Huddersfield Jazz Guitar Society

Newsletter No. 47 July 2015

Contents
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Meeting Summary

2.

Members News

3.

Swap an Idea

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Membership

5.

Gig List

6.

Reviews

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Of Interest

8.

Tuition

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Sales/Wants/Trades

10. Charts

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11. The lighter side of music

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12. Services

Celebrating the art and craft of jazz guitar

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Meeting Summary

Hi Jazz Guitar Fans,

It was a dark and stormy night. The wind tore round the rooftops and rain lashed down the
uncharitable may have remarked that it was a typical June evening in Huddersfield. But safely tucked
away in the upper room of the Rat and Ratchet, the jazz guitar club members enjoyed an evening of
quietly serene playing. With the odd upbeat exception, we were treated to some beautifully reflective,
gently swinging jazz as the gathering wove a cocoon of protectively warm music against the raging
elements outside.
I blame Tom Prior as, unconventionally, he kicked
proceedings off in lyrically ruminative style. Tom enjoys
experimenting with new ideas and, in this case, a beautifully
meandering introductory passage gradually revealed itself
as a haunting treatment of the Beatles and Billy J. Kramer
classic Do You Want To Know A Secret? Admittedly,
Toms follow-up piece, with Charles on bass, was a feisty,
good-humoured Sweet Sue, swinging away, with Toms
wonderful mastery of punched chords, strong bass lines and
fast single string work, but the overall tone of the evening
had been set.
Calm was restored as Dave got up to play a version of Misty that used
an attractive range of extended chords with tasteful embellishments.
The performance was carefully prepared with some lovely ideas. He
was joined by Darren and Charles for a relaxed bossa treatment of
Gentle Rain. Darren introduced the melody to some tasteful
accompaniment and both guitarists took similar fast run solos with a
distinctive South American flavour reminiscent of Charlie Byrd. The
piece moved in stately fashion to a dream-like close.
The well-established duo of
Dave and Chris preserved the
peaceful atmosphere with their first offering, Dream A Little
Dream Of Me. Introduced to a gently pulsing off-beat rhythm,
Dave respectfully stated the melody in the lower register,
followed by two very pleasant solos in which telling use was
made of bass-line accompaniment. The horses were slightly
frightened by their second offering, Sam Joness quirky Unit
7. Played in a funky, bluesy style, the unusual harmonic
changes seemed to push both guitarists through powerful
solos, backed again with energetic chords and bass string work. For me, perhaps the most
interesting choice of the evening.
In the hands of Jez, Martin and Ben on bass, Out
Of Nowhere became a gentle bossa. It was
fascinating to hear this classic standard from our
two youthfully eclectic stars. Throughout the solos
Martins full of smooth chromatic runs, Jez sparse
and inventive they both paid careful respect to the
target notes to signal each change which served to
recognise the simple strength of the songs
harmonic structure. God Bless The Child was
taken at a suitably slow tempo, Jez introducing with

pared-back phrasing followed by a shouting blues solo. Martin came in on the bridge in more
romantic mood, as befitted his imminent new status as bridegroom. It was a stunningly successful
performance.
After the interval, The Idle Guits defied the elements
outside with a laid-back Summertime and a new-totheir pad version of Aint Misbehavin, both pieces
beautifully arranged by Phil.
Our resident
troubadour Steve
got up to give us a calypso by Morgan Heritage, Down By The
River, a lilting piece that encouraged the mind to wander to sunlit
beaches.
The vocal interlude was extended by a very welcome newcomer to
the gathering, Carol who, accompanied delightfully by Darren and
Ian, lulled us skilfully with versions of The Look Of Love and The
Nearness Of You. Carol has a rich singing voice with a fine sense of pitch and timing and a lovely
sense of when to use vibrato. Darren introduced the first song and soloed in lyrical style, while Ian
reciprocated on the second, producing a beautifully sweet sound from his new 7-string Godin. A
great acquisition, I would say!
Adrian finished the evening off with another newcomer, Kevin Deardon,
playing an electric bass that had too many strings to count. They
happily ignored the languorous script of the evening with a couple of
briskly exciting numbers. The Parker classic, My Little Suede Shoes,
bounced along to a calypso rhythm, with Adrian producing a storming
solo which made frequent used of half-stopped notes, and Kevin
showing the full range of effects that his bass allowed. Finally, Ill
Remember April, taken at a nice fast tempo, had Adrian in full,
masterful flow, with Kevin providing a clear, strong bass line that at
times echoed the guitar phrasing.
And so, off into the Huddersfield rain.

