0:29 GIBSON Howard Roberts Fusion 2:50 Eastman AR905 CE 4:31 Jazz Guitar STRINGS 7:38 Jazz Guitar Recommendations: EPIPHONE Sheraton II Pro 9:07 Jazz Guitar Recommendations: IBANEZ JSM 10 John Scofield 9:40 Jazz Guitar Recommendations: EPIPHONE Emperoro II Pro Joe Pass 10:32 Jazz Guitar Recommendations: IBANEZ LGB 30 George Benson 11:27 Rockabilly Guitars aren't Jazz guitars! 12:59 Jazz Guitar AMPS 17:19 Jazz Guitar Amp SETTINGS: How To Get A Great Jazz Guitar Tone
As classical and jazz guitarist it was really great to hear you clarify that if a player's tone sucks before it enters the amp it'll likely suck coming out too. So many players are obsessed with gear over technique.
Totally agree She’s awesome / wundebar My no.1 jazz guitar tutor (Follow Rich Seveson (?) too - one other veteran) But now I’ve got more than one jazz-friendly guitar, it’s pay attention! to Frau Lehrerin
Fantastic presentation . I learned about the exact problem I have been fighting with on my Ibanez AG 75. I have played an Epiphone Sheraton II for almost 20 years, gigged with it for 10 years, never an issue. Wanted a hollowbody electric, and the Ibanez was in my local music store, used, for a price I could not turn down. Have since changed bridge to a Stew Mac compensated wood bridge, Graph Tech nut, and use 10-46 D Addario, with wound third. It plays fantastic. but sounded like I was playing through a sock. I start with all controls on guitar at 5, but will change that to 10 after watching. I stumbled on turning the mids up, only after lowering bass to 2. Thanks again. you successfully taught an old dog some new tricks, hats off. Have been playing for close to 38 years, 12 for a living, and 8 years weekend warrior, so know a few things and tricks; however your quiet, calm, and knowledgeable approach to this topic made learning easy and fun. Now I gotta go play guitar ........
It would be fun to sit and have a glass of wine with you and talk gear and jazz theory. Your students are very lucky to have someone with such insight and patience. Tschuss from Canada.
I was told by a Jazz teacher to buy a Howard Roberts Fusion back in 1985. I didn't do it, back then. Seem surrealistic that his advice is still sound even now.
Hi Sandra. I'm a new subscriber from South Africa. I was a rhythm guitar player for many years - mainly Shadows music. I was in a coma for +- 3 months and lost the ability to play chords. I am now learning jazz arpeggios where I can play only one note at a time. I have an Ibanez Art 120 guitar, 2 humbuckers and I'm playing (learning) jazz arpeggios. I am 72 years old. Thank you for an excellent video; it really helps a lot. Greetings!
Wow, that sounds like Pat Martino, who lost all his guitar playing abilities after a tumor surgery. He learned all his slots from his own records again. I wish you aspeedy recovery and that you gain back all your skills again.
I am a beginner, but just discovered you videos. I will be listening and try to pick up what I can. Just listening to you play has really inspired me and I'm sure that this will add to my lessons and my overall enjoyment of guitar music. Thank you!
Thanks ...for your time. I bought a Eastman 186 MX and a Roland Jazz chorus last year. My playing has improved a lot since then . Love and Peace music is the best
I play an Epiphone Broadway and love it. This guitar is an original blueprint from Epiphone prior to the Gibson acquisition so it's not a Gibson design with cheaper build and parts. I have a played it through my Polytone Mega Brute; Fender Blues Jr. (stock cream circuit board) and my Peavy Delta Blues 1x15 combo. It sounds best through the Blues Jr. by far. I have purchased several of the Bill M. mods but have yet to install them. At the time I purchased them, I was intending to use that amp for a different purpose (with my Strat)...for popular music. I need to go ahead and update the jack to Switchcraft and to the bias mod but since it mates so well with the Epiphone and jazz is my primary focus I think I'll rethink the mods. I have the Cannabis Rex speaker too which I'm expecting to voice better for jazz but I'll A/B test that after I do the couple mods. I enjoyed your video and found your Sheraton II Pro review interesting. I'm content with the Broadway but would enjoy trying out one of those. I know jazzers forbid pedals but I much prefer the TC Electronics HOF reverb pedal over the reverb in the Blues Jr. so that goes in the effects loop. I'm also using the George L cables after A/B testing with other brands. It's almost like having a treble bleed. It's amazing how much more treble and transients pass through those cables.
Yeah, jazzers forbid a lot of things. The jazz police is always chasing after you, lol. Really, you should play as many pedals as you like and whatever sounds best to YOU! I love jazz and have been a pro jazz player for about 20 years now, but the jazz attitude sometimes is getting on my nerves, lol.
Yeah, I'm with a different branch of the jazz police - I say, "There is nothing wrong with jazz that breaking the sax player's reed won't fix." Keep bringing beauty into a bleak world, Ms Sherman.
Just found your channel today -- love it! I am starting to learn jazz guitar and was wondering what software to use for a jazz tone and you answered my question! I will also go with one of your recommendations for a guitar as well. Thanks!
Thank you for that. I love your expertice and your program. I was playing flats since 1979 when I got my first Ibanez George Benson and my Ibanez As 200. The one Scofield plays. Brilliant guitars by the way. I still have them. I recently got myself a YAMAHA Revstar. Just for fun. A solid body guitar with a brilliant sound. Very very versatile. It had 10s on it. Roundwounds. Far too light for me. I was used to 13s. So I put some D'Addario 11's EXL 115 BT on and It just opened another door for me. Roundwounds sound so much more open and you can really play with much more dynamic and the sustain is phantastic. They play so effortless; because they give you more grip and I like the bounce which allows more pull offs. They don't sound too bright at all. That was my mainconcern in the past. I love them so much that I use them now on all my semie hollows. The As200. The JSM100. The As 153 and the JSM10; which is my mainguitar. Brilliant guitar. They dont work on my Bensons though. By the way. The Revstar is excellent for Jazz. I got really hoocked on it. Phantastic fast neck.
I tried a couple of Revstars once. They're fantastic guitars, but the neck is too chunky for my little hands and they're very heavy. But yes, they have a great sound and build quality.
Hi. The best explanation on amp settings for the right jazz tone I've found ever. I use an Epiphone Dot (natural) and my warmest tone I reached out after listening you was with my Marshall Valvestate 8040 (1992, discontinued 40 watts with a gentle kicking 12" Celestion speaker) made in England. I'm so happy to have found the sound I was looking for over the last two years since I started exploring jazz; amazingly, everything was always in front of me... no effects, just the amp with a bit of reverb, my guitar an a cable. Many many thanks !! Regards from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
So happy you found a good sound. It's so much more fun to play with great tone. I just recently bought a new practicing amp for teaching in another room. It was a Mooer and the reverb sucked so badly, tone wasn't great either. I then bought the Roland Cube 10GX and it's awesome. Stunning jazz tone for an 8" speaker practicing amp, that wasn't built for jazz. And great reverb. I enjoy teaching now again. The weeks before, my stomach cramped with every tone I had to play on the Mooer.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman Cool. I saw the Roland Cube when I used to live in Paris (usual among street artists in fact), but difficult to find it in Buenos Aires. I think the Cube is a really nice option, so portable and impressive effects. A new subscriber from this side; all the best for you Sandra. Cheers !
First off: I DO like your video. A couple of remarks, tho: Many of the smaller "Fender style" tube amps can be vastly improved for clean sound by exchanging the first pre-amp tube from a 12AX7 to a 12AT7. No more high gain at "3". I actually play a Guild Manhattan (with a Bigsby, oh heresy). I do play jazzy stuff and also West Coast jump blues, using a Fender Blues deluxe (with the aforementioned mod to a 12AT7), and I never use anything but a clean tone. I use Elixir .11 strings. I recently tried a DV Mark Jazz 50 - all solid state - that is also very suitable for jazz, affordable, and it's also very light at less than 10 Kilos. Maybe a good suggestion?
I ude the Fender Blues Jr with exactly that tube, a TAD 12AT7 in stage 1. I prefer it over the AER these days. More dynamics. But sadly also more noise.
Hello I am Eduardo. I live in Barcelona and I really like your guitar lessons. You are a wonderful teacher. I wish you much health and happiness. You could give me your opinion on these two guitars. - Ibanez AS 200 VYS Artstar Prestige. - Yamaha SA 2200 BS. Thank you. Eduardo.
After using many different brands of guitar strings over my past 30 years of playing. Last week I got some Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Flats and I have to tell you, while they cost at least twice as much as any other flatwound strings I've tried they are indeed the best playing, feeling and sounding strings that I have ever played. Worth every penny!! Thank you Sandra!!!
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman Here in the States they cost me about $30...roughly 25/26 euro I believe. The US Brands are more or less $15. So that's comparable price wise but not in how they play. I recently tried some D'Addario Chromes and DR Legends - both flatwounds .11 gauge and they were very stiff compared to the Thomastik strings Thank you and have a great day!
Greetings from Canada ...Thank you for this informative video. Please provide the name of the software Plug-In. I didn't quite hear it on the video. Does this software package run in "Standalone" mode or require a host DAW package (e.g. Cakewalk- BandLab, CuBase) ? Merci!
Awesome video. Thanks for the excellent advice. I just sold my strat and began shopping for a jazz guitar this week. I was leaning towards a Sheraton 2 or a Joe Pass Emperor 2. Glad to know that I'm on the right track. Also, really dig your tone, your Eastman sounds amazing for comping.
Mike Stern uses a Yamaha Pacifica, akin to strat. Bill Frisell uses a telecaster and Nels Cline uses a Jazzmaster. You can get a great tone from a solid body, though I don’t disagree with suggestions in the video.
