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On why he doesn't gig it - if you owned a Greenfield would you gig with it?????
I have a friend who's a freelance violinist, does a lot of work. His gigging fiddle is insured for 50k is from the early 19th century, he acquired it 'on expenses', knows all the tricks. As an instrument he says he can do / play anything on it but it's not replaceable like a Lowden or Greenfield.
Doesnt AMcK tour with one ?, same deal.
For me - I get lost in the music with players of this caliber - the 'sound' is merely a vehicle.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
I believe it was a modified 175 - thinner body 'n maple neck.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
I heard the story from Bill Thrasher back around 1980, a friend of Joe's and the author of the Joe Pass Guitar Styles book. They intended to have two tracks, one of the guitar mic'd and one of the amp mic'd. The engineer screwed up and for all the tunes except Here's That Rainy Day he only recorded the mic on the guitar. Since they had a philosophy of only one take on each tune, they just went with it. That's why the tone is so thin and tinny on that album. Who would only mic a laminated es-175? The playing is great though.
Here's the track mentioned, with the mix of acoustic and electric tone. Same recording session:
Speaking of good acoustic archtop tone:
I find Pizzarelli an enigma - sometimes cool as f@ck (like in the posted vid), othertimes weirdly bland (that Beatles stuff ). His 7 string sounds good though.