He has performed and recorded with many greats such as miles davis, john scofield, and eric johnson. Other than that ambience on jazz guitar is very much a post kurt cliche. Equipboards gear archive is collaboratively built and maintained by fellow music lovers like yourself. Also there is a guy who has been advertising on craigslist named sunny w sunny skies guitar s. A huge part of mike stern s sound comes running stereo amps. Iirc, mike stern also used the detuning effect quite a bit. Its a copy of a copy of my original telecaster, which i got from danny gatton.
If there were only two truths in the world, they would be this. The guitar was dismantled and rebuilt and the changer was taken apart and cleaned. The rosemorris models were export guitars that rick made for some of its overseas distributors of the time, including the uk firm rosemorris. Ira initial response acceleration technology shakes off the stress often found in new guitars and make them extremely vibrant and responsive. Michael tuttle guitars custom classic s sonic blue sold. Ultimate playalong for guitar has been developed so that the beginner to intermediate level guitarist can practice in different styles along with allstar musicians including mike stern on guitar, john patitucci on bass and dave weckl on drums. They may have carried that patch over to them and the timedelay and modulation effects are still considered to be pretty good. I find mike sterns tone a bit squelchy and wish hed dial the squelch back a bit. Mike stern chorus type sound in a pedal the gear page. Mike stern yamaha guitars 50th anniversary comment youtube. As my absolute love for p90s grows so does my collection. List of yamaha products project gutenberg selfpublishing.
Mike stern s music gear is being tracked on equipboard. Many of the items listed here are no longer in production. Pac1611ms comes with a certificate personally signed by mike to prove this guitar is perfectly crafted. I extracted and looped a single mike stern note from his instruction video on youtube called all that jazz w mike stern learn to burn april 20. Bishop stern is a great guy in the charlottesville area. The tstyle single cutaway features a seymour duncan 59 in the neck position and a hot rails in the bridge. Marchione 15inch archtop marchione guitars handmade in. Tuning the pedal steel guitar jeff newman, hummingbird music.
Soon legs were added and the instrument was called a console steel. Stern was named best jazz guitarist of 1993 by guitar player. I wanted to match my guitars delay speed sde3000 boss katana sim to his exact timing, which seems to me to be 221 milliseconds. If you hear it by itself its like a bad guitar synth pedal set on hammond b organ. Mike stern celebrates yamaha guitars 50th anniversary. Rigtalk view topic rigtalk guitar board and discussions. Mike stern tour dates 2020 mike stern concert tickets 2020. The yamaha spx90 is a digital multieffects processor that has been a staple of many recording studios over the years. May 05, 2016 mike stern is a jazz guitarist whos work spans through a multitude of genres making him one of the most influential guitarist. Hey who knows, maybe the multisound thing is the wave of the future.
The yamaha pac1511ms guitar has a thicker sound than a fender telecaster. I find mike stern s tone a bit squelchy and wish hed dial the squelch back a bit. Sx furrian, with fender neck, candy apple red body, pick ups still stock but gonna change. He then began a solo career, releasing more than a dozen albums. During his stay at berklee, mike developed a keen appreciation for jazz guitar greats wes montgomery and jim hall, who would both exert a huge influence on his own playing. My archtops have tremendous projection and give you a broad, pleasing voice at full acoustic volume. Im using a yamaha ms1511 telecaster with replaced pickups. Tom petty describes the allure of the 12string in reverb news. For example, the yas21 studentgrade alto saxophone of the 1970s was superseded by the yas23 and yas25 saxophones during the 1990s. Thing is it does a lot to fill out the sound of the guitar in an ensemble and is pretty addictive.
Since then, yamaha has grown to become the worlds largest manufacturer of musical instruments including pianos, silent pianos, drums, guitars, brass instruments, woodwinds, violins, violas, cello, vibraphones, and saxophones, as well as. Discussion in other guitar discussion started by snitzl, jun 18, 2011. Yamaha was established in 1887 as a piano and reed organ manufacturer. Meinl soundcaster custom distortion splash cymbal guitar center. The yamaha is actually more like having 8 delay pedals interconnected than a dedicated chorus pedal.
