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Music Appreciation

ProfessorGAC

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2. An All-Time Great

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2025, 07:39 AM

May 9

He altered, in a big way, the vocabulary of guitar.
I grew up playing jazz piano, so I've always loved that genre, but I've never been a big jazz guitar guy because so many guys use that "blippy" tone that fails to sound like a guitar to me.
Joe is, alas, in that category. The difference between him & a guy like Tal Farlow is night and day, even though Joe is the superior musician. But, Tal's sound was so much more appealing.

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Not a Jazz superfan, but I do love guitarists who can play. Joe Pass was a titan. Absolute master of the instument [View all] The Polack MSgt May 8 OP

Are you sure you don't like Jazz? Mme. Defarge May 8 #1

An All-Time Great ProfessorGAC May 9 #2

I'm assuming that by "blippy" tone... keep_left May 9 #3

Yes ProfessorGAC May 9 #4

Polytone...a solid-state amp, right? keep_left May 9 #5

I've Played Through A JC ProfessorGAC May 9 #6

I have a lot of tube gear, being a studio rat... keep_left May 9 #7