Jules Ah See....I'm very impressed!!!
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I've noticed he gets a nice fat sound quite often. Out of a Magnatone. The Magnatone guitars I played had a nice vintage sound but nothing spectacular about them.David Matzenik wrote:One of the things about Jules' tone that I find compelling is the fat sound of his top string. Remembering that this is more or less in same era as Barney Isaacs' and Santo Farina's overall tone that was pretty thin.
Must have been in his hands.
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That's my observation as well.Sebastian Müller wrote:Great version ! It is fascinating that every version of Moana Chimes is slightly different when it comes to the form.
I've tried to play perfect copies of classic steel guitar tunes when I was learning but they were never a perfect copy.
After I got a bit better, I still couldn't do it.
So I developed my own way of playing. Swing mostly but there's something about the Hawaiian steel guitar. I can't seem to ignore it for any length of time.
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Apart from the obvious issue of how great a player he was, I assume he also had a way of setting his amp to help get that sound.Rich Arnold wrote:I've noticed he gets a nice fat sound quite often. Out of a Magnatone. The Magnatone guitars I played had a nice vintage sound but nothing spectacular about them.David Matzenik wrote:One of the things about Jules' tone that I find compelling is the fat sound of his top string. Remembering that this is more or less in same era as Barney Isaacs' and Santo Farina's overall tone that was pretty thin.
Must have been in his hands.
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Here's the live version from the Tapa Room:
https://archive.org/details/TapaRoomTap ... 'ya+Do.mp3
(stick around for the mid-song solo he does on the following track, Hula Heaven...amazing stuff, in B11)
As someone who bought a D8 Magnatone 100% because of Jules, yeah, I think most of it was his hands, that we perceive as tone. Although I think his sound did change when he went to the Fender 1000, in his last year or two.
Waikiki is a solid album. One of the gems on there is Island of Dreams, sung by Haunani Kahalewai. It's not exactly a steel guitar showcase...Jules contribution is single note chimes at specific beats to add a little counterpoint...very simple technically, but the arrangement is so nice.
https://archive.org/details/TapaRoomTap ... 'ya+Do.mp3
(stick around for the mid-song solo he does on the following track, Hula Heaven...amazing stuff, in B11)
As someone who bought a D8 Magnatone 100% because of Jules, yeah, I think most of it was his hands, that we perceive as tone. Although I think his sound did change when he went to the Fender 1000, in his last year or two.
Waikiki is a solid album. One of the gems on there is Island of Dreams, sung by Haunani Kahalewai. It's not exactly a steel guitar showcase...Jules contribution is single note chimes at specific beats to add a little counterpoint...very simple technically, but the arrangement is so nice.
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I hear the rolling surf calling
Calling and calling to me
I hear the rolling surf calling
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I've listened to just about every early version of Moana Chimes and Brozman's too, and I swear they play them crooked. Adding a bar when they feel like it. So I have standardised for my own version. 10 bars. That's it.Sebastian Müller wrote:Great version ! It is fascinating that every version of Moana Chimes is slightly different when it comes to the form.
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