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Practising Robben Ford's cool solo in 'On That Mor

Practising Robben Ford's cool solo in 'On That Morning' for an upcoming transcription video. 🛠️ We'll cover the full track and have guest players appearing as well. Dresscode is full Rudolph🦌, but they dont know yet. 🤫

Going to be cool to try getting those laidback playing nuances on paper.📖

Mr Ford uses a 60's Epiphone Riviera on the record. My vintage Casino is going to do the trick 🤟🎵

Enjoy and have a great weekend! 🎉😁

#recordingguitarist #liveisweekend #guitaristsofinstagram #guitarsounds #jazzguitar #jazzblues #robbenford #solotranscription #guitartutorials #teachingmusic #teachingmusicmatters #epiphonecasino #rockandroll #roland #fenderreverb #homestudio #liveguitarist #kalamazoo

Friday night live🎵 with @mariekevanruitenbeek i

Friday night live🎵 with @mariekevanruitenbeek in this cool setting at the @catharinakapel. 🙏

After the show, red wine🍷 and enjoying the storm performance of @ellentendamme. ⚡

#liveguitarist #liveislive #epiphonecasino #tweeddeluxe #fillingtheroomwithmusic #jazzguitar #rockandroll #specialsetting

And here's a little demo talking over some sounds

And here's a little demo talking over some sounds from the 1959 Gibson Les Paul Junior 🎸plugged straight into a champ, that's it.🤟

Here's some sounds!🎵 @laura__brandenburg and @soperchy
Thanks for the good care and previous ownership! @gforgerrit

May it please you all and have a great weekend!

#guitarist #guitaristsofinstagram #guitarsounds#nofucksgiven #gibsonlespaul #rockandroll #holygrail #vintageguitars #gibsonlespauljunior #fendertweed #5f1champ #nofucksgiven #massivegearslutting

I am quite a lucky mofo, to state that I’ve got

I am quite a lucky mofo, to state that I’ve got a 1959’ Les Paul! 🙏I took some pictures to show you around the guitar as I’m swapping the bridge, giving it a gentle cleaning and new strings. This is an early 59’ Gibson Les Paul Junior DC. The body shape in these were more squared still, like a telecaster. 1 Piece Mahogany.

It’s what you would call a ‘player’s grade’ guitar, cause it has a repaired neck-crack but it’s not painted over. It has non-original tuners, but the grovers are good. No drilling so reversable once I’ll find original tuners. Non-original bridge, that’s coming off.

The rest is original! So original frets, pickguard, screws and electronics with the original P90, bumble-bee cap and the 2 centra-labs pots. ⚡The soldering looks neat, might be factory, but not 100% sure. It has craquelé’d lacquer and the front has lost it's red colour. But the back side is still bright red. That’s a 59’ Burst red! It’s been well taken care of. 🌍

The ‘Mojo-Axe’ gets a bridge from the company ‘Mojo-Axe’. Slightly aged, and compensated breakpoints for a correct intonation. The 'badass' bridge that came with the guitar functioned, but it had a too much tension on the G. Tt’s radius was a little bit off, preventing a perfect pickup setting. Luckily the new bridge fixed the issues and improved the guitar!🙂

Before the new strings, I’ve used very fine steel-wool to clean out the manure from the fretboard, before a nice coat of fresh oil. The rest was only dusted off with a very fine rag, not polished or cleaned further. It’s what it is. And take the time not to add new scratches or other little happy accidents. I am a bit more careful with this one than with some of my other ones😉

The Junior was an entrance model for the more expensive standard and custom series. It’s a fantastic guitar and it still feels like it’s made for the streets! 😉 That’s what I love about it.❤ Minimalistic but versatile and as large as can be! Challenging your playing style and your making of guitar-sound. Might not for work for everyone but it works for me!🎵

Anyone out there with a Les Paul Junior? Hope to see some around! Cheers!

#gibsonlespaul #gibsonlespauljunior #1959 #rockandroll

Slidy fuzzy thingie. Fuzzy tones coming from tiny

Slidy fuzzy thingie.

Fuzzy tones coming from tiny tweedified champ600 only. 🎵No pedals, no fx. And no reverb...but the 3 weeks no reverb challenge was fun.🎸

Who did this too? How was it?😜

#5f1champ #lespaul #vintagestyle

Convert to electric? 🛠️ Nope, however I've c

Convert to electric? 🛠️

Nope, however I've converted it's contact breaker point system to a later model electronic ignition system.⚡

Makes life a lot easier in traffic, overheats less, runs smoother, and more economic.⛽

She's a going to town rig, what do you think? But she's almost always almost done. 😉

#magnetimarelli #electronicignition #fiatx19 #lampredi #targa #bertone #carhobby #rockandroll #1978 #whynot #lockdownhobby #goingtotownrig

Who's with me in this? Guitarists, Challenge: NO

Who's with me in this? Guitarists, Challenge:

NO reverb for 3 weeks! 😁

OK, 1 exception. Playing live where your reverb is so essential that you'll end up repaying tickets if you didn't use it.

