What kind of Strings does Kenny Burrell use?

jcg

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Jun 26, 2012, 3:27:27 PM6/26/12

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Anyone know if they are lights, etc? Just curious...
Thanks,
jg

David J. Littleboy

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Jun 26, 2012, 4:18:47 PM6/26/12

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"jcg" wrote in message
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Anyone know if they are lights, etc? Just curious...
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Dunno about Burrell, but my teach, who's a Burrell fan, gets the killer
clean big Gibson sound from his Super 400 using D'Addario Chromes XL "Jazz
Light" gage: .011 to .050.

Guitar solos start at around 5:00 in both these. (Drumless standards trio,
which is about to have a new CD out.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhhyeacv6Po
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eM-F7mFReI

-- David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

Gerry

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Jun 26, 2012, 4:26:31 PM6/26/12

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On 2012-06-26 20:18:47 +0000, David J. Littleboy said:

> Dunno about Burrell, but my teach, who's a Burrell fan, gets the killer
> clean big Gibson sound from his Super 400 using D'Addario Chromes XL
> "Jazz Light" gage: .011 to .050.
>
> Guitar solos start at around 5:00 in both these. (Drumless standards
> trio, which is about to have a new CD out.)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhhyeacv6Po
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eM-F7mFReI

Great vibe!
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If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music
people don't talk. -- Oscar Wilde

jcg

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Jun 26, 2012, 4:40:04 PM6/26/12

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Who the hell is that? What an amazing tone!!

Give us some more details about his set up, etc. High action, I take it?

David J. Littleboy

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Jun 26, 2012, 7:07:00 PM6/26/12

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"jcg" wrote in message
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Who the hell is that? What an amazing tone!!

Give us some more details about his set up, etc. High action, I take it?
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I haven't asked him to let me try his guitar, but I don't think the action
is particularly high: my impression is is that he lets the amp do the work.
Whatever, he sounds amazing on that instrument, which he has played for 30
years or so: one of the most monogamous guitarists ever. He uses a fairly
thin pick (0.7 mm) and does Benson picking, at least to the extent of using
the reverse attack angle bit. He uses the side of the pick for chords and
tells me to think about making Wes thumb-like sounds when hitting chords.
Works for him. The thin pick is more about rhythmic precision in lines than
sound, though. I've just switched from Fender extra heavy picks, and find
that he's right about the rhythmic precision bit, and clarity is getting
better. The loss in the fatness of tone, though, means I'll have to work
harder on that.

He usually just plays the guitar nearest at hand acoustically in the guitar
stop storeroom he teaches out of, but had the Super 400 along last lesson
and plugged in, and the sound was amazing.

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Jun 26, 2012, 7:02:00 PM6/26/12

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> Guitar solos start at around 5:00 in both these. (Drumless standards trio,
> which is about to have a new CD out.)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhhyeacv6Po
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eM-F7mFReI
>
> -- David J. Littleboy
> Tokyo, Japan

That's some very nice playing and great tone, he's definitely influenced by Burrell.
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Garvin Yee

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Jun 26, 2012, 11:26:47 PM6/26/12

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Beautiful tone.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/34735015@N03/sets/72157623566520134/show/
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/garvin-yee.html

Recordi...@hotmail.com

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Jun 30, 2012, 2:12:48 PM6/30/12

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Kenny Burrell seems to have steel strings on his guitar in this video, the sound comes from his head and fingers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2DbH1PIWxU

Enjoy
Guy