I love that guitar, even though sometimes I dont touch it for months. Stefano's music was challenging, there are more chords, and we had never played together before, but hopefully you can get past that and just play. To get the dark tone that he likes, he turns the tone control almost completely off. Terry and Victoria Marshall will join the board of Marshall Group. Bill Frisell has been using one guitar for the majority of his projects lately: a J.W. I think I was using the tremolo on that. 10-07-2008, 01:00 PM #3. Gypsy Queen, a song from Gabors debut album, later became a hit for Carlos Santana. There you go. Mike used a Fender Stratocaster when he was playing with Miles Davis in the early 80s. Ill start playing, and thats been kind of amazing, realizing after all this time that I still love this thing. Bill Frisell owns several Fender Telecasters, which he modifies heavily. The Freeze instantly holds a sustained chord and I can play on top of it. I prefer the Super 400 model with two humbuckers and a Florentine cutaway. Epiphone Emperor George Bensons first guitar. It is said that Wes never played unplugged. The thing that appeals to me is the child-like spirit of adventure he brings to a song every time he plays itthat speaks to the similar child in me. The amps are six pounds or less, and they go up to 600 watts. Im about 90 percent where I was before the chemotherapy. What amp did you use? See all about Bill Frisell at Hillman Center in Pittsburgh, PA on Sep 7, 2013. Pat Metheny used his Gibson ES-175 for almost 20 years. He likes to experiment with different pickups, such as Lollar, Don Mare, Lindy Fralin, Tom Jones FilterTron, and Seymour Duncan pickups (the Antiquity model). Linda is a Canadian luthier who met Pat over 20 years ago and has been building instruments for him ever since. He plays with the rounded edge, not the point, to get a better tone. Watch Bill Frisell and his fellow space explorers as they tackle several songs from Guitar in the Space Age. the rate and depth are turned up all the way for a kind of fake Leslie sound. Jim Hall owns a couple of Polytone Mini-Brute amps and uses them at local gigs. Al Di Meola also has a signature model made by Felipe Conde. I just wanted to play the tunes with the language this band has developed from making music together so long. Doesnt everyone? Whether its Saginaw, Michigan by Lefty Frizzell or No Particular Place to Go or You Cant Catch Me by Chuck Berry. Allan loved these transistor amps (made in the UK) because of their warm and clean sound. The result is the Yamaha UD Stomp. Somethings delivered, and to be honest with you its a piece of shit, but Ive got to use it. 1) The body of this Rick Kelly guitar is made of old pine taken from a beam from Jim Jarmuchs loft in the Bowery. 1) The body of this Rick Kelly guitar is made of old pine taken from a beam from Jim Jarmuchs loft in the Bowery. Gerald Clayton: Piano. Other jazz guitarists who played the Gibson ES-175 include Jim Hall, Pat Metheny, Wes Montgomery (in the early days), and Kenny Burrell. Pat is not too picky about the gear he uses on the road. He played electric once, during his tour with Duke Ellington in the States, but it wasnt a success and he never played amplified again. The amp Larry Carlton plays the most is made by Brandon Montgomery of Bludotone. His was based on fingerpicking but also he wasnt a single-string guy. I try to approach it like that, because, to me, guitar is a magical thing., Theres more to Alvins magic than his ability to draw on history or haints to shape a style that shakes every centigram of meaning from each note. He played with the round side of the pick. After the Standel, Wes played on a Fender Twin Reverb. This is the guitar featured on the cover of, Ibanez Artist AR-350. Jimmy used Halls Gibson as a starting point to build this guitar. Not everyone is a fan of this sound though, sometimes it is described as brittle and too bright. Players have been asking for a 2 in 1 Archer for years, so we gave them a 7 in 1, says Chris Van Tassel. Allan Holdsworth owned 2 Yamaha DG 80-Watt digital modeling amps with Celestion Vintage 30s. Two words. Bill Frisell I love his vibrato. During the entire history of Selmer guitars, less than a thousand guitars were made. Ive been using the Kemper for this last year and its been an incredible new development for me and my life as a musician. The Freeze instantly holds a sustained chord and I can play on top of it. This Aronson-built guitar was, in turn, a copy of Mikes original 50s Telecaster which he got from Danny Gatton, who got it from Roy Buchanan. I got a lot of my hit records with that guitar. It is partially selfish: I want to play these songs. He likes to experiment with different pickups, such as Lollar, Don Mare, Lindy Fralin, Tom Jones FilterTron, and Seymour Duncan pickups (the Antiquity model). Electro-Harmonix 16-second delay Bill owns 2 of these, but both are broken. The tuners are located at the tailpiece, the strings have a ball at both ends. The top was crushed during that tour and replaced by an Italian luthier. According to George Benson, Grant Green used to put the bass and treble dials of his amps all the way down, while maximizing the mids. Im sold on Riveras. