Epiphone Broadway. "Salute To Charlie Christian". (Barney Kessel)

[@Guitar6ty]

Wow awesome performance the guitar sounds great. As a fan of Barney Kessel I can really appreciate the work that has gone into this recording.

[@mchristr]

Now we're swingin.' A fantastic melody and that fat guitar gets it done.

[@iplayloud2]

Incredible job, not only the playing but remembering all.

[@juanalvarez215]

Thanks. Well, jazz is like that, at least for me. Much memory of scales, arpeggios, transcriptions, phrases, harmonies. Everything is memory, then later comes the feeling.

[@cmin7b9]

Really nice. That Broadway just sings

[@juanalvarez215]

Thanks M Marshall. Broadway is an incredible guitar for the price, it is worth making some modifications.

[@blues3708]

Bravo!

[@KaiStraussBlues]

Great playing and nice guitar!

[@juanalvarez215]

Thanks Kai.

[@FelixSchell]

well done!

[@philsironi]

Woww amazing job! I also own a Epi Broadway and have been considering upgrading the pickups to classic 57 like yours. Thry sound so good! Did you record the backing track yourself?

[@juanalvarez215]

Thanks Fil. The backing track is from the Band In a Box. I recommend, if you have the possibility, also try the Burstbucker 1. I have it in my 335 and it is fantastic, much more articulated than the 57 classic, but I don´t know how it will work in hollowbody, I think it would do very well. Regards.

[@guillaume1400]

Nice job !!

[@To.Si.Ma.]

@@juanalvarez215 what string gauge do you play? Great playing! Fantastic. Love the 57 PUs.

[@juanalvarez215]

@@To.Si.Ma. Thanks. Thomastik GB 12-53.

[@charlesduckettjr.800]

That is very nice playing sir. Wondering, did you use the Barney solos book vol. 2 to help learn this? I recently got that book but I have not read through it much yet.

[@juanalvarez215]

Thanks Charles. I do not use anything to play it, just the ear. I don't believe much in books, I prefer records and hearing, it's a somewhat harder path, but in my opinion it allows you a better analysis of what you hear.

[@charlesduckettjr.800]

That is a good choice of a solo/tune to learn. I am glad I got to hear it.

[@albertpuig2774]

Hola Juan. Podrías decirme qué golpeador has colocado en la guitarra? Muchas gracias. Alberto.

[@juanalvarez215]

Hola Albert. Es un golpeador de All Parts, no lo comercializan en España, lo conseguí a través de Thomann, no es algo que trabajen, pero me hicieron la gestión, te hablo del año 2013. En el foro de guitarristas hay un tipo que vende uno igual. A mi me costó 145€, no me importó porque es algo para toda la vida de la guitarra. Saludos y gracias por la supcrisción.

[@albertpuig2774]

Hola Juan, Gracias a ti por responder. Tu nivel como guitarrista es fantástico. Saludos y hasta pronto.

[@blueeyedsoulman]

Was it hard to change the pickup?

[@juanalvarez215]

It depends. If you try to solder to the pot from the pickup it is more complicated because you have to remove the pot through the f-hole and then insert it. At first it was what I would try to do, however I saw that the original wiring was good and I directly soldered cable to cable, saving me all that labor. Then I changed the pot on the neck pickup for a Gibson 300k to give more bass, however I don't appreciate the difference too much. The original components are good, it is not necessary to change them except for the pickups.

[@blueeyedsoulman]

@@juanalvarez215 Wow, thanks. Mine is also Korean. I hope there is enough wire in there to get the pickup out. Those Gibson pickups are expensive! Love Jazz!

[@juanalvarez215]

@@blueeyedsoulman If you want it basically for jazz you can change only the neck pickup, the bridge doesn't sound bad, I changed it because I already had a 57 plus at home. The jazzy sound is close to an L5, especially because of the pine top and the 25.5" scale.