Ralph Macchio is Lightning Boy. A kid who can make a slide guitar sing. Blind Dog is an old pro who knows it. Together, they’re headed to a place where deals are made. And legends are born.
When he crossed Steve Vai on his road, the battle had to happen. (from the Crossroads movie 1986)
We’ve heard all our life that the major chord is happy & the minor chord is sad. Here’s an infographic explaining why
SummertimeSummertime, and the livin' is easy Fish are bitin' and the cotton is high Your daddy's rich and your mammy's good looking So hush, little baby, don't want you cry
Some of these days you're gonna rise up smiling Spread your wings and take to the sky Till that time there ain't nothing gonna harm you So hush, little baby, don't you cry Hush, little baby, don't you cry
pdf here:Â Summertime
Backing track (120 bpm)
Wes Montgomery Quotes “I got a standard box. I don’t never want nothing special. Then if I drop my box, I can borrow somebody else’s.” – Wes Montgomery (his “standard box” was the hollowbody Gibson L5-CES – cutaway electric Spanish)
Miles Davis Quotes “If you’re trying to be hip, be hip.” – Miles Davis
Steve Lacy Quotes  “In fifteen seconds the difference between composition and improvisation is that in composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in fifteen seconds, while in improvisation you have fifteen seconds.” – Steve Lacy
B.B. King Quote  “Charlie Christian had no more impact on my playing than Django Reinhardt or Lonnie Johnson. I just wanted to play like him. I wanted to play like all of them. All of these people were important to me. I couldn’t play like any of them, though …” – B.B. King
I am looking for an archtop guitar/amplifier that will give me that
Wes Montgomery, (Kenny Burrell, Joe Pass, etc. etc.) tone.
Jazz Guitarist Jack Grassel said once he was working with a Cellist from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra when a person walked up and commented âWow, your Cello sounds fantastic this eveningâ. Surprised at this comment the Cellist bent down and put his ear to his Cello âŠ.âFunnyâ he said, âI donât hear anythingâ.
We could comment that if Wes Montgomery came into a Guitar store and started playing guitars and amplifiers, everything he played would sound just like Wes. Not surprising. The artists we admire create the sound we love mostly 
through technique. They adjust their technique depending on the situation and equipment to get that same sound and effect. It is worthy to note that this finely honed technique took years and years of painstaking development and refinement.
Now it is true that some guitars will tend to sound darker and/or brighter which could help an aspiring musician emulate the elusive sound in question. Even Wes would have a tough time getting his sound playing a Telecaster on the bridge pickup through a Hot Rod Deluxe amplifier. But for the most part, Wes could get his sound through a variety of quality archtops or even a semi hollow body connected to a non distorting jazz amplifier.The most important choices for guitar selection should involve getting a guitar that is comfortable for you to play and that will perform well in your scenario. See âWhich Archtop Guitar Is Right For Meâ.
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