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a participant in the Downtown Scene in New York City, where he formed a long working relationship with composer and saxophonist John Zorn. Jim Hall plays light-gauge, flatwound DAquisto guitar strings. The Gibson L-5S, a solid body L-5, is the guitar that got Pat Martino back into solid body guitars. 150: the guitar cost $150, EH-150 amp and a 15-foot cable included. Bill usually uses a Fender Deluxe Reverb when performing live. I do that because it gives me much more snap when the pick comes off the string. Its this natural chorus that Pat is after since he doesnt like chorus coming out of a box. Pat uses it to create synth-type sounds, on Imaginary Day for example. Johnathan Blake: Drums. I had it set up, and it sounds killer! Frisell was arguably the first electric guitarist to completely redefine the instrument since Jimi Hendrix. 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Greg Leisz has been recording and touring with Bill Frisell, on and off, for almost two decades. Electric guitars and amps changed all this and Charlie Christian was the first great solo guitar player with an amplified guitar. J.W. To amplify the guitar, Al uses a Schoepps C-530 condenser microphone and an RMC piezo pickup. What attracted me to story songs is you can say a lot of stuff, without hitting people over the head. These totally acoustic guitars and their large body frames provided a big, resonant tonality and surprisingly loud volume for an unamplified guitar. Fender Princeton Combo Amp (original issue Blackface & Silv http://www2.fender.com/experience/artists/catching-up-with-bill-frisell/, Electro-Harmonix 16 Second Digital Delay Reissue, Fender Princeton Reverb (original issue, 1963-1981), Fender Deluxe Reverb (original issue, 1963-1981). It sounds amazing for a solid state amp, but that sucker is HEAVY. The Gibson EH-150 guitar amp came into existence before the Gibson ES-150 (it was used for lap-steel guitars). Rocktron Intelliflex a multi-effects unit for guitar. I hate to say its even better, but its capable of more stuff., These days, Alvins clean tone, with just the right amount of crunchy breakup and crisp, punchy attack, is a signature committed roots music fans immediately recognize. I wonder if some of the older players would have used a Matchless if they had been available back then. Grant Green has been known to record on an Ampeg Gemini model, which was also available at Van Gelders studio. Bill has gone without effects on just as many sessions as he does without effects. Gibson L-4 with a Charlie Christian bar pickup. The Blasters back up the great blues shouter Big Joe Turner in 1983 at Club Lingerie, a Sunset Strip venue that was an essential part of the L.A. punk and alternative rock scene. Joseph Yanuziello is a luthier based in Toronto. He uses a Yamaha SPX90 as a splitter to run the amps in stereo, and also to create a chorusing effect by setting it on pitch change with a value of zero. Gibson Explorer GA-18, Effects It is equipped with a 10-inch speaker. The Los Angeles session ace discussed his unique relationship with Frisell before flying off to alternating tours with both the modern guitar legend and Jackson Browne. After the Twin, Fender designed another signature amp for George Benson, the Fender George Benson Hot Rod Deluxe. Gabor used a DeArmond model #210 pickup in his D-45. Theyre not too stiff and they allow me to have better rhythm. John Scofields first guitar was a Fender Telecaster. He pretty much uses the same setup everywhere he goes. Ashly Mosfet 200 power amp routed to JBL speakers. That changed when he went on tour in the USSR and had to play on a Polish guitar. Fender Super Champ into Yamaha 200w power amp and Marshall 412 cabs. I think this makes a strong point that new guitars need to be broken in and that most good acoustic guitars can take on the