Warpig neck pickup : Late night Jazz (ish) - Pickup photo now added.

[Philly Q]

The only downside, is that ( when in it's Gator case ) there just isn't a bed built high enough to store it under.   :mrgreen:

Now that would be a problem....  :lol:


Speaking of jazzers and their choice of instruments, do you know Ed Bickert?  Jazz on a Tele:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCnT8prUqFY&feature=related

[Fourth Feline]

Thanks for that clip Philly ,  :)

I had heard of him, but had not sat down to appreciate him properly, till you posted that.  As we would expect from an affectionado of Audrey Hepburn, your choice of clip was very tasteful.  8)

I had recently strung my Baja Tele with a spare set of light(ish)  flatwounds - and liked it very much as a solid bodied alternative ( if ever required ).    I would still love to get one of our resident Luthiers to 'fashion' me a single ( neck ) pickup 'Jazz specific' solid body, to put my favourite B.K.P. pickup(s)  in.  As the Baja Tele is such a nice guitar in it's own right, I would not want to modify it, especially if I end up selling it some day.  My Les Paul Standard remains fitted with Mules and a set of 9s - because there again, I dont want to mess with a classic formula.

The clip you posted was also very inspirational - as he seems to be very much of the Joe Pass mentality when it comes to the eminently practical way he approaches the game.   The greatest influence and inspiration that I get from Joe Pass ,  is not that I listen to his records, ( sorry Joe ) - but that his 'Chord dictionary' , interviews and video tutorials showed me to simplify how I think when approaching this sometimes bewildering style.

 That is why I like to buy the sheet music ( as a non sight reader , but slow and persistent 'speller'  :mrgreen: )  and then sit down for as long as it takes, to turn that it an arrangement on the guitar, however naive .  

Thanks again Philly, I will now go back and listen watch Ed yet again.  :D

[Philly Q]

Glad to be of service!  :)

I'd never really heard much of Ed Bickert's playing, to be honest, just remembered him from a long-ago Guitar Player article on Canadian guitarists (also featuring Rik Emmett of Triumph and classical player Liona Boyd).  It was the fact he played a Tele which stuck in my mind.

[djl]

Sounds really good

The pickup sounds surprisingly warm - I would never have even thought to put those pickups within about 10 yards of an archtop but they sound (and look) great!
Playing is really good too, works really well.

[djl]

Incidentally, Mr Feline, are you on jazzguitar.be (sorry to spam)? The forum is a really good resource for lessons and music pdfs, and there are lots of helpful people on there

[Fourth Feline]

Sounds really good

The pickup sounds surprisingly warm - I would never have even thought to put those pickups within about 10 yards of an archtop but they sound (and look) great!

Thank you,  :)  Before they arrived,  I had assumed that ' within about 10 yards'  would probably be the optimum setting for the gap 'twixt  strings and pickup screws.  :lol:

As it happens , it ended up being the 'usual' of about 2.5mm.  They do need some taming at the amp / input, but then, the hotter wind  keeps the sound stage a lot tighter and more focused  than ( for example ) the really open and juicy  Manhattans.  The 'seed' of the idea to try them was in part propogated by a (forum)  chat with Martin at MJW amps, who mentioned that Adrian Ingram's custon Matamp, was designed / biased  quite 'Hot to trot' .

Incidentally, Mr Feline, are you on jazzguitar.be (sorry to spam)? The forum is a really good resource for lessons and music pdfs, and there are lots of helpful people on there

I do browse / search over there occasionaly, for specific music theory questions,  but at this stage - I am still working through existing material.  I tend to absorb information better ( in this and other interests ) when I find I have a very specific gap / need/ curiosity,  then I get the answer(s) that hang on and around  that one thing - and run off to apply it in practice.  There is only ever one song , one note to harmonise, one principle in my mind at any given time, then there is only the next note / harmony / principle e.t.c   The same in something like Weightlifting, in that if I am practicing,  I work the one movement into the ground, and within that, dedicate my self to correcting the weakest  spot / technique . Then of course, when one resumes a more 'Global' view of the subject, the weak links have been patched up.

Also,  as I mentioned in another thread,  my allocated leisure / 'Forum time' is spent here for the social / cross pollination / relaxation aspects,  then it's back to the instrument and my ears , for a very focused approach to moving forward in the arenas of Music theory / application and Chord Melody as my chosen vehicle for that.  I do not see myself and what I  do as being a 'Jazz' guitarist as such,  more a guitar  lover, who seems to feel more at home with Chord melody,  than other expressions of the underlying musical principles.  :)