I saw that Jonathan was the featured artist today, and my hands just sort of clicked on the video all by themselves. Bravo! 👏
@roughcutguitars2 ай бұрын
Welcome to the (hot) club!
@MattyK-USA2 ай бұрын
@@roughcutguitars Thank you, brother! I really dig your builds.
@roughcutguitars2 ай бұрын
@MattyK-USA Now yer after my heart 😀 Sweet of you to say! I know you from the 'Gristle mill' - you definitely know your monster players from Sasquatch to swing.
@MattyK-USA2 ай бұрын
@@roughcutguitars 😉👍
@ryanevans902 ай бұрын
This is quite possibly the best sounding acoustic iv ever heard. What clarity
@enidsnarb2 ай бұрын
My goodness gracious!!! Completely flabbergasted by the beauty of the tone of this guitar and with the playing of a master!!!!
@toddflowers80522 ай бұрын
Jonathan is always a pleasure to hear play and what a guitar !!! Thanks Gentlemen !! Thanks Jen !!
@billtice50572 ай бұрын
Johnathan’s playing is so refreshing and magical!
@Paulie19742 ай бұрын
Could literally listen to this guy all day beautiful guitar and amazing playing
@MotoLen512 ай бұрын
Always great to see and hear Jonathan!
@Raygun342 ай бұрын
Beautiful performance 👏🏾👏🏾
@philvaclavik68902 ай бұрын
I can listen to Jonathan play all day
@likeakite2 ай бұрын
He's a master guitarist !!! Always wonderful to see
@kafkadre64402 ай бұрын
Simply beautiful music played on a simply beautiful guitar.
@scottnathanphoto2 ай бұрын
I love DA's. I went to the D'Angelico show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC years ago. It was the biggest assembly of them ever. A friend of mine who didn't allow his to travel for it, has an early Excel with one unique feature. An original bill of sale from John to one LES PAUL
@spootnewton71212 ай бұрын
Beautiful guitar and beautiful playing, Mr. Stout!
@Trombonology2 ай бұрын
As demonstrated here, Jonathan is today's premier chord melodist, in the tradition of Allan Reuss, George Van Eps, Dick McDonough among others of the '30s. He knows this stuff inside and out. He could of course make a cigar box sound good, but it's so special to hear him playing this historic model from D'Angelico's golden age. I love the point he makes, after "My Blue Heaven" and "I'm Confessin'," about the importance of respecting the artists who pioneered this style of guitar playing. I hope more people will delve into '30s-'40s swing and jazz guitar, as I've been doing for decades.
@jean-lucbersou7582 ай бұрын
your comment is precious ( instructive ) and so accurate . THANKS .
@Trombonology2 ай бұрын
@@jean-lucbersou758 Thank you! -- you're welcome!
@albertojvel2 ай бұрын
Literal goosebumps the very second he started playing 🔥 his touch combined with the way that archtop is projecting is insane
@jean-lucbersou7582 ай бұрын
THANKS to share and feel the same goosebumps on the very first chords .
@wheninroamful2 ай бұрын
amazing playing.... some jazz guitar like this can get too crowded, but he makes it clear, love it.!!
@marlenedexter72802 ай бұрын
You Sir are Outstanding!!!
@griggsb12 ай бұрын
What a treat! From Tennessee HELLO!
@genemckeel14322 ай бұрын
Enjoyed it Mr. Stout. 💯😀
@Smokesteve2 ай бұрын
I can't believe that guitar is 86 years old! Wow just wow.
@duanemelvin2922 ай бұрын
Wonderful guitar playing!
@gb1978gb2 ай бұрын
Real playing of real music on a real guitar…..no gimmicks….nothing finer….bravo!
@timmarshburn2082 ай бұрын
Love hearing Jonathan play!
@Budgie-d6k2 ай бұрын
Jeeze ... A match made in heaven! Stunning guitar playing on a beautiful instrument. Like most guitar players I started out with the music of the day, Beatles, Stones etc. Through the blues and metal years but now at the age of 70 I've been trying to play in this style for the last few years. I wish to Christ I'd got into this stuff years ago, this is proper guitar playing!
@vayabroder7292 ай бұрын
That is such a beautiful instrument and Jonathan is such a hip and incredibly talented guitarist. This is such a treat.
@liamfahey78362 ай бұрын
Love seeing people like Jonathan in your store Norm. See them enjoy seeing and playing their dream guitars is great to watch as well. 🎸🎸
@paulofreire75202 ай бұрын
Always a pleasure when Jonathan drops by 👍🏻
@Guitarinthewoods2 ай бұрын
Jonathan is simply outstanding. And a nice guy too.
@tymeryder72642 ай бұрын
Love the playing! Beautiful instrument. Sound is breathtaking.
@joelschmidt77002 ай бұрын
Thanks for the Edumacation, "hip but not too hip." Loved my blue Heaven.
