Beautiful Love auf Gibson L5 Wes Montgomery

[CapoFirstFret]

Unbelievable! As a schooled musician, and mediocre jazz guitarist, I was checking out Gibson L5 videos and came across this one! Outstanding tone, phrasing, and feel! I tabbed out for a minute and forgot I wasn't listening to a classic jazz performance. Extreme kudos.

[axelf020469]

@CapoFirstFret: thanks very much for your kind compliment - keep swinging - Axel

[symioncion]

Gibt es die noch zu kaufen?

[axelf020469]

@symioncion: Ja, bei Interesse einfach anmailen - LG - Axel

[symioncion]

Sehr schön! And really inspiring! :)

Grüße

[axelf020469]

@symioncion: Lieben Dank für das nette Kompliment - Axel

[BlueRIff63]

Very fluid playing style and great note choices. Nice work on this! Thanks.

[axelf020469]

@BlueRIff63: Thanks!

[cruzinsmooth]

Great playing, fantastic tone! best regards

[axelf020469]

@cruzinsmooth: thanks a lot!!

[peteromara]

Hi Axel,

wonderful playing on these videos! Great to see you again at the Bielefeld workshop too! Best wishes,

Peter

[axelf020469]

@peteromara: Hi Peter, thanks for your compliment. It's always a great pleasure to hear and see you playing - Axel

[Jwguitarjam]

Im aweing at the l5, love the finish! Is that a bourgony?

[axelf020469]

@Jwguitarjam: It is the original wine red. Regards - Axel

[murilomorello]

killer!



[KitPesarchick]

wow.... wow... how long have you been playing for? incredible.

[axelf020469]

@KitPesarchick: Thank you very much, I'm playing for 30 years now. Keep swinging - Axel

[Grooveitman]

Beautiful, congratulations, you make me want to try jazz stuff again, thank you. Are you playing with flat strings or rounds? Which type and gauges? Regards.

[axelf020469]

@Grooveitman: Yes, I play flat wounds - Thomastik Infeld JS112 (012-050), Keep swinging - Axel

[TheGlass50]

Bravo!!! Awesome!! Very beautiful and inspiring...Thanks for sharing...

[Parnokampret]

whether Ibanez pm 20 has the same size with Gibson L5?

[axelf020469]

@Parnokampret: Hi, no it has not. the P20 has a 16" body whereas the L5 has a 17" body. Additionally the body of the PM20 is around 2,5" thick whereas the L5's is around 3,3". Regards - Axel

[Parnokampret]

@axelf020469 ah man thanks, do you prefer ibanez af125 or epiphone zephyr/broadway/emperor regent? cause this week i want to buy af125, my friend told me that af125 is really great jazzbox with custom 58 pickup than epi hollowbody or washburn hollowbody. please give me advice about af125, is that right choice to buy af125. I know it depends on the needs, but, if af125 is a good hollowbody? anyway really nice playing friend :D

[axelf020469]

@Parnokampret: Hi, I never played the af125 but I have made good experiences with the following Ibanez guitars: JSM100 and PM20. Both have the super 58 pickups which sounds great. Before choosing an epiphone I would choose the Ibanez. Keep swinging - Axel

[TadRapidly]

my left ear is very satisfied with this.

[ucceldibosco]

Nice playing!

I like your style a lot.

Just a technical question : do you use your right hand pinky finger when you play chords in between the single note soloing?

[axelf020469]

@ucceldibosco: Yes, you're right. I use all fingers of my right hand to play four-note-voicings with this hybrid-picking. Thanks!

[edudzzaj]

beautiful tone, great playing too

[axelf020469]

@edudzzaj: thanks very much!

[JSustain]

I learned a lot from looking at your hybrid picking technique! Thanks!!

[axelf020469]

@JSustain: many thanks to you!

[bavero55]

played very well swing nice compliments

[axelf020469]

@bavero55: mille grazie!

