sir bluebossa, in all his recordings that i've heard, jim hall always sounded warm. which jim hall album did you have in mind?
william, to nail the early benson tone, i suggest you roll down he treble and boost the mids instead. not too much treble unless you want your guitar to sound like a tin can.
Pre napansin ko hindi naman 100% consistent ang tone ng mga gitarista eh, iba iba rin ng konti bawat concert, I even have a recording of wes with a bright tone (bright enough for jazz, if you know what I mean), meron pa ko dito old george benson playing a slightly distorted tone, listen to Johnny Smith mataba ung tone pero hindi muddy. Ayoko kasi talaga nung bassy at hindi mo na marinig ung dynamics eh.
Napansin ko din iba ang tone pag malakas ang amp with a band compared sa room lang. It's not as easy as only having one set-up to get the tone you want, especially if you play in different areas. Sa school may malaking fender tube amp at magaling na sound engineer kaya wla akong msyadong problema. Sa jam session sa bar, ung maliit na amp lang ang dala ko, di ako masyadong masya sa tone ko. Nung sa open stage once, walang magandang amp, I used bbpreamp as a boost, ok na ok hindi nag ffeedback ung jazz guitar.
Gusto ko rin naman ung mga bagong tone ni george benson eh like this:
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Pero like I said iba iba rin bawat concert.
This guitar sounds like tin can man! hahahahha:
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but of course I have nothing against Joe Pass, he's one of my greatest inspiration.
