Tag Archives: guitar demo

Feb 13 2022

D’Angelico Excel EXL1 Hollowbody Jazz Guitar – UNPLUGGED – Video

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This is an example of the unplugged, acoustic tone of a D’Angelico Excel EXL1 Hollowbody Jazz Guitar.

I used a Dunlop .73 Tortex guitar pick and recorded with an AKG P420 large diaphragm, dual capsule microphone into a ZOOM Q8HD camera via xlr cable.


The guitar has an all-laminate maple body with laminate spruce top.


I removed the non-functional pickup. They list it as “floating” but have them taped to the top with double-sided tape. I plan to put in a pair of Seymour Duncan Seth Lover non-potted pickups and good wiring including 4 pots – two volume and two tone, as one might find in a far more expensive Gibson L5

This clip is about the first half of Barney Kessel’s version of “Autumn Leaves”
Let me know what you think.

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Thanks for watching!

Best, Rick

Jun 17 2018

Stockyard Strut – by Denny Ilett – first section

I’m learning the electric guitar parts of “Stockyard Strut” by Denny Ilett off his “The Organ Blues Series 2” album. You can find his lessons on JamTrackCentral.com

On this video I’m playing my 2018 Gibson ES-335 Figured Dark Vintage Natural semi-hollow electric guitar and playing through my practice amp, a Vox DA5. That’s also battery operated if you want to take it with you.

Funny how often I use that eight-year-old digital amp to practice rather than firing up one of my tube amps.

Hope you enjoy it!

Thanks for watching!
Rick

 
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Feb 23 2018

RJ’s Bb Blues – Third Section played on Gretsch G5422TG Electromatic

RJ’s Bb Blues – Third Section played on my Gretsch G5422TG Electromatic® Hollow Body Double-Cut with Bigsby® and Gold Hardware, Snowcrest White.

Learned/memorized the third section of an instrumental by RJ Ronquillo yesterday and will be quite a while before it is really clean..but I record ever time I practice and have been doing so since I started to relearn to play following a couple of strokes.

Besides the loss of the proper use of my left hand/arm my memory was affected so I struggle to learn new things but it’s better than it was a number of years ago when it was impossible.

So, I’m excited. More so about learning and recalling new pieces than perfecting new parts because for my long-term recovery, my brain working is the most essential. But I also try to practice all the new pieces so that they sound good over time.

I also work on metronome and playing along with songs every day.

RJ’s Bb Blues – 3rd section:

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By the way, my son designed a logo for a new brand of Bluetooth wireless earbuds that will be available in early 2018 – AffordaBuds.com – His design is an Alien named “ReeZen” and the tagline is “Listen to ReeZen – AffordaBuds are The Sound Choice in affordable Bluetooth wireless earbuds that connect easily and sound great!”

Please check it out at AffordaBuds.com

Link to the AffordaBud earbuds.

This is his first professional design and I am very proud of him and would appreciate your support of his efforts there…he’s one of company founders! Congratulations Harlon!

Thank you,
Rick McCargar