Jazz Guitar Festival News

Tickets for the main concerts can be ordered/reserved in advance by contacting
us at [email protected] (subject: tickets) and they will put on one side for
collection at the event. Those of you who have ordered and paid for tickets, these are
also ready for collection at the event.
Workshops are paid for at the workshop itself.

The program is now finalised and looks like this: -

Saturday 11th
Performances
Time

Bar Area

Beer Garden

12:00

Dave Vangelderen & Chris Brown

(Weather Permitting)

1:00

Sam Dunn

Dave Vangelderen & Chris Brown

2:00

Darren Dutson Bromley

Sam Dunn

3:00

Trefor Owen

Jade Harris Band

4:00

Ian Wroe, Paul Kean, Carol Brown

Trefor Owen

5:00

Remi Harris

Ian Wroe, Paul Kean, Carol Brown

Workshops
Time

Given By

Subject

12:00

Darren Dutson
Bromley

1:00

Trefor Owen

2:00

Brian Eastwood

Fee

From Blues to Jazz 1 embellish your playing

using techniques Illustrated by the styles of
Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass and Barney Kessel

Effective accompaniment and the Maj 7th

as a soloing tool
General guitar maintenance - how to get
the best out of your instrument

5
5

Gypsy Jazz Guitar Techniques - effective

picking and fingering methods as well as
harmonic and rhythmic concepts.

3:00

Remi Harris

4:00

Nigel Price

Efficient Practice and Study Methods for

All Styles - how to get the best results from
your practice time.
Getting to know the fretboard - utilising
your ideas to make new sounds and phrases.

Melodic bebop language and phrasing.

5:00

Sam Dunn

Learn how to incorporate and adapt jazz lines

from the masters into your own playing, to
create your own melodic vocabulary.

6:00 7:00 Jam session

Concert 10
(HJGS members 8)

8:00 Jade Harris Band

9:30 Nigel Price
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Sunday 12th
Performances
Time

Bar Area

Beer Garden

1:00

Remi Harris

(Weather Permitting)

2:00

Trefor Owen

Remi Harris

3:00

Adrian Ingram, Jez Platt, Ben

Crosland

Surprise guest slot

4:00

Neil C Young

Adrian Ingram & Darren Dutson Bromley

5:00

Sam Dunn

Dave Vangelderen & Chris Brown

Workshops
Time

Given By

Subject

Fee

Melodic Bebop Language and Phrasing.

Learn how to incorporate and adapt jazz lines
from the masters into your own playing, to
create your own melodic vocabulary.

1:00

Sam Dunn

2:00

Adrian Ingram

Wes Montgomerys Trick Bag. Use of

inversions, 7b9s and universal tonal centres.

Gypsy Jazz Guitar Techniques - effective

picking and fingering methods as well as
harmonic and rhythmic concepts.

3:00

Remi Harris

Efficient Practice and Study Methods for

All Styles - how to get the best results from

your practice time.

4:00

John Etheridge

5:00

Al Morrison

6:00

Trefor Owen

Tips and reminiscences sharing a lifetimes

experiences.

From Blues to Jazz 2 embellish your playing

using techniques illustrated by the styles of
Grant Green, Robben Ford and Larry Carlton

Effective accompaniment and the Maj 7th

as a soloing tool

6:00 7:00 Jam session

Concert 10
(HJGS members 8)

8:00 Remi Harris

9:30 John Etheridge

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Here also is a preview of the great raffle prizes to be won over the weekend: -

Star Prize

One set of Bulldog pickups hand-wound

to your spec.