@cphanna12 ай бұрын
Jonathan is a great player--the sort of artist who can make a guitar as versatile as a piano. That D'Angelico is incredible!
@fatseaturtle2 ай бұрын
Jonathan what a player! Like a kid in a candy shop when Norm breaks out the warehouse guitars!!! 🎸 😂
@marconi4602 ай бұрын
This chap is a genius. I love the way he plays the movement of his hands is fascinating especially when considering the music he makes with these old guitars ☘️
@bassplayersayer2 ай бұрын
WOW, that is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@MrStrocube2 ай бұрын
Very cool. Such a lovely sound. That guitar is truly a work of art.
@thatpeterboy2 ай бұрын
What a great player Jonathan is…inspirational!
@steveoneal52572 ай бұрын
magnifcent playing Jonathan
@wrobelsparrow2 ай бұрын
Both the player and the guitar are crazy good! Thanks for sharing
@GrovesGuitars2 ай бұрын
You can almost hear that old girl saying,” at last! I’ve been waiting 80 years for this guy to come along”! 👏🏻
@steveperry35382 ай бұрын
It’s a great day when it’s a Jonathan Stout day 👍
@snapfinger12 ай бұрын
Mr. Stout should be invited to the Met Museum to play the one & only 1957 D’Angelico Tear Drop. The Holy Grail of All.
@floydmorrison20252 ай бұрын
The Tear Drop's cool but "The Holy Grail of All" is a bit of a stretch lol.. Actual guitar players are taking this Excel over that (super cool!) curiosity 10 out of 10 times!!
@ramontarbg2 ай бұрын
Wow!!! Great guitar and great player!!!!
@anthonymarocco9552 ай бұрын
Outstanding!
@Ettoredipugnar2 ай бұрын
Great video Norman ❤
@chuckjj54932 ай бұрын
So very well done,beautiful.
@terce81202 ай бұрын
Jonathan is the man!
@OldGrowthRedwood2 ай бұрын
Wow! I’m Confessin’ just gorgeous!
@erichutchinson68822 ай бұрын
I loved it.
@JamesKlas2 ай бұрын
This guy is supernaturally good
@arthurmccarron43792 ай бұрын
Looking. Great. Norm. ‼️‼️‼️
@cootersgarage44082 ай бұрын
Wow! Heavenly! Romantic!
@cliffjenkins64192 ай бұрын
Wow!!! With a bit of practice Jonathon would be really good. Seriously, what a great guitar! What a great player! Thank you Norm. Cheers from HB NZ
@stephanleo2 ай бұрын
Jonathan is like an MGM staff guitarist from 1937 that climbed out of his time machine - great!
@bassfingers2 ай бұрын
A joy to listen to. ✌️❤️
@tjtotheb2 ай бұрын
love to see all of the fenders and gibsons but would love to see more guitars like this! so cool!
@beta14ok2 ай бұрын
So Nice! Thank you.
@shamsam42 ай бұрын
I love this guy.
@Art_of_Listening2 ай бұрын
Fabulous!
@datsunlambchops46242 ай бұрын
Guitar of the day? More like guitar of the century!
@bohall2 ай бұрын
Thank you magnetic
@ericbgordon15752 ай бұрын
This was definitely good for me to see for one reason. Up to now, I was not conscious that D'Angelico was as much a classic brand as all the rest. I thought it was an upstart brand. As much as I miss my father, there's one area where he would be hard to take. I have said before that, when he was alive, he used to henpeck me about who he wanted me to emulate as a guitar player. If he turned in for these videos and her Jonathan Stout, I imagine that the first thing he would do after finishing would be to get me on the horn and bother me about practicing to sound just like Jonathan.
@pallhe2 ай бұрын
Somebody should buy this guitar for Jonathan. He loves it so much.
@jamesrawlins735Ай бұрын
It's only $79,000
@pallheАй бұрын
@@jamesrawlins735 Hollywood moguls and masters of tech should get into the new and trendy hobby of donating otherwise unattainable guitars to worthy gigging musicians.
@kalesmytheАй бұрын
Joe Bonnamussa bought it and smashed it to splinters just for grins!
@eddieholmes32362 ай бұрын
Stellar
@James-ou9hc2 ай бұрын
Thanks 😊 Great guitar Great Player 🎉
@jean-lucbersou7582 ай бұрын
JONATHAN § THE EXCEL GUITAR epitomize the perfect couple . The crystal tone meets the virtuoso !
@CowboyStag2 ай бұрын
Great episode
@BeachJazzMusic2 ай бұрын
Wow! I like Johnathan's playing more than the guitar even though I'm well aware of an original D'Angelico.
@ivetoldyouonce2 ай бұрын
An original D’Angelico!!!
@brynjones73712 ай бұрын
Wonderful guitar and player.
@johngeddes78942 ай бұрын
Another artist that recorded extensively with his D’Angelico and Ella was Joe Pass, and had such great tone using it.
