Hy White and Eastman AR503CE - Acoustic Test - Rob MacKillop
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Playing the Eastman AR503CE unplugged, with music by forgotten guitar hero, Hy White. Thomastik-Infeld George Benson flat-wound strings. Direct link to my Hy White blog post: archtopguitar....
Beautiful rendition and gorgeous guitar sound! Hy was my grandfather--thank you for helping to keep his legacy alive. :)
Thanks Erika. Do you have memories of your grandfather playing the you would like to share? Rob
@@RobMacKillop1 of course! By the time I came around he was essentially retired but never stopped playing. He always had a musical partner and had lots of gigs in and around the Bronx neighborhood where he lived for 50 years. I was into theater when I was young and sometimes we would play and sing together at family events. He was active and independent and playing guitar until he passed at 95. He had a really funny dry wit and was surprisingly modest about his career. It wasn’t until after he passed and we went through his archives that we discovered just how incredible it was.
@@erikawhite7668 That is really nice, Erika, and gives us a good insight into what we all suspected: Hy White was a really nice man as well as a master musician. Many thanks. Rob
Great stuff Rob! As a younger player who recently got into jazz, I'm grateful there's still folks like you keeping the tradition alive. It's just beautiful music.
And you should keep it going for the generations behind you. Good luck! :-)
Grear job, sounds great to me. 😊
What a delicate and wonderful sound. Thanks teacher!
Ha, thanks, student! You can play it next time you come for a lesson.
Beautiful jazzy sound
Thanks, Gilbert.
I once owned a guitar with similar body shape (made by Hobner). Seeing you play this beautiful guitar reminded me of my school days, and the time I spent with that guitar of mine. Such good music, such good vibes. Thank you. Warm regards from New Delhi, India. 😇
Cheers, Ay. You should get one now.
Thank You for a lovely start to my day, I've missed coming here to YT to hear you. Love & Peace
And I've missed your comments. Have a nice day!
Beautiful playing and instrument.
Cheers, Paul. Glad you like it.
Sounds great unplugged!
Yeah, not bad. Very pleased with it.
Great acoustic tone and nice tune played with effortless mastery.
Thank you, sir!
Sounds like there's a bit of a buzz, but maybe that's just my speakers playing this video? I ask because I have had buzz on my Eastman, but I love the tone so much it would be worth fixing if I could figure it out. Great playing!
Rob, I watch/listen to all your posts and greatly enjoy them, including those related to music and instruments that are beyond my field of knowledge. It's always especially nice, though, to find you with an archtop in your hands, as this is my particular area of minute study. When I saw "Hy White" in the description, I was just thrilled, as he's one of my favorites, who -- I agree -- is an unsung great, deserving of far wider recognition from today's archtop enthusiasts. Many thanks for this beautifully executed rendition of his lovely composition -- as well as for the blog spot spotlighting Hy. His _Guitar Digest_ inspires me to brush up on my reading, so I can tackle other entries. It was the Herman band's "River Bed Blues" that brought his playing to my attention, as you might expect, many years ago. The Eastman sounds wonderful, despite my never having cared for flats, sonically or in tactile terms. I'm sure the Charlie Christian pickup will make a fantastic addition/swap -- I hope you'll keep us updated.
Thanks, TE. I sold my Elferink because of hand problems, but this guitar is easy to play, and the acoustic sound is not bad. Not quite the Elferink acoustic sound, but not bad.
It will take a couple of months to get the pickup replaced. Looking forward to it, though.
@@RobMacKillop1 A darn shame about that beautiful Elferink -- and I recall your first mention of the hand problems. On the bright side, though, your playing does not betray these digital difficulties; you are able to make any guitar sound like a top-class instrument.
Just divine. I'm really enjoying this. Thank you.
Cheers, Simon. Glad you like it.
Thank you so much for this! I'd never heard of Hy White, and I'm a jazz guitar player.
Exactly. I just stumbled upon this publication recently, and wondered who he was.
@@RobMacKillop1 Hy was the guitarist for CBS Orchestra (Ed Sullivan Show). He told me he didn't want to tour- believing that being on the road in a bus was the recipe for a heart attack. He stayed put and did what he loved, lucky man. But he got that part right, no heart attacks, lived into his nineties.
@@michaeljconway5983 Great comment, Michael, and much appreciated. I have a little bit about him on my blog: archtopguitar.net/2019/08/18/hy-white-the-5th-beatle-not-quite/
Beautiful playing Rob. I own an Eastman AR503CE ( Classic ) and they are, indeed, outstanding instruments especially at ( but not just because of ) the price point. I am so impressed by the quality of craftsmanship that I will definitely be investing in another one soon. I am hoping to buy the T59V or perhaps the T486. I will have to try them both to see which one I prefer but they both look, and sound, wonderful. Hope you are enjoying the festivities and all the very best for a blessed 2020.
