Hey all you jazz guitarists and other interested parties reported to be hanging out somewhere on these Forums:

SPOILER ALERT: Eligibility for this little wine tasting requires that you have not visited the original User Forum postings of the two tunes, below..

Both of these tunes were played on 17" archtop guitars with a single mounted (Gibson-style humbucking) pickup. One of them was strung with roundwound strings, the other with flatwound. Playing and recording conditions were identical for both, e.g. I don't use a pick, rather I played both with my thumb and fingers.

All you are asked to do is tell which is which, or reply that they are indistinguishable in sound. Take a couple o' sips of each and get back to me with your definitive answer.

https://soundcloud.com/aleckrand/bye-bye-blackbird

https://soundcloud.com/aleckrand/blues-for-mariod

Thanks for your participation. The results may turn out to be extremely valuable.

Aleck


Sweetwater Creation Station. BIAB 2018, Mixcraft 8 Pro Studio, Izotope Nektar 2, Ozone 8, KEYBOARDS: Kurzweil Artis 7, Crumar MOJO, Hammond XK-3, BASSES (fretted & fretless by Ibanez, LTD, Warwick. GUITARS by Guild, Gretsch, Ibanez, Eastwood (12 string)