After throwing on a set of Gretsch 11-49 strings on my Gretsch G5120, I decided to get my hands on some D’Addario EXL 115 strings for “Blues/Jazz Rock” and at .011, .014, .018, .028, .038 and .049 they’re quite a hefty string gauge and harder to bend than the Super Slinky set o’ nines I’ve been using from Ernie Ball. I bought an EXL115 tenner pack because you get such a greater value buying in bulk and the price drops to around $3.00USD a set.
When we talk about great guitarists, we think modernly of Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and, perhaps, even David Gilmour. When we think of great Blues and Jazz guitarists, many fans will point in a unified direction to Wes Montgomery. Today, I want to challenge you to discover the incredible Soul Jazz guitar of Grant Green and to help remember him forever.
Continue reading → Grant Green is the Greatest Guitarist You Never Heard
We all like to believe in our private moments that we are always right and never wrong, but sometimes, in those quiet times, we do some reflecting and we reconsider what was said before. Today is one of those moments when my private reflections must become a public recantation, and I appreciate your attention and kindness in the forthcoming rebuttal of two of my recent BolesBlues.com reviews.
Continue reading → Recanting The Blues: Les Paul and DR Strings
Misa Digital announced a new “guitar” this week that is more computer than guitar. Instead of frets and strings, you have buttons and a touch-sensitive panel. Instead of Bending the Soul of The Blues, you get to Press the Electrosynchrisity of Midi.
One of my most expensive and cherished guitars is my 1957 Les Paul Custom Three Pickup VOS guitar in black. It looks great. It feels great. I don’t play it.
Continue reading → The 1957 Gibson Les Paul Custom Three Pickup VOS Review
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