(Donated by Tom James)

OR
One year subscription to Just Jazz Guitar
magazine

OR

OR

Signed copy of The Gibson Super 400 by

Dr Tom Van Hoose

OR
Mikes Master Class of
your choice

Tickets 5
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Members News

Congratulations to HJGS Committee member Martin Chung who is

getting married on June 6th. Hannah has finally decided to make an honest
man of him.
Call for Membership Participation
We have had a few successful, I believe, examinations/investigations of
members favourite tunes. If you feel you could do a similar job please let me know.
Send an email to [email protected] or chat to any of the committee at the
next meeting.
Remember the HJGS exists for the benefit(s) of its members, so we need to
hear from YOU: good, bad, indifferent, news, views, gossip, ideas, viewpoints, gigs,
sales wants, swaps etc, etc!
Please keep us informed of any jazz guitar related gigs, events, sales or other
item of interest, so that we can pass information on to other members. HJGS needs
to develop its wider network as an important forum for jazz guitar related information
and information exchange, so that we may all benefit from the collective wisdom and
uncoordinated information that undoubtedly exists amongst fans and connoisseurs.

The 10 most popular jazz guitars of all time

Adrian Ingram

Number 7: The Stromberg Master 400

Benedetto, Buscarino, Campellone, Comins, Grimes,
Megas, Monteleone, Triggs are but a tiny handful of
names of brilliant archtop luthiers which have sprung
up since the 1980s. It is not unusual any more to find
top jazz guitarists playing more obscure none
company branded, bespoke archtops. There was
even a period, between 1989 and 2001, when for
example Bob Benedettos fine archtops were more
visible amongst top players than ubiquitous Gibsons!
Howard Alden, Jimmy Bruno, Ron Eschete, Adrian
Ingram, Bucky Pizzarelli, Martin Taylor, Frank Vignola,
Jack Wilkins and, more recently, Clint Strong, Kenny
Burrell and Pat Martino have all been closely
associated with Bobs guitars.
Back in the 1930s, 40s, 50s and early 60s it was a
1954 Master 400
different matter. Gibson, Epiphone and, to a lesser
extent, Gretsch ruled the roost and it was exceptional, rare and exotic, to find a top player
with an unknown make. Yes, there were a relatively small number of archtop luthiers out
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there, but they were rather obscure, their reputations resting primarily on word of mouth
and artists association. Abanus, Barker and Koontz made exceptional guitars, but you rarely
saw them.
The king of bespoke, high quality, archtops was most definitely John DAngelico and
later his gifted apprentice, and successor, John DAquisto. Their instruments were, perhaps
circumstantially, rather than specifically, promoted by the likes of Johnny Smith, Mundell
Lowe, Lou Mecca, Chuck Wayne et al. But, there was another, if less visible, luthier favoured
by the good and the great, players with as varied styles as Freddie Green and Hank Garland; a
luthier whose instruments have become more collectable and
sought after than even the afore mentioned two Johns. His name,
as you may have already guessed, was: Charles Stromberg, who
together with his son, Elmer, produced less than 700 instruments
in their working lifetime. They began building guitars in the 1930s,
prior to which they had built banjos and even a few drum kits!
Their first guitars were well made and well received; despite
having laminated backs and sides coupled with pressed (as
opposed to carved) tops, they sounded surprisingly good. In fact
they were placed on a par with early Epiphones, Gibsons and
DAngelicos, rather than being associated with Harmony, Kay, Vega
and other low-budget ranges featuring pressed/laminated timbers.
By the early 40s Strombergs guitars, being now the
1950 Headstock
mainstay of their business, underwent several radical modifications and
upgrades. The woods were now specially selected fine quality tone woods, hand carved to
perfection. The f holes changed from the fashionable, pre-war 3-piece segmented variety to
the one-piece elegantly flowing style more generally encountered on quality bowed
instruments. And, perhaps most radical, the parallel lengthwise top braces were superseded
by one long diagonal top brace. Stromberg also introduced an adjustable truss-rod which,
unusually, was accessed by removing the detachable bone nut!
Top of the range was the most popular (and now the most collectable) Master 400.
With its massive 19 lower bout it is hardly surprising that acoustic rhythm players were
attracted to it. Dance band players in particular favoured the Master 400 and jazz guitar
rhythm player extraordinaire Freddie Green used this model for decades in the Count Basie
Orchestra.
Like other archtop luthiers, however, all Strombergs were random one-offs and it is
possible to find carved-top instruments with laminated backs and the occasional use of
parallel braces! They even produced a handful of cutaway Master 400s, two such examples
were used by Irving Ashby and Hank Garland respectively.
Sadly, both Charles and Elmer died in 1955, within a few months of each other, just as
the guitar was gaining a previously unprecedented popularity. It has long been argued that
the construction of Strombergs was a little rough and ready, with varying glue lines, chisel
marks and inconsistent uniformity of bindings and sloppy cosmetics. Compared to the
almost clinical attention to detail by most of todays luthiers, this is quite true. However, the
sound of a Stromberg Master 400 being driven hard by a good chord player is a miracle to
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behold!! The Stromberg archtop guitar, as a purely acoustic instrument, has seldom been
equalled but sadly that role in jazz is now almost obsolete.
Check out any of Irving Ashbys fine recordings with Nat King Cole, as well as his great
playing on the CD Swing to Bop Guitar (Hep CD 66), which features him in a great guitar
group which also included Barney Kessel, Arv Garrison and Les Paul! Ashbys sole LP under
his own name: Memoirs (Accent AGS 5091 LP) is also worth seeking out as is his video
footage playing Bobby Troups Route 66 with the Nat King Cole Trio.
There is also some wonderful footage of Hank Garland playing his cutaway Stromberg
Master 400, on the Eddy Arnold show, but you will have to hunt for it on YouTube
.
Another great chord stylist and Stromberg player was Barry
Galbraith who, like Hank Garland, also later became closely
associated with the Gibson Byrdland (in the early 60s). Garland
took ma few lessons from Galbraith and they would most
certainly have swapped notes on their favourite guitars.
Almost all of Freddie Greens work with Basie in the 40s
50s and early 60s featured a Stromberg Master 400 and, in this
instance, doing what it was designed to do i.e. punch out a
crisp, full, audible driving rhythm without amplification!