The Joe Pass Emp II is the cats meow if you change out the electronics (pots) and substitute Classic 57s.....excelllent tone and just as good as a ES175 in my opinion.
Hi Sandra Loving your videos on Jazz, sooo interesting and very helpful! I’m new to Jazz guitar. My set ups are: Prestige NYC Jazz guitar into DV Mark Jazz 12 ( with your suggested settings!) or, into an EHX Headphone amp or, MAudio JamLab software plug in-play using a Jazz amp preset.
That looks like an HR Fusion III. Fret edge binding, ebony fingerboard and most of al the finger tail pice were all exclusive to the Fusion III. The I and II also had the pickup selector placed at the same place as an ES 175 I believe. Great guitar anyway, I've had mine for 10 years, and really love it! Are those stock pickups?
Robert Wedin It's a version 3. Did I say 1? Have to re-watch the video. The fingers came out with the 2 model already, though. Yes, those are the regular stock pickups. Gibson 49x R and T (can't recall exactly, think 498)
i know someone who uses a old Gibson with a bigsby and once they break in the strings it does not go out of tune, in addition to this it adds some character to jazz while improvising.
xburgos1 Isn‘t that the model with the P90 pickups? I don't recommend P90s for jazz. They are single coils. They produce a lot of hum and sound thinner than a humbucker. They are perfect for blues. If you're in that price range already go for a Gibson ES 339. That's also a thin bodied jazz guitar, but with humbucker.
xburgos1 Oh really? I thought remembered it with P90s on. Well, that sounds like a good guitar then. 335 vs 339: The 339 has a smaller body. So if you're not 6 foot tall that may be a thing to consider. It has a little more attack, maybe a tad aggressive. The 335 is definitely jazzier, but also more expensive.
Ibanez Custom 125 with flatwound strings...wonderful guitar for jazz blues ....I play through a Fender Champion at home...30 watt and a VC 508 Crate tube amp ...5 watts....I split the signal going into both amps from the guitar....the tube amp I roll the treble completely off and the gain at 2 or 3 with the volume all the way up. The Fender I run with reverb or chorus delay with the effect at about 3 or 4
I agree with you. What rule demands that we use flat-wounds? They sound like someone threw a blanket over your amp, and like you say, they don't sustain.
The rule of using your hearing demands the use of flat wounds. The dull, woody sound is the jazz tone . They do not "ring" out like round wounds and also they are silent as you glide up and down the fretboard on the wound strings. Fast jazz riffs can be ruined if the strings sustain (and ring) because instead of hearing individual notes you will hear all sustained notes and they will blur the tone of the preceding notes and also the following notes. Tradition also says the height of the strings at the 12th. fret should be the thickness of two dimes as this allows the strings to have more air around them because they are away from the fretboard. Most of you would baulk at those string heights because you wrongly believe the action must be as low as possible for speed. That low action kills tone. Don't believe me? Set up your guitar like a real jazz guitar with two dimes thickness between your strings and the 12th. fret and play it for a week. You will notice the tone is improved and also in that week you will get used to the higher action and you can play just as fast. Give it a little more time if you only play an hour a day. If you play 6 hours a day, then one week is all you need. Come back here and thank me.
Peter, I respect your values and appreciate your carefully composed message. But my values differ. I don't care about what other guitarists do, even if they all do it.
Pat Metheny uses flat wounds. And so do many other contemporary jazz greats. Remember, tone is largely in your fingers, equipment is largely irrelevant. Use whatever you feel more comfortable with.
Paolo, sorry for the late response. It's true that a lot of your tone is in your fingers, but the type of strings you use also makes a big difference. Do you think Sandra would sound exactly the same if she was using flatwounds? I think you know the answer.
Thx for the confirmation! I was in a jazz guitar shop about 2 1/2 years. the guy was an Eastman dealer. I played a couple of Eastmans they looked beautiful made but sounded very thin to me; not a warm tone. I saw an Epiphone Es- 175 model copy hanging on the wall "What about the Epi?" I said. So I played and bought it, still have it!
if you have a lower watt tube amp with a serial loop, you can try putting a boost pedal or clean over drive in the loop, keep the pre-amp low, and turn the pedal up, to git power tubes with stronger signal
Hoy! Don't you go knocking my whammy! I'm guessing you're at least half my age. If it hadn't been for Duane Eddy I would still be strumming a Spanish guitar and singing loudly. I'd be lost without my whammy. As for valve distortion, back in the day you couldn't escape it when you cranked up the volume to solo. That clean sound you hear on recordings just wasn't available live back then. Blues, jazz, rock'n'roll, whatever I listened to live, solos were always overdriven, I guess I'm just used to it. I don't like over-overdrive, but a nice warm 'valves just starting to go for it' sound... I love it!
I've just "discovered" your lessons and I find them awesome! In term of gear I have a 1A. Washburn Hb-35 (a clone); I'm replacing the pickups with Seymur Duncan "Benedetto" (N), "Seth Lover" (B); it's the guitar I use all the time: very playable and stays in tune for days! 1B. Ibanez Artcore AF105; wonderful! but harder to play, so I use it rarely 2A. Laney CUB R12 (W); tube amplifier; mainly used 2B. Stagg 60W; acoustic guitar, transistor amplifier; rarely used 3. Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Swing J110 (on the Washburn), JS111 (on the Ibanez)
Ms. Sherman I swear if I had it to do all over again...... You are amazing. I just bought a set of the Jazz Bebop Thomastik-Infeld BB112. Absolutely, amazing!!!!!! I am a novice player and have no idea what the green binding or coating is on the top of the base strings - purpose please. I cannot seem to find the answer while searching the internet. I am absolutely amazed at the difference and the beauty of these strings. They are worth every penny. My ears and fingers are giving me an awesome thanks.
Since English is not my native language, I go with my gut feeling a lot of times. The odds are 50:50 that I get it right, or it turns out as total nonsense 😂
In case no one has already commented, yes buttery is definitely a real word, and your use of it is perfect. I might even use it to describe your newly discovered Channel!! Great video thanks
Hey, The vibrato can have a place in Jazz - the great John McLaughlin often plays with a Bigsby. Not for massive vibrato, but to put a slight dip onto a note or phrase, a really subtle use but it gives the notes a voice, a uniqueness. I'd swap all my guitars for his Gibson 'Johnny Smith' with Bigsby. :)
I’m a fan of John McLaughlin (and love After the Rain), but his use of the whammy bar is the least appealing aspect of his playing, for me. Sometimes I feel that such ornamentation doesn’t add anything. Maybe it’s my deficient taste - he’s a million times the player I’ll ever be.
I like jazz but not a jazz guitarist, couldn't play any even if my life depended on it. But I learn a lot about jazz equipment and technique from you. Great lessons.
I use a Henrickson Blu amp, but lately I've been getting into using amp models. The thing about solid state amps is that they're so much faster than tube amps. It's like the sound jumps out of the amp as soon as your fingers make contact with the strings. Tube amps have a more dynamic touch response that I really like. Running a tube amp sim into the Blu's effects return is really nice.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman I played rock through tube amps in my younger days. I guess that's what I got used to. We're talking milliseconds here, so it's not really something you can hear but I can definitely feel it.
Hi Sandra. I had mentioned I love my Eastman AR680CE Pisano....I am a Strat guy I currently own 6 Fender Stratocasters having played them growing up....that's what I am used to. That being said, switching to the neck on the Eastman (once pro set up) makes it a breeze to play. I love the tone I get as well but I have the Kent Armstrong PAF and I went all ebony including dark pup covers as I have another lower end Washburn Jazz box (J5) that has chrome and here in the states it tends to go green (yuck!) so i avoid it. Love your insight on your gear! I need to get out more and play more models so I get more 'worldly'' on other Jazz boxes! Thanks again for sharing your talent!
Terrific video, Sandra. Thank you. I'm a seasoned old straight Chicago blues guy adding a little bit of jazz feel to my sets and I try to get the best of both worlds from the same gear. There's plenty of overlap. I'm very fortunate to have great gear and it always sounds superb. It always comes down to how I adjust it. My #1 guitar/amp combination is a '98 Gibson L-5 CES strung with round-wound Curt Mangan custom .10-.46 strings, plugged straight into an original '66 blackface Fender Deluxe Reverb amp. My #2 guitar is a '69 Gibson ES-150DC, which is the ES-335 shape, but fully hollow and full body depth, about 3", and with a master volume control too. These days I mostly play solo gigs, so I'm working hard a lot on the guitar-- a lot going on playing bass lines, solo fills, a lot of double-stops and chord comping. I also sing through my amplifier, don't use a traditional PA system. This is how the old Chicago and Mississippi blues guys did it and it works great. Tube tone is superb for vocals as much as it is for guitar. What I do is to match my amp to the size of the venue-- small, med, lg room, or outside. For this I have three different vintage Fender tube amps: the 22 watt Deluxe Reverb (1x12 speaker), a 40 watt Vibrolux Reverb (2x10 speakers), and a very special, custom 1969 Super Reverb amp, 45 watts, normally a 4x10 speaker amp, but this original '69 Super was modified for a touring country picker to fit into a smaller VibroVerb amp cabinet, with both a Weber 1x10 and Weber 1x12 speakers.This is a substantial amp, heavy, 65 lbs, huge magnets on the Weber speakers. Loud, lots of headroom for outdoor gigs, vocal and guitar. Actually, what I do for the biggest outdoor shows without mic'ing the cabinet, is to run the smaller 20w Deluxe Reverb in tandem with the 45w Super Reverb, and a wedge monitor from the Super's speaker-out jack in the back. I get warm but clean jazz and blues tone, +vocals, right through my guitar cabinet and monitor, no PA, and very loud to an outdoor crowd of maybe 100-200 people or more. Amp settings: Volume about 5-7, Treble 5, Bass 8, Reverb 3. Great sound all around from really great jazz/blues guitars by Gibson and old tube amps by Fender. :- )
Wow, what a gear list! I wish I could afford an L5 ❤️ But, oh boy, do you seriously use a set of 10s strings on that L5? I love the Mangan strings, but would never use them on a jazz guitar. They are so bright and vivid. I would have really bad intonation using 10s on my jazz boxes. But maybe your playing style is different than mine. I pick the strings quite hard. Usually 12-13s are used in jazz. Enjoy your great gea!
