Sounds to me Randy like you need to own a 7 string solid
body(answering both enties). I love my archtop to but even
on a big band gig usually use my solid body and put my arch
top on a stand for show. It all depends on your solid body.
I'm sure Pat Martino & Lenny Breu put a lot of thought into
that.I think a fender style with dual humbuckers is
cool.Ibanez makes a 7 sting archtop(Pat Metheny model) but
you can't even custom order a 7 string solid body with a
fixed bridge. I have a schecter 7 string (they're made in
Korea now) and it's wild having that whole set of tones down
there. I think a guitar builder out there needs to come up
with a better body style for solid bodies for jazz players(I
don't worry that much about my 7 string cause I have a belt
sander). I just haven't done it yet. >> Ross
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----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Groves
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 5:30 PM
To: jazz_guitar@...
Subject: [jazz_guitar] Mike Stern and Mick Goodrick
On Mike Stern: What is his best work? I bought a cd of
his a while ago, didn't really care for it (don't
remember why--I'll have to listen to it again. Lots of
mention of Mick Goodrick. What is his best? (I tend to
favor acoustic sounding archtops rather than solid
body electric fusion stuff). Randy Groves
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J. Randall Groves, Ph.D. ("Rando")
Professor of Humanities
Ferris State University
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