The Jazz Guitar Amp And Guitars

The Jazz Guitar Amp And Guitars

by Leticia Jensen

Jazz Guitars first emerged in the early 1930s because the musicians of the time found the need to increase the guitars volume within an ensemble in order that they are easier to hear. These guitars greatly influenced music's evolution during the 20th century. The first of these guitars were acoustic but by the 1940s the hollow body, solid body and semi-acoustic guitars were favoured by musicians along with a tube jazz guitar amp.

Jazz guitarists typically use an archtop guitar. The archtop is instantly recognisable with its broad sized hollow sound box, floating bridge, magnetic pickups and f shaped sound holes, much like a violin. These are collectively known as hollow body guitars and have been mass produced by many leading brands since the 50s.

Jazz guitar involves several ways of playing, including comping and blowing. Comping involves the playing of jazzy chords beneath a song's melody or a jazzy solo; it often incorporates a walking bassline. Blowing refers to the use of improvisation over the top of a chord progression with jazzy phrases and ornaments. Scales, modes and arpeggios are used within a tune's chord progression when improvising and soloing.

Jazz can be performed on of the world'd most popular guitars but the hollowbody or archtop is the one most associated with jazz. It has the classic "warm", jazzy tone that people recognise instantly. Leading manufacturers, such as Epiphone, Gibson, Stromberg and D'Angelico manufacture hollowbody guitars to very high quality standards and they are also very popular for rock and pop music. The hollow body has a spruce top and maple back. The sides are made of one piece of wood form into an arch giving the instrument its name "archtop."

The beautifully jazzy tone is best produced with a hollowbody archtop, due to its magnetic pickups and hollow body. Although, the desired "warm tone" from these guitars is best combined with a good amplifier that has been designed specifically for this kind of music.

Tube amps are the most popular type of amps but have some limitations. They are very heavy and require more maintenance than solid state amps. They also suffer from noise and cost more. One great alternative are digital modelling modules that can produce any classic tone and can be used on any amplifier. However, purists still prefer the tone of a tube amp.

One of the most popular amps that produce jazzy tones is the superb Roland JC120 Chorus. It was introduced in 1975 and has been used by legendary musicians, such as George Benson, Larry Coryell, Pat Matino and many others. This beautiful amp is the first to have special effects built into it, including delay, reverb and overdrive.

There are several excellent amps produced by Fender. These include: The Fender King, Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, Fender Blues JR and the very popular Fender Jazzmaster stack with amplifier head. Each one of these amps does a fantastic job of creating a beautiful and jazzy tone, especially when combined with a classic archtop or hollowbody.



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