[L4CESN]

Beautiful playing. I've been looking for an amp for my L-4, and have been thinking of a Deluxe Reverb, but this tone is beautiful. Just wondering if you can share any experiences of different amps to suit an archtop? Also, what strings are you using? Thanks.

[axelf020469]

@L4CESN: Thanks for your compliment. I use both worlds: a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe for the tube world and a Henriksen Jazz amp for the transistor section. To my mind the Henriksen is best for a classical clean Jazztone. It is light and easy to use, just your amp and your guitar and go. The Fender is great if you are using pedals in front of it. I use Thomastik Infeld JS112 (flat wounds) on my L5 and my Ibanez JSM. Keep swinging - Axel

[baeh123456]

Hi Axel :-) Really nice playing!! Tell me, Axel, How does that baby sound acoustically?? Can it be used unplugged as an acoustic guitar, as well as an electric??

Best Regards

Tony

[axelf020469]

@baeh123456: Hello Tony, with that original abr-tune-o-matic-bridge it sounds not good. After replacing the metal-bridge by an ebony-bridge the acoustic sound became much better. You can play the L5 now unplugged for training at home. If you play with a band you have to amplify it. I can send you an mp3-file (peace from horace silver) where the studio-guy recorded the L5 with acoustic and electric signals. Regards - Axel

[Guitfiddlejase]

Wonderful!

[axelf020469]

@Guitfiddlejase: Thanks!

[edteaches]

Love the sound of the guitar... and the playing was beautiful too. Bravo! What amplifier did you use?

[axelf020469]

@edteaches: Hi Ed, it's a Henriksen Jazzamp 112. Regards - Axel

[JazzGit1]

Wonderful playing - one of my favourite songs. Great guitar too.

[axelf020469]

@JazzGit1: Hi, thanks. Keep Swinging - Axel

[flowerdrop1]

sweet sound, well played

[axelf020469]

@flowerdrop1: Thanks!

[rpagnotta56]

Ciao Axel,

I passed by and I wanted to tell you that you play this tune really well....

Bravo!

Ciao,

Roberto

[axelf020469]

@rpagnotta56: ciao roberto, thanks for your comment, mille grazie!

[dfhjsdbfvuretgjknfds]

man muss im leben einiges richtig gemacht haben um eine l5 sein Eigen nennen zu dürfen.

wunderschönes Instrument und angenehm zu sehen ,dass jemand auch herrlich damit umzugehen weiß.

Neidische Grüße,

leon

;)

[axelf020469]

@dfhjsdbfvuretgjknfds: Vielen Dank für das schöne Kompliment. Keep swinging! - Axel

[stellaantoine2]

I play a Gibson Epiphone Casino 350td build in 1965

I guess it s the same as the one John Lennon played before

and i changed the P90 for Humbuggan in order to get some L5 soud

[alfredfripper]

nice playing!

[axelf020469]

hello alfredfripper, thank you very much

[GuyKornowski]

Very nice playing, great block chords too.

I have the Wes Mongomery L5 as well, and i'm considering buying the Jazzamp by Henriksen.

Do you recommend it? (as someone who has the exact guitar I have)

[axelf020469]

@GuyKornowski: Thanks for your compliments at first. I love the Henriksen very well because it is light, loud and clean. For me it is the more modern Polytone. If you are a typical "tube player" you won't like it, otherwise it is fantastic. I recommend the 112 because it has more depth than the 110. If you like to experience with different speaker cabinets the convertible will be perfect. I bought the 112 combo which is perfect for me.

Keep swinging - Axel

[n1ghtprwlr]

awesome tone and arrangement

[axelf020469]

thanks!

[Rom1970]

Great playing ..Nice guitar too.

[jazzperl7]

Great playing with terrific swing and beautiful tone.

