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Guitar Article from the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
http://www.startribune.com/389/story/939808.html
Quote:Hammer Of The Gods
There’s a reason it’s called the hammer of the gods. The aura of the electric guitar has as much to do with the people who played it as it does six strings, 24 frets and two pickups. These are rock’s most timeless guitars and the people who made them famous. FYI: You won’t be seeing them stacked up in generic brown boxes in a discount store anytime soon.There’s a reason it’s called the hammer of the gods. The aura of the electric guitar has as much to do with the people who played it as it does six strings, 24 frets and two pickups. These are rock’s most timeless guitars and the people who made them famous. FYI: You won’t be seeing them stacked up in generic brown boxes in a discount store anytime soon.
FENDER STRATOCASTERWhat makes it unique: An ability to capture a wide range of tones — from mellow to funky "out of phase" to growling bite — because of its three pickups and five-way switch.
Who made it famous: Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, Roger Waters, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Ritchie Blackmore.
FENDER TELECASTER
What makes it unique: Its signature twang and bite.
Who made it famous: Keith Richards, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Strummer and just about every country guy who has ever strummed a guitar.
GRETSCH
What makes it unique: The gritty yet twangy sound of a Gretsch hollow body.
Who made it famous: Brian Setzer, George Harrison, Chet Atkins, Lou Reed, Ted Nugent, Neil Young.
FENDER JAGUAR/JAZZMASTER/MUSTANG
What makes them unique: These mid- to low-end Fender guitars can go from grungy to jazzy to surfy sounding with a boost of the volume.
Who made them famous: Kurt Cobain, Elvis Costello, Dick Dale, J. Mascis, Sonic Youth, the Beach Boys.
GIBSON LES PAUL
What makes it unique: Chunky, wall-of-sound power chords.
Who made it famous: Slash, Jimmy Page, Marc Bolan, Mick Ronson, Ace Frehley, Steve Jones, the Allman Brothers.
GIBSON SG
What makes it unique: It can crank out a monolith riff that’s brighter than a Les Paul.
Who made it famous: Angus Young, Tony Iommi, Pete Townshend.
RICKENBACKER
What makes it unique: That thin, bright, jangly sound.
Who made it famous: Tom Petty, the Byrds, the Jam, R.E.M., Pete Townshend, John Lennon.
ESP
What makes it unique: Heavy-metal thunder.
Who made it famous: Metallica, Deftones, Helmet, Megadeth.
KRAMER/ CHARVEL/ JACKSON
What makes them unique: The pointy headstocks and squealing pickups made them famous in the 1980s hair-metal heyday, despised in the ’90s and, of late, retro-cool.
Who made them famous: Eddie Van Halen turned Kramer into the guitar for an army of finger-tapping wannabes.
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http://www.startribune.com/389/story/939808.htmlconsidering jazzmasters and jaguars were top of the line models in the day, and outsold strats in the early sixties, im wondering as to why they were called mid to low end models.
well, Jazzmasters were built to get jazz players into fenders. But Fender didn’t succeed with that. Instead it became the ultimate surf guitar. LOw, mid end is talk about frequencies I guess. On the other hand, you can get very trebly tones with jazzmaster and jaguars.
plenty of jazz players used the to my understanding. Even hendrix used on when he was in someones backing band. Even some rockabilly players used jazzies, carl perkins for example.(though i can no longer find the video of it.)
I´ve never seen a jazz-guy playing the JM….Now or then.(Wonder what Leo Fender had in mind when he was designing it to be a "Jazzguitar?).
The guitar Carl Perkins played was´nt a JM.It looked a bit JM´ish with the soapbar pu´s…Maybe some custom-built thing?.
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