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Imho the best book is probably out of print. It's by Norman Mongan The History of the Guitar in Jazz

It's inaccurate Charlie Christian Barney Kessel Raney, Farlow and Chuck Wayne are above Wes Montgomery Wes Montgomery and Jim Hall were friends and contemporaries just like Raney & Farlow the

A classic... R.I.P. Arnie Berle

RIP, Thank you for your contributions to jazz and jazz guitar.

I was not demonizing just observing I could never demonize any Jazz Player and yes early Midi were very heavy I remember the "organ guitar" which was basically the soundboard of an old organ mixed

Pat is probably one of the FEW exceptions to the rule

Pat Metheny was using his midi guitar setup for a few tunes on his recent tour.

Peter- Great respomse! Thanks. Mark

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Yes sir I do and most of my creations tend to be one offsThis Jazz box was 18 months in design and buildand made to an ultra high spec (as are all of my guitars) although most are just relatively

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jvegatrio wrote: While we're itemizing, I'll add that Pat Martino played a custom-built Koontz guitar with onboard synthesizer on the "Starbright" album. This was before the existence of MIDI. I read

I own several Carvin 3-voice instruments. The Model is SH-575. A bit like a hollowbody Les Paul with special electronics.And I have used them in a "jazz" setting. Never used them for lighting or pyro

Kenn, Holdsworth played a SynthAxe (sp?) and Pat Metheny also used MIDI for quite a while. I've tried using it and the tracking was a pain so...? Cheers,JV Juan Vega

As a NON Jazz musician I bow to your greater knowledge on the topic when I was talking about the evolvement of the Guitar I refer to the actual instrument rather than just the Guitarist. I moved on

Kenn, Quick reply: among the things that make "jazz" "jazz" (and I'm painting with a really wide brush) are European instruments and song forms coupled with African polyrhythms and improvisation. I

When I earned to play Guitar, I was 13 years old and living a remote part of the Highlands Of Scotland. My mother played Piano and I tunes the guitar to an open chord and then just worked out chord

Very well stated, Juan. Greg

Kenn, That's a mouthful, for sure and for the most part I agree, but it's not just guitar players: Ornette caught a bunch of s**t for playing a plastic sax, and "everybody" had a cow when Miles put a

You have hit the nail on the head when the likes of Django Reinhardt started to play Electric Guitar they at that time were looked upon by the purists of the time as the spawn of the very devil