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 ........
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.
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.
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 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!
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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)
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!
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 !
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
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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! 👍😎
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👌.
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
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
Thanks for this informative video. I have a few points and questions: 1- Do you keep tone at 100 percent disengaged (no treble rolloff)? 2- Do you use 100 percent or 90 percent volume? I found with my amp (Reeves Custom 50 dual EL34 tube 50 Watt amp), I play much cleaner tone (almost acoustic sounding with my neck P90 pickup) if I use 60 to 70 percent volume (either with P90 or Humbucker). The problem is that the tone looses its fatness. I'm trying to keep the fatness while I feel it sounds open and airy. 3- Do you know about the volume pot (and may be even tone pot) impedance? I know you can get darker or more open tone depending on which way to go 250K ohm vs. 500K ohm. Lower value drains more high frequency to the ground (not coming through the output) i.e. darker tone. They use it mostly for single coil, but let's say for P90, you can use a 250K ohm along with a proper capacitor and have a darker tone. 4- Do you know about the capacitor kind / capacity? I know there are some capacitors that create a nice dark tone but still sounds airy and open. I think they are Russian paper in oil ones, whereas Orange drop capacitors I believe they are less complex tone, more straight forward and in the face, and more midrange. A lot of people like them but they don't sound as complex or mix of warmth and airiness. 5- Not all P90s sound thin or hum making. Mine is a Godin Core CT P90 and the position I sit barely has any hum. You can see on this youtube clip, P90 could sound good for jazz too!: th-cam.com/video/x-a0m95l2oQ/w-d-xo.html
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!
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!
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.
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.
Hi Sandra, thanks for details, very helpful. I tried some d'addario chromes flat wound but not yet there to your sweet tone: gonna try tomastik swing and bebop. About amps, a cheap but good tube amp I recommand is the Ibanez TSA15, cheaper than the Fdr Blues Junior, I improved mine with a used Celestion G12H cleaner than the stock Celestion 7080: it is my goto jazz tube amp. For an affordable but serious jazz guitar I do recommand Ibanez AFJ95, I got a used one for €370, looks like the L5 of Wes Montgomery, but slightly smaller, easier to play.
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 😂
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.
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 TH-cam videos. Keep up the good work.
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.....🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶😍😘
Very helpful video, Sandra - thank you. I'm an archtop player but some years back I bought a Gibson ES 335 believing it would be good for both jazz and other stuff. Like you though, I've found I'm not a huge fan of these for jazz (unless you're going for the rocky/overdriven end of fusion) - just not enough warmth or depth to give a sound that's even halfway towards a genuine straight-ahead jazz sound. The Howard Roberts sounds as though it does the job however - which is presumably what you've found (?). Great tip on Scuffham software too - I'd not heard of them.
Steve Cadge The Howard Roberts is a lot wider on the sides as a 335. Just a tad skinnier than a 175. Well and I've got an archtop too. But since I'm a tiny lil midget, I prefer the Gibson for handling and playability, lol.
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.
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!
hello Sandra! My school is classical guitar, but I really like jazz. Can I play jazz guitar (Epiphone Broadway) with my nails instead of using a pick? Thank you very much. John Junior
Hi Sandra, thanks for your great videos and tabs 🙂. I'm not too long into playing guitar and therefore would be very grateful for some advice regarding a tube amp which I would mainly use in my flat. From the pricepoint, following Marshall combo amps seem appealing to me. Either the Origin 20C (with selectable output levels 20 W, 3 W and 0.5 W and a 10 inch speaker) or the Origin 50C (with output levels 50 W, 10 W and 5 W and a 12 inch speaker). Do you have experience with them or which one would you suggest just from looking at the Wattage data? Thank you very much in advance and wishing you Merry Christmas🎄
Thanks for your kind words. I know nothing about Marshall amos, except that whenever there was in a rehearsing room they sounded very thin and unjazzy. Why does it have to be a tube amp? Fender has the typical fat jazz spund. Check out their digital modeling amps. They are a lot cheaper and slund awesome. I have a YT video on the best jazz amps. Check it out here: th-cam.com/video/4HkSXxnvoNc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ZTqKuOafjBUHO3MM
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".
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!
Thank you again, Sandra, for all your info about playing jazz guitar! About amp settings: somewhere in the early 80's I saw Kenny Burrell (one of my favorite players!) playing over a twin reverb and was surprised how his live sound was almost similar to his beautiful sound on his records of that period. I had a chance to look at his (left, clean channel) amp settings... and couldn't believe my eyes... treble on 10(!), middle and bass both on 0(zero!). Next gig I tried this myself with excellent results! Hope this observation can be of any help to young players struggling to find the correct jazz sound on stage (before a medium to large audience, that is). 😊
I have loved every minute of this tutorial. I'm especially interested in the section on setting up the amplifier where I learned a lot about using the Gain and a bit about the Middle. OK, I don't have the "right" gear at all for jazz, but I'm sure I can work with what I have. Would you be willing to create one or more presets for the Marshall CODE series modelling amps? That would be a great help. I have exclusively solid bodied guitars at the moment (SG and Les Paul) but I imagine that of the two the Les Paul could get me closer to jazz tones. I have long had the Sheraton-II Pro on my wish list! For my main amp I use my Marshall CODE 50. I also have a Marshall MG15CFX. Grüße aus Schottland!
