I have an S470DX myself and I've gotten some pretty good jazz tones from it. Definately more versitile than I thought it was. I've performed at school band concerts with it a few times, but not sure if it'd be "classy" enough for a full jazz club/restaurant gig!
no arguing..ok guys.. I have come a long way from this video.. I understand the modes, chord forms and scales, box positions playing off of chords... jazz is expression, like blues.. it has form, but it is also free.. dont put it in a box..... sometimes too much schooling can ruin your free form ability. My sister is a great example.. she is an accomplished clarinet player, but she cant just jam, she needs sheet music in front of her.. I would love both schooled skills and jam ability..
Mike, I've moved over from rock-fusion about 6 years ago, focusing totally on jazz, and taking lessons from some well-known jazz recording artists. F everyone else, K? You've got a knack for it, dude, and I would SERIOUSLY encourage you to continue. What you're playing to my ear is a popular form in Brasil these days, a sort of samba-rock fusion that works very well with jazz rhythms. I like your stuff, with key being, as Herb Ellis would say, you ability to play smoothly and on the beat!
@leonoff89 eh youre not too bad at playing jazz just some practice and you gonna right on the spot learn some jazzy chords to throw into solos to spice it up a bit :)
Nice clean playing. Ignore the couch players that criticize your approach. Given the limits of the backing track you covered the improv portion well. Keep learning and enjoy the music!
Not really really jazz is it? Playing lead on the clean setting doesn't turn your playing into jazz. You were mostly just playing rock'ish lines. You put a few chromatic notes in there but still that doesn't simply make your playing jazz.
I think it was definitely Jazz lines, I think not throwing in any chords maybe an issue, but jazzy for sure..... I listen to a lot of jazz players Mike Stearns for instance, and his lines are like that as well.. so yes, it is jazz.. why isn't it in your opinion? Whats jazz in your opinion?
nice guitar, nice playin :) ...if you're talkin abt jazz technically, it's pretty much being able to utilize the altered scale over functioning dominants, playing chord scales (modes), and jazz standard songs that have common chord progressions like III VI II V I, etc.. but hey, great playin bro! cheers!
Yeah, but Jimmy Bruno can probably play any jazz standard tune in the Real Book, applying what you just played in different situations. That's Jazz. There's a difference between playing Jazz, and playing to sound "jazzy." It's all about understanding why certain 'shapes' work on certain situations. Jamming along a chord progression like you did is ok, but it doesn't end there. Learn tunes from the Real Book and try to apply what you learned from J. Bruno's dvd. Then, it's Jazz.
try playin an open jam jazz improv with other jazzheads in a jazz club.. let me know if they weren't playin any Real Book tunes and didn't know their II-V-I and altered scale. ask a jazzhead guy how he transcribes jazz improv lines, how he understands it and apply it to a different song/situation.. ask Berklee or MI how they teach 'jazz.' If I'm wrong, then Scott Henderson, Joe Diorio, Howard Roberts, Carl Shroeder, & the rest of the GIT faculty are all wrong, after all.
yeah bro, just trying to be helpful. Wes Montgomery probably is an example of what you meant by Improv that i would understand why you'd call it Improv. Wes never had any music theory, and simply was a musical genius. I'm no musical genius, and for me to understand what jazz makes it 'jazz,' thus, the school of thought I'm pointing out. before i can think/play 'outside the box," i must fully understand first what's 'inside the box' so i'd fully understand too how/why it works.
Nice sound, but you are playing beside backing track. Pay attention on harmony. It will make your playing more sophisticated. Last but not least is a rhytm. In this video you're just rambling on guitar. You should start to think about playing as speaking. Why don't you use pauses? It will help you to make more interesting phrases.
well, I am strictly self taught, no lessons and jazz is a whole new thing for me, I heard your stuff, wow, you are great! Maybe I can get to that level someday :)
@TheBlakem I hope you didn't recieve my comment as talking big. I wanted only to give you some advices which can develop your (in my opinion very good at the moment) improvisation skills. I recommend you Scott Henderson's guitar video "Melodic Control". It's describing a problem of phrasing in jazzy or bluesy kinds of music.
Thanks for invitation. I'm waiting for you next videos.
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Nice guitar man,finally a good clean demo of this awesome guitar."Im not a very good jazz player" my ass!that was great man,youre too modest haha.Better than most "proffesional" jazz guitarists on here.Again,nice guitar,Ive wanted a prestige S for a while now,and this makes it worse lol.
