES-125 archtop, which I've been playing regularly.

Tomorrow night there's an open jazz jam session at a local venue, the first of the new year, so I've been boning up on jazz standards after taking time for the holidays. Took this pic before beginning.

I'll start off with a tune that I like to call, "If I Had You," an old swing number associated with Benny Goodman. However, it's not a commonly called tune, so I'll provide lead sheets in C, Bb and Eb for the others at the jam. Normally, tunes from the Jazz Standard Bible (sort of like a Real Book here in Japan) form the common basis for a jam session. It has around 250 or so standards, which is more than enough to keep jazz jams going, but it's also fine for participants to call tunes outside of the JSB, who usually provide sheets as a courtesy, especially if the tunes are not commonly known.

I practice tunes with iReal Pro, set for drums and bass (no comping instrument) to get the melody and changes under my fingers. I find that more fun than using a metronome. Once it's up to tempo, I run through the changes to work on finding pathways for ad-lib. Although there are more realistic backing tracks and apps, I like its flexibility and scope and the ability to easily customize sheets.

My ES-125 is the model with a thin body and no cutaways, fitted with two P-90s. It's a light guitar with a thin neck and I like the feel of it. The pickups are on the bright side, but the four knobs can provide a variety of tones. I like keeping it in the middle position, with the neck pickup full up for volume and tone, while adjusting the bridge pickup to shape the overall sound. Tomorrow night, I'll be playing it through a Roland JC-120, one of the several backline amps at the mixed genre venue.
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Nice guitar👍
What are the ones above with lots of knobs on?
Is one a Dan Sitar?
 
Jazz Padd said:
Yes, good eye! That’s a row of a few other 1960s guitars. From left to right: Harmony Rocket, Airline Swingmaster, Danelectro Sitar, and Rickenbacker Convertible.
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Nice collection.
I’ve always fancied a Dan Sitar but heard it’s a bugger to tune both sets of strings .
So I bought a EHX to take care of my Sitar needs.👍
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