Oh, thanks so much Mark for your kind words. I love Scottland, but it's so damn cold there, lol. I will look into the Marshall thing, bc I've never heard of a CODE series. The Gibson Les Paul is just fine for jazz. My Howard Robert's is not that much different, it's just semi acoustic.
Great video! I would add, as I have an Epiphone Dot 339 with Seymour Duncan Jazz pickups, that it’s flawlessly made - and, with the new pickups, is my perfect guitar - my favourite so far, after going through several guitars over the last couple of decades. Epiphone seem to have really improved, if mine is anything to go by. I tried an Epiphone Emperor (Joe Pass model I think) in the ‘90s and didn’t buy it as I didn’t like the tone - so your comment about the earlier ones not being so good was also my experience. I’m so impressed with my 339.
I just switched to a D'Angelico Mini Jazz guitar, die to shoulder problems. That's also a great guitar. My review will be up next week. I'll also have a video up soon, emerge I compare 3 completely different sized jazz guitars, that all have the same pickups. That's an interesting one, too see how (or if at all) the body size affects the electric sound. Check it out!
Hello from Kansas City, Missouri. Outstanding video as always Sandra. Your absolutely right about the Volume and Tone knobs on the Guitar and the Gain and Mid/Presence knobs on the Amp. A middle ground choice for Strings would be D'addario Half Round which are between Flat Wound and Round Wound. Their brighter than Flat Wounds but quieter and mellower than Round Wounds.Kiesel, D'Angelico, Ibanez, Washburn and Eastman also make some more affordable Jazz Guitars and in my humble opinion the best Amps for Jazz are the Fender George Benson Amps, the Rivera Jazz Suprema and the Quilter Micropro Mach 2 HD. Buy the way, that tone on your Gibson Howard Roberts is what i like to call a Lobster Dipped in Butter Tone. Thanks and again great video.
I really want to check out the Quilter amps, but didn't have a chance yet. They're not easily available here. The Benson amps are both great, but way too loud and big for me 😊.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman In that case you might like one of the smaller Mach 2's or smaller Jazz Suprema's as opposed to one of their bigger models.I also forgot to mention, the half round strings are not only mellower and quieter than round wounds, but their brighter than flat wounds.
Which pickup do you use? Both? Neck, or Bridge? I now have a Ibanez AS93FML Artcore Expressionist Hollow-Body Electric - Violin Sunburst . And (dont laugh) a 10 W Marshall practice amp. I am better than a beginner. After a year I can play the first (of the three) page of your Girl From Ipanema Melody.
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.
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 guide. Very helpful. What do you think of the Polytone mini Brute 1 amp (1980’s) I’ve been told it’s the ultimate in jazz tone at a good price if you can find one.
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)
Hi Sandra, I followed your video with a lot of attention as I’m planning to buy a guitar good for jazz and I’m slight Y above beginner level. Which would you prefer between Epiphone ES 339, Epiphone Sheraton II Pro and Epiphone Emperor II Pro? Is there a lot of difference in quality? Many thanks!
Good day Miss Sandra Sherman. I know this is a little late I think this lesson was recorded a year ago. But you have touched me in a way it made my Approach To My Guitar a beautiful Journey. I would love to own a Howard Roberts Fusion 1 guitar like the one you play. Or the George Benson LG B10. Or even the George Benson gb10 EMAA. But I the damn consequences of being a left-handed bloke. Oh yes I searched I did find a couple of Joe Pass Emperor ll guitars and thinking about purchasing one. But okay right now I have a Carvin HF Fatboy Allan Holdsworth signature and it is very versatile I have a polytone minibrute Jazz amp 100 W that's what it says haha. And I have a other guitars and I've also purchased a bass 4-string sire Marcus Miller P 10 P J Bass. But I used to have a Sheraton ll, I'm sorry I let that go but life does things. But I'm thinking about the emperor I'd love to get the Howard Roberts or the George Benson models they have That Jazz tone. I don't want to waste anymore of your time. You are a magnificent teacher / player and I can tell you have a heart of gold. Thank you so much. sincerely Walter the left-handed bloke.