Sandra, you’re right, the Curt Mangan strings are incredibly vivid. They’re the most “musical” strings I’ve ever played. Every nuance of my hands gets to the pickups. Probably not good for true jazz, too lively. My repertoire on a typical gig runs from straight Chicago blues from the Chess era, to Memphis/Stax and and some country/rockabilly from Sun Studios, and a little bit of boogie rock & roll, like Chuck Berry. But mostly blues. Now I’m adding some jazz, so your video is helpful. I do combination picking with a very heavy right hand attack, even playing some percussion through my L-5 popping the strings. No problems whatsoever with intonation. I have big hands and I use a very stiff V-picks ‘Stiletto’ model pick. It’s a loud pick-great for picking Carl Perkins Memphis rockabilly with a little slap-back echo or a rollicking John Lee Hooker blues all on the ‘1’, but it will never sound like Wes Montgomery. I have over 2000 live gigs on my L-5 since 1998. It’s the most versatile guitar you can imagine. So much more than a “jazz” archtop. Gibson builds these really well. Today I’m playing an oceanfront show in the Florida Keys on the Gulf of Mexico and no problems with the heat and humidity and salty air. My “Big Red” L-5 is the best workhorse ever! 👍😎
Sandra...I got my dream guitar! It's a 1977 Ibanez 2355 ES 175 lawsuit model. Blonde...My choice of this guitar was influenced by my love for the music of Pat Metheny...Thank you for teaching us so much!
Fantastic guide Sandra. Advice noted. No rolling off that tone knob ! Been guilty of that one in the past. I own an AER compact 60. Versatile acoustic amp but your comments on valve 'warmth' will resonate with most guitar players.
You can roll the tone back a little bit if it sounds better to you. I just wouldn't advise aon rolling it backa completely. Funny thin is initially I loved the AER so much. These days I still like it, but prefer the Blues Jr. more. I think tastes and habbits sometimes change.
1st, before I dive in, I have to say THANK YOU! I am beyond excited that I have found this video and your channel. I knew I was in the perfect place at the 1:45 mark of the video...you are an amazing player and you have an AMAZING tone! AAARRRRG! thank you for sharing your secrets with us in such an engaging and passionate presentation! instant subscriber here! and YES, "buttery" is DEF a term! so here's my dilemma: I have a 2014 Gibson Les Paul (which is more than capable of getting a "jazz" tone from what I've seen)...I absolutely love my "Pearl"...she's the perfect size for me and I love the versatility of the Les Pauls. however, my money is VERY limited (my family is only so generous), yet I am addicted to the "jazz tone" and just can't seem to get anywhere close to it with my current gear options. I have no amp. I have been blessed (and cursed) with the opportunity to play a Blues Jr. and it really is the only amp I want when I can get one. still, until I can afford to acquire a true "jazz" guitar, I have what I have and would love to make it work for my needs. yes, it's in the technique and in the hands of the player, but still, I feel like I'm so far away from the tone that would inspire me to play. do you have ANY advice for how to get some of the tone you have displayed here with my Les Paul?? or am I chasing my tail for no reason?? thank you in advance for any advice you (or anyone else) can offer here.
and thank you for your speedy response! ❤️ I just run it through my audio interface via a Hi-Z input (I’m a mix engineer by day). someone gave me a Fender Frontman 25, but I vowed to never use as it actually gets me further away from my desired destination..
@@garfieldadamsakaj.stemmons364 I would ist a plugin then, like I show it in the video at the end. There are usually also stand alone versions along with the plugin. Get a Fever blackface or Tweed emulation and adjust the settings the way I do in the video. The Paula has a very similar sound to my Gibson Howard Roberts. To get a little more acoustic like sound, dry out those electric mids. Slightly roll back the lower mid frequencies. You could use an EQ for that too.
No, if you like it. If you have intonation problems when fretting chords, you should play a heavier gauge. But if that doesn't happen , keep the 9-10s.
Danke Sandra. I'm new to using an electric guitar and amp and this is very helpful. I'm using a Godin Radiator (solid body with 2 humbuckers) and a Roland Blues Cube. By the way; re: the english word at 24.00, we also use the word "muddy".
Yes it does. I keep vol. below 3, and use a booster to keep it clean at higher vol. when needed. I keep the as200 at full with neck pup. Martino live sound is incredible. The low mids are clean and prominent, the way it should go down!
Good advice. I am one of those people who roll back the tone pot and volume pot to get my tone. I will try your method of turning the volume and tone knobs all the way up and try to dial in the tone with the amp or settings on my DAW. That Eastman guitar you have is beautiful!
Your can roll back the tone on your guitar a bit, just don't go overbiard with it. I sold the Eastman actally in favor of The Heritage H-575. Re Eastman was great but had a dead spot, even my cery experienced luthier couldn't get rid of.
A pleasant chance encounter Sandra; was checking out the Italian DV Mark Jazz amps & the video string brought urs up. Fantastic 2 c a lady jazz guitarist ... apart from Emily Remler I hadn’t really heard of any @ all. Love ur TONE ... back-basix, honest-2-goodness TONE! Thx especially 4 ur tips on amp settings & interestingly including ur software settings. I’ll revisit AmpliTube via my iPad ... and ... review my basic gtr/amp settings. Love my 1992 ebony fretboard, no f-hole Gibson ES-335 Studio 4 more modern Jazz, Funk/R&B, Acid-jazzy/Fusion-ey sounds. PatMartino to the jazzier side of LarryCarlton’s to where I aspire here. Will consider swapping my flats to rounds 4 the sustain I’m looking 4. I like the strings 2 “fight back” & 4-3-2-1 string-set chords 2 punch rather than twang so my string-gauge’s customised 50-13 ... no freakin’ whammy bars I agree & subtle bending if @ all. Also has an unusually flat D neck which surprisingly I love ... very unique! Only other gtr of mine’s a vintage 1977 Ibanez L5. WesMontG, PMartino to GGreen/GBenson’s 2 where I aspire here. 4 me, bigger the body and longer scale-length the better & heavy strings. Last few yrs have learnt thumb picking or pick turned side-ways 2 lose that sharp attack. Allows me 2 dig in with the thumb ... low-ish action so the strings slap the fretboard when I feel like it. Flat-wound 52-15s here. Hybrid-picking or thumb not exactly finger style but lately attempting the JoePass thing ... gr8 respect 4 JoePass. Sounds like I can play right? Wrong/nowhere near as good as I should b ... just love the art & always happy 2 learn ... eg, will practise thumbing my root-6 1/2 dim chords ... make mII-Vs more efficient to play ... than you Sandra. Tez-the-McFez👌.
My main jazz ax is a Korean Epiphone Emperor Regent about twenty-five years old (not made anymore) through a Polytone Mini Brute ll amp. I also have about a twenty year old Guild Savoy X-150, but it's pretty heavy, so I don't take it to long gigs. I used to use Thomastik J111 flatwound strings, but they got too expensive here in the U.S., so I switched to D'Addario Chromes (flatwounds), which work best for me. I'm also an old school swing player and use a Van Eps String Damper (thanks to my mentor Herb Ellis, and Mr. Van Eps who made one for me) to cut down on string sing when I do arpeggios...and also because I'm a tad sloppy sometimes. Really enjoy your RUclips videos. Keep up the good work.
I just discovered your channel. I'm not a jazzer but I do like to play cleaner and darker. Your instructions for getting tone out of the guitar and amp are fantastically helpful.
Grrrrrrrrrreetings ! Great video (as always). I play my 1966 Guild Capri through my Howard Roberts designed Benson 200...info on the amp can be found on-line, especially Vintage Guitar November 2019. Thanks for the tone tips Sandra. Cheers from Sunny So. Cal. !
Great review I really enjoyed it, I used to amps the first-half I use is a rolling Blues combo artist it's also used by smooth jazz guitarist Chuck Loeb I also use the tube amp is called The Lazy J like the letter j I always enjoy your reviews and your lessons again please excuse my auto-correct function it really sucks
This is a very good video to learn about you need to get started towards playing Jazz. Since I haven't played in 25-30 years I could use the help and got alot out of Sandra's video. Thanks for the help. James
Not new to playing guitar, but new to jazz guitar playing. Great info in your video, looking forward to checking out your other videos. Subscribed and ready to watch some more. Thank you.
14:30: I have a Princeton Reverb II amp that sounds great for jazz. Even though it was designed as a cascading preamp rock amp, it has a beautiful clean sound that gets fairly loud without distorting.
I love flats because not only are they softer on the fingers but also you don't get the scratchy sound you generally get with rounds moving up/down the neck. Also they generally last longer..as I'm not a fan of changing strings. I use D'Addario 11-50 flats on my Telecaster....and La Bella' `15-60 flats my baritone.
I had an LGB Ibanez and it is a really great guitar for that money. I sold it and upgraded to an L4 Mahogany, which is also great. Now we both are great fans of your fantastic lessons!😚 Greetings from Germany!
