Fun Question Of The Month--Aug

MikeK · August 3

What's your favorite amp for playing gypsy jazz? It doesn't have to be one that you're using right now (the one that got away?) and let's limit the answers to 2. I'll get it started:

Fender Blues Jr. (for gigs where I played lead & rhythm)

Roland 50watt Street Cube (for gigs where I only play rhythm).

davidjazzfan · August 3

1) AER

2) Bose s1 pro

billyshakes · August 3

Reminds me of this great story about Django's son, Lousson, borrowing a guitar and amp for a gig. I've cued it up to the 30 second anecdote, but the whole 5 min vid is worth the watch.

https://youtu.be/9Di-Wqmz2FY?si=SiTafCZBVCsKzD1n&t=127

lucky · August 4

AER 60 for me, I use it (with a pedal) for electric jazz as well, never let's me down. I like my Blues Jnr too but prefer lightweight stuff. At some point I'd like to ditch the amp completely and just go through an amp sim pedal but haven't got there yet.

Of course the real answer should be - no amp at all, the acoustic sound always cuts through! Duved insists on this even at large concerts and he always sounds great.

voutoreenie · August 4

AER 60 is what I usually use, otherwise have a blackface Princeton Reverb that breaks up real nice for that later Django tone. I also have a Deluxe Reverb reissue that that's like butter for playing hard bop, modal stuff or anything non-GJ when I use my 335 (which, now that I think about, has been collecting dust...need to get that going again).

e: oops, broke OP's only 2 amp rule...derp

pdg · August 4

Fishman SA220 "column" amp (no extra bass cabinet). Not that the Fishman electronics are superior. For acoustic amplification, I just like that the column setup -- lots of little speakers -- doesn't produce a large "sound pressure" from a point source like an amp speaker cabinet. The volume is distributed around and is more relaxing to the audience, wherever they're seated. For our guitars, there's no need for the bass cabinet that's sometimes at the bottom of column amps.