Hi Walter, Yeah, that's a pity, that the HRG way never released as a lefty version. Sorry! Let me tell you, that you can get a great jazz tone out of many guitars, even solid bodies. It's usually the Schlussphase sound and haptically feeling, what makes it a real jazz box. Have you watched my newer video (this one's 4 years old, I think): Best Jazz Guitars Under $1000. With the info in that video and a little research you may find what you need, especially if your budget isn't that limited. Kerp swingin 🎶 🎸
Hi Sandra, I enjoy your videos and love the arrangements I have purchased from you. I am looking for a jazz guitar with a really warm sound. I have considered an Eastman archtop but I like the narrower neck and nut width. My Godin simi-hollow body has a nut width of about 1 5/8. I have heard that a spruce top and mahogany back gives a really warm sound. I could spend as much as 35-4000US for this kind of upper end guitar. Would you have any recommendations?
Great tutorial, thank you. I have only a strat with a marshall mg15 amp and a nylon acoustic, I hope it's legal to jazz on them. On my strat I am used to turn down the tones, but I shall try your tip. Don't you use any kind of pedals?
Sure, go ahead and play jazz on your Strat. I don't think the jazz police will come after you 😁👮🚨. My tips are for people who want to purchase new gear, but you can always use what you already have. I would roll back that time pot on the strat a little further, though, especially if your amp is a Marshall.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman 😂 Thanks, I am in peace with my actual setup(but dreaming with a jazz guitar), the tip of the gain was what I needed. Now all I have to do is learn to play. Thank you for the atention.
I have a gretsch with a bigsby it plays really well and i use it to follow your lessons in jazz. It does not go out of tune at all, certainly no more or less than my cort strat. It gets really boring people bitching about bigsby!
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.
Excellent video! My jazz guitar set-up is very similar (Gibson ES-175, hand wound custom Blues Junior amp). I also have an AER Compact 60 but never thought to plug the Gibson into it for jazz, so will try that. Thanks for the tip! What are your thoughts on using reverb?
I ist only a small amount of reverb. I had the reverb on the BJ modded to, so it doesn't have that large metallic tail. I have it on 2-4 usually. On the AER I use the room reverb. And also set up to a quarter to a third.
I also don't like reverb with a long decay. My (heavily modified) Blues Junior has a full sized cabinet with a long spring tank but I still find it too 'splashy'. I prefer to use a pedal for reverb ( Strymon Flint or TC Hall of Fame) to get that short decay.
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.
I have an Ibanez LGB30 and I absolutely love it. I had the Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II Pro but got rid of it for the Ibanez. It really does play and feel like a much higher priced guitar. For $1100 you cannot beat it. I'll upgrade again once I get out of the intermediate jazz player level. For my amp I use the Fender Blue Jr IV and it has been serving my needs very well. If I start gigging I might have to go with the mods you discussed.
my newest amp is a D-v mark micro-50 jazz head and 2 [208-2 x 8 jazz cabinet(s)] it is and they r the dedicated speaker(s) 4 the head check the video by saebo here on you tube. he will show the head with 1 cab but I brought a second 2 do a stereo sound.
The DV ark Jazz Amps are great. Until this video, I just never played one and I just wanted to recommend things that I've already played and liked myself. I plan on doing a video on the DV little jazz, though.
Hello Sandra Sherman. G-r-r-r-reatings to Austria! I enjoyed learning about your Jazz guitar gear recommendations and amp sound settings. Regarding Jazz guitar gear recommendations, what (if any), of your gear recommendations have changed since your video from March 2018?
I think most of the guitars are still available. I put a Thomann music store link in the description box. Just check if they're still available. My recommendations haven't changed. I'm currently in the making of a new jazz guitar recommendation video. But the guitars I recommend here are also included.
this is one great video ! would you please tell me which budget hollowbody guitar you would buy? Ibanez AFS75T? or higher up? also for warm sounds 10 inch speaker amp or 2x 12?
I've named two archtops recommendations in the video. The Ibanez AFS75T has a Tremolo on, which I don't usually recommend. I'm not even sure if that's a hollow body or a semi acoustic. But if you really dig that guitar, go for it! Maybe you find a used Joe Pass Epiphone. It should be in the 400 dollar price range. As for the speaker, 12" had more bass, which is good for jazz. But the AER I use doesn't have a 12er speaker and sounds very good. So it's not all about the speaker. It's the combination of many things. But generally soaking a 12er sounds warmer.