How awesome is that! Does the L4 also have the 25.5" came length, like the L5. Because, apart from the hefty price tag, that's what mostly kept me from buying one of those.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman The L4 is solid-buildt like the L5, with a 16' body and a shorter scale-lenght of 625mm. That makes the guitar very playable and good to handle, although I'm over 190cm...plays like warm butter! The mahogany gives it a more warmer, darker and smoother tone than the maple. 57 Humbuckers. Mine is from 27.07.2005, she just had her birthday and became 15 😊 One of the last ones signed by Mr. Hutchins. Never will give her away..... Greetings to lovely Austria!
THANK YOU for answering!🤣😄🤣😆😁😍😘 I watched the video again & caught you welcoming in the beginning ,you said from Austria.....thank you for your reply. I just taught myself over the years & finger pick somebody said my own they said Blue Grass. I gravitate towards jazz oldies. I know some if the songs your videos teach, can not wait to follow. But I bought a Washburn HB35....found a Yamaha amp. Now I am wanting one to compare sound a Epiphone Joe Pass or Sheraton. Then I found a gorgeous Epiphone Broadway Hollowbody that when STIMULUS comes I want to invest in it.......late in life now 68 you are so REAL .....will be doing my best in time to listen and apply your teachings..... I. FEEL blessed to HEAR YOUR voice as my mother was into music , she recently died 2/11/20....still do not know if it was COVID, she was fine, but got pnuemonia 2x, .......this finding you is from her SPIRIT I know.....🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶😍😘
Hi Sandra I took some lessons from your list with the download (Misty, very beautiful) and you really helped me to play it . Very thankful! like the way you take neatly time to explain everything. My guitar is a PRS Zach Myers hollow body play neck hum bucker sounds quite jazzy with my F Bluesjunior II. greetings from Holland
Your guitars are so beautiful and they look brand new. Perfect reflection of your playing and sound. Big thank you so much for sharing and everything you do, from Canada
Oh thanks so much. The Gibson had plenty of dings n songs though. Also the laquer i has become very matte over the years. The Eastman looks kinda new bc it is, lol. I wish I'd watch out a little more, but the matter of the fact is I'm clumsy surf 😂
You are too harsh on yourself :) Guitars are meant to be played and used. If sometimes they suffer a ding or two, that just mean they are living full life. Once again, thank you so so much for all you are doing. I really enjoy your lessons.
I just found your channel a week ago, I’m an intermediate player that is transitioning over to learning jazz. Your lessons have been awesome , Sandra! I’m currently learning “Misty” from one of your lesson videos. I am so glad to see you recommend the GB30 George Benson model. I’ve been considering buying this one and was looking at the reviews for this the last two weeks. Overall, great reviews so I think your recommend seals it for me. Keep doing your video lessons. They’re great!! Peace & Blessings.
Hi Sandra, Great gear video! I think I am ready to get into a virtual amp setup for recording. S-Gear has high praise! What are you using for your interface between your guitar and the computer? At 19:06, it looks wireless! I am looking for ideas. Thanks and keep these great videos coming! Nick
The EVH is more on the heavy side, isn't it? But those amps are sometimes surprisingly good with clean sounds. I once borrowed an ENGL amp for a show and it was killer.
I'm a long time guitar player of most every genre and always had a soft spot for Joe Pass type of style. About 8 years ago I started piano and play mostly piano chords and scales to support my recordings, From piano, I've learned the importance of chord structure following the leading tone/ That's the most important when playing jazz guitar. . You do a fabulous job of explaining music and teaching. I'm glad I found your channel.
I agree about the Blues Junior. I just got a Heritage Sweet 16, a beautiful instrument. On first listen I loved the Blues Junior sound more than the sound on my Mesa Boogie Mark V 35. It really came alive on the Junior. Today I am getting a better sound on the Boogie by turning of the EQ and really emphasizing the mids. I also have a Fishman Acoustic. I'll try that sometime; hadn't thought of that. Thank you Sandra. Love your stuff.
Brilliant teaching! I have always wondered about the Gain, and how to adjust settings on amps. What I always did was to roll all the way back on the tone knob on the guitar... Will quit that from now on. :)
I use a keyboard amp, for many of the reasons you mentioned, a clear sound with no added distortion -very similar to an acoustic amp. The second reason for that amp is that my other electric guitar is an old Roland synth, and the keyboard amp can handle the very low and very high frequencies a synthesizer can make. (I use the TI BeBop strings onthe synth, and flats on my jazz box)
Thank you so much Sandra for this complete and clear explanations about the amp settings. I would appreciate your recommandations about the settings of the volume and tone knobs on the guitar. If you already develloped this item, please can you provide the link to the video ? Once again congratulations: all of your videos are really of great help for a beginner like me.
Sandra you are BUTTERY . So informative and kind .Thank you for taking time to share your depth of understanding and knowledge .My friends call me mick .
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0:29 GIBSON Howard Roberts Fusion
2:50 Eastman AR905 CE
4:31 Jazz Guitar STRINGS
7:38 Jazz Guitar Recommendations: EPIPHONE Sheraton II Pro
9:07 Jazz Guitar Recommendations: IBANEZ JSM 10 John Scofield
9:40 Jazz Guitar Recommendations: EPIPHONE Emperoro II Pro Joe Pass
10:32 Jazz Guitar Recommendations: IBANEZ LGB 30 George Benson
11:27 Rockabilly Guitars aren't Jazz guitars!
12:59 Jazz Guitar AMPS
17:19 Jazz Guitar Amp SETTINGS: How To Get A Great Jazz Guitar Tone
As classical and jazz guitarist it was really great to hear you clarify that if a player's tone sucks before it enters the amp it'll likely suck coming out too. So many players are obsessed with gear over technique.
I agree with you. I bounce back and forth between my classical guitar and my archtop. Lots of chord melody tunes translate to either guitar.
This is by far the best guide to guitar , equipment & settings for jazz that I’ve seen on RUclips thank you so much for this info 🙏🕊
Thank you for your kind words! ❤️ Im glad my little tutorial helped you. Keep swinging, my friend!
Totally agree
She’s awesome / wundebar
My no.1 jazz guitar tutor
(Follow Rich Seveson (?) too - one other veteran)
But now I’ve got more than one jazz-friendly guitar, it’s pay attention! to Frau Lehrerin
Fantastic presentation . I learned about the exact problem I have been fighting with on my Ibanez AG 75. I have played an Epiphone Sheraton II for almost 20 years, gigged with it for 10 years, never an issue. Wanted a hollowbody electric, and the Ibanez was in my local music store, used, for a price I could not turn down. Have since changed bridge to a Stew Mac compensated wood bridge, Graph Tech nut, and use 10-46 D Addario, with wound third. It plays fantastic. but sounded like I was playing through a sock. I start with all controls on guitar at 5, but will change that to 10 after watching. I stumbled on turning the mids up, only after lowering bass to 2. Thanks again. you successfully taught an old dog some new tricks, hats off. Have been playing for close to 38 years, 12 for a living, and 8 years weekend warrior, so know a few things and tricks; however your quiet, calm, and knowledgeable approach to this topic made learning easy and fun. Now I gotta go play guitar ........
It would be fun to sit and have a glass of wine with you and talk gear and jazz theory. Your students are very lucky to have someone with such insight and patience. Tschuss from Canada.
Rob Pope I would not deny to gear chat over a glass of sweet Canadian white wine.
Dude it looks like you scored.
@@guitarman6742 I was thinking the same thing. Jazz theory my ass..lol
I was told by a Jazz teacher to buy a Howard Roberts Fusion back in 1985. I didn't do it, back then. Seem surrealistic that his advice is still sound even now.
Your teacher was a clever man :-)
Sandra, I could sit and listen to you for hours. Great topic, well presented obviously with passion.
luthier47 Thank you so much! Aren't we all passionate when it comes to gear talk? We musicians all talk for hours and it never gets boring, lol.
Hi Sandra. I'm a new subscriber from South Africa. I was a rhythm guitar player for many years - mainly Shadows music. I was in a coma for +- 3 months and lost the ability to play chords. I am now learning jazz arpeggios where I can play only one note at a time. I have an Ibanez Art 120 guitar, 2 humbuckers and I'm playing (learning) jazz arpeggios. I am 72 years old.
Thank you for an excellent video; it really helps a lot. Greetings!
Wow, that sounds like Pat Martino, who lost all his guitar playing abilities after a tumor surgery. He learned all his slots from his own records again.
I wish you aspeedy recovery and that you gain back all your skills again.
I am a beginner, but just discovered you videos. I will be listening and try to pick up what I can. Just listening to you play has really inspired me and I'm sure that this will add to my lessons and my overall enjoyment of guitar music. Thank you!
Thank you and welcome to my channel 🤗. Enjoy the jazz ride and keep swingin 🎶 🎸
Thanks ...for your time. I bought a Eastman 186 MX and a Roland Jazz chorus last year. My playing has improved a lot since then .
Love and Peace music is the best
Greetings to you from Ireland. Thank you for sharing your technique, knowledge and wisdom. Love your videos!
Tasks so much ❤. And I love Eire!
This is the most comprehensive tutorial I have seen, on any guitar style. Just the explanation of the headroom, is worth this video!
Thank you, Rui! So glad it helped you.
I play an Epiphone Broadway and love it. This guitar is an original blueprint from Epiphone prior to the Gibson acquisition so it's not a Gibson design with cheaper build and parts.
