On Friday, April 18, 2014 10:08:19 AM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/18/2014 9:36 AM, Tim wrote:



That heritage is a fine guitar. I have a poly tone mini brute exactly like yours. It was once owned by Carol Kaye, it's a better guitar than bass amp but for low volume it does fairly well.







True jazz players typically use something much smaller. The last

concert we had included a jazz guitar player who plays with the Boston

Pops. His amp was a little thing, about 12" by 12" by 4". Class A, 5

watts with simple, on/off and volume controls. Obviously we mic'd it

through the mixing board to go through the PA system.



Short clip, but I love the sound of his guitar ...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSCpCEiobGk

Almost completely off this topic, but I read the other day that the rock band AC/DC's founder Malcolm Young is in bad health, and the band will likely never return. Part of the article related how he really was the controlling force in the band, and one thing he did is to turn down the volume of the guitar amps and mic them really up close. He wanted listeners to be able to hear the clear notes instead of the distorted fuzz that many band prefer.