Sandra, What a Great Video! Thank you for these recommendations :) I am a jazz keyboardist and have played for just about 50 years. so of course i finally started trying to play guitar a couple of years ago. Your recommendation of the Sheraton is spot on for me, and it fits really well, so thank you for that as well. i also play accordion, and the interesting thing is that my guitar sounds so good on my accordion amp, i couldn't figure out why until i watched this video - an accordion amp is also an acoustic amp! It is an old Farfisa TR-70 (solid state). Thanks for you time in making these videos, and have a great day! Lee My gear consists primarily of: Amps: Fender Blues Jr iii Rockman XP212 (rare but extremely versatile) Farfisa TR-70 Guitars: Fender Strat (HSH) Les Paul Jr Historic Custom P90 (1999) Gretsch Streamliner G2622T (yes... for rockabilly LOL) Sheraton Pro II Keys: Farfisa Syntaccordion Kurzweil K2600XS
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman it does! There are 2 inputs for organ/accordion and two for guitar. Both sides have a high and a low input. Also the accordion has acoustic and electronic outputs. So when the Farfisa gets used, I would plug in the electronic in to the organ inputs and the acoustic portion into the guitar inputs.
I want to get a 4 x kt88 tube amp With no breakup in the preamp For large venues I built a oversized 2x12 balticbirch and put 2x 12 Celestion alnico cream This speaker is the best I ever heard for cleans except tonetubby brand which are great as well
One more question Sandra. I have a budget of $2500 for a USED jazz style guitar. What would be your guitar of choice for that amount of money. I am narrowing it down to: Gibson ES 175 and The Heritage H575, butI am open for other suggestions too. Looking for a real mellow, warm jazz sound. I have a 1964 Gibson ES-330 so I'm thinking that would probably be fairly similar to the Gibson Howard Robert Fusion...thus ruling it out??? If you can only have one jazz guitar for that price, what would it be and why? Thanks again for your wonderful lessons. Now I have to go back to practicing "Misty". I'm sure it's taking me much longer than it should to learn it! 😬
Hmmm, tough one. They're both great guitars. Hobson had a higher resale price, if you want to sell it again one day. Heritage may have the better built quality, depending what year the Gibson is from. They're really both very similar. I have a stoßen, who just bought a Heritage The Eagle. It has the Seth Lover pickups too and I was blown away by the sweetness of the sound. Nothing harsh in the high frequencies, without sounding matte or bland.
Sandra, You have been very helpful to me. I have tried to get that mellow sound that you demonstrate. Have you tried the Fishman Loudbox Mini amp? If so, do you have any suggestions as to the settings? Great video and instruction, Thanks
Sandra - just discovered your lessons last week, and am enjoying them - I'm an older player,mostly fingerstyle on acoustic guitar (Martin 000-15SM), but love jazz and appreciate your style of teaching. I am working on Sunny for my 1st try. I have a Guild X-150D and use a Henriksen Bud Amp. (have you had any experience with those ?)I am familiar with AER because one of my favorite players, Frank Vignola, uses them. Have always had trouble getting that elusive "Jazz Tone", I also use Thomastik strings, but flat wound because I always assumed they were the way to go for jazz tone, but I'm going to try the round wound since I don't play swing. thanks for that tip and the lessons
Glad to have you here in my channel 😊 Unfortunately I've never heard of that amp before, but it sounds interesting. I'm look it up. The Martin , of course, everyone knows that guitar ❤️ Good luck with Sunny!
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 TH-cam 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 ........
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 :-)
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
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.
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 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 🎶 🎸
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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'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)
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!
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 !
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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 😊
Greetings to you from Ireland. Thank you for sharing your technique, knowledge and wisdom. Love your videos!
Tasks so much ❤. And I love Eire!
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
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.
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'm in love! Excellent video, thank you for sharing!
+eksund1900 Thank you so much ❤
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?
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!
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 😊
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.
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.
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 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.
Thanks for that amazing "hardware" informations!!!
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!
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.
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.
Tremolo = hillbilly crowbar......
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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.
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! 👍😎
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👌.
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
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!
Thanks for this informative video. I have a few points and questions:
1- Do you keep tone at 100 percent disengaged (no treble rolloff)?
2- Do you use 100 percent or 90 percent volume? I found with my amp (Reeves Custom 50 dual EL34 tube 50 Watt amp), I play much cleaner tone (almost acoustic sounding with my neck P90 pickup) if I use 60 to 70 percent volume (either with P90 or Humbucker). The problem is that the tone looses its fatness. I'm trying to keep the fatness while I feel it sounds open and airy.
3- Do you know about the volume pot (and may be even tone pot) impedance? I know you can get darker or more open tone depending on which way to go 250K ohm vs. 500K ohm. Lower value drains more high frequency to the ground (not coming through the output) i.e. darker tone. They use it mostly for single coil, but let's say for P90, you can use a 250K ohm along with a proper capacitor and have a darker tone.
4- Do you know about the capacitor kind / capacity? I know there are some capacitors that create a nice dark tone but still sounds airy and open. I think they are Russian paper in oil ones, whereas Orange drop capacitors I believe they are less complex tone, more straight forward and in the face, and more midrange. A lot of people like them but they don't sound as complex or mix of warmth and airiness.