1940 Freddie Green Master 400

Recommended Listening
Irving Ashby

Swing to Bop Guitar Guitars in Flight 1939 1947

Hep CD 66

Memoirs
Accent AGS 5091

The Unforgettable Nat King Cole,

Passport Video DVD 1537

Barry Galbraith Guitar and the Wind

Decca 9200 LP

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ADDENDUM
Number 6: The Epiphone Emperor/Deluxe
Maurice Summerfield kindly sent me the pictures below of the great UK guitar pioneer
Ivor Mairants. Ivor was long associated with the Epiphone Emperor, which dwarfed him
somewhat, but always exuded class and provided much needed gravitas for the pick
(plectrum in those days) guitar, at a time when skiffle and rock and roll were dumbing down
the instruments true potential.
Ivor was in my mind when I wrote the article, and it was remiss of me not to include
him, so thank you Maurice. Also we noted, in a recent email exchange, that Ike Isaacs and
Albert Harris both played Epiphones in their early careers and that they too should be
mentioned. Ivors picture on the left may bring back memories for many as it resembles the
one used on the cover of: Ivor Mairants book of Daily Exercises (Francis Day & Hunter). A lot
of us sweated blood over that book!!

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As a follow on to this series of articles, how about you telling us about your favourite
guitar. How did you come by it? Why did you get it? What makes it your favourite?

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Swap an Idea

This column appears to be popular so we will keep it for the time being. But,
and this is an important but we do NEED YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS for this to be
successful. Contributions please to [email protected].

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4.