I have a played it through my Polytone Mega Brute; Fender Blues Jr. (stock cream circuit board) and my Peavy Delta Blues 1x15 combo. It sounds best through the Blues Jr. by far. I have purchased several of the Bill M. mods but have yet to install them. At the time I purchased them, I was intending to use that amp for a different purpose (with my Strat)...for popular music. I need to go ahead and update the jack to Switchcraft and to the bias mod but since it mates so well with the Epiphone and jazz is my primary focus I think I'll rethink the mods. I have the Cannabis Rex speaker too which I'm expecting to voice better for jazz but I'll A/B test that after I do the couple mods.
I enjoyed your video and found your Sheraton II Pro review interesting. I'm content with the Broadway but would enjoy trying out one of those.
I know jazzers forbid pedals but I much prefer the TC Electronics HOF reverb pedal over the reverb in the Blues Jr. so that goes in the effects loop. I'm also using the George L cables after A/B testing with other brands. It's almost like having a treble bleed. It's amazing how much more treble and transients pass through those cables.
Yeah, jazzers forbid a lot of things. The jazz police is always chasing after you, lol. Really, you should play as many pedals as you like and whatever sounds best to YOU! I love jazz and have been a pro jazz player for about 20 years now, but the jazz attitude sometimes is getting on my nerves, lol.
Guitarversum Sandra Sherman I have a slew of pedals but for traditional jazz the HOF is the only one that makes it better IMHO.
I had an Epiphone B roadway in Natural..beautiful workmanship but rather large similar to a Gibson L5. great tone though.
SuperCarver2011 A jumbo jazzbox indeed. I agree, the tone is wonderful.
Yeah, I'm with a different branch of the jazz police - I say, "There is nothing wrong with jazz that breaking the sax player's reed won't fix." Keep bringing beauty into a bleak world, Ms Sherman.
I love your Channel! Greetings from Spain!
Thabks so much! ❤️ Keep swingin 🎶 🎸
Just found your channel today -- love it! I am starting to learn jazz guitar and was wondering what software to use for a jazz tone and you answered my question! I will also go with one of your recommendations for a guitar as well. Thanks!
Hey, that makes me really happy! Thanks for your kind words. Enjoy the jazz ride on my channel 😊 ❤️
Will do! I have a lot of work ahead of me and plan to learn Autumn Leaves first. Have a great day!
Thank you for that. I love your expertice and your program. I was playing flats since 1979 when I got my first Ibanez George Benson and my Ibanez As 200. The one Scofield plays. Brilliant guitars by the way. I still have them. I recently got myself a YAMAHA Revstar. Just for fun. A solid body guitar with a brilliant sound. Very very versatile. It had 10s on it. Roundwounds. Far too light for me. I was used to 13s. So I put some D'Addario 11's EXL 115 BT on and It just opened another door for me. Roundwounds sound so much more open and you can really play with much more dynamic and the sustain is phantastic. They play so effortless; because they give you more grip and I like the bounce which allows more pull offs. They don't sound too bright at all. That was my mainconcern in the past. I love them so much that I use them now on all my semie hollows. The As200. The JSM100. The As 153 and the JSM10; which is my mainguitar. Brilliant guitar. They dont work on my Bensons though. By the way. The Revstar is excellent for Jazz. I got really hoocked on it. Phantastic fast neck.
I tried a couple of Revstars once. They're fantastic guitars, but the neck is too chunky for my little hands and they're very heavy. But yes, they have a great sound and build quality.
I'm in love! Excellent video, thank you for sharing!
+eksund1900 Thank you so much ❤
Hi. The best explanation on amp settings for the right jazz tone I've found ever. I use an Epiphone Dot (natural) and my warmest tone I reached out after listening you was with my Marshall Valvestate 8040 (1992, discontinued 40 watts with a gentle kicking 12" Celestion speaker) made in England. I'm so happy to have found the sound I was looking for over the last two years since I started exploring jazz; amazingly, everything was always in front of me... no effects, just the amp with a bit of reverb, my guitar an a cable. Many many thanks !! Regards from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
So happy you found a good sound. It's so much more fun to play with great tone. I just recently bought a new practicing amp for teaching in another room. It was a Mooer and the reverb sucked so badly, tone wasn't great either. I then bought the Roland Cube 10GX and it's awesome. Stunning jazz tone for an 8" speaker practicing amp, that wasn't built for jazz. And great reverb. I enjoy teaching now again. The weeks before, my stomach cramped with every tone I had to play on the Mooer.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman Cool. I saw the Roland Cube when I used to live in Paris (usual among street artists in fact), but difficult to find it in Buenos Aires. I think the Cube is a really nice option, so portable and impressive effects. A new subscriber from this side; all the best for you Sandra. Cheers !
First off: I DO like your video. A couple of remarks, tho: Many of the smaller "Fender style" tube amps can be vastly improved for clean sound by exchanging the first pre-amp tube from a 12AX7 to a 12AT7. No more high gain at "3". I actually play a Guild Manhattan (with a Bigsby, oh heresy). I do play jazzy stuff and also West Coast jump blues, using a Fender Blues deluxe (with the aforementioned mod to a 12AT7), and I never use anything but a clean tone. I use Elixir .11 strings. I recently tried a DV Mark Jazz 50 - all solid state - that is also very suitable for jazz, affordable, and it's also very light at less than 10 Kilos. Maybe a good suggestion?
I ude the Fender Blues Jr with exactly that tube, a TAD 12AT7 in stage 1. I prefer it over the AER these days. More dynamics. But sadly also more noise.
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support ❤️! I really appreciate it.
Hello I am Eduardo.
I live in Barcelona and I really like your guitar lessons.
You are a wonderful teacher.
I wish you much health and happiness.
You could give me your opinion on these two guitars.
- Ibanez AS 200 VYS Artstar Prestige.
- Yamaha SA 2200 BS.
Thank you.
Eduardo.
Hi Eduardo, unfortunately I know nothing about these two guitars. But from what I can see on Google, they seem to be really high quality guitars.
Thank you for all this information. Not rolling back the tone knob is something I’ve never heard before.
Don't roll it back completely , just like to 7, or to your taste. Rolling it back too much will gez you a very filtered mushy sound.
This is my teacher 🎸
From one student in 🇯🇵 Japan
After using many different brands of guitar strings over my past 30 years of playing. Last week I got some Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Flats and I have to tell you, while they cost at least twice as much as any other flatwound strings I've tried they are indeed the best playing, feeling and sounding strings that I have ever played. Worth every penny!! Thank you Sandra!!!
Glad you like the strings. It's easy for me, bc I live in the city they're produced. So they're like € 14 here.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman Here in the States they cost me about $30...roughly 25/26 euro I believe. The US Brands are more or less $15. So that's comparable price wise but not in how they play. I recently tried some D'Addario Chromes and DR Legends - both flatwounds .11 gauge and they were very stiff compared to the Thomastik strings Thank you and have a great day!
Greetings from Canada ...Thank you for this informative video. Please provide the name of the software Plug-In. I didn't quite hear it on the video. Does this software package run in "Standalone" mode or require a host DAW package (e.g. Cakewalk- BandLab, CuBase) ? Merci!
That's the Scuffham S-Gear 2. I run it in DAW mode, but I think it can run in stand alone mode too.
Greetings from austria to austria! Hab mit dem Video deinen Kanal entdeckt, und fand das jetzt schon hilfreich. Keep up the good work! :)
Hey Landsmann, schön dass mal ein Österreicher vorbeischaut!
Thanks for that amazing "hardware" informations!!!
Thanks so much-especially enlightening re the difference between a rockabilly guitar and a jazz guitar!
Awesome video. Thanks for the excellent advice. I just sold my strat and began shopping for a jazz guitar this week. I was leaning towards a Sheraton 2 or a Joe Pass Emperor 2. Glad to know that I'm on the right track. Also, really dig your tone, your Eastman sounds amazing for comping.
Awesome! Guitar shopping is fun :-)
Guitarversum Sandra Sherman yeah, a world of opportunity. 😉
Mike Stern uses a Yamaha Pacifica, akin to strat. Bill Frisell uses a telecaster and Nels Cline uses a Jazzmaster. You can get a great tone from a solid body, though I don’t disagree with suggestions in the video.
The Joe Pass Emp II is the cats meow if you change out the electronics (pots) and substitute Classic 57s.....excelllent tone and just as good as a ES175 in my opinion.
@@VCaamano the jazz master actually has a super warm sound with the bass switch enabled. Super clean and fat sound.
Hi Sandra
Loving your videos on Jazz, sooo interesting and very helpful!
I’m new to Jazz guitar. My set ups are:
Prestige NYC Jazz guitar into DV Mark Jazz 12 ( with your suggested settings!) or, into an EHX Headphone amp or, MAudio JamLab software plug in-play using a Jazz amp preset.
Welcome to the jazz ride on my channel 🤗! Great gear you have there 👍🏻
That looks like an HR Fusion III. Fret edge binding, ebony fingerboard and most of al the finger tail pice were all exclusive to the Fusion III. The I and II also had the pickup selector placed at the same place as an ES 175 I believe. Great guitar anyway, I've had mine for 10 years, and really love it! Are those stock pickups?
Robert Wedin It's a version 3. Did I say 1? Have to re-watch the video. The fingers came out with the 2 model already, though.
Yes, those are the regular stock pickups. Gibson 49x R and T (can't recall exactly, think 498)
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman 490T and 490R
i know someone who uses a old Gibson with a bigsby and once they break in the strings it does not go out of tune, in addition to this it adds some character to jazz while improvising.
Hi great videos, thank you
What do you think about the Gibson ES 275 model??? Or is the Joe Pass 2 a much better for the price??? Thank you
xburgos1 Isn‘t that the model with the P90 pickups? I don't recommend P90s for jazz. They are single coils. They produce a lot of hum and sound thinner than a humbucker. They are perfect for blues. If you're in that price range already go for a Gibson ES 339.
