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Post by namaste on Jun 23, 2005 18:06:55 GMT -5
Does anyone use a strat for playing jazz? I don't recall too many players using them for that style of music. I traded off my tele due to a warrantly issue and picked up a 3 tone sunburst AM. series (50th anniversary). Gotta say it's different, but it really fits the various amount of material I play.
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Post by Professor on Jun 23, 2005 21:49:37 GMT -5
I have one, but I don't use it for jazz. I don't think it will have a full enough tone. Even in a 30 piece band, I find that my amp is barely turned on. So, cranking it up to round out the tone is not an option.
I use my ES-335 on the neck pickup only. Also, horn players don't understand 60 cycle hum, and will blame it on you instead of the flourescent lights.
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Post by namaste on Jun 23, 2005 23:21:48 GMT -5
I used to think that big jazz boxes were the only way to go. But since I play a "lot" of styles (from jazz to country to blues to rock) I was looking for one guitar that could handle all that. And I've spent over 30 years doing just that.
I've always dismissed strats because of their thin tone and thus gave up on them years ago. But as I've gotten older and more "itis" illnesses started showing up, I have a intense desire to keep it simple. Long story short, I picked one up a few days ago as the salesperson was processing my warranty issue with my humbucker tele. I was so impressed with the strat I told the guy to cancel the warranty thing and apply the tele to the strat.
To sum up, Joe Pass once said that if a guitarist is obsessed with his instrument then he's concentrating on the wrong thing. I now fully understand that. A good player can make any instrument "their own."
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Post by dkaplowitz on Jun 24, 2005 6:01:39 GMT -5
I've heard guys on thegearpage.net playing jazz on a strat. Some of them sound pretty damn good. Depends on the amp, the pickups and, most importantly, the player's touch. It seems more common for guys to use teles for jazz than strats, but I don't find the strat to be completely outside the realm of acceptable for it. I'm a strat and tele player mostly, but I do own an es-175 for straight ahead traditional jazz sounds...and I'm planning to get a Heatley or a Soloway semi-hollow some time within the next year. |
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Post by pinsk94 on Jun 24, 2005 6:08:11 GMT -5
I have to concur with the previous comments. Players touch is a huge factor. Pickups and amp also are a factor. I used to not think that till I saw one of my old teachers students sitting in a gig with him. That night changed my mind. I still love the non pluged in sound of a good archtop as much as plugged in and you can't get that from a strat. But as they say, "pick your poison". Basically it comes down to what you like. Your the one playing it.
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Post by japhyfish on Sept 22, 2010 15:11:58 GMT -5
I think it is more your head & hands that will drive your sound. I love playing my ES-175, but very cool things come out of solid body guitars too. Check out Mike Stern on the 4 Generations of Miles CD w/ Ron Carter Jimmy Cobb & George Coleman. Straight ahead stuff - his main axe is the tele.
Check out this video in support of Joe Pass Quote referenced in "To sum up, Joe Pass once said that if a guitarist is obsessed with his instrument then he's concentrating on the wrong thing. I now fully understand that. A good player can make any instrument "their own."
If the video doesn't come up in this post search youtube for "Joe Pass Fender Jaguar" - Joe Pass was great.
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