@rockerdude29 Not to knock on this dude, (he's a great, great player-!) but his playing definitely shows he's got more a of a blues or rock influence-vibrato and trem aren't actually used often in jazz as orthodox techniques-there are some very good jazz players around on youtube and I didn't think it was a very knowledgeable comment to say that this guy is better in jazz-as it would do a disservice to not acknowledge their hard work (check out jazzguts on youtube, he's the real deal)
@Alessandoctor the amp is incredible, it dont care how inexpensive it is.. why is price an issue..anyway , sound and tone is what matters , its a killer amp...if you would like to buy me a sweet expensive amp, hey, i will take it ....i also have a vintage fender tube amp .
@Alessandoctor this amp sounds just as good as a great tube amp, you should try one, the best deal on the market, i do love my tube amp as well, i have a 1980 fender 75, that thing rocks...
have you ever heard of a Roland JC?One of the greatest amps of all time and its solid state.Honestly my little 2watt micro cube solid state sounds as good as ANY tune amp Ive ever heard,great compression,awesome tone,and I also have a Marshall JCM2000/1960A halfstack,fender tube amp,and kustom contender tube amp.Besides not everyone can afford a $3000 boutique tube deal either.
your playing is just fine ,nice fluid lines ,just the right sound and feel to compliment the backing track ,Nice guitar ,I have those same pickups ,now I just have to install them in my New Old Stock 1993 Ibanez EX 1500 ,Hey Mike keep up the good work ..
I have an S470DX myself and I've gotten some pretty good jazz tones from it. Definately more versitile than I thought it was. I've performed at school band concerts with it a few times, but not sure if it'd be "classy" enough for a full jazz club/restaurant gig!
Great playing by the way.
jess1541 4 months ago
Cool! Lovely Jazz tone, very latino! Good job!
blephara 4 months ago
thats sweet man! for some reason i thought this guitar was mainly for like metal or something. awesome though, if only i had money haha.
Kursplunky 5 months ago
actually that was pretty sweet!
What kind of pickups do you have there? Sounds stock, but the quality isn't so good to be sure of that.
FrostlordTheWizard 9 months ago
this was pretty sexy bruh lol if u r better now i would love to hear more
Dgray1392 10 months ago
no arguing..ok guys.. I have come a long way from this video.. I understand the modes, chord forms and scales, box positions playing off of chords... jazz is expression, like blues.. it has form, but it is also free.. dont put it in a box..... sometimes too much schooling can ruin your free form ability. My sister is a great example.. she is an accomplished clarinet player, but she cant just jam, she needs sheet music in front of her.. I would love both schooled skills and jam ability..
TheBlakem 11 months ago 6
Mike, I've moved over from rock-fusion about 6 years ago, focusing totally on jazz, and taking lessons from some well-known jazz recording artists. F everyone else, K? You've got a knack for it, dude, and I would SERIOUSLY encourage you to continue. What you're playing to my ear is a popular form in Brasil these days, a sort of samba-rock fusion that works very well with jazz rhythms. I like your stuff, with key being, as Herb Ellis would say, you ability to play smoothly and on the beat!
JamaisMEC 1 year ago 3
@JamaisMEC Wow man thanks so much! I love playing free form along with the beat.... I am grateful for the encouragement.
TheBlakem 1 year ago
cool guitar! wish they still do natural rosewood headstock like the those on older S prestige
prabowoputra 1 year ago
are u pro or a hobbyist u sound good by the way
leonoff89 1 year ago
@leonoff89 semi pro, I play in a working wedding band...
TheBlakem 1 year ago
@leonoff89 eh youre not too bad at playing jazz just some practice and you gonna right on the spot learn some jazzy chords to throw into solos to spice it up a bit :)
leonoff89 1 year ago
it sounds a bit like the melodies in super mario sunshine
flo157g 1 year ago
Nice clean playing. Ignore the couch players that criticize your approach. Given the limits of the backing track you covered the improv portion well. Keep learning and enjoy the music!
mqblues 1 year ago
awesome
Ps3capt 1 year ago
nice playing:-)
blingnelly 1 year ago
I'm not really a jazz player either but that sounded great. Right now I don't own an Ibanez and never have but I will be buying one.....SOON.
johnnynocaster 1 year ago
nice playing..great guitar..i want that guitar
jasonism123 1 year ago
I enjoyed that. Very nice playing. I like the finish on your guitar but I wish Ibanez made that style in white too. I want the SV as my next guitar.
