Does Anyone Play Jazz on a REVSTAR? Cantaloupe Island

[@paulcaton7093]

In case nobody mentions it, I will. Our hero's head at 3:44 is framed by a sunlit window in the background, and yet his face is very well exposed in the video. This is evidence of a leap in videography skill comparable to going from stone age to the use of metal, from hunter-gatherer to farmer, from pre-Wright Brothers to Concorde. Well played, sir - well played indeed.

[@steved1099]

It seems a very versatile guitar... rock, blues, jazz no problem.

[@gufra9835]

yeah... and play like him... 8((

[@DrThornton1]

Honestly... under your fingers, if it has a fretboard, strings and a pickup you can make it sound like a great jazz guitar!

[@cezarsantana]

Whenever I wanna listen to some soulful, classy, tasty guitar playing I type in your name at the YT search window and click any video: pure delight and eventual goosebumps guaranteed! Thanks John, you rock - well, you jazz too!!

[@jltrem]

I've heard jazz played on Telecasters, on Stratocasters, on SGs, on Les Pauls, even on Jazzmasters.

[@TheRedSpecialPlayer]

When I activated the focus switch on my two Yamaha Revstars RSP02T Goldtops for the first time, it was immediately clear to me that this circuit was perfectly suited for jazz. To give the Goldtops a bit more warmth and a sound without P90 hum, I replaced the original pickups with Fralin Hum-Cancelling P90 pickups, which sound great. The Revstar RSP02T is an enormously flexible guitar that you only have to do one thing - take some time and get involved with it. Musical greetings from Germany Mic

[@ArdentEye]

Matteo Mancuso plays jazz on a revstar. Absolutely brilliant.

[@TheSilence1]

Yeah but he uses the first generation ones, and those have a different effect from the tone toggle.

[@nikkomina6313]

First name I thought of when I read the video’s title.

[@oskarkacin4104]

@@nikkomina6313 same here

[@caseylockwood5512]

That dude is disgustingly good at guitar.

[@southpaw335]

Love this side of your playing, was getting some real Metheny vibes on a few of those runs. Sounded great

[@picksalot1]

Tim Lerch just got a 1952 Gibson ES-175 to replace the one he had to sell years ago. In his latest video, you can hear him demonstrate how to "shoop," something every ES-175 owner should know. 😉 It's cool that the Revstar has that special Tone knob feature that makes the guitar more suitable for Jazz.

[@freiraum9932]

this is insane , great playing , lofi sound , perfect playing , the rythm makes me groove with the phrasing is like the old stars .

[@OtRatsaphong]

Thanks for the review. Am thinking of getting a Revstar but wasn’t sure whether to get the P90 or humbucker for jazz blues. Leaning towards P90.

[@zettepix2009]

Wow, always loved Cantaloupe Island and this is a great interpretation

[@nekkon1989]

If Matteo Mancuso plays jazz on a Yamaha, it's absolutely well suited for jazz

[@mlowack]

but he plays the hums only, dont know why.

[@michael1]

Bear in mind that his Revstar isn't stock. Yamaha built him one with different pickups and hardware. Supposedly (he's said in an interview) it's a prototype for a future signature guitar.

[@Unison_Detune]

Wow, really cool jazz sounds. It works. I’d always hoped a Les Paul could do this but I might have been barking up the wrong tree.

[@Robowx]

If I had one. I would definitely play Jazz on a Revstar! IT does have the capability.

[@TheMujiFuji]

So that’s what the focus switch is for...I don’t use it either. Love those dogs JNC🐾🐾

[@craiger2399]

The first thing I thought when I heard the transformer kick on: the Revstar is doing what the jazzmaster was intended to do. Not entirely sure if that is true... but that's the story I'm telling myself.

[@freddievaldez6587]

You do. And you do very well. I may be considering buying one on the used market to replaced my buzzy, muddy old Korean archtop. Love the music. Good chops!

[@RastaLlama]

Simply sublime playing Jonsthan🙌 ordered mine last week. I cannot wait to try out when it comes(hopefully tomorrow)

[@sboy1955]

It’s the jazz lighting in the room that does it..

[@MrMjp58]

A very convincing jazz tone here.

[@bobvogt2242]

John, you are awesome. Do you have any live performance videos?