Mike stern originally sedgwick born january 1953, is best known for his work with miles davis and as a member of jaco pastorius world of mouth band. Nov 22, 2010 the yamaha pac1511ms guitar has a thicker sound than a fender telecaster. Mike plays telecasters and mostly uses boss effect pedals. Meinl soundcaster custom power cymbal set guitar center. If your guaranteed delivery item isnt on time, you can 1 return the item, for a refund of the full price and return shipping costs. This soundcaster custom power cymbal pack from meinl includes 4 powerful cymbals. Mike stern s guitar gear mike stern grew up playing blues and rock on fender telecasters and stratocasters, and he stuck with telestyle guitars when he started playing jazz. Still, the fact is, bill frisell is instantly recognizable by his clean electric guitar sound or even distorted, metheny is universally identified with his 175 sound, sco for his sound, mike stern for his spx90 sound, mick goodrick for his bright fingerpicked sound, etc.
My detail work and experience consistently give you a neck thats stable, reliable and easy to play. Mike sterns yamaha spx90 digital multi effects processor. On july 3, 2016, mike stern was headed to europe to kick off a. Stern was presented with guitar player magazines certified legend award on january 21, 2012. Fairly hard attack with an extremely crisp, flashy and highpitched sound. Mike sterns music gear is being tracked on equipboard. It was a great guitar that was stolen when somebody pulled a gun on me in boston. Pac1611ms overview electric guitars guitars, basses.
The pedal steel guitar is a very unique instrument. The chorusflange effects come from the phase cancellation that happens as different time delayed signals are mixed together. A mighty fine mike cass rebuild the steel guitar forum. Mike stern s signature has been refreshed with yamahas exclusive wood treatment and finish. Mike stern born january 10, 1953 is an american jazz guitarist. Onepiece maple neck is oilfinished for better comfort. It is hard to hear in the mix but if you take the spx90 and dial it out the opposite of dialing in, i mean blow up the parameters on the spx90 you can clearly hear the 90s cheese. It has actually evolved over the years dating back to the early 1930s with the electric lap steel.
Im also using a signature guitar yamaha made for me. I wanted to match my guitar s delay speed sde3000 boss katana sim to his exact timing, which seems to me to be 221 milliseconds. Effects boss dd3 digital delay 2 boss bd2 blues driver boss sd1 super overdrive boss tu3 chromatic tuner boss mo2 multi overtone yamaha spx90 multieffects processor. Soon legs were added and the instrument was called a. Yamaha pac1611ms mike stern signature electric guitar.
Stern has played with many greats including miles davis comeback band, saxophonists george coleman and joe henderson, bassist jaco pastorius, guitarists jim hall and pat martino, trumpeters tom harrell, arturo sandoval and tiger okoshi and saxophonists michael brecker, bob berg and david sanborn as well as steps ahead and the brecker brothers band. On july 3, 2016, mike stern was headed to europe to kick off a tour. Oct 01, 2011 jammingpracticing on this jazz a faster tempo. I extracted and looped a single mike stern note from his instruction video on youtube called all that jazz wmike stern learn to burn april 20. I cant say too much about the connections that it has as it was already racked in place when i used it at a professional studio, but it does have a 14 connections in the front for both a bypass foot switch and a memory foot switch. Also there is a guy who has been advertising on craigslist named sunny w sunny skies guitars. This message was edited by charlie wallace on 25 may 2006 at 02. Only one tele type guitar i didnt pull out to photograph. He did some routing for me a long time ago on a guitar and did a great job. Mike was fun to work with, communicating with me, working within the budget and finishing the work on time. Notably, they had fholes instead of the regular rick slash soundholes.
Mike stern guitar rig gear and equipment uberproaudio. Using the spx90 pitch harmonizer mike creates a very 90s processed sound. Mike is faithful to his signature model yamaha pacifica, which is his main guitar, and his boss effects, mainly the sd1 distortion and two dd3 digital delays. Mike sterns guitar gear mike stern grew up playing blues and rock on fender telecasters and stratocasters, and he stuck with telestyle guitars when he started playing jazz.
Great sound for the studio with perfectly balanced ambient tone. Mike stern has played his yamaha pacifica signature model since it came out in the early 90s. In june of that year, he released all over the place, which featured a delegation of highcaliber electric and acoustic bass players, including esperanza spalding, richard bona, victor wooten, anthony jackson, dave holland, tom kennedy, will lee and. Jan 21, 2016 mike stern celebrates yamaha guitars 50th anniversary. The meinl soundcaster distortion splash cymbal is an exceptionally powerful effect cymbal defined by a narrow sonic range. A huge part of mike sterns sound comes running stereo amps.
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