Mundy and his old D'Angelico
Mundell Lowe explains Jazz Guitar
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Sep 20, 2008 5:59 p.m. JazzBoxJunky:
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Sep 20, 2008 7:10 p.m. Synchro:
Man that's great stuff.
FWIW, I played a Korean D'Angelico Excel this afternoon and I have to say that they've done a wonderful job of making this instrument. It sounds quite good acoustically, much better than I would have imagined. I've heard that they have tried to make a worthy structural copy of the original and it sounds like their efforts have paid off.
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Sep 20, 2008 8:15 p.m. Bear:
I owned a Japanese (Vestax) D'Angelico New Yorker for a few years and it was an exceptional guitar. Had not necessity dictated, I would never have sold it.
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Sep 20, 2008 8:30 p.m. dmanlow:
I like when Mundell is talking about the difficulty in learning the guitar. I think he sums it up very nicely when he says, "you have to go about your own way and sometimes it gets pretty hazardous".
Thanks for the sharing. I really enjoyed that.
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Sep 20, 2008 10:29 p.m. Synchro:
Visually identical to the one I played today. The Vestax ones are more expensive than the Korean-made ones and I'm sure they are well worth the money.
I was absolutely blown away by the example I played today. Were I not in the middle of a big amp-conversion project plus rebuilding the F.I. on my (not so) trusty pickup, I'd have gone for my Visa.
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Sep 20, 2008 11:41 p.m. Daddy-O:
Mark I have been playing a D'Angelico EXL-1 for about a year and could not be more satisified. I guess your experienced that fast neck and super fret job. Seven guitarist down this way are playing various models of the new Korean models playing all types of music and loving these awesome axes. Over two grand cheaper than a new Es-175 they just cut the nuts off of the gibbys
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Sep 21, 2008 12:33 a.m. Calacas:
Nice very nice. Inspires me to post a link to this video...
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Sep 21, 2008 10:02 a.m. Synchro:
Daddy-O:
Indeed, that neck was one for the record books. The example I played was strung a bit on the light side for a Jazz axe and there was a minor penalty in sound but overall the acoustic sound of the guitar was very impressive. If it had one size thicker of strings it would have been unstoppable. As it was I could be heard very easily, even when I used my thumb or fingerpicked it.
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Sep 21, 2008 11:22 a.m. Tsar Nicholas :
That tone is just gorgeous. Bass player's no slouch either! Yow! Backwards strung and all..
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Sep 21, 2008 7:47 p.m. happydog:
That was great to see. One of the records I had when I was early on in my learning to play daze (and it was a daze) was Mundell Lowe and the All-Stars' "TV Action Jazz." Not cheesy at all, despite the title, and lots of great guitar playing.
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Sep 21, 2008 8:07 p.m. gretschiam:
What's the Korean model going for?
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Sep 21, 2008 8:51 p.m. JazzBoxJunky:
I believe it was Mundy that played guitar on the Hawaii Five-0 theme song, I know he played the music for the show, just not sure about the theme song. He was quite the session guy, and played on or wrote tons of stuff.
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Sep 21, 2008 11:31 p.m. Synchro:
gretschiam said: What's the Korean model going for?
The used one that they had at Rainbow guitars in Tucson was under $1,000. They're a very reputable dealer. -
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Sep 22, 2008 9:03 a.m. cat mensch:
"The guitar, which supplanted the banjo..."
Whoa fella, never!
I like the slightly gritty tone these older jazz guys often got, what with the single coil pickups and the low power amps.
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Sep 22, 2008 9:19 a.m. JazzBoxJunky:
Good price,looks to have some finish issues in the top? Could be just glare or smudges.
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Sep 22, 2008 10:17 a.m. Synchro:
Looks too consistant to be a photo problem, at least to my eye. I think that the guy was using the top of his guitar for chopping onions or something along those lines.
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Sep 22, 2008 11:31 a.m. Bear:
The sunburst pattern leaves a lot to be desired compared to the Japanese made D'As, but still a very nice looking guitar.
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Sep 22, 2008 12:25 p.m. seadevil:
Hey! Nokie Edwards can't read music, but he did play the lead guitar part on the Hawaii 5-0 theme. Perhaps ML played the rhythm part, but it's the first I've heard of it.
There's a great clip of him watching appreciatively while Roy Buchanan plays "Misty". Wow!
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Sep 22, 2008 12:34 p.m. JazzBoxJunky:
Yeah I think Mundy played on the version with the horns playing the theme, the Ventures version was not him.
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Sep 23, 2008 10:03 a.m. Jopapa:
Between the Lowe and LeVang videos, I'm dying to go home and play. Instead, I'm stuck here at work for another 6 hours.