[@john808welk]

Sounds really lovely!

[@mlowack]

This is what i wanted to know, bacause Matteo Mancuso only plays the humbuckers... while I prefer to buy me the P90. Sooo nice Playing by the way :-)

[@alejandrooamadoo4928]

I’ve seen none other than Kurt Rosenwinkel use a Revstar!

[@leoself9858]

That’s a damn beautiful guitar. I would love to buy a professional with P90s (Damn you left handed guitar curse!) Impressive playing great note choice.

[@erlendjulieb1760]

revstar seems like a perfect jazz guitar to me atleast, its harder to get a more modern jazz guitar (and im my opinion, more useful) tone with a phat jazz box, half acoustic kinda stuff.

[@swayamtailor]

damn new video location, really pushing the boundaries of CGI in 2022

[@KSETONMTL]

Jazz on a Revstar = Lee Ritenour...

[@regisconde]

there is a version of this guitar with humbuckers. Wouldn't it be better than this one for jazz?

[@ksharpe10]

Gorgeous Sausages. Those Dogs are Great!!

[@jazzsounds8159]

P90's sounds good. I'm a left handed so I'll have to settle on the humbucker version, and I can't see any reason why humbuckers would sound that much different.

[@emberarc]

Matteo kills it.

[@bumrecordingstudios]

Exactly the video I needed to find! But it wasn’t a gold top! And we know 90% of a guitar is visual 😉😂😂😂

[@paulcaton7093]

70% is the player - so that's already 70% positive. Of the remaining 30% which involves dialling in the electric guitar tone, I would say that this doesn't equal the Herb Ellis but is damned good nevertheless.

[@francescodamico7903]

Mancuso does !

[@jeffreyhatch9933]

John, Do you have any Jazz Cd's that you have recorded for sale? I loved the Cantaloupe Island song you played in this review.

[@TheVinciol]

Matteo Mancuso Guitar ❤

[@JIAbbot]

You do, JNC!

[@yvandewever6518]

Is this Revstar the Standard version (rss02t) or the expensive RSP02?

[@powbobs]

Lee Ritenour plays a humbucker Revstar.

[@the_glove]

Doesn’t Kurt rosenwinkle play one of those ?

[@petercoen]

I think he uses a Yamaha SG200 looks similar

[@geoffreyatkinson5653]

Is this The standard or professional? 🙏

[@TheSilence1]

Besides Mancuso there is this Brazilian player who uses a Revstar, albeit the older version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3q6gmhqhc9lba8

[@salamandermusic]

From RIchard Pena's channel: kzbin.infoK0azK8YTgVw?feature=share

[@marksr12]

Sounds great because you play great! Love the Jazz touch for sure . Which model Revstar is that?

[@mlowack]

I guess the standart he always uses here ;)

[@samseitz9937]

Definitely got some pat matheney vibes

[@wizdeas6064]

You have a Kelpie AND a Revstar?

[@AlexVonCrank]

I had a rev on a Jazzstar once...

[@unabonger777]

it's a real dog! several of them, in fact.

[@bryanmoseley6533]

Matteo Mancuso plays one! Isn’t he jazz?

[@peteclark3356]

Black chicken on the right?

[@red_shift6408]

👏

[@dustinadair7893]

Any guitar with a tone knob you can play jazz lol

[@t2dev]

Jack Thammarat plays on a Revstar Matteo Mancuso uses it for jazz. He just released Samba Party kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpOylnqua558b80 and Drop D kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaanZXRrqM2KhdE

[@MegaRmerrill]

Sorry but Lee Ritenour has been a Revstar 420 since 2015

[@johnnathancordy]

I don't think Lee Ritenour IS a Revstar but thanks for the answer

[@briansmith6862]

Was enjoying this until... Well, some please explain to me what a plum actually sounds like!!

[@Mr.Wu.]

Scales..

[@BigEdWo]

i have no interest in buying this guitar. it´s ugly. but you are an outstanding player. you really sound good.

[@powbobs]

Ugly? Opinions vary.

[@BigEdWo]

@@powbobsi agree. i don't find it so ugly anymore.

[@runaround666]

Sure we're just going to ignore the 40 or 50 videos you did in the past with your revstars? None of that was jazz?