Jaxx137 1 year ago
beautiful finish on that guitar. playing is bad either
thricegod1288 1 year ago
The room EQ/reverb/delay makes your leads sound almost as if your playing is being doubled by a keyboard
DeeWKnaD 1 year ago
i strongly dissagree. it is jazz these people are angry nowadays
MrPangulo007 1 year ago
hey man, that ws jazzy/rock and i liked it :)
shakeshaftthomas 1 year ago
you here the rock but you can sure call this a jazz solo!
goldietoon 1 year ago
Not really really jazz is it? Playing lead on the clean setting doesn't turn your playing into jazz. You were mostly just playing rock'ish lines. You put a few chromatic notes in there but still that doesn't simply make your playing jazz.
chrisatronx 1 year ago
I think it was definitely Jazz lines, I think not throwing in any chords maybe an issue, but jazzy for sure..... I listen to a lot of jazz players Mike Stearns for instance, and his lines are like that as well.. so yes, it is jazz.. why isn't it in your opinion? Whats jazz in your opinion?
TheBlakem 1 year ago
@TheBlakem yea thats def jazz, smooth jazz
MetalFee666 1 year ago
@TheBlakem a jazzy playing for sure not jazz but a fusion kind of melody. very very interesting cheers mate
elvisPTpor 1 year ago
@TheBlakem
nice guitar, nice playin :) ...if you're talkin abt jazz technically, it's pretty much being able to utilize the altered scale over functioning dominants, playing chord scales (modes), and jazz standard songs that have common chord progressions like III VI II V I, etc.. but hey, great playin bro! cheers!
yksiolac 1 year ago
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NathanSnyder13 11 months ago
@NathanSnyder13
Yeah, but Jimmy Bruno can probably play any jazz standard tune in the Real Book, applying what you just played in different situations. That's Jazz. There's a difference between playing Jazz, and playing to sound "jazzy." It's all about understanding why certain 'shapes' work on certain situations. Jamming along a chord progression like you did is ok, but it doesn't end there. Learn tunes from the Real Book and try to apply what you learned from J. Bruno's dvd. Then, it's Jazz.
yksiolac 11 months ago
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NathanSnyder13 11 months ago
@NathanSnyder13
try playin an open jam jazz improv with other jazzheads in a jazz club.. let me know if they weren't playin any Real Book tunes and didn't know their II-V-I and altered scale. ask a jazzhead guy how he transcribes jazz improv lines, how he understands it and apply it to a different song/situation.. ask Berklee or MI how they teach 'jazz.' If I'm wrong, then Scott Henderson, Joe Diorio, Howard Roberts, Carl Shroeder, & the rest of the GIT faculty are all wrong, after all.
yksiolac 11 months ago
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NathanSnyder13 11 months ago
@NathanSnyder13
yeah bro, just trying to be helpful. Wes Montgomery probably is an example of what you meant by Improv that i would understand why you'd call it Improv. Wes never had any music theory, and simply was a musical genius. I'm no musical genius, and for me to understand what jazz makes it 'jazz,' thus, the school of thought I'm pointing out. before i can think/play 'outside the box," i must fully understand first what's 'inside the box' so i'd fully understand too how/why it works.
yksiolac 11 months ago
Nice sound, but you are playing beside backing track. Pay attention on harmony. It will make your playing more sophisticated. Last but not least is a rhytm. In this video you're just rambling on guitar. You should start to think about playing as speaking. Why don't you use pauses? It will help you to make more interesting phrases.
Anyway great guitar! Keep playin. Greetings :)
baz0k 1 year ago 6
well, I am strictly self taught, no lessons and jazz is a whole new thing for me, I heard your stuff, wow, you are great! Maybe I can get to that level someday :)
TheBlakem 1 year ago
@TheBlakem I hope you didn't recieve my comment as talking big. I wanted only to give you some advices which can develop your (in my opinion very good at the moment) improvisation skills. I recommend you Scott Henderson's guitar video "Melodic Control". It's describing a problem of phrasing in jazzy or bluesy kinds of music.
Thanks for invitation. I'm waiting for you next videos.