5- Not all P90s sound thin or hum making. Mine is a Godin Core CT P90 and the position I sit barely has any hum. You can see on this youtube clip, P90 could sound good for jazz too!: th-cam.com/video/x-a0m95l2oQ/w-d-xo.html
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.
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. 😊
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.
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.
Thanks for advice 👍 I'like to add that the loudspeaker has a significant effect on tone. I like the Celestion G12H for jazz tone.
Hi Sandra, thanks for details, very helpful. I tried some d'addario chromes flat wound but not yet there to your sweet tone: gonna try tomastik swing and bebop. About amps, a cheap but good tube amp I recommand is the Ibanez TSA15, cheaper than the Fdr Blues Junior, I improved mine with a used Celestion G12H cleaner than the stock Celestion 7080: it is my goto jazz tube amp. For an affordable but serious jazz guitar I do recommand Ibanez AFJ95, I got a used one for €370, looks like the L5 of Wes Montgomery, but slightly smaller, easier to play.
"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 😂
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.
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.
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 TH-cam 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 😊.
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?
Very helpful video, Sandra - thank you. I'm an archtop player but some years back I bought a Gibson ES 335 believing it would be good for both jazz and other stuff. Like you though, I've found I'm not a huge fan of these for jazz (unless you're going for the rocky/overdriven end of fusion) - just not enough warmth or depth to give a sound that's even halfway towards a genuine straight-ahead jazz sound. The Howard Roberts sounds as though it does the job however - which is presumably what you've found (?). Great tip on Scuffham software too - I'd not heard of them.
Steve Cadge The Howard Roberts is a lot wider on the sides as a 335. Just a tad skinnier than a 175. Well and I've got an archtop too. But since I'm a tiny lil midget, I prefer the Gibson for handling and playability, lol.
I use sometime the 355 Lucille it is warmer than my 335 dot
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.
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!
hello Sandra! My school is classical guitar, but I really like jazz. Can I play jazz guitar (Epiphone Broadway) with my nails instead of using a pick? Thank you very much. John Junior
Sure!
I love your Channel! Greetings from Spain!
Thabks so much! ❤️ Keep swingin 🎶 🎸
Hi Sandra, thanks for your great videos and tabs 🙂. I'm not too long into playing guitar and therefore would be very grateful for some advice regarding a tube amp which I would mainly use in my flat. From the pricepoint, following Marshall combo amps seem appealing to me. Either the Origin 20C (with selectable output levels 20 W, 3 W and 0.5 W and a 10 inch speaker) or the Origin 50C (with output levels 50 W, 10 W and 5 W and a 12 inch speaker). Do you have experience with them or which one would you suggest just from looking at the Wattage data? Thank you very much in advance and wishing you Merry Christmas🎄
Thanks for your kind words. I know nothing about Marshall amos, except that whenever there was in a rehearsing room they sounded very thin and unjazzy. Why does it have to be a tube amp? Fender has the typical fat jazz spund. Check out their digital modeling amps. They are a lot cheaper and slund awesome. I have a YT video on the best jazz amps. Check it out here: th-cam.com/video/4HkSXxnvoNc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ZTqKuOafjBUHO3MM
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.
Excellent advice, thank you. I'm seeking a vintage 40s tone from my 65 Twin or Hot Rod Deluxe and old Harmony guitar, Gibson or G&L Tele...
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?
Q. Third string, Wound or plain? Thank you my friend.
plain
Thank you again, Sandra, for all your info about playing jazz guitar! About amp settings: somewhere in the early 80's I saw Kenny Burrell (one of my favorite players!) playing over a twin reverb and was surprised how his live sound was almost similar to his beautiful sound on his records of that period. I had a chance to look at his (left, clean channel) amp settings... and couldn't believe my eyes... treble on 10(!), middle and bass both on 0(zero!). Next gig I tried this myself with excellent results! Hope this observation can be of any help to young players struggling to find the correct jazz sound on stage (before a medium to large audience, that is). 😊
We don't know, whether that amp was modded, though. My own Blues Jr was modded and the EQ section is completely different ever since.
I have loved every minute of this tutorial. I'm especially interested in the section on setting up the amplifier where I learned a lot about using the Gain and a bit about the Middle. OK, I don't have the "right" gear at all for jazz, but I'm sure I can work with what I have. Would you be willing to create one or more presets for the Marshall CODE series modelling amps? That would be a great help. I have exclusively solid bodied guitars at the moment (SG and Les Paul) but I imagine that of the two the Les Paul could get me closer to jazz tones. I have long had the Sheraton-II Pro on my wish list! For my main amp I use my Marshall CODE 50. I also have a Marshall MG15CFX. Grüße aus Schottland!
Oh, thanks so much Mark for your kind words. I love Scottland, but it's so damn cold there, lol.