@grahamsmall13002 ай бұрын
Wow!
@henryvanweeren72332 ай бұрын
Watching Jonathan Stout play makes me think of Chet Atkins. Beautiful.
@paulschmidt44612 ай бұрын
Thanks for mentioning my book Norm - "Acquired of the Angels: The Lives and Works of John D'Angelico and James L. D'Aquisto"; the third edition is available online. There's also another book I did for the National Music Museum which is about the D'A workshop - has lots of original drawings, etc. - it's only available through the National Music Museum. Happy reading (do people read books anymore?)
@martinfruhwald88502 ай бұрын
Have a DAngelico Excel 1937, love your Books, bought this one!
@RRW2762 ай бұрын
The workmanship on that guitar, that kind is so rare today.
@gadymarcus23622 ай бұрын
Bella/Magnifico.🙏✡️✡️✡️✡️✡️✡️👑
@davidpotsdam2 ай бұрын
1938 D'Angelico lucky you Johnathan !!! !!!!! !!!
@Nordic_Sky2 ай бұрын
The 1950 L-5 and Super 400 I have are both cutaways. But I've always felt the non-cutaways are the more authentic archtops. These guitars are real works of art.
@jean-lucbersou7582 ай бұрын
exactly the idea I share while aging . i have two archtop guitars with venetian cutaway - a Gibson Byrdland (long time ago ) and an iBANEZ AF with suspended pick up for more routine . A few years ago I had to play the 30/ 40 repertoire with a big band and C.C. 's SOLO FLIGHT was on the program . Time to try a guitar I supposed could be the best for the job .....so I get a gibson ES 150 with the P90 pick up ( which needed some restorations ) . Finally this guitar reaches my attempts and is a complementary tool adding some acoustic touch on tone . I consider these archtop guitars without cutaway are iconic and casi classical references with symetry and some cello cousinage .
@andyvitale60712 ай бұрын
Mans got chops!
@Chiller112 ай бұрын
I’ve played a couple vintage D’Angelicos but couldn’t afford them. They were heavy guitars which surprised me. The 30’s Martins are like feathers in comparison. I have a 42 L5 which I love and a beautiful 2017 Collings AT17. Those two top out my modest archtop collection.
@fredskolnick11832 ай бұрын
Im confessin...great picking
@wantAvote2 ай бұрын
WOW!!!
@MrStranger19442 ай бұрын
I can dig it.
@wyattdean56582 ай бұрын
Crisp, Man, Crisp!
@dedwin89302 ай бұрын
Norman,ur looking good! What is that quitars value?
@stevenbaggett65492 ай бұрын
You really had to have some 'chops' to play music from that era well. Of course he's got them and looks the part. Too cool
@MatthewBarelick2 ай бұрын
I can't believe how clear and LOUD THAT GUITAR IS I need this in my personal collection if Jonathan didn't snatch it up already! Pm me
@samhill34962 ай бұрын
Really good vid. Those players of the time had lives families jobs responsibilities much as today without all the ease of communication travel places to stay if you were of color. So it is interesting to learn and support. Think of all the recordings of Robert Johnson. The greatest bluesman of the day.
@-doggy-66702 ай бұрын
What kind of string would you use on this beauty????
@tbeau57482 ай бұрын
Confessin' That I Love You
@colinowenuk2 ай бұрын
Man, this guy can play! And the guitar is masterful. How much???????
@stevenbusby92092 ай бұрын
I would love to hear what young Saxon could do with this guitar !!
@crexcrow55812 ай бұрын
7:48 Can someone please tell me the name of this tune. I want to learn it so bad he plays it so beautifully!
@rockytenorbanjo2 ай бұрын
It's called: I'm confessin' that I love you
@crexcrow55812 ай бұрын
@@rockytenorbanjo thank you so much!
@LLCoolJeanLuc2 ай бұрын
I wasnt prepared for how pretty that was going to sound
@jvejar2 ай бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@alansieckman92702 ай бұрын
I bought a 1937 arch top Gibson that looked like that, from a thrift store. Great score.
@alansieckman92702 ай бұрын
Paid $35.00 for it. The mother of pearl logo on the head stock was done by hand and looked a little bit rough but played pretty well.
@GIBKEL2 ай бұрын
I can see Jonathan walking away with that one.
@dennisknapp3992 ай бұрын
i had a 1944 epiphone olympic i had to sell when i had a accident in the woods i would spend everything i have to have it back, i found a 43 but my arthritis in my hands so bad it would be a waste to have it and not be able to play it. i love Joe's stories but he also uses his guitars, history is so important
@hjalmarolethorchristensen97612 ай бұрын
He 😳...... At first i thought he looked kind a Geek, then he starts to play, and everything just when..black and white....wow just beautiful....
@rogerdsmithАй бұрын
I think it was Chet Atkins who once said that it takes a guitar 20 years to figure out that it isn’t a tree anymore.