Welcome to Gypsy Journey Reviews! Here, I'll be reviewing gypsy jazz guitars, pickups, equipment, books, and other items from the world of Gypsy Jazz. I have played guitar for 30 years but I'm embarking on a quest to learn the intricacies of gypsy jazz in the styles of Django Reinhardt, Oscar Aleman, Jimmy Rosenberg, and others. I don't claim to play like them, but simply that they are influences.
Not a sound that I'm a fan of. I could see using a pick like that on a bass, if you were playing a style that "required" a pick. But on a guitar it just makes the guitar sound cheap. Lots of clacking and buzzing. It sounds like you don't have control of the right hand, giving the string much more than needed. I do like primetone, but much smaller size.
@@bigbassjonz I understand what you’re saying. I’ve messed with pick thickness for a few years now and settled on a few that range between 4-5mm. They add the necessary volume for both rhythm and lead playing in gypsy jazz. Django often used a thick plectrum he carved from a button. I’ve tried the picks on several different gypsy guitars and each sounds a little different but all give that punch needed to cut through.
@@gypsyjourneyreviews7745 I've gone down quite a rabbit hole since I made my uneducated comment. I'd never heard of Gypsy Jazz before and now realize that much of what I was hearing is part of the style. I've been playing guitar for 30 years, many style, just hadn't had the pleasure of coming across Gypsy Jazz. Please forgive my ignorance.
@@bigbassjonz no need for forgiveness :) it’s a style I love but also one I know doesn’t appeal to a lot of people. I hope you like what you’ve found and if you have any questions about the genre, please let me know and I’ll do my best to help. Thanks for watching.
Actually i tried both and the Altamira was better. More rounded tone. But I actually went with a Cigano GJ10 instead as it sounded the same and had more volume. Check out Djangobooks.com and see his video reviews of each model. The Cigano deserves a look :)
great video! i've been working on setting up a cheap acoustic that still sounds decent to play some gypsy jazz style stuff. one thing that i've noticed is the super light string on a selmer style make more sense since the scale is longer, but on a regular guitar the string gauge should go up a bit to get the same feel and tension that django and other's would have had using light string on their gypsy jazz guitar. i also wonder if anyone knows exactly what strings django used on his electric recordings
Makes a horrible click noise plus the bevels are the wrong way around for my way of picking. Expensive waste of money if you are looking for a mellow non gypsy sound.
Thanks for your review, I'm planning to buy a Stimer pickup to get that original manouche sound and I wonder if it could be able to reproduce a full electric jazzy sound as well with the right amp (something close to last year's Django recordings: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JlOeo_twJU8.html) Any idea on this? Do you think it's possible? Thanks!
Some personal setbacks but the journey continues. I now have a gypsy quartet I play with every week and I just posted my first original song here on the channel. Thanks!
!!! Greetings from Montréal, Québec, Canada !!! O.M.G., my friend has the exact same model from the sixties and sent it to a luthier to see what could be done to it to make it playable again. Since we are talking about being on a budget and trying things, let me know your opinion on my idea; WHAT IF, I were to buy a Gypsy Swing Jazz tail piece and screwed it on a low price 'Classical guitar' to put zero pressure on the bridge, could it not do the trick somehow? Yes, I understand that the neck is 'WIDER' but it is just an experiment. Have a great wednesday and rest of week...stay healthy !!! Cheers !!!
In theory it could work, but after a while you could start to see a dent forming because the classicals have a totaly flat top where as the Gypsy Jazz Guitars have it slightly arched. If you decide to do it anyways i'd reccomend to buy the tail piece from Killy Nonis :)
Hey man, try playing a little more behind the sound hole. Also your picking hand just seems very stiff I suggest thinking about bein "looser" with that picking hand. Also your angle on that hand may need a bit of an adjustment to play more loose and comfortable because it sounds quite robotic and doesn't really "swing" thank you for your content though I really aplriciate what your doing! Keep pickin away and have fun doin it!
Funny, I was thinkinig of ordering a FLOW and went back through my fishbowl of picks and found one of these----I like it a lot and wonder why I ever stopped using it!. Getting older (63) so grip is an issue nowadays. (I never dropped picks, but I had the devil's time of keeping them from "turning around" while I played. These don't.) Thanks for comparing the two picks for me. I appreciate that.
The sharpness of the point must be what makes it louder. They're really comfortable but its hard to escape the strings. I like the hetfield whitefang which is an ultex flow but thinner and has a better grip. But the 2.0mm jumbo flow is great if you like the 420 try the 2mm
It’s a great Chinese made guitar I played one and for starting its great, Though if you can save a little more and get the Altamira MD model, that’s a perfection for beginners and also for professionals