I will look into the Marshall thing, bc I've never heard of a CODE series. The Gibson Les Paul is just fine for jazz. My Howard Robert's is not that much different, it's just semi acoustic.
Great video! I would add, as I have an Epiphone Dot 339 with Seymour Duncan Jazz pickups, that it’s flawlessly made - and, with the new pickups, is my perfect guitar - my favourite so far, after going through several guitars over the last couple of decades.
Epiphone seem to have really improved, if mine is anything to go by.
I tried an Epiphone Emperor (Joe Pass model I think) in the ‘90s and didn’t buy it as I didn’t like the tone - so your comment about the earlier ones not being so good was also my experience.
I’m so impressed with my 339.
Congrats on your 339. That's a great guitar and super handy, compared to the 335.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman I do find the smaller size more comfortable.
I just switched to a D'Angelico Mini Jazz guitar, die to shoulder problems. That's also a great guitar. My review will be up next week. I'll also have a video up soon, emerge I compare 3 completely different sized jazz guitars, that all have the same pickups. That's an interesting one, too see how (or if at all) the body size affects the electric sound. Check it out!
Hello from Kansas City, Missouri. Outstanding video as always Sandra. Your absolutely right about the Volume and Tone knobs on the Guitar and the Gain and Mid/Presence knobs on the Amp. A middle ground choice for Strings would be D'addario Half Round which are between Flat Wound and Round Wound. Their brighter than Flat Wounds but quieter and mellower than Round Wounds.Kiesel, D'Angelico, Ibanez, Washburn and Eastman also make some more affordable Jazz Guitars and in my humble opinion the best Amps for Jazz are the Fender George Benson Amps, the Rivera Jazz Suprema and the Quilter Micropro Mach 2 HD. Buy the way, that tone on your Gibson Howard Roberts is what i like to call a Lobster Dipped in Butter Tone.
Thanks and again great video.
I really want to check out the Quilter amps, but didn't have a chance yet. They're not easily available here. The Benson amps are both great, but way too loud and big for me 😊.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman In that case you might like one of the smaller Mach 2's or smaller Jazz Suprema's as opposed to one of their bigger models.I also forgot to mention, the half round strings are not only mellower and quieter than round wounds, but their brighter than flat wounds.
Which pickup do you use? Both? Neck, or Bridge? I now have a Ibanez AS93FML Artcore Expressionist Hollow-Body Electric - Violin Sunburst . And (dont laugh) a 10 W Marshall practice amp. I am better than a beginner. After a year I can play the first (of the three) page of your Girl From Ipanema Melody.
Neck only for jazz. Most jazz guitars just have the neck pickups, since the bridge one is never used.
Blimey, that's one of the best tutorials I've ever seen!
Oh, thanks so much. I'm glad I could be of help :-)
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 :-)
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! 👏
Great guide. Very helpful. What do you think of the Polytone mini Brute 1 amp (1980’s) I’ve been told it’s the ultimate in jazz tone at a good price if you can find one.
It's a great amp. Very dark sounding, though.
Greetings Sandra! Any reccomendations for a free, simple, lightweight drumkit plugin? What do you use for your backing tracks? Tks!
I ist Toontrack Superior Drummer 3, but it's not light weight. 😁
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman ok maybe later in life for me...tks for the input!
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.
Hi Sandra, I followed your video with a lot of attention as I’m planning to buy a guitar good for jazz and I’m slight
Y above beginner level. Which would you prefer between Epiphone ES 339, Epiphone Sheraton II Pro and Epiphone Emperor II Pro? Is there a lot of difference in quality?
Many thanks!
Good day Miss Sandra Sherman.
I know this is a little late I think this lesson was recorded a year ago.
But you have touched me in a way it made my Approach To My Guitar a beautiful Journey.
I would love to own a Howard Roberts Fusion 1 guitar like the one you play.
Or the George Benson LG B10. Or even the George Benson gb10 EMAA.
But I the damn consequences of being a left-handed bloke.
Oh yes I searched I did find a couple of Joe Pass Emperor ll guitars and thinking about purchasing one.
But okay right now I have a Carvin HF Fatboy Allan Holdsworth signature and it is very versatile I have a polytone minibrute Jazz amp 100 W that's what it says haha.
And I have a other guitars and I've also purchased a bass 4-string sire Marcus Miller P 10 P J Bass.
But I used to have a Sheraton ll, I'm sorry I let that go but life does things.
But I'm thinking about the emperor I'd love to get the Howard Roberts or the George Benson models they have That Jazz tone.
I don't want to waste anymore of your time.
You are a magnificent teacher / player and I can tell you have a heart of gold.
Thank you so much.
sincerely Walter the left-handed bloke.
