soundclip of keira's strat which is now a modded to be a jazz guitar

Keira-WitherKay

well in last week i got my usa strat modded to be more of a jazz guitar ......... see the post in "my gear ' for more details but here is a video i took today ........ not perfect and the sound is just from the video camera but good enough to hear it does the job......... and my percussive idea of having a contact pup under a spruce scratchplate works well for the percussive clip at end of video .......... i still need to finetune my technique on the percussion side as i can do it easily on a flamenco guitar but on a solid body is a new experience and i need to find the sweet spots for the percussion ..........but it was a good start for day 1

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BluJu

Super cool K. I like the percussive idea, always coming up with original ideas.

arjunmenon

Very nice & congratulations Keira.
The initial jazz clips sounded rad..maybe just a tad bit bright/brittle?? The strat sound is still there though. Could it be the effect of a Fender going into a Fender style amp?
Sounds like a good all-rounder guitar now

Keira-WitherKay

Arjun Menon wrote: Very nice & congratulations Keira.
The initial jazz clips sounded rad..maybe just a tad bit bright/brittle?? The strat sound is still there though. Could it be the effect of a Fender going into a Fender style amp?
Sounds like a good all-rounder guitar now

hi ya.. well i think the sound lost a lot of bass cos it was recorded with a video cam.... and came out brighter.. however despite agreeing the video being bright ... i favour the martin taylor jazz tone which is a lot brighter than say joe pass...... i find if it's too dark it starts getting indistinct ... so yes that video is brighter than i play with but i blame the camera the bass was nice and round in the room .... however i do like a clearer sound than some jazz guitarists

? anyway that was shot in my kitchen so not ideal acoustics , i'll shoot some video at a gig

and as for the fender sound being there...... thats what i like about it ........ it's prob the bolt on neck , but if you go online and check out Jim Soloway guitars (usa custom builder of jazz guitars with bolt on necks) his guitars also have a brighter or more clear tone.... and as Jim is quoted in saying "you can always roll off the tone to make the sound darker in a brighter guitar but you can't create brightness in a naturally dull guitar ...... "

so yes with this guitar i'm going for a personal unique sound...and NOT trying to make it sound like a ES175 with the tone rolled off

and in seeking my jazz tone ........in last 18-24 months i have owned a vintage Aria ES 175 copy from 60's, a vintage hofner ES330 copy also from late 60's, a Tokai ES155 , even a usa fender tele with a 57 classic pup in neck ........ and with all of them i had issues .....

i have found my epiphone emperor regent which gives me that traditional archtop jazz tone....... but this new guitar is meant to be a solid body guitar and NOT replace the archtop for traditional jazz tone ...but something i can travel/tour with and use when i play louder as the archtop does feedback it's huge at 17" so i was inspired by the jim soloway guitars ...and so far this fender with a few conversions is doing well to fill my needs....BUT it's still early days .lets see if any problems pop up at gigs ect ........

thanks for the observations arjun .on another note but just as important ....hows your playing going , are you gigging at moment .... ?? we need to hear your playing .....

JeremyE

That was great. I think you just set the bar for how all demo's of mods to gear should be done!!!

Squonk

Good Stuff Keira, but I still prefer the tone of the Emperor