George Van Eps and Howard Alden - Night and Day

the seven string guitar master and Howard Alden playing the Cole Porter classic in Schorndorf, Germany October 1993.

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• George
• Van
• Eps
• Howard
• Alden
• seven
• string
• jazz
• guitar
• Cole
• Porter

[fiddlercrab3]

Can anybody tell me what those guys tune their extra strings to? A low B for both, a low A, or one apiece? I'm curious. And blown away.

[halden7]

The 7th string is a low A(octave below the 5th string), a tuning that George started using in the late 1930's. The last 20 years or so of his life, George tuned his entire guitar down a whole step, making it a low G

[paulplaystheguitar]

What kind of 7 string is George playing?

[halden7]

It's the Gretsch George Van Eps 7 string model, made from 1968 through the mid-'70s

[blueturtleblues]

Ladies and gentleman you are watchin a true genius can hypnotyze the world with his playing

[JAZZYSNAKE175]

SIMPLY FANTASTIC...

[DannyDesperate]

Hi, Fred Gretsch III, are you listening? All the world's makers seem to have a seven string, yet the makers of perhaps the best known seven string ever haven't! Get this 7 string model back into production ASAP - and better still fit it with a TV Jones split (stereo) neck pickup so the bass strings can go through a different amp (like on the Chet 6120 Stereo model).

[TheBillStickers]

Andyrehfledt needs to turn a George Van Eps video into a "Nu Metal version" lol xP

KoRn!

[goodresonance]

Simply awesome.

[HERB4441]

Someone said the 7-string was tuned to "A" below the 5th string. .It is actually tuned to "A" beblow the 6th string. The fifth string IS tuned to "A" just an octave above the 7th string, also "A".

[edavidsalways]

So, so sweet. Howard, thank you for allowing us to see/hear GVE. Monumental.....

[breaker9]

@halden7 AEADGBE?like drop a?

[carlos13190]

really great guitar playing

congratulations

[HERB4441]

I am a pro jazz guitarist & good friend of Howard Alden. George is no longer with us. but Howard & I are planning a CD for next year. We'll be on the guitars backed up by bass & drums.. Howard also plays a 7 string in "My Shining Hour." It's a Benedetto with the bottom string tuned to low "A"

[laswilliam]

My uncle often brought George over to the house on Sundays. Mr. Van Epps literally wrote the book on guitar, was first call on all the big recording sessions, played on many Sinatra tracks. I mean, he was THE BEST at what he did and what he did was beautiful.

You get a Sergio Vellatti to open his heart to George Van Epps and Sergio becomes the Next Big Thing for serious!

[NobleJoyous]

What a terrific duo. I especially love the range of Howard's tones - from upper register bite through mid register mellow to tight bass.