characteristics of the player. WebFrisell first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. With that cutaway, I can get my whole hand up there. George Benson bought his 1958 sunburst DAngelico New Yorker (serial number 2049) for $1000 in 1968. It is the guitar George Benson used to record the album Breezin, which launched him commercially. The Emperor was the most expensive Epiphone guitar and was one of the guitars kept in production after Gibson bought Epiphone. Selmer-style guitars are reproduced by luthiers like Michael Dunn and John Kinnard. He came to a show I was doing in Austin a few years ago, and I played it. The ES-150 didnt have a lot of sustain, had a bit of a muddy midrange tone, and was prone to feedback when the amp was turned too loud, but this guitar was a revolution in its time. In the 50s, before the freeways and all had taken over everything, it was semi-rural. You kept the solos shorter than they might be on a typical jazz record. The Ibanez GB10 is one of George Bensons signature guitars and it was one of the first signature models produced by Ibanez. George Benson uses Thomastik GB112 Medium Light George Benson Custom Flatwound Strings. Django used these pickups and amp when he was playing with American musicians in Paris, such as James Moody, Don Byas, and Kenny Clarke. I get to the gig and I have to use somebody elses guitar. John uses the Line 6 expression pedal to control his line 6 gear. Some avant-garde or bebop guy might always do the same thing, no matter what else is going on. WebWilliam Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American guitarist, composer and arranger.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell came to prominence as a stalwart for ECM Records. I'm pretty sure it was right after the distortion stuff, before the delay and reverb. John Scofield has two old Sundown amps, each one with a 12-inch speaker. His use of chord voicings, and the movement he creates between Major and minor chord tones. It belonged to his collection for many years, until he sold it to guitar builder Rudy Pensa, who sold it in his shop. Bill Frisell: Guitar. John Scofield uses the old Vox AC30 models as well as the re-issues until 2006. Polytone Contempo a rare guitar made by Polytone amps and endorsed by Pat Martino for a while. I use an Ibanez Tube Screamer and then an Electro-Harmonix Nano Pocket Metal Muff, which is a really extreme fuzz. Django liked to use the thickest guitar picks he could find, most of the time using natural tortoiseshell. Boss PSM-5 Power Supply and Master Switch, Roland GR-300 Mikes first guitar synth, Roland GR-50 Mike used this guitar synth in the 80s. In 2020, Alvin opened up another new vista, by revisiting a different kind of old music: psychedelia. The ancestor of the Matchless was the original VOX amplifier. Later other (electric) Emperor models were produced (the Joe Pass Emperor for example), but they had little to see with the original acoustic Emperor. He also describes the tone as funky and pretty at the same time. Two words. Bill Frisell I love his vibrato. Folks have been asking about the SGheres the story from Bill in FOUR parts to fit on This guitar is used on the recordings of Green Street and Matador. Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 PLUS 8-output Isolated Guitar Peda Find relevant music gear like guitar rig, amplifier setup, effects pedalboard, and other instruments and. Pat used it for the recording of Live at Yoshis (2001) and Think Tank (2003). He had the guitar modified with a Florentine cutaway. Black T-style with a Mastery Bridge and Callahan pickups. It was an old Cry Baby. Mike Stern grew up playing blues and rock on Teles and Stratocasters, and he stuck with them when he started playing jazz. You kept the solos shorter than they might be on a typical jazz record. Joe Pass used a medium-thin gauge pick, not soft, but firm. Currently, Marshall Amplification employs 200 people at its Milton Keynes HQ and a further 300 at a Vietnamese manufacturing facility. The Ibanez AS200 is the longest-running guitar model in Ibanez history. He is a jazz guitar maestro known for experimenting with effects and incorporating many different genres with jazz. Allan owned a blue Fender Stratocaster in the early years, one he got from a friend and which he used it for about 6 months. If its a quieter song, Ill use the index finger only to play single-string solos. Stackabones. The plastic is covered with a piece of tape. The pickup on the Gibson ES-250 was the first one to have 6 individual pole pieces, one