Keep up the good work

[gianfazz]

Grüezi! Also ich wollte mal unbedingt anbringen, dass mich dein Gitarrenspiel echt fasziniert. Auch der Klang der L5 mit dem Henriksen Amp. Eine gelungene Kombination. Nun wollte ich noch fragen, ob du dir eventuell die Noten weiterreichen könntest wenn es welche gibt.... Vielen Dank und Grüsse aus der Schweiz.

[axelf020469]

@gianfazz: Lieben Dank für das Lob. Die Version ist improvisiert, daher habe ich keine Noten davon - außer natürlich die Originalnoten. LG - Axel

[gianfazz]

@axelf020469 Ok! Vielen Dank wäre es möglich mir die original Noten als PDF zu mailen? ...nur wenn es keine zu grossen Umstände bereitet. LG- Gianni: gfazzone@gmx.net

[bavero55]

beautiful

[fonkfiend]

Gorgeous guitar, gorgeous playing! I dream to one day own an L-5 Wes... (sigh)

[William102582]

great playing!

[axelf020469]

thanks - keep swinging

[thyguitargod]

I was stunned by this video, especially at a time when I am rediscovering the Jazz legends (Duke, Armstrong, Wes...and on).

What year is your L-5? I noticed the color is very peculiar, is it wine?? I love it.

I have looked for it online to no avail.

[axelf020469]

@thyguitargod: My L5 is from 2001 and the colour is wine red. I don't know if it is available any more. Are you searching for one?

[kennosen1]

Sweet!

[ellliotttshmellliott]

This is really great. I love it.

[axelf020469]

@ellliotttshmellliott and @123Fenderman: Thank you very much, keep swinging - Axel

[123Fenderman]

you're a killer, man! you really do justice to that nice guitar.

great video, keep'em comin'...

[jazzyedwin24]

Do you have any recording of your self out there?(CD). Your playing is just excellent. You are a pro guitarsit. Love your style.

[axelf020469]

@jazzyedwin24: I don't have a cd but I can send you some mp3s if you want. Thank you very much - Axel

[freedomofspeach1]

That's beautiful man. Really nice chord melody. Great tone too. Beautiful guitar as well.

[axelf020469]

@freedomofspeach1 Thank you for your compliment!

[Gibson17081963]

Beautiful !!! Can I know the model of you Henriksen? Thank you

[axelf020469]

Of course, it's a Henriksen JazzAmp 112 - the German version because the US model made problems with the euopean voltage.

[rpagnotta56]

Thanks Axel, I will try them...very nice of you!!

Grazie,

Ciao,

Roberto

[rpagnotta56]

Axel, would you feel like telling me what scales are you thinking while improvising?

You do not have to....if you do not like the idea.

Grazie,

Ciao,

Roberto

[axelf020469]

@rpagnotta56: There is nothing special, just the normal scales like:

Em7b5 A7b9 Dm7 D7b9 (Think Fmaj or d aeolian and a c# an A7 => AHMV; D HMV with a f# on D7b9 then leads to Gm)

Gm7 C7 Fj7 Em7b5 A7 (Think Fmaj and again A HMV over A7)

Dm7 Gm7 Bb7 Em7b5 A7 (Fmaj on Dm and Gm, Bb mixo #11 on Bb7; Em7b5 A7 see above)

Dm G7#11 Em7b5 A7b9 (G mixo #11 on G, other cords like above)

[axelf020469]

@rpagnotta56: In addition I like to play arpeggios in between, these are normally arpeggios with 1 3 5 and 7.

Hope this helps a little bit.

Otherwise call again.

Thanks - Axel

[rpagnotta56]

Bravo Axel, good feeling....

[axelf020469]

thank you very much

[rpagnotta56]

I will download the music and try to learn it watching you also, while stuck in an hotel up in the mountains, since my kid has the flu....Ciao, Robert

[axelf020469]

Thank you all for your kind comments.

Have a good time.

[diz52nd]

yeah, buddy...ausgezeichnet!!!

[Lifesblood1]

that was beautiful

[diminishedlogic]

great playing!