Is that a longsword on the right-hand side of the screen? If so, perhaps your interests are a cross between mine and those of my son, who is into HEMA.
jakemf1 I don’t pick back there so don’t find it getting in the way. More importantly though is that the bridge pickup both affects the sound and lessens feedback. Having that much mass from the pickup screwed into the top near the bridge dampens vibration so it also lowers the acoustic volume but less vibration also means less feedback. I’m pretty used to controlling feedback so that isn’t my main reason - I prefer the sound and the extra pickup affects the overall tone of the guitar due to that lessened amount of top vibration. If you were to try an L5CES (this model) next to a Wes Montgomery signature L5, which only has one pickup in the neck you will hear the difference. That guitar still sounds great of course, and the acoustic sound is better as well, but I prefer the CES electric sound. Then there’s the Johnny Smith model which has a floating pickup so no extra mass added to the top and that’s even more vibration and acoustic volume, which all translates to the electric sound. Probably not huge differences to the listener but all noticeable if comparing them, and it all does translate to possible feedback at higher volumes. I got the guitar at a small store in Pennsylvania - I forget the name but have their business card around here somewhere. I had only found it because they had this guitar in stock so I made the roughly 90 minute or so drive out there to check it out, fell in love with it and brought it home. It belonged to an older guy who got so old that he couldn’t play any more so I liked the idea of carrying the torch so to speak and making sure the guitar would keep getting played after all the years he spent with it.
Voiceleading is really so underrated! Thank you for your videos ❤️🎸
Checked your content after your comment on Jens vid. Really like your methodical explanations, very helpful. Thanks.
Mr. Larsen brought me here. Really helpful video. Thanks!
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Great video, thanks for your work.
new subscriber here... thanks :)
Is that a longsword on the right-hand side of the screen? If so, perhaps your interests are a cross between mine and those of my son, who is into HEMA.
are voice leading and target notes the same thing???
Love that guitar, I always find the back pickup not used in jazz and get s in the way any issues with this? wondering where you got it? Thanks
jakemf1 I don’t pick back there so don’t find it getting in the way. More importantly though is that the bridge pickup both affects the sound and lessens feedback. Having that much mass from the pickup screwed into the top near the bridge dampens vibration so it also lowers the acoustic volume but less vibration also means less feedback. I’m pretty used to controlling feedback so that isn’t my main reason - I prefer the sound and the extra pickup affects the overall tone of the guitar due to that lessened amount of top vibration. If you were to try an L5CES (this model) next to a Wes Montgomery signature L5, which only has one pickup in the neck you will hear the difference. That guitar still sounds great of course, and the acoustic sound is better as well, but I prefer the CES electric sound. Then there’s the Johnny Smith model which has a floating pickup so no extra mass added to the top and that’s even more vibration and acoustic volume, which all translates to the electric sound. Probably not huge differences to the listener but all noticeable if comparing them, and it all does translate to possible feedback at higher volumes. I got the guitar at a small store in Pennsylvania - I forget the name but have their business card around here somewhere. I had only found it because they had this guitar in stock so I made the roughly 90 minute or so drive out there to check it out, fell in love with it and brought it home. It belonged to an older guy who got so old that he couldn’t play any more so I liked the idea of carrying the torch so to speak and making sure the guitar would keep getting played after all the years he spent with it.