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Hi, everyone, a guitar post here in Inspirations and boy is it inspiring to me.

This is a really wonderful video from an old master having his last hurrah and a young rising star. In case you don't know this story, Howard convinced George to come out of retirement and they made some great music together. This concert was in 1993 and George passed on in 1998. I studied guitar for a long time with one of George's top students so he is one of my musical grand-teachers, so to speak.

The section from 2:17 to 4:10 is George improvising in full chord-melody style. Not many could do that then or now. Just exquisite.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cELkjAGg5ws[/youtube]

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Beautiful music. I agree with you concerning the chord melody solo...very, very nice.

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Niiice. Mr. Van Esp is actually a favorite of Mr. Chapman. Great fretboard knowledge from an important jazz guitar figure.
Harold is a master as well. I've had the honor to play duets with him on a number of occasions. He's recorded a ton and played Sean Penn's guitar parts in Woody Allen's Sweet And Low Down movie.
Two virtuosos creating great orchestral chemistry.
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Lee Vatip wrote:
Niiice. Mr. Van Esp is actually a favorite of Mr. Chapman. Great fretboard knowledge from an important jazz guitar figure.
Harold is a master as well. I've had the honor to play duets with him on a number of occasions. He's recorded a ton and played Sean Penn's guitar parts in Woody Allen's Sweet And Low Down movie.
Two virtuosos creating great orchestral chemistry.
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Steve A

I love it that Emmett is a fan of George! Thanks for that tidbit. And Howard is now considered a master-level player. This is cool.

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There is a video somewhere of me and Mr. Alden playing at the NAMM convention.
Also joined on a few tunes by Jay Roberts (Howard's son) for a groovy trio hit

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Crazy good.

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I still have my LPs of George Van Eps' artful solos, "My Guitar" and "Mellow Guitar", I think they were called. His 7-string guitar technique encompassed bass, chords and melody - my dream.

He lead me on the path of departure from guitar, he and Jimi Hendrix, that is. Van Eps had the intricate counterpoint and orchestration right there in his fingers on all the jazz standards he played. Hendrix had the extremes in expressive lead melody. I had to have both.

Van Eps had the melody as part of the overall harmony, but without expressive focus (how could you do it all with one fingering hand?). I admired his jazz sophistication and creative chord progressions, not to mention the counterpoint popping out from every sector. I had to have the harmony.

Hendrix made his guitar into a toy, so easy to play. Thin strings, playing the air (the standing waves on stage), bending up while nosediving down with the whammy bar, he made his instrument a part of his body and soul.

You lose an element of string expression with the thin strings and snaky LH hammaring embellishments, but you gain a whole new world of expression. I had to have that.

For me, it was Van Eps and the great jazz pianists Oscar Peterson and McCoy Tyner, plus the lead lines of Hendrix, Beck and Clapton, that lead me to the two handed "freedom guitar" in 1969 that became "The Electric Stick" the following year.

How to resolve a contradiction? You have to really want it. My discovery of the "Free Hands" two-handed tapping method on guitar (leading to The Stick) was the way out.


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I still have my LPs of George Van Eps' artful solos, "My Guitar" and "Mellow Guitar", I think they were called. His 7-string guitar technique encompassed bass, chords and melody - my dream.

He lead me on the path of departure from guitar, he and Jimi Hendrix, that is. Van Eps had the intricate counterpoint and orchestration right there in his fingers on all the jazz standards he played. Hendrix had the extremes in expressive lead melody. I had to have both.

Van Eps had the melody as part of the overall harmony, but without expressive focus (how could you do it all with one fingering hand?). I admired his jazz sophistication and creative chord progressions, not to mention the counterpoint popping out from every sector. I had to have the harmony.

Hendrix made his guitar into a toy, so easy to play. Thin strings, playing the air (the standing waves on stage), bending up while nosediving down with the whammy bar, he made his instrument a part of his body and soul.

You lose an element of string expression with the thin strings and snaky LH hammaring embellishments, but you gain a whole new world of expression. I had to have that.

For me, it was Van Eps and the great jazz pianists Oscar Peterson and McCoy Tyner, plus the lead lines of Hendrix, Beck and Clapton, that lead me to the two handed "freedom guitar" in 1969 that became "The Electric Stick" the following year.

How to resolve a contradiction? You have to really want it. My discovery of the "Free Hands" two-handed tapping method on guitar (leading to The Stick) was the way out.


Emmett, this is exactly why I was drawn to the Stick. I wanted more harmonic potential and more expressiveness, too. However, I didn't have the capabilities to create something new. I had to wait for you to invent it and I'll be eternally grateful that did and then shared it with the world.

Thank you!

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BSharp wrote:
I still have my LPs of George Van Eps' artful solos, "My Guitar" and "Mellow Guitar", I think they were called. His 7-string guitar technique encompassed bass, chords and melody - my dream.

He lead me on the path of departure from guitar, he and Jimi Hendrix, that is. Van Eps had the intricate counterpoint and orchestration right there in his fingers on all the jazz standards he played. Hendrix had the extremes in expressive lead melody. I had to have both.

Van Eps had the melody as part of the overall harmony, but without expressive focus (how could you do it all with one fingering hand?). I admired his jazz sophistication and creative chord progressions, not to mention the counterpoint popping out from every sector. I had to have the harmony.

Hendrix made his guitar into a toy, so easy to play. Thin strings, playing the air (the standing waves on stage), bending up while nosediving down with the whammy bar, he made his instrument a part of his body and soul.

You lose an element of string expression with the thin strings and snaky LH hammaring embellishments, but you gain a whole new world of expression. I had to have that.

For me, it was Van Eps and the great jazz pianists Oscar Peterson and McCoy Tyner, plus the lead lines of Hendrix, Beck and Clapton, that lead me to the two handed "freedom guitar" in 1969 that became "The Electric Stick" the following year.

How to resolve a contradiction? You have to really want it. My discovery of the "Free Hands" two-handed tapping method on guitar (leading to The Stick) was the way out.


Dammit, man. You are inspiring. All I can say. Oh, and thanks for inventing Sticks.

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I'll second that!!!! :)


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