Jazz Guitar

About my guitars.  I have three guitars.  One is a "beater" -- a Japanese flattop with a bolt-on neck (a la Fender.)  It looks like a ho-hummer, but the neck is sweet.  I take it to class to play for my music students.  Two is a 1995 Fender Jag-Stang.  The Jag-stang was a marriage of the Jaguar and the Mustang, created by Curt Cobain.  You can find out all about it at www.jag-stang.com.   I modified mine for jazz by replacing the neck pickup with a Gibson Johnny Smith Humbucker.  You can see a picture of it here.  Three is a 1952 Gibson ES-140, modified to look almost exactly like a little bitty ES-175.  It is for sale, and you can see it in detail here. 

New, I replaced my Fender with a little Fender Squier "Mini. It has the same size fingerboard, and I just love it.

My playing experience.  I got my first guitar at 14, and I bought my Gibson ES-140 in 1953 (I was 17).  Since then, I've been a sideman and a leader in dozens of bands -- never playing full-time for more than a couple of weeks at a time.  I played Jazz and C&W in Arizona, "Mickey" in LA, Jazz and C&W in Denver, and then played with a Country Trio for almost 10 years in Colorado Springs.  My last job in COS was a "sweet gig" (as my drummer Bob Roades liked to say) playing Dinner Jazz at Molicas Italian Restaurant every Friday.  

New:  I went back to Colorado Springs and played at Mollicas with TuneTown from Dec 2003 until November 2004..  I am now back in Corozal, preparing to open my music hall.  Details forthcoming.  

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