Hi Walter,
Yeah, that's a pity, that the HRG way never released as a lefty version. Sorry! Let me tell you, that you can get a great jazz tone out of many guitars, even solid bodies. It's usually the Schlussphase sound and haptically feeling, what makes it a real jazz box. Have you watched my newer video (this one's 4 years old, I think): Best Jazz Guitars Under $1000. With the info in that video and a little research you may find what you need, especially if your budget isn't that limited.
Kerp swingin 🎶 🎸
Hi Sandra, I enjoy your videos and love the arrangements I have purchased from you. I am looking for a jazz guitar with a really warm sound. I have considered an Eastman archtop but I like the narrower neck and nut width. My Godin simi-hollow body has a nut width of about 1 5/8. I have heard that a spruce top and mahogany back gives a really warm sound. I could spend as much as 35-4000US for this kind of upper end guitar. Would you have any recommendations?
Do you want an archtop or semi hollow? You will find the narrower necks mostly on semi acoustics. Gibson has plenty of those?
Good information, appreciated! You even gave me some tips on amp settings I never even thought of, danka! 😊
Glad you like it, Robert
Great tutorial, thank you. I have only a strat with a marshall mg15 amp and a nylon acoustic, I hope it's legal to jazz on them. On my strat I am used to turn down the tones, but I shall try your tip. Don't you use any kind of pedals?
Sure, go ahead and play jazz on your Strat. I don't think the jazz police will come after you 😁👮🚨. My tips are for people who want to purchase new gear, but you can always use what you already have. I would roll back that time pot on the strat a little further, though, especially if your amp is a Marshall.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman 😂 Thanks, I am in peace with my actual setup(but dreaming with a jazz guitar), the tip of the gain was what I needed. Now all I have to do is learn to play. Thank you for the atention.
I have a gretsch with a bigsby it plays really well and i use it to follow your lessons in jazz. It does not go out of tune at all, certainly no more or less than my cort strat. It gets really boring people bitching about bigsby!
Do you use the Bigsby at all? 😁
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 😊
Before I forget,The Trio sounds just FANTABULUS simply amazing 🎸🍎
What trio?
Excellent video! My jazz guitar set-up is very similar (Gibson ES-175, hand wound custom Blues Junior amp). I also have an AER Compact 60 but never thought to plug the Gibson into it for jazz, so will try that. Thanks for the tip! What are your thoughts on using reverb?
I ist only a small amount of reverb. I had the reverb on the BJ modded to, so it doesn't have that large metallic tail. I have it on 2-4 usually. On the AER I use the room reverb. And also set up to a quarter to a third.
I also don't like reverb with a long decay. My (heavily modified) Blues Junior has a full sized cabinet with a long spring tank but I still find it too 'splashy'. I prefer to use a pedal for reverb ( Strymon Flint or TC Hall of Fame) to get that short decay.
Telecaster with flats, neck pup, tone slightly rolled off. Fantastic jazz tones.
Yep, absolutely !
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 ❤️
I have an Ibanez LGB30 and I absolutely love it. I had the Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II Pro but got rid of it for the Ibanez. It really does play and feel like a much higher priced guitar. For $1100 you cannot beat it. I'll upgrade again once I get out of the intermediate jazz player level. For my amp I use the Fender Blue Jr IV and it has been serving my needs very well. If I start gigging I might have to go with the mods you discussed.
The GB series is so easy to play, isn't it! Small, perfect neck and radius. That's a stunning guitar.
I've got an LGB 30 and I love it as well! Those Ibanezs in the $1100 range really punch above their weight.
I recently got an Ibanez Artcore AF75G and am excited to learn from your videos on it!
Welcome to the jazz ride, Tammy!
my newest amp is a D-v mark micro-50 jazz head and 2 [208-2 x 8 jazz cabinet(s)] it is and they r the dedicated speaker(s) 4 the head check the video by saebo here on you tube. he will show the head with 1 cab but I brought a second 2 do a stereo sound.
The DV ark Jazz Amps are great. Until this video, I just never played one and I just wanted to recommend things that I've already played and liked myself.
I plan on doing a video on the DV little jazz, though.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman so I take it u heard those amps I love the sound 4 it being solid state or circuit non tube.
19:00 that tip is GOLD!!!! Thank You so much!!!
Glad to be of help! Thanks for watching, my friend
Always overlooked, the Roland Jazz chorus 40. Great all rounded.
Hello Sandra Sherman. G-r-r-r-reatings to Austria! I enjoyed learning about your Jazz guitar gear recommendations and amp sound settings. Regarding Jazz guitar gear recommendations, what (if any), of your gear recommendations have changed since your video from March 2018?
I think most of the guitars are still available. I put a Thomann music store link in the description box. Just check if they're still available. My recommendations haven't changed. I'm currently in the making of a new jazz guitar recommendation video. But the guitars I recommend here are also included.
this is one great video ! would you please tell me which budget hollowbody guitar you would buy? Ibanez AFS75T? or higher up? also for warm sounds 10 inch speaker amp or 2x 12?