Practicing, studying, preparing shows, teaching, etc. No reverb. Delay is not reverb but I won't use that either.

The reason that I'm gonna try is that I find myself using a Fender's spring reverb too much, or too much as default character maker as part of my sounds. It's a comfortzone thing. I'd like to give it up for 3 weeks, to re-appreciate it after.

#noreverb #guitarchallenge #dryguitar #springreverb #fenderprincetonreverb #accutronics #breakinghabits #guitaristsofinstagram #iammindful

So sad to learn and accept that Poka Egon, the sch

So sad to learn and accept that Poka Egon, the school's principle has passed away. I can't put to words easily how thankful I am for what I got when studying in @kobanyaizeneisuli. Cause it's in my blood today, going there changed my life for good.
Poka Egon was a real badass, and one with an even more incredible generous, loving and big heart.
So basicly, I owe knowing al my Hungarian friends and learning more about Jazz guitar thanks to him. After meeting him and his students during a project week in Germany I went there first as an exchange student during my study at @rockacademie . It just clicked in Germany and I knew I went to the right place immediately after arriving in Budapest.
After graduating in Holland, I only wanted to go back! This school was something else, you know? But more on that later. I called him up to ask for any possibility to do another term, and he said something like 'oh of course, little one, you'll find the way...' Egon welcomed me back as student of music in his school.
I enjoyed another half year of music studying-bliss, rock and roll, jazz, gigging, adventure, meeting new friends for life and inhaling Budapest, very deeply. Hell, I learned how to speak Hungarian and still consider it as my 2nd home today. That half year was the best half year of my life. The half year after that was the worst 😉
I didn't want to ramble about this too long, but I'm so thankful for this life experience and carry it as a colour in my heart.
Poka Egon played a his 60's Fender P-Bass through Marshall Plexi Stacks. 'Il boss.' Learning that the principle of rock and roll passed away yesterday leaves a big hole in the hearts of all the musicians who went to the school, those who study there now, music life in Hungary, the family, friends, and in mine as well.
I want to remember him not in silence but loud as hell. As loud as can be. 'Good music must be loud' as my friend Toth Janos said. It fucking should. And today it sounds like a P-Bass, Harmonicly rich Bass-distortion and a true hero's attitude! 🖤

A month ago, on a very hot day in Hungary☀️, l

A month ago, on a very hot day in Hungary☀️, like 'off the scale' degrees celcius...

Playing live with my friends in @fellegjarokzenekar, 'The Cloud walkers' 😉 for a better world! ❤️

What's it about? 'Globi' is a cartoon character symbolizing our world.🌍 You can see the plush Mascotte figure on stage right. @amina_paszti wrote a book, teaching children how to take care of the earth. 📖 It also make these kids come up with powerful ideas. 🤯@hajbaimre wrote cool songs to the stories, and I've recorded the guitars. 🎵And now we played it live for the first time. 🎸

Happy to be a part of this! It makes sense.

Thanks @aronhajba for letting me use his 52 AVRI Tele and deluxe reverb amp plus the ropes. 🧵

#liveguitarist #liveislive #budapest🇭🇺 #livemusic #musicmatters #cloudwalkers #jokaibableves #mindennap #playingwithfriendsissucces #rockandroll #guitarsounds #fendertelecaster #avri52 #deluxereverb #guitaristsoftheworld

A jazzy-bluesy improvisationette on my 73' Gibson

A jazzy-bluesy improvisationette on my 73' Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. 🎸No mini-buckers but a good set of T-tops. 🎵

This guitar has been with me for a while. Actually, I have a scar on my wrist remembering me of the day I went to get it, haha. I cut myself with back of a computer, dropping it.

Bleeding, I went to buy the guitar nevertheless, taking it home in a white MK1 series Lancia Delta. 🚗 It was only Rock and Roll, but I liked it! Still do.

Have a good weekend you all and always remember, something...🤔

#gibsonlespaul #gibsonlespauldeluxe #jazzguitar #joepass #jazzblues #guitaristsofinstagram #guitarsounds #rockandroll #recordingguitarist #homestudio #basstraps #acousticpanels #tweedamps #5f1champ #levis #girlshirt

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