That's also a thin bodied jazz guitar, but with humbucker.
The pick ups on the Gibson es 275 are MHS Humbukers. They are not the P90. Is the 339 better for jazz than the 335? Is it cuz of the pickups?
xburgos1 Oh really? I thought remembered it with P90s on. Well, that sounds like a good guitar then.
335 vs 339: The 339 has a smaller body. So if you're not 6 foot tall that may be a thing to consider. It has a little more attack, maybe a tad aggressive.
The 335 is definitely jazzier, but also more expensive.
You have a great voice!
Ibanez Custom 125 with flatwound strings...wonderful guitar for jazz blues ....I play through a Fender Champion at home...30 watt and a VC 508 Crate tube amp ...5 watts....I split the signal going into both amps from the guitar....the tube amp I roll the treble completely off and the gain at 2 or 3 with the volume all the way up. The Fender I run with reverb or chorus delay with the effect at about 3 or 4
Interesting. Why do you roll the treble of the tube amp way back? Is it too strident?
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman yes, very harsh treble on this amp...it makes the sound rounder and warmer
I agree with you. What rule demands that we use flat-wounds? They sound like someone threw a blanket over your amp, and like you say, they don't sustain.
DwightMS1 You tell me! I don't know why everyone still uses flat wounds. Back in the swing times, sure, but today?
The rule of using your hearing demands the use of flat wounds. The dull, woody sound is the jazz tone . They do not "ring" out like round wounds and also they are silent as you glide up and down the fretboard on the wound strings.
Fast jazz riffs can be ruined if the strings sustain (and ring) because instead of hearing individual notes you will hear all sustained notes and they will blur the tone of the preceding notes and also the following notes.
Tradition also says the height of the strings at the 12th. fret should be the thickness of two dimes as this allows the strings to have more air around them because they are away from the fretboard. Most of you would baulk at those string heights because you wrongly believe the action must be as low as possible for speed. That low action kills tone. Don't believe me? Set up your guitar like a real jazz guitar with two dimes thickness between your strings and the 12th. fret and play it for a week. You will notice the tone is improved and also in that week you will get used to the higher action and you can play just as fast. Give it a little more time if you only play an hour a day. If you play 6 hours a day, then one week is all you need. Come back here and thank me.
Peter, I respect your values and appreciate your carefully composed message. But my values differ. I don't care about what other guitarists do, even if they all do it.
Pat Metheny uses flat wounds. And so do many other contemporary jazz greats. Remember, tone is largely in your fingers, equipment is largely irrelevant. Use whatever you feel more comfortable with.
Paolo, sorry for the late response. It's true that a lot of your tone is in your fingers, but the type of strings you use also makes a big difference. Do you think Sandra would sound exactly the same if she was using flatwounds? I think you know the answer.
Thx for the confirmation! I was in a jazz guitar shop about 2 1/2 years. the guy was an Eastman dealer. I played a couple of Eastmans they looked beautiful made but sounded very thin to me; not a warm tone. I saw an Epiphone Es- 175 model copy hanging on the wall "What about the Epi?" I said. So I played and bought it, still have it!
The Epi 175 is a very good guitar for that price tag! But thin sounding Eastmans, hmmm? Were they archtop Eastmans or thinline 335 style types?
Tremolo = hillbilly crowbar......
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if you have a lower watt tube amp with a serial loop, you can try putting a boost pedal or clean over drive in the loop, keep the pre-amp low, and turn the pedal up, to git power tubes with stronger signal
Hoy! Don't you go knocking my whammy! I'm guessing you're at least half my age. If it hadn't been for Duane Eddy I would still be strumming a Spanish guitar and singing loudly. I'd be lost without my whammy.
As for valve distortion, back in the day you couldn't escape it when you cranked up the volume to solo. That clean sound you hear on recordings just wasn't available live back then. Blues, jazz, rock'n'roll, whatever I listened to live, solos were always overdriven, I guess I'm just used to it. I don't like over-overdrive, but a nice warm 'valves just starting to go for it' sound... I love it!
I bend my head in shame 😊
I've just "discovered" your lessons and I find them awesome!
In term of gear I have a
1A. Washburn Hb-35 (a clone); I'm replacing the pickups with Seymur Duncan "Benedetto" (N), "Seth Lover" (B); it's the guitar I use all the time: very playable and stays in tune for days!
1B. Ibanez Artcore AF105; wonderful! but harder to play, so I use it rarely
2A. Laney CUB R12 (W); tube amplifier; mainly used
2B. Stagg 60W; acoustic guitar, transistor amplifier; rarely used
3. Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Swing J110 (on the Washburn), JS111 (on the Ibanez)
Ms. Sherman I swear if I had it to do all over again...... You are amazing. I just bought a set of the Jazz Bebop Thomastik-Infeld BB112. Absolutely, amazing!!!!!! I am a novice player and have no idea what the green binding or coating is on the top of the base strings - purpose please. I cannot seem to find the answer while searching the internet. I am absolutely amazed at the difference and the beauty of these strings. They are worth every penny. My ears and fingers are giving me an awesome thanks.
Hey, glad you like em! The green windings are just for identification. I think the swing series has a different color.
"Buttery" is defnitely a word, and you use it beauitifully.
Since English is not my native language, I go with my gut feeling a lot of times. The odds are 50:50 that I get it right, or it turns out as total nonsense 😂
In case no one has already commented, yes buttery is definitely a real word, and your use of it is perfect. I might even use it to describe your newly discovered Channel!! Great video thanks
Thanks so much, John! Sometimes I just literally translate words I don't know from German into English, lol. Glad it worked out this time 😊
Hey, The vibrato can have a place in Jazz - the great John McLaughlin often plays with a Bigsby. Not for massive vibrato, but to put a slight dip onto a note or phrase, a really subtle use but it gives the notes a voice, a uniqueness. I'd swap all my guitars for his Gibson 'Johnny Smith' with Bigsby. :)
Good point!
I’m a fan of John McLaughlin (and love After the Rain), but his use of the whammy bar is the least appealing aspect of his playing, for me. Sometimes I feel that such ornamentation doesn’t add anything.
Maybe it’s my deficient taste - he’s a million times the player I’ll ever be.
I like jazz but not a jazz guitarist, couldn't play any even if my life depended on it. But I learn a lot about jazz equipment and technique from you. Great lessons.
Glad you enjoyed it :-)
I use a Henrickson Blu amp, but lately I've been getting into using amp models. The thing about solid state amps is that they're so much faster than tube amps. It's like the sound jumps out of the amp as soon as your fingers make contact with the strings. Tube amps have a more dynamic touch response that I really like. Running a tube amp sim into the Blu's effects return is really nice.
That's an interesting point with the different attck times of transistor vs tube amps.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman I played rock through tube amps in my younger days. I guess that's what I got used to. We're talking milliseconds here, so it's not really something you can hear but I can definitely feel it.
Hi Sandra. I had mentioned I love my Eastman AR680CE Pisano....I am a Strat guy I currently own 6 Fender Stratocasters having played them growing up....that's what I am used to. That being said, switching to the neck on the Eastman (once pro set up) makes it a breeze to play. I love the tone I get as well but I have the Kent Armstrong PAF and I went all ebony including dark pup covers as I have another lower end Washburn Jazz box (J5) that has chrome and here in the states it tends to go green (yuck!) so i avoid it. Love your insight on your gear! I need to get out more and play more models so I get more 'worldly'' on other Jazz boxes! Thanks again for sharing your talent!
I wish i owned the Pisano model, but it wasn't available here anymore. Let's exchange guitars. 😊
Blimey, that's one of the best tutorials I've ever seen!
Oh, thanks so much. I'm glad I could be of help :-)
Terrific video, Sandra. Thank you. I'm a seasoned old straight Chicago blues guy adding a little bit of jazz feel to my sets and I try to get the best of both worlds from the same gear. There's plenty of overlap. I'm very fortunate to have great gear and it always sounds superb. It always comes down to how I adjust it. My #1 guitar/amp combination is a '98 Gibson L-5 CES strung with round-wound Curt Mangan custom .10-.46 strings, plugged straight into an original '66 blackface Fender Deluxe Reverb amp. My #2 guitar is a '69 Gibson ES-150DC, which is the ES-335 shape, but fully hollow and full body depth, about 3", and with a master volume control too. These days I mostly play solo gigs, so I'm working hard a lot on the guitar-- a lot going on playing bass lines, solo fills, a lot of double-stops and chord comping. I also sing through my amplifier, don't use a traditional PA system. This is how the old Chicago and Mississippi blues guys did it and it works great. Tube tone is superb for vocals as much as it is for guitar. What I do is to match my amp to the size of the venue-- small, med, lg room, or outside. For this I have three different vintage Fender tube amps: the 22 watt Deluxe Reverb (1x12 speaker), a 40 watt Vibrolux Reverb (2x10 speakers), and a very special, custom 1969 Super Reverb amp, 45 watts, normally a 4x10 speaker amp, but this original '69 Super was modified for a touring country picker to fit into a smaller VibroVerb amp cabinet, with both a Weber 1x10 and Weber 1x12 speakers.This is a substantial amp, heavy, 65 lbs, huge magnets on the Weber speakers. Loud, lots of headroom for outdoor gigs, vocal and guitar. Actually, what I do for the biggest outdoor shows without mic'ing the cabinet, is to run the smaller 20w Deluxe Reverb in tandem with the 45w Super Reverb, and a wedge monitor from the Super's speaker-out jack in the back. I get warm but clean jazz and blues tone, +vocals, right through my guitar cabinet and monitor, no PA, and very loud to an outdoor crowd of maybe 100-200 people or more. Amp settings: Volume about 5-7, Treble 5, Bass 8, Reverb 3. Great sound all around from really great jazz/blues guitars by Gibson and old tube amps by Fender. :- )
Wow, what a gear list!