for each string. The guitar went into a Fender Super Reverb and a Gibson amp, like Bill's GA-18. In the studio, he records the Ovation 60% microphone and 40% direct signal. Django Reinhardt got an endorsement deal with Selmer, so many Selmer guitars passed his hands (he sold or gave away a lot of them). For added versatility a DI was included with a ground switch to reduce hum. We added a 4X12 British inspired speaker emulation to the DI or players who play or record direct all in a simple format. I got a standard box. George Benson is a phenomenal guitar player with a very impressive guitar technique and musicality. Guild George Benson Custom Based on the George Barnes Acousti-Lectric. amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; It was in good shape had the same case and everything. There were areas around the San Diego River that were literally wild. He has built several guitars for Allan, including a Steinberger model, a double-neck guitar, and some baritone guitars. I have both the tone and volume controls of the guitar all the way up. All hail Bill Frisellthe Man, the Myth, the Marksmanbut this set had me from Johnathan Blake . Gigging in Ravi Coltranes band a few years back, the drummer manifested a human fusion reactor, to the point of laying out beat multiplicities with a sweat-drenched towel laid right over his snare.
On the album Live -> Trio, he plays the prototype of the Ibanez PM120, which has only one pickup (the production model has two). The JSM100 has a Prestige neck, a side output jack, and Super 58 pickups. The famous 100-watt guitar amp with two 12-inch speakers. It was just playing the songs. I sort of played Pipeline." Jim Hall owns two guitars that are handmade by the late luthier Jimmy DAquisto. Freddie Greens action (string height) was set very high, in order to produce more volume. 1951 Fender Telecaster Larry used this Telecaster on The Montreux Jazz Festival in 1997, Valley Arts T-style guitar A guitar with a small neck, built for speed. I mean the Fender Jaguar, a Fender Strat, a Fender Mustang, a Fender P bass, and a drummer kind of surf musicno vocals. I was totally embarrassed to buy it because it has a fake cigarette burn in it and screws that have been rusted and two kinds of rubbed-off finish. Gretsch Guitars built a guitar for him that he used at least well into the late 60s. 6 months later he bought a Gibson Les Paul Custom, which he played for many years. Among them are a 1969 Thinline, a 1974 Telecaster, and a Fender Telecaster Relic with Suhr pickups. Lately, Pat Metheny has been using a Kemper Profiler in combination with Bose L1 Compact System speakers. One thing he likes about the Ovations is that its strings do not have bridge pins, they attach at the rear of the bridge. If you look closely at that guitar, youll see where there is a slash across the upper cutaway. Other guitarists that played a Gibson ES-150 include Eddie Durham and Floyd Smith. Home NoSidebar Bill Frisell's Gear March 19, 2018 Catalinbread Katzenkonig Ibanez Tube Screamer Lehle Little Dual Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler Stackabones. A Sarno Music Solutions Earth Drive can be seen in this photo of Bill's pedalboard. This guitar got stolen in 1965 while on tour with Jack McDuff in Chicago, along with the rest of the bands instruments. GHS Pat Martino Flatwounds Light .015 .017 .024 .032 .042 .052, GHS Pat Martino Flatwounds Medium .016 .018 .026 .036 .048 .056. 1961 Gibson L-5 CES (this guitar was previously owned by Wes Montgomery, and later George Benson. He brought the guitar out of its limited role as a timekeeper doing chop chop chop in the rhythm section and put it into the foreground as a solo instrument. Greg Tardy: Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet. Black T-style with a Mastery Bridge and Callahan pickups. He takes a crunch preset with very little gain and a lot of master volume. Harry Kolbe GP-1 pre-amp and speaker cabinet. Dave Alvin enjoys the magic of playing guitar with his trusty 1964 Fender Stratocaster. Lexicon MPX-100 Bill likes to use the reverb of this multi-fx processor until it started making noise and got replaces by the Hall of Fame. Bill Frisell has been using one guitar for the majority of his projects lately: a J.W. Powell's record hop with the Del Vikings and Deltones drew more than 2,000 teenagers on August 17, 1957. he played electric jazz guitar in the 50s Freddie stopped using his Stromberg Master 400 in the late 1950s when the prices of these guitars had gone up after Charles and Elmer Stromberg died in 1954.