I've named two archtops recommendations in the video. The Ibanez AFS75T has a Tremolo on, which I don't usually recommend. I'm not even sure if that's a hollow body or a semi acoustic. But if you really dig that guitar, go for it! Maybe you find a used Joe Pass Epiphone. It should be in the 400 dollar price range.
As for the speaker, 12" had more bass, which is good for jazz. But the AER I use doesn't have a 12er speaker and sounds very good. So it's not all about the speaker. It's the combination of many things. But generally soaking a 12er sounds warmer.
Sandra,
What a Great Video! Thank you for these recommendations :)
I am a jazz keyboardist and have played for just about 50 years. so of course i finally started trying to play guitar a couple of years ago.
Your recommendation of the Sheraton is spot on for me, and it fits really well, so thank you for that as well.
i also play accordion, and the interesting thing is that my guitar sounds so good on my accordion amp, i couldn't figure out why until i watched this video - an accordion amp is also an acoustic amp! It is an old Farfisa TR-70 (solid state).
Thanks for you time in making these videos, and have a great day!
Lee
My gear consists primarily of:
Amps:
Fender Blues Jr iii
Rockman XP212 (rare but extremely versatile)
Farfisa TR-70
Guitars:
Fender Strat (HSH)
Les Paul Jr Historic Custom P90 (1999)
Gretsch Streamliner G2622T (yes... for rockabilly LOL)
Sheraton Pro II
Keys:
Farfisa Syntaccordion
Kurzweil K2600XS
Awesome gear you've got there 😍👍. The Farfisa amp is interesting. I've never used a dedicated keyboard amp. Does it cover the full frequency specteum?
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman it does! There are 2 inputs for organ/accordion and two for guitar. Both sides have a high and a low input. Also the accordion has acoustic and electronic outputs. So when the Farfisa gets used, I would plug in the electronic in to the organ inputs and the acoustic portion into the guitar inputs.
Hi Sandra, thanks for this video. Do you use any effects for your jazz sound, like reverb and delay?
If yes, do you have any recommended settings?
Only reverb. About 1.8 seconds (medium hall)
Thank you for the fast answer👍🏼.
I want to get a 4 x kt88 tube amp
With no breakup in the preamp
For large venues
I built a oversized 2x12 balticbirch and put 2x 12 Celestion alnico cream
This speaker is the best I ever heard for cleans except tonetubby brand which are great as well
One more question Sandra. I have a budget of $2500 for a USED jazz style guitar. What would be your guitar of choice for that amount of money. I am narrowing it down to: Gibson ES 175 and The Heritage H575, butI am open for other suggestions too. Looking for a real mellow, warm jazz sound. I have a 1964 Gibson ES-330 so I'm thinking that would probably be fairly similar to the Gibson Howard Robert Fusion...thus ruling it out??? If you can only have one jazz guitar for that price, what would it be and why? Thanks again for your wonderful lessons. Now I have to go back to practicing "Misty". I'm sure it's taking me much longer than it should to learn it! 😬
Hmmm, tough one. They're both great guitars. Hobson had a higher resale price, if you want to sell it again one day. Heritage may have the better built quality, depending what year the Gibson is from. They're really both very similar. I have a stoßen, who just bought a Heritage The Eagle. It has the Seth Lover pickups too and I was blown away by the sweetness of the sound. Nothing harsh in the high frequencies, without sounding matte or bland.
Thank you Sandra!
I have an ‘88 Sheraton and I love it. Great sound, lovely to play and very versatile
Sandra, You have been very helpful to me. I have tried to get that mellow sound that you demonstrate. Have you tried the Fishman Loudbox Mini amp? If so, do you have any suggestions as to the settings? Great video and instruction, Thanks
Thanks for watching and your kind comment. I haven't tested the Fisman amp.
Sandra - just discovered your lessons last week, and am enjoying them - I'm an older player,mostly fingerstyle on acoustic guitar (Martin 000-15SM), but love jazz and appreciate your style of teaching. I am working on Sunny for my 1st try. I have a Guild X-150D and use a Henriksen Bud Amp. (have you had any experience with those ?)I am familiar with AER because one of my favorite players, Frank Vignola, uses them. Have always had trouble getting that elusive "Jazz Tone", I also use Thomastik strings, but flat wound because I always assumed they were the way to go for jazz tone, but I'm going to try the round wound since I don't play swing. thanks for that tip and the lessons
Glad to have you here in my channel 😊
Unfortunately I've never heard of that amp before, but it sounds interesting. I'm look it up. The Martin , of course, everyone knows that guitar ❤️
Good luck with Sunny!