zebra
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It's been about two decades since I had an archtop/f-holed guitar, and I've only ever had an acoustic. Was casually perusing for a few weeks until this caught my eye:
https://www.guitar-list.com/cort/electric-guitars/cort-trg-1
For a lower-end guitar, it's a great value - build quality, design, sound and playability are all great.
For $320, how could I say no?
Didn't take long for me to realize why jazz guitarists don't use bends and vibrato - after a couple weeks of playing it my ulnar nerve starting pinching. I'm going to have to either put lighter strings on this and use it as a rockabilly-sort of guitar, tune down a bit, or just restrain myself and not use so much left hand technique. I'm looking forward to exploring this guitar further - I think it will be helpful in exploring "tone-in-the-hands" in a different way from my other guitars, which are all solid bodies.
I'm not straight-ahead jazz player (can't really be considered a jazz player by any stretch of the imagination) so I'm not committed to traditional jazz tones. Considering adding a high-pass filter to get more options out of the single neck pickup. Or I might upgrade the neck pickup with something hotter and/or can switch to parallel or single-coil well - maybe a low dc resistance humbucker (like the Humbucker from Hell or a Screamin' Demon)...we'll see. If anyone has suggestions for non-traditional hollow-body neck pickup choices, feel free to share!
https://www.guitar-list.com/cort/electric-guitars/cort-trg-1
For a lower-end guitar, it's a great value - build quality, design, sound and playability are all great.
For $320, how could I say no?
Didn't take long for me to realize why jazz guitarists don't use bends and vibrato - after a couple weeks of playing it my ulnar nerve starting pinching. I'm going to have to either put lighter strings on this and use it as a rockabilly-sort of guitar, tune down a bit, or just restrain myself and not use so much left hand technique. I'm looking forward to exploring this guitar further - I think it will be helpful in exploring "tone-in-the-hands" in a different way from my other guitars, which are all solid bodies.
I'm not straight-ahead jazz player (can't really be considered a jazz player by any stretch of the imagination) so I'm not committed to traditional jazz tones. Considering adding a high-pass filter to get more options out of the single neck pickup. Or I might upgrade the neck pickup with something hotter and/or can switch to parallel or single-coil well - maybe a low dc resistance humbucker (like the Humbucker from Hell or a Screamin' Demon)...we'll see. If anyone has suggestions for non-traditional hollow-body neck pickup choices, feel free to share!