Membership

Some memberships are now falling due for renewal, remember membership
lasts for a full 12 months from the paid up month and the following benefits are
only available to current paid up members.
The following deals have been negotiated for members on production of a current
membership card: Bulldog Pickups (Huddersfield)
www.bulldogpickups.com
15% off all pickups and repairs/rewinds.
ElectroMusic (Doncaster)
www.electromusic.co.uk
Variable discount depending on the item(s) purchased.
GTR (Huddersfield)
www.gtrguitars.co.uk
10% discount on strings and accessories.
The Music Room (Cleckheaton)
www.the-music-room.com
Variable discount depending on the item(s) purchased.
Matt Ryan
10% off guitar repairs/setups

www.guitarrepairer.com

AmplifierCoversOnline.com
www.amplifiercoversonline.com
Customised Equipment Covers On Demand
Frailers

www.frailers.com

Variable discount depending on the item(s) purchased.

Foulds Guitars - Derby

www.fouldsmusic.co.uk

Variable discount depending on the item(s) purchased.

The Amp Shack Contact Andrew Lazdins
Valve/Solid-State amp and Effect pedal repairs. Discount available.
Phone: +44 (0) 7716 460 163
Email: [email protected]

MicroVox

www.westf.demon.co.uk

Acoustic instrument mics. 10% discount

Phone: +44 (0) 1924 361550
Email: [email protected]

Mac Amplification

www.mac-amps.com

Amplifier + Pedal repairs

Phone: 07716 860676

Email: [email protected]

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Mundo Music Gear

www.mundomusicgear.co.uk

An ergonometric revolution for guitarists

We are actively pursuing other supplier/retailers and will let you know as soon as we
confirm them. Remember also that we welcome your suggestions re the future
direction of HJGS. Please get in touch.

Committee
Martin Chung
Publicity, joint treasurer, website/facebook and development
Darren Dutson Bromley
Ensembles, education, website/facebook and development
Adrian Ingram
Newsletter, education, international liaison and development
Ian Wroe
Host, joint treasurer, artiste relations, events and development

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Meetings
The first Tuesday of the month at The Rat & Ratchet, Huddersfield (see

http://www.ossett-brewery.co.uk/Pubs/HuddersfieldDistrict/tabid/1612/Default.aspx)
Remember the society needs YOUR views and input so, if you want to provide
a short introduction/discourse for a tune yourself or make any suggestions for a tune,
please speak to a committee member. We have already had some other interesting
ideas put forward which we are looking into. YOUR ideas are both vital and welcome.
It is YOUR society and the committee is there entirely on YOUR behalf. Please,
please get involved if you can!

2015 meetings Details may change

Jul 7th

- Players Night

Jul 11th/12th - A Summer Festival of Jazz Guitar

Aug 4th

- Theme Night

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Sep 1st

- Players + Workshop (Jon Taylor-The Guitarist as accompanist, what

the soloist would like to hear)

Oct 6th

- Guest Night (TBC)

Nov 3rd

- Players Night

Dec 1st

- Xmas Concert

Workshop/seminars

Please note that in order to ensure an effective combination of complete

workshop and some time for playing, these sessions will commence at 8:30 on

the

dot.
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5.

Gig List July

Got a Gig then let us know

Wed 7th

Adrian Ingram/Remi Harris/Lee Jones; Guitar Super Jam; Electric

Cinema. Birmingham

Fri 10th

Adrian Ingram/Darren Dutson Bromley. Oscars, Newark 8:30

Sat 18th

Adrian Ingram/Darren Dutson Bromley. Colne Wine Bar

Sun 26th

Adrian Ingram with Paul Smith trio. Kennedys York 1:00 pm

Fri 31st

Adrian Ingram/Darren Dutson Bromley. Strays, Newark 7:30

Sun 2nd Aug Jade Harris with Ian Wroe, Adrian Ingram and John Taylor. The Grove,
Huddersfield 4:00

New Jazz Gig

The Jazz Dawgs will be hosting a regular monthly gig every 1st Sunday
(4:00pm 7:00pm) at the Grove, Huddersfield.
The Dawgs will feature different guest(s) each month interspersed with the
occasional jam session in which anyone can play, (please bear in mind, however,
that it is a jam session and not an open mic!).
The Grove is considered by many to be the best pub in the area, it certainly
has the greatest variety of real ales! The roster so far is: Sun 2nd Aug

