you don’t expect, it almost feels like half electric
and half acoustic because of the string length.
The tremolo is a much gentler touch and a
much more vocal sound. Everything about it
invites some sort of exploration. You have to
have it in your hands, play it, and discover it
for yourself. It’s a trip worth taking and there is
a lot of self-discovery, a lot of beautiful sounds
and songs in that guitar. I think it’s a guitar to be
discovered, and you get more and more out of
it the longer you play it.
What’s interesting about Jazzmaster players, if
you look at the list of famous players who use
them, it’s the guitar they play. You almost never
see them playing other guitars. The reason
is they discovered their tone, their sound,
and themselves in that guitar. Guys who play
have done some searching for their sound. A the sounds of Telecasters and Stratocasters. Strats and Teles usually have both and there’s
lot of young musicians start out on Telecasters They know what to expect when they begin a whole stage of guitars. When you talk about
and Stratocasters, which are guitars that you playing them. Elvis Costello, Jim Root, James Madison, Nels
begin playing and you immediately recognize
Cline, and Thurston Moore – all those guys,
their sound. Both of those guitars are easy to Jazzmasters have a surprise treasure chest that is their guitar. And why? Because it’s so
play, and you get out of them exactly what you inside them. When you begin to play one and unique and once you get your fingers on it, it’s
would expect. Most young musicians who are you hear all those zingy overtones coming off just your go-to guitar. I don’t know how to say it
interested in guitar and have done any kind the strings behind the bridge, it’s something you any better than that. It’s this magical guitar that
of reading on the Internet are familiar with don’t expect. The way that they feel is something begs to be discovered and pays you back in
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