I wish I could afford an L5 ❤️
But, oh boy, do you seriously use a set of 10s strings on that L5? I love the Mangan strings, but would never use them on a jazz guitar. They are so bright and vivid. I would have really bad intonation using 10s on my jazz boxes. But maybe your playing style is different than mine. I pick the strings quite hard. Usually 12-13s are used in jazz.
Enjoy your great gea!
Sandra, you’re right, the Curt Mangan strings are incredibly vivid. They’re the most “musical” strings I’ve ever played. Every nuance of my hands gets to the pickups. Probably not good for true jazz, too lively. My repertoire on a typical gig runs from straight Chicago blues from the Chess era, to Memphis/Stax and and some country/rockabilly from Sun Studios, and a little bit of boogie rock & roll, like Chuck Berry. But mostly blues. Now I’m adding some jazz, so your video is helpful. I do combination picking with a very heavy right hand attack, even playing some percussion through my L-5 popping the strings. No problems whatsoever with intonation. I have big hands and I use a very stiff V-picks ‘Stiletto’ model pick. It’s a loud pick-great for picking Carl Perkins Memphis rockabilly with a little slap-back echo or a rollicking John Lee Hooker blues all on the ‘1’, but it will never sound like Wes Montgomery. I have over 2000 live gigs on my L-5 since 1998. It’s the most versatile guitar you can imagine. So much more than a “jazz” archtop. Gibson builds these really well. Today I’m playing an oceanfront show in the Florida Keys on the Gulf of Mexico and no problems with the heat and humidity and salty air. My “Big Red” L-5 is the best workhorse ever! 👍😎
Sandra...I got my dream guitar! It's a 1977 Ibanez 2355 ES 175 lawsuit model. Blonde...My choice of this guitar was influenced by my love for the music of Pat Metheny...Thank you for teaching us so much!
Awesome! What was the price tag on that one, may I ask?
Fantastic guide Sandra. Advice noted. No rolling off that tone knob ! Been guilty of that one in the past. I own an AER compact 60. Versatile acoustic amp but your comments on valve 'warmth' will resonate with most guitar players.
You can roll the tone back a little bit if it sounds better to you. I just wouldn't advise aon rolling it backa completely.
Funny thin is initially I loved the AER so much. These days I still like it, but prefer the Blues Jr. more. I think tastes and habbits sometimes change.
So true Sandra. Thank you.
Telecaster with flats, neck pup, tone slightly rolled off. Fantastic jazz tones.
Yep, absolutely !
1st, before I dive in, I have to say THANK YOU! I am beyond excited that I have found this video and your channel. I knew I was in the perfect place at the 1:45 mark of the video...you are an amazing player and you have an AMAZING tone! AAARRRRG! thank you for sharing your secrets with us in such an engaging and passionate presentation! instant subscriber here! and YES, "buttery" is DEF a term!
so here's my dilemma: I have a 2014 Gibson Les Paul (which is more than capable of getting a "jazz" tone from what I've seen)...I absolutely love my "Pearl"...she's the perfect size for me and I love the versatility of the Les Pauls. however, my money is VERY limited (my family is only so generous), yet I am addicted to the "jazz tone" and just can't seem to get anywhere close to it with my current gear options. I have no amp. I have been blessed (and cursed) with the opportunity to play a Blues Jr. and it really is the only amp I want when I can get one. still, until I can afford to acquire a true "jazz" guitar, I have what I have and would love to make it work for my needs. yes, it's in the technique and in the hands of the player, but still, I feel like I'm so far away from the tone that would inspire me to play. do you have ANY advice for how to get some of the tone you have displayed here with my Les Paul?? or am I chasing my tail for no reason?? thank you in advance for any advice you (or anyone else) can offer here.
Thalys for your very kind words ❤️.
So what amp do you play? You said you don't have an amp. How do you amplify your Paula then? Through the stereo?
and thank you for your speedy response! ❤️ I just run it through my audio interface via a Hi-Z input (I’m a mix engineer by day). someone gave me a Fender Frontman 25, but I vowed to never use as it actually gets me further away from my desired destination..
@@garfieldadamsakaj.stemmons364 I would ist a plugin then, like I show it in the video at the end. There are usually also stand alone versions along with the plugin. Get a Fever blackface or Tweed emulation and adjust the settings the way I do in the video. The Paula has a very similar sound to my Gibson Howard Roberts. To get a little more acoustic like sound, dry out those electric mids. Slightly roll back the lower mid frequencies. You could use an EQ for that too.
BEAUTIFUL...thank you! my last question: I currently have a hybrid 9/10 mix of strings. would you suggest going to 11s?
No, if you like it. If you have intonation problems when fretting chords, you should play a heavier gauge. But if that doesn't happen , keep the 9-10s.
Always overlooked, the Roland Jazz chorus 40. Great all rounded.
Good teaching. No ego. Like that. Great player.
Thank you ❤️
Danke Sandra. I'm new to using an electric guitar and amp and this is very helpful. I'm using a Godin Radiator (solid body with 2 humbuckers) and a Roland Blues Cube. By the way; re: the english word at 24.00, we also use the word "muddy".
I love Godin guitars, had one myself. Best build quality I ever had. Had to sell it last year, bc the neck was too chunky for my small hands.
Yes it does. I keep vol. below 3, and use a booster to keep it clean at higher vol. when needed. I keep the as200 at full with neck pup. Martino live sound is incredible. The low mids are clean and prominent, the way it should go down!
I'm not exactly sure what you are referring to. But I agree, I like Pat Martino's sound.
Good information, appreciated! You even gave me some tips on amp settings I never even thought of, danka! 😊
Glad you like it, Robert
Thank you. I really learned a great deal in a short amount of time. What a beautiful tone.
Thanks Joe! Means a lot to me.
Good advice. I am one of those people who roll back the tone pot and volume pot to get my tone. I will try your method of turning the volume and tone knobs all the way up and try to dial in the tone with the amp or settings on my DAW. That Eastman guitar you have is beautiful!
Your can roll back the tone on your guitar a bit, just don't go overbiard with it.
I sold the Eastman actally in favor of The Heritage H-575. Re Eastman was great but had a dead spot, even my cery experienced luthier couldn't get rid of.
I have an ‘88 Sheraton and I love it. Great sound, lovely to play and very versatile
1965 fender vibrolux reverb is plenty 17:15 for any
situation.
A pleasant chance encounter Sandra; was checking out the Italian DV Mark Jazz amps & the video string brought urs up. Fantastic 2 c a lady jazz guitarist ... apart from Emily Remler I hadn’t really heard of any @ all. Love ur TONE ... back-basix, honest-2-goodness TONE! Thx especially 4 ur tips on amp settings & interestingly including ur software settings. I’ll revisit AmpliTube via my iPad ... and ... review my basic gtr/amp settings. Love my 1992 ebony fretboard, no f-hole Gibson ES-335 Studio 4 more modern Jazz, Funk/R&B, Acid-jazzy/Fusion-ey sounds. PatMartino to the jazzier side of LarryCarlton’s to where I aspire here. Will consider swapping my flats to rounds 4 the sustain I’m looking 4. I like the strings 2 “fight back” & 4-3-2-1 string-set chords 2 punch rather than twang so my string-gauge’s customised 50-13 ... no freakin’ whammy bars I agree & subtle bending if @ all. Also has an unusually flat D neck which surprisingly I love ... very unique! Only other gtr of mine’s a vintage 1977 Ibanez L5. WesMontG, PMartino to GGreen/GBenson’s 2 where I aspire here. 4 me, bigger the body and longer scale-length the better & heavy strings. Last few yrs have learnt thumb picking or pick turned side-ways 2 lose that sharp attack. Allows me 2 dig in with the thumb ... low-ish action so the strings slap the fretboard when I feel like it. Flat-wound 52-15s here. Hybrid-picking or thumb not exactly finger style but lately attempting the JoePass thing ... gr8 respect 4 JoePass. Sounds like I can play right? Wrong/nowhere near as good as I should b ... just love the art & always happy 2 learn ... eg, will practise thumbing my root-6 1/2 dim chords ... make mII-Vs more efficient to play ... than you Sandra. Tez-the-McFez👌.
My main jazz ax is a Korean Epiphone Emperor Regent about twenty-five years old (not made anymore) through a Polytone Mini Brute ll amp. I also have about a twenty year old Guild Savoy X-150, but it's pretty heavy, so I don't take it to long gigs. I used to use Thomastik J111 flatwound strings, but they got too expensive here in the U.S., so I switched to D'Addario Chromes (flatwounds), which work best for me. I'm also an old school swing player and use a Van Eps String Damper (thanks to my mentor Herb Ellis, and Mr. Van Eps who made one for me) to cut down on string sing when I do arpeggios...and also because I'm a tad sloppy sometimes. Really enjoy your RUclips videos. Keep up the good work.
That's a great combination, the Minibrute plus Emperor! Van Eps made you a string dampener? What a story, lucky you 😊.
I just discovered your channel. I'm not a jazzer but I do like to play cleaner and darker. Your instructions for getting tone out of the guitar and amp are fantastically helpful.
Very cool! What style do you play?
Thanks for advice 👍 I'like to add that the loudspeaker has a significant effect on tone. I like the Celestion G12H for jazz tone.
Well skilled and the best teacher on RUclips
Plays tasty and melodic
Oh, thanks so much! ❤️
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Easy to understand explanations!
