Tagged: jazz guitar

Your comping hand controls voicing clarity, dynamics and tone more than any pedal or amp setting. Here's how I actually practise it.

Pickup height is usually set for volume or tone balance, but it also shapes string pull and touch response — here's what to listen for.

Most fuzz turns jazz voicings to mud. Here's which circuits, settings and chord shapes keep extended chords intelligible under gain.

Chord-melody playing exposes weak voicings fast. Here's why the fix is in your left hand, not your amp or pedalboard.

Fuzz and archtops seem an odd pairing, but with the right circuit and touch, a hollowbody can push fuzz into genuinely musical territory.

A conservatory-trained session player's approach to DI'd archtop tone: gain staging, amp-sim choices and EQ moves that keep a clean jazz sound honest.

Your picking hand shapes tone more than pickups or pedals ever will. Here's how touch dynamics actually work, and how to practise them.

Sharing one amp between two guitarists with different fuzz pedals? Here's how signal order, impedance and volume staging decide who sounds good.

Neck shape and scale length change how a hollow or semi-hollow guitar responds to a light touch. Here's what actually matters before you buy one.

Why a Maj9 or a rootless voicing turns to mud under fuzz, and which chord shapes actually survive the circuit.

A jazz player's case for keeping one fuzz on the board, even if you never use it live — and which styles actually behave with a clean-toned rig.

Fuzz and archtops aren't natural enemies. Here's how to get the gain without the howl, and why the trick is mostly in your hands.

Flatwounds aren't just for archtops. Here's what they actually change on a solidbody electric, and why the tradeoffs might suit you.

A jazz player's take on using fuzz with archtops and hollowbodies — where it sits beautifully and where it turns to mud.

An archtop and a Strat don't want the same amp. Marc explains headroom, EQ voicing and why wattage matters differently for clean jazz tone.

Pickup height is one of the most overlooked adjustments on any electric guitar. Marc explains what it does to your tone, output and feel — and how to set it right.

Your picking hand does more than keep time. Here's how subtle changes in right-hand technique directly inform which guitars, amps and pedals will actually work for you.