Cheers, Peter. Both the 335-style guitars you mention are good too. I don't think you can go wrong with either one. Have fun!
Thanks a lot Rob... you make my day.
Good to know. Have a great day!
@@RobMacKillop1 I'm so pleased to remember Hy White... thanks to you!!!
Beautiful , sweet sounding guitar!! Dreamy guitar playing as always!! I,m thinking to buy one .
Thanks, Spiros. I hope you like it.
Bravo! What is the better, eastman or the loar for you?
Great playing of a great song I didn't knew existed prior to seeing this video.
That's what I like to do, Atle, explore forgotten music. Glad you like it.
@@RobMacKillop1 Well thank you for digging it up :) I'm a former guitar player and have just started up playing again, so I've been looking for some sweet mellow music to get (at least some of) my chord game back together again so this comes very handy. I hope it's OK for me to learn from your video as I've allready sat down and started learning the first couple of chords and melodic conversion of this nice little song. :) Best regards, Atle
@@BrotherBrownMusic No worries. Keep at it! And good luck :-)
was researching this guitar and came across an absolute gem of a song. is there a transcription available somewhere?
I was about to say I have a scan of it, but I can find it on my hard drives or anywhere else. Seems I don't have it anymore. I tend to share things when people ask, but I'm sorry I can't help you this time. But with a half decent ear and watching my video, you should be able to work it out. Good luck!
Forget my earlier reply. If you click on the link below the video to my Hy White blog post, you can download the score (and others) there for free. Cheers, Rob
Very nice tribute to Hy and I like the ending tag which is a little more adventurous than the C major in the Guitar Digest copy. I'm a great admirer of your playing and scholarship but even I was surprised that you knew this one. Well done.
Yes, I dressed-up the last measure, but the rest is as written. Thanks. BTW, I'm surprised I know it as well :-)
I'm having ago at this nice tune now plectrum style but being a classical player I am a little confused.In the score there are chords fretted and fingered for four or five notes ,how do you strum these and not hit open strings not notated?
You have to lean back your left hand to mute any adjacent strings that should not sound. Plectrum players do this a lot. Sometimes you even see string 1 and 6 to be played together, but just quickly play the 6th first then the 1st, as fast as you can. These situations are extreme and not common. But chords with a ‘dead’ string in the middle are quite common. But there is another technique you could use of plectrum and fingers of the right hand. This is known as Hybrid Technique, and it can get you out of the occasional tricky situation. Good luck! Rob
@@RobMacKillop1 Thank you for the reply, I thought there would be a bit of technique then a make it work best approach.I have a couple of your books and getting the ragtime and blues one next.
@@barrios4458Good luck. That’s a tricky book! 😊
Hi, Rob, wonderful execution. I downloaded from your page the "Guitar digest" album. I saw you changed the fingers for the C13b9, F6(9) and following chords. I think the intention of Hy White was playing them to the 8th fret, 7th fret... Eb13b9 at 11th
Hi Silvio. Understood. I could see what he wanted, but that C note at the end of the fourth line, first bar, has to be on the 5th string for the chord that follows. If I'd played the preceding F6/9 chord up at the 7th position, it is impossible to sustain the harmony while moving the 3rd position for that lone C, which leads into the next bar. I just saw a way of sustaining the sounds better. But, file that under interpretation. I don't think much harm, if any, was done. Cheers, Silvio, Rob.
@@RobMacKillop1 No harm at all and thank you for the explanation! As you say it is related to own interpretation and guitar gives the possibility to choose several ways to do the same notes. Best regards, Silvio.,
Ok Rob thank You for uploaded You have other exercizes of hy white thank for played.again
Thank you, LMS :-) I have other pieces by Hy White, but this one is the best.
@@RobMacKillop1 thank You for anwers Rob. ..
Hey Rob very nice sound,actually i found your post on Jazzguitar.be about Eastman 371,then you got this one,and you mentioned that you like it more.ar371 or 372 got me for looks mostly,and Pickups i should get for 371 or /2 to make it sound more warmer like es175
Hi Ned. Here's what this 503 sounds like with a Charlie Christian-style pickup. I think it is wonderful: ruclips.net/video/2IT5RtyRXRw/видео.html
I kinda like the blonde one 372
@@Amanet13 Then go for it.
Beautiful!how is that song called?
It says the title right at the start of the video :-)
Allrigth,thanks!!!
That's a nice sounding guitars!
Thanks, Liam. Almost as good as a tanbur ;-)
@@RobMacKillop1 ahah. Indeed indeed. I love it!
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Absolutely magnificent Rob. The projection of sound is so subtle on this guitar. Great start to the day to hear this being so wonderfully played
Cheers, Brian! It's a really good guitar for the price.