Greetings :)
baz0k 1 year ago
@baz0k no, I didnt take it badly..I like anything that can help me improve :)
TheBlakem 1 year ago
this is probaly one Ibanez Id buy if I had $1300..or a Jem hardtail
wisesatyr72 1 year ago
Sounds more like elevator music xD Good work though and sexy guitar
e4g1e1 1 year ago
Well, that is fine jazz!
FleshMob 1 year ago
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Where did you get the backing track?
delecroix2 1 year ago
Where did you get the backing track?
delecroix2 1 year ago
In my opinion you suck at rock and rock at jazz man. Awesome vibrato and use of tremolo.
figaz555 1 year ago
What pickup were you using here?
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baoc2007 1 year ago
does using the trem alot put this baby out of tune??
15eman 1 year ago
how much was it?
carol689 2 years ago
$1300.00
TheBlakem 2 years ago
@carol689 Ouch, 1300? That would hurt anyones wallet.
oOBulletsaint 1 year ago
Great playin man!!!!!!
ManfredRahn 1 year ago
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martinman300 2 years ago
Nice guitar man,finally a good clean demo of this awesome guitar."Im not a very good jazz player" my ass!that was great man,youre too modest haha.Better than most "proffesional" jazz guitarists on here.Again,nice guitar,Ive wanted a prestige S for a while now,and this makes it worse lol.
rockerdude29 2 years ago
@rockerdude29 Not to knock on this dude, (he's a great, great player-!) but his playing definitely shows he's got more a of a blues or rock influence-vibrato and trem aren't actually used often in jazz as orthodox techniques-there are some very good jazz players around on youtube and I didn't think it was a very knowledgeable comment to say that this guy is better in jazz-as it would do a disservice to not acknowledge their hard work (check out jazzguts on youtube, he's the real deal)
Koreanflow 1 year ago
great guitar man..I think with this you con do to jazz to rock passing for blues..great ! what amp is it?
Alessandoctor 2 years ago
@Alessandoctor its a new peavey bandit 112... a great amp...
TheBlakem 2 years ago
I don't know man..a 1000€ guitar to an 200€ amp ?? I don't think that the instriment is enough valorized
Alessandoctor 2 years ago
@Alessandoctor the amp is incredible, it dont care how inexpensive it is.. why is price an issue..anyway , sound and tone is what matters , its a killer amp...if you would like to buy me a sweet expensive amp, hey, i will take it ....i also have a vintage fender tube amp .
TheBlakem 2 years ago
I said that the amp doesn't valorize the guitar..if you have a tube amp..I recommend to use it , tube is better than solid state (In my opinion)
Alessandoctor 2 years ago
@Alessandoctor this amp sounds just as good as a great tube amp, you should try one, the best deal on the market, i do love my tube amp as well, i have a 1980 fender 75, that thing rocks...
TheBlakem 2 years ago
have you ever heard of a Roland JC?One of the greatest amps of all time and its solid state.Honestly my little 2watt micro cube solid state sounds as good as ANY tune amp Ive ever heard,great compression,awesome tone,and I also have a Marshall JCM2000/1960A halfstack,fender tube amp,and kustom contender tube amp.Besides not everyone can afford a $3000 boutique tube deal either.
rockerdude29 2 years ago
Buy him an amp.
YofterMofter 2 years ago
very nice.
sharperdude1972 2 years ago
your playing is just fine ,nice fluid lines ,just the right sound and feel to compliment the backing track ,Nice guitar ,I have those same pickups ,now I just have to install them in my New Old Stock 1993 Ibanez EX 1500 ,Hey Mike keep up the good work ..
phndude59 2 years ago
Who says you can't play jazz....I thought it was great! What amp are you playing through by the way?
shadowbane80 2 years ago
The best cheap amp on the market.. A Peavey Bandit 112
TheBlakem 2 years ago
very good jazz playing.
leoman131 2 years ago
wow thats a gorgeous guitar, congrats man!!. actually good playing too, and the backing track is really nice where did you found it man?
flafo914 2 years ago
DUDE :D i want the wood FINISH!!!
elsepulcro 2 years ago
It was a limited edition version..Honey... they only made it for a little while..glad I found it.....
TheBlakem 2 years ago
"Honey Gold" is the color...
TheBlakem 2 years ago
Nothing Wrong with that man
musicprodave 2 years ago 4