That's really kind of you. Thank you for your nice words! ❤️
Grrrrrrrrrreetings ! Great video (as always). I play my 1966 Guild Capri through my Howard Roberts designed Benson 200...info on the amp can be found on-line, especially Vintage Guitar November 2019. Thanks for the tone tips Sandra.
Cheers from Sunny So. Cal. !
Wow, great great you have there! 👏
That's a great video. Amazing that someone can be so clear and articulate in a second language.
Oh that's really sweet of you to say. Particularly since I think my English really sucks sometimes, lol.
Excellent video, Sandra. Many thanks.
Glad it helps 😊
Thanks for this video. It was very helpful Sandra
Glad you like it and it helps you!
Your playing is lovely and your videos very informative. Thank you for putting in that work and sharing your knowledge!
Great review I really enjoyed it, I used to amps the first-half I use is a rolling Blues combo artist it's also used by smooth jazz guitarist Chuck Loeb I also use the tube amp is called The Lazy J like the letter j I always enjoy your reviews and your lessons again please excuse my auto-correct function it really sucks
This is a very good video to learn about you need to get started towards playing Jazz. Since I haven't played in 25-30 years I could use the help and got alot out of Sandra's video. Thanks for the help. James
Welcome back to the jazz ride, James! Keep swingin and enjoy the hell out of it 😊🎶🎸
Excellent tutorial. I love your clarity of thought and realness!! A good teacher sets aside ego. You are that.
That's a really nice compliment! Thanks so much for that ❤️
Not new to playing guitar, but new to jazz guitar playing. Great info in your video, looking forward to checking out your other videos. Subscribed and ready to watch some more. Thank you.
Welcome to the jazz ride on my channel 😊
14:30: I have a Princeton Reverb II amp that sounds great for jazz. Even though it was designed as a cascading preamp rock amp, it has a beautiful clean sound that gets fairly loud without distorting.
Cool!
Have you tried out the Boss Katana amps yet? I’ve not heard any youtube samples of them with archtops, but they are supposed to be good amps
No, haven't tested them yet.
I love flats because not only are they softer on the fingers but also you don't get the scratchy sound you generally get with rounds moving up/down the neck. Also they generally last longer..as I'm not a fan of changing strings. I use D'Addario 11-50 flats on my Telecaster....and La Bella' `15-60 flats my baritone.
What's the scale length of the baritone?
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman 27"
This channel is gold
Enjoy the jazz ride 😊 🎶
19:00 that tip is GOLD!!!! Thank You so much!!!
Glad to be of help! Thanks for watching, my friend
You just saved me for buying a Gretsch. Nice channel, I just discovered it! Keep up the good work
Thanks! Welcome to the jazz ride.
I had an LGB Ibanez and it is a really great guitar for that money. I sold it and upgraded to an L4 Mahogany, which is also great.
Now we both are great fans of your fantastic lessons!😚
Greetings from Germany!
How awesome is that! Does the L4 also have the 25.5" came length, like the L5. Because, apart from the hefty price tag, that's what mostly kept me from buying one of those.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman The L4 is solid-buildt like the L5, with a 16' body and a shorter scale-lenght of 625mm. That makes the guitar very playable and good to handle, although I'm over 190cm...plays like warm butter!
The mahogany gives it a more warmer, darker and smoother tone than the maple. 57 Humbuckers.
Mine is from 27.07.2005, she just had her birthday and became 15 😊 One of the last ones signed by Mr. Hutchins. Never will give her away.....
Greetings to lovely Austria!
I've got an LGB and I absolutely love it!
THANK YOU for answering!🤣😄🤣😆😁😍😘
I watched the video again & caught you welcoming in the beginning ,you said from Austria.....thank you for your reply.
I just taught myself over the years & finger pick somebody said my own they said Blue Grass. I gravitate towards jazz oldies. I know some if the songs your videos teach, can not wait to follow.
But I bought a Washburn HB35....found a Yamaha amp. Now I am wanting one to compare sound a Epiphone Joe Pass or Sheraton.
Then I found a gorgeous Epiphone Broadway Hollowbody that when STIMULUS comes I want to invest in it.......late in life now 68 you are so REAL .....will be doing my best in time to listen and apply your teachings.....
I. FEEL blessed to HEAR YOUR voice as my mother was into music , she recently died 2/11/20....still do not know if it was COVID, she was fine, but got pnuemonia 2x, .......this finding you is from her SPIRIT I know.....🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶😍😘
I'm so dotty for your loss 😢. I hope music and the love for your instrument will help you heal your soul.
For you buy the Broadway?
Watched this video for the third time...and I feel, I still get more insights,...Thank you !
Oh, I'm honored! Thank you ❤️
thank! your tips on the tone setting in virtual amps really help me out!
Glad to be of help. Keep swingin 🎶 🎸
Hi Sandra I took some lessons from your list with the download (Misty, very beautiful) and you really helped me to play it . Very thankful! like the way you take neatly time to explain everything. My guitar is a PRS Zach Myers hollow body play neck hum bucker sounds quite jazzy with my F Bluesjunior II. greetings from Holland
PRS guitars do have a nice jazzy tone! Congrats on that combo 👍
Your guitars are so beautiful and they look brand new. Perfect reflection of your playing and sound. Big thank you so much for sharing and everything you do, from Canada
Oh thanks so much. The Gibson had plenty of dings n songs though. Also the laquer i has become very matte over the years. The Eastman looks kinda new bc it is, lol. I wish I'd watch out a little more, but the matter of the fact is I'm clumsy surf 😂
You are too harsh on yourself :) Guitars are meant to be played and used. If sometimes they suffer a ding or two, that just mean they are living full life. Once again, thank you so so much for all you are doing. I really enjoy your lessons.
I just found your channel a week ago, I’m an intermediate player that is transitioning over to learning jazz. Your lessons have been awesome , Sandra! I’m currently learning “Misty” from one of your lesson videos. I am so glad to see you recommend the GB30 George Benson model. I’ve been considering buying this one and was looking at the reviews for this the last two weeks. Overall, great reviews so I think your recommend seals it for me. Keep doing your video lessons. They’re great!! Peace & Blessings.
You'll have a lot of fun with the GB30 quality wise. I hope it fits your hand and habbits.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman “GB30” I stand corrected, sorry about that lol...but yes, I’m sure I’ll love it. Thanks Sandra ❤️
The perfect gear video !! If i knew all this advices before !!
Glad to hear it! Thanks! ❤️
Hi Sandra, Great gear video! I think I am ready to get into a virtual amp setup for recording. S-Gear has high praise! What are you using for your interface between your guitar and the computer? At 19:06, it looks wireless! I am looking for ideas. Thanks and keep these great videos coming! Nick
Line 6 G10 or Sennheiser XWD wireless. SoundCloud is an RME hdspe with a Multiface outbreak box.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman Thank you!
Thank you so much for your wisdom. I own a EVH 5150 50 head for clean tone. 50 watts is plenty loud for clean with no distortion.
The EVH is more on the heavy side, isn't it? But those amps are sometimes surprisingly good with clean sounds. I once borrowed an ENGL amp for a show and it was killer.
I'm a long time guitar player of most every genre and always had a soft spot for Joe Pass type of style. About 8 years ago I started piano and play mostly piano chords and scales to support my recordings, From piano, I've learned the importance of chord structure following the leading tone/ That's the most important when playing jazz guitar. . You do a fabulous job of explaining music and teaching. I'm glad I found your channel.
Oh, thanks so much for your kind words! ❤️ Enjoy the jazz ride on my channel 😊 🎶 🎸
I agree about the Blues Junior. I just got a Heritage Sweet 16, a beautiful instrument. On first listen I loved the Blues Junior sound more than the sound on my Mesa Boogie Mark V 35. It really came alive on the Junior. Today I am getting a better sound on the Boogie by turning of the EQ and really emphasizing the mids. I also have a Fishman Acoustic. I'll try that sometime; hadn't thought of that. Thank you Sandra. Love your stuff.
You've got plenty of choices to experiment with. Great equipment. You'll find your personal William sound 😊
Brilliant teaching! I have always wondered about the Gain, and how to adjust settings on amps.
What I always did was to roll all the way back on the tone knob on the guitar... Will quit that from now on. :)
It depends on the guitar, of course. But usually people roll the tone pot back way to much.
I use a keyboard amp, for many of the reasons you mentioned, a clear sound with no added distortion -very similar to an acoustic amp. The second reason for that amp is that my other electric guitar is an old Roland synth, and the keyboard amp can handle the very low and very high frequencies a synthesizer can make. (I use the TI BeBop strings onthe synth, and flats on my jazz box)
Michael J Conway I've never considered a keyboard amp, but it makes total sense to me. Pretty good idea.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, great channel, great guitar player!
Glad it's helpful :-)
Thank you so much Sandra for this complete and clear explanations about the amp settings. I would appreciate your recommandations about the settings of the volume and tone knobs on the guitar. If you already develloped this item, please can you provide the link to the video ? Once again congratulations: all of your videos are really of great help for a beginner like me.
I usually have the volume knob between 9-10 and the tone know between 7-9.
HAD 3 GIBSON HOWARD ROBERTS FUSIONS OVER THE YEARS. FIRST ONE WAS A 1983. LOVE THEM. I AM LOOKING FOR ANOTHER ONE AGAIN!
Me too! I'd like to have a backup guitar.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman Yes! They are hard to find, however! Hang on to the one you have!
Sandra you are BUTTERY . So informative and kind .Thank you for taking time to share your depth of understanding and knowledge .My friends call me mick .
Hi Mick, Thanks for your beautiful words! I'm glad to be of help.