Guest - Jade Harris & Jon Taylor

Live Jazz every Sunday and Tuesday at The Railway, Stockport

74-76 Wellington Road North, Stockport SK4 1HF
Tel 0161 477 3680
9-11pm free admission

Wakefield Jazz
Wakefield jazz have made an offer of a discount on their normal entry
price, if we can block book tickets. We believe the cut-off point is 10 tickets,
which reduces the entry cost to 10 (normally 14).
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Reviews

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7.

Of Interest

Found anything on the web or heard of something which may interest our members, then
this is the place for it.

Other Jazz Guitar Clubs/Societies

(We are 1 of only 4 jazz guitar societies in England)

Here are a few links: http://cheadlejazzguitarclub.wordpress.com/

http://www.southjazzguitar.org
http://www.treforowen.com/index.php?id=38
http://www.meetup.com/LondonJazzGuitarSociety/
http://members.iinet.net.au/~jgswa/index.htm

Jazz Guitar Society of Western

Australia

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Web Sites
www.mambo-amp.co.uk
www.adrianingram.com
www.jazzdawgs.co.uk
http://jazzguitarscene.wordpress.com/
http://www.joefinn.net/html/jazz_guitar_almanac.html
http://jamieholroydguitar.com
http://www.darrendutsonbromley.com Check out Darrens pod casts
www.jazzonthetube.com

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8.

Tuition

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Registry of Guitar Tutors (RGT) Jazz Guitar Diplomas

http://www.rgt.org/exams/jazz-guitar-performance-diploma.php

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Members of the HJGS might be interested in my Mike's Master Classes site

www.mikesmasterclasses.com
- also on FB and I have a Youtube channel "mgellar" that has clips from all of the
classes on there that are available for download.
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DON'T FORGET TO BOOK EARLY FOR THE OCTOBER JAZZ GUITAR WEEKEND WITH JACK
WILKINS AS GUEST TUTOR.
24th NORTH WALES INTERNATIONAL JAZZ GUITAR WEEKEND

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OCTOBER 9th 11th 2015

GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY
Mold Road, Wrexham, Wales, LL11 2AW
North Wales Jazz: Now celebrating fifteen years of international jazz guitar events in
Wrexham.
IMPROVE YOUR JAZZ GUITAR SKILLS AT THIS GREAT VALUE WEEKEND!
Only 99! (90 Concessions). 95 for North Wales Jazz members.
Call +44 (0)1745 812260 to enrol and for further info or see www.northwalesjazz.org.uk and
download the enrolment form.
Five 2 hour workshops with internationally renowned tutors.
GUEST TUTOR JACK WILKINS www.jackwilkins.com
RESIDENT TUTOR TREFOR OWEN www.treforowen.com
Group A:
Hands-on tuition sessions, i.e. for students who wish to learn in a playing situation.
Group B:
Tuition sessions for students who need help in basic skills.
Saturday evening concert (October 10th 8.30pm) featuring the course tutors plus guests.
Wide choice of reasonably priced accommodation available in Wrexham and the surrounding
area.
Registered Charity No. 508519 President: Martin Taylor MBE.

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9.

Sales

Please let me know as soon as items are sold to remove them from the list.

An important message to all contributors to the sales column.

Modern digital cameras take highly detailed pictures. This detail comes at a cost, namely
huge file size. If this newsletter becomes too big (approximately 6-7 Mb), some email services,
particularly academic institutions and businesses, will not deliver it.
If you want to include a picture of the sale item, or indeed item in our swap a lick column, then
the pictures need to be reduced in file size, preferably no more than 100KB per picture.
Hints.

Try searching for optimising images for the web for help on this.
Crop the image view to show just the item.

