Elektra Amplifiers meets Ray Nijenhuis to find the holy grail combination that makes Charlie Christian's iconic guitar tone.
In this video, Ray Nijenhuis and Michiel Helsloot compare the vintage ES-150 & EH-150 guitar/amp combination to their modern counterparts, a Slaman DS-250 guitar and an Elektra 'The 185' amplifier. In the comparison, they dive into volume, gain and tone settings of the modern and vintage combination to nail that elusive Charlie Christian 'pop'.
Raymond Nijenhuis is an authority on Charlie Christian style playing, as well as Western Swing, Blues, Jump Blues, jazz and pre-war electric guitar styles in general.
He recently published his Western Swing guitar course on Truefire. The online course can be purchased here: [ Ссылка ]
Michiel Helsloot is the founder and owner of Elektra Amplifiers Europe, a Netherlands-based guitar amplifier builder focussing on 'lost' amplifier tones like that of the iconic Gibson EH-185. For more information on the amplifier and tonnes of demos in other musical styles, check out [ Ссылка ]
More information on the Slaman DS-250 guitar is available at www.newvintageguitars.com
This video is a repost of a Facebook live broadcast done that aired on january 14th 2017. The audio has been post-processed to enhance the volume of the voices. Whenever the guitar sounds, the mix cuts back to the unprocessed amp mic.
