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- 1968 Gibson Barney Kessel Custom
guitarz.blogspot.com We've seen several cool vintage archtop guitars in the last days, let me complete the series with one of the most beautiful electric guitar ever: the Gibson Barney Kessel Custom. I know, it's not the first time I post...
- 1978 Gibson Es-175 Cc With Charlie Christian Pickup
guitarz.blogspot.com Words fail me... My heart is pounding as I contemplate the ravishing lines of this Gibson ES-175 in dark walnut finish (I understand that in reality it's darker than on the photos, so it's on the edge of transparent black),...
- The Dulcicaster - Part Telecaster, Part Dulcimer...
guitarz.blogspot.com: Herve writes: Here are some pics from my friend's "dulcicaster"; it's a mix between a dulcimer and a classic Telecaster body. You play it on your lap. You'll notice that it's got 4 tuning pegs but only 3 strings on...
- Novax Charlie Hunter 8-string Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com It's been a while since we last fed our too-many-strings category - and today no many-necked harp, no video game title song tapped on a 16-string bass, no Meshuggah-like juggernaut riff performed on an 8-string hyperstrat, but...
- 1979 Gibson Es-175cc Charlie Christian With Rail Pickup
guitarz.blogspot.com Always had a soft spot for hollow body archtops with florentine cutaway (not the budget though), and you cannot do better than the Gibson ES-175 (well yes actually, you could do better by avoiding sunburst finish), but watching at...
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1964 Gibson Barney Kessel
guitarz.blogspot.com:
We've seen a Gibson Barney Kessel already on Guitarz but I can't help showing again this extremely desirable guitar, with one of my favorite feature: a double florentine cutaway on a semi-hollow body! (Actually on the top of my guitars wish list is the Vox HDC 77, one of the coolest guitars ever, as much for its looks than for its technical specs, check it if you don't know it yet!)
Barney Kessel was a key musician in the evolution of electric guitars playing - as a jazz musician, solo, fronting a band or as a side man for the giants (Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson, Sonny Rollins...), or as a session musician supporting the Beach Boys, Phil Spector or the Monkees...
Couldn't find a video on YouTube featuring Kessel playing this guitar, but I can't resist showing this song (if I'm not wrong he's playing a Gibson L5 with a Charlie Christian pickup, tell me if you know better). It reminds me of this classic joke: when you do jazz, you play 3000 chords in front on 3 people, when you do rock, you play 3 chords in front of 3000...
Couldn't find a video on YouTube featuring Kessel playing this guitar, but I can't resist showing this song (if I'm not wrong he's playing a Gibson L5 with a Charlie Christian pickup, tell me if you know better). It reminds me of this classic joke: when you do jazz, you play 3000 chords in front on 3 people, when you do rock, you play 3 chords in front of 3000...
Bertram
© 2012, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - now in its 10th year!
- 1968 Gibson Barney Kessel Custom
guitarz.blogspot.com We've seen several cool vintage archtop guitars in the last days, let me complete the series with one of the most beautiful electric guitar ever: the Gibson Barney Kessel Custom. I know, it's not the first time I post...
- 1978 Gibson Es-175 Cc With Charlie Christian Pickup
guitarz.blogspot.com Words fail me... My heart is pounding as I contemplate the ravishing lines of this Gibson ES-175 in dark walnut finish (I understand that in reality it's darker than on the photos, so it's on the edge of transparent black),...
- The Dulcicaster - Part Telecaster, Part Dulcimer...
guitarz.blogspot.com: Herve writes: Here are some pics from my friend's "dulcicaster"; it's a mix between a dulcimer and a classic Telecaster body. You play it on your lap. You'll notice that it's got 4 tuning pegs but only 3 strings on...
- Novax Charlie Hunter 8-string Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com It's been a while since we last fed our too-many-strings category - and today no many-necked harp, no video game title song tapped on a 16-string bass, no Meshuggah-like juggernaut riff performed on an 8-string hyperstrat, but...
- 1979 Gibson Es-175cc Charlie Christian With Rail Pickup
guitarz.blogspot.com Always had a soft spot for hollow body archtops with florentine cutaway (not the budget though), and you cannot do better than the Gibson ES-175 (well yes actually, you could do better by avoiding sunburst finish), but watching at...