I, unfortunately, dont have the time to spend optimising images for the newsletter. If they are
too big they risk getting left out.
Ian

Many guitars have been sold through our monthly sales listings. If an
item is sold, as a direct consequence of an ad being seen in the
newsletter, we, the committee, would be pleased to receive a small
contribution to HJGS funds.
In order to keep the content fresh, we have decided that all ads will run for
THREE editions and will be deleted unless specifically resent. All current
ads will be removed from next months newsletter unless we receive
notification from advertisers.
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Gibson ES150

Feb15

Gibson ES150 with P90 pickup, in original condition. 1650. Plays and sounds great.
Will come with a hiscox case.

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DeArmond guitar pickup..160.00

Tel: Tom 07972580332.

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Carlton flight guitar case. (Gibson L5 size). 200 ono.

Evans amp AE 100. 1 x 8" - 550. In excellent condition with padded cover.

Evans 200 watt amp. I x 12" Eminence speaker - Teak cabinet with padded cover 350

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Contact Trefor Owen on

07423 016888
E-mail [email protected]

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Gibson custom shop Tal Farlow jazz guitar

(with custom shop case) for sale
If any one wishes more photos I have plenty - or telephone me on
07731681017
Sounds great / plays like butter (virtually unused) - a quality Gibson
custom shop guitar which retails for well over 4000.00.
I am prepared to let it go (I don't have the skill or talent to play jazz) for
the bargain price of 2500.00
Cheers
Graham White
Email [email protected]
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One of 4 Benedetto Benny prototypes made. This one for Adrian Ingram (Howard Alden,
Jimmy Bruno, and Frank Vignola had the others). It has a two piece spruce top and a

chambered mahogany back, exotic headstock overlay, ebony fingerboard and

scratchplate and gold hardware....2,500 ono

Contact: David Beswick 07751 041 479, email: [email protected]

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A message from Roy Sainsbury

Brian Jones, my guitar student and good friend has these guitars available for hire at an
absurdly low rate, i.e. from 35 per month. I am hiring a 1959 Gibson L4c from him at
present.
Here is a list of guitars currently available to your membersGibson es 175 with P90, c1953
Epiphone Triumph with DeArmond 1000
Ibanez Howard Roberts, c 1978
Epiphone Riviera
Knight Arena, Small archtop
Knight 16" archtop
Schwartz 18"
Eastman AR403
Gibson lap steel with Charlie Christian pickup
Rialto, Beautiful British hand carved archtop with Rialto single coil floating pickup
Vintage Ibanez Joe Pass JP20
Knight JSS 16"
Guild A300, like Artist Award, with DeArmond1100
Moondog Grand Auditorium, Superb Flat Top, built in pickup
Call Roy Sainsbury, 01902 845246 or 07866 430826 to arrange to visit Brian in Codsall, wv8
,to try a selection of instruments at your leisure.
These guitars are also for sale in addition to being available for rental

Heres a message from Dan at Foulds Guitars

I'm running short of jazz guitars again! I've still got a bigger stock than most but
decent jazzers between 300 and 1500 I'm selling everything I get so if you
have any members that would like to move any unwanted guitars on we may be
able to help. Of course I am happy to offer a deal on goods for members, they
just need to mention when enquiring.

Trades
Wants
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2.
3.

small amp : Polytone (any model considered); Musicman RD50

(1x10 or 1x12)
Telecaster Seymour Duncan neck (rhythm) pickup (any spec)
Fender Hot Rod Telecaster
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If you have of know the whereabouts of any of the above please contact Adrian
Ingram [email protected]
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10. Charts
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11. The lighter side of Music

After all of the sweat and tears of practising/playing/hunting gigs we thought a
little humour may not come amiss. If you come across any joke, bon mot, cartoon,
story etc. which tickled your funny bone, then please send it in and share. Here are
this months offerings: -

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Send us yours!

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12. Services
The Amp Shack
The Professional Tone Breakdown Service

For all amp (valve and solid state) and

effect pedal repairs.

Ph: +44 (0) 7716 460 163

Email: [email protected]

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Huddersfield Jazz Guitar Society

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with the subject 'REMOVE' to [email protected]
Cheers
Ian

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