@001 The L5 guitar is associated with which company?
\Fender
\*Gibson
\Hagstrom
\D'Aquisto
^The Gibson L5 was the brainchild of Lloyd Loar who developed the idea of a cello-bodied
instrument with sound holes in the classical style.
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@002 Which of these guitars vied with the Gibson Super 400 for rhythm players attention?
\Epiphone
\*Stromberg
\D'Angelico
\Guild
^The Stromberg New Yorker Master 400 (played by Freddie Greene) has a gigantic 19" wide
body and is reported to be the loudest of all arch-top guitars.
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@003 Which of these guitar models was played  by Django Reinhardt for most of his life?
\Epiphone Zephyr
\D'Angelico New Yorker
\*Selmer Maccaferri
\D'Aquisto New Yorker
^Designed by Mario Maccaferri, this guitar became indelibly associated with Django Reinhardt and the
Quintet du Hot Club sound.
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@004 Which of these European guitarists was the first  musician to have a profound
influence on both sides of the Atlantic?
\Louis Stewart
\*Django Reinhardt
\Rene Thomas
\John McLaughlin
^It has been suggested that his sociological environment formed the conditions that endowed Django with his
superior prowess: the gypsy, whether the Hungarian violinist or the Spanish flamenco guitarist, has always
shown a distinct affinity for stringed instruments.
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@005 Django Reinhardt's loss of the use of his third and fourth fingers on the left
hand was a result of....
\Paralysis after a bout with Polio
\He was born with this deformity
\Nerve damage caused by intense practicing
\*His hand was burnt in a fire he started
^The accidental fire almost cost Django his life.  Not only was his hand mutilated but he sustained severe
burns on his left side from knee to waist causing him to spend eighteen months on his back.
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@006 Which American guitar manufacturer won the honor of presenting Django Reinhardt with a
guitar on his arrival in the U.S.
\Guild
\Epiphone
\*None
\D'Aquisto
^Django arrived in the States without any baggage, not even his guitar.  He had counted on the American
guitar manufacturers fighting for the honor of presenting him with one.  He was wrong, and was eventually
obliged to buy an instrument.
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@007 Which guitarist arrived two and a half hours late for a Carnegie Hall concert with Duke Ellington yet
finished the show with great success?
\Barney Kessel
\Charlie Christian
\Joe Pass
\*Django Reinhardt
^The concert which began at 8:30 pm  featured Django playing with Duke Ellington. Duke had already
announced that Django would not be there tonight. Then, at 11 pm,  Django rushed on stage and later
explained that he'd run into a fellow Frenchman and had forgotten about the time.
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@008 What was the cause of Django Reinhardt's death?
\An auto accident
\*A stroke
\Shot outside a nightclub
\A drug overdose
^Django complained in later years of severe headaches.  However, his deep-rooted suspicion of doctors kept
him from seeking treatment.  On May 16, 1953, returning from a fishing trip near his home at Samois, he
suffered a fatal stroke.
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@009 Which Jazz guitar pioneer still plays every Monday night in New York City?
\*Les Paul
\Johnny Smith
\Barney Kessel
\Tal Farlow
^As of  1993, Les Paul is still packing them in each Monday night at "Fat Tuesday's" in New York.
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@010 At what game would  it have been risky to challenge Django Reinhardt (especially if money was
involved)?
\Golf
\*Billiards
\Chess
\Poker
^In spite of his hand injury, Django was an excellent  Billiards player and he loved to gamble.
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@011 Which great Jazz guitarist got his big break when he had to be sneaked onto the stage without the
leader's knowledge because the same leader had been previously unimpressed with his playing?
\Wes Montgomery
\*Charlie Christian
\Joe Pass
\Pat Metheny
^John Hammond, who discovered Charlie Christian had brought him to New York to play with Benny
Goodman.  At an audition that afternoon, Benny walked out unimpressed with Christian's playing having
refused to let Charlie plug in his amplifier.  After being sneaked on later that night, Charlie played over twenty
choruses of "Rose Room" and brought the house down.
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@012 In 1939, this nineteen year old guitarist showed up for his first audition in New York wearing a broad-
brim Texas hat, very pointed yellow shoes, a green suit and a purple shirt with an outlandish tie....
\Les Paul
\George Van Eps
\Barney Kessel
\*Charlie Christian
^John Hammond discovered Charlie Christian In Oklahoma City in 1939.  He recalls that hearing Christian
was one of the most exciting days of his life.  He immediately brought him to New York to play with Benny
Goodman who at first was unimpressed and refused to let him use an amplifier until they sneaked one onto the
stage during the performance later that evening.
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@013 Name the guitarist who is credited as being one of the giants of the Jazz guitar yet whose recording
output was less than five records.
\Django Reinhardt
\*Charlie Christian
\Wes Montgomery
\Barney Kessel
^Charlie Christian's amazing Jazz legacy was accomplished in two years - 1939-1941.
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@014 Which company produced  the first well-known"cutaway" guitar?
\Gibson Les Paul
\Fender Stratocaster
\*Selmer Maccaferri
\D'Aquisto New Yorker
^Django Reinhardt brought the Maccaferri, which was designed in 1932, to prominence in the 30's and 40's.
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@015 What was the cause of the great Charlie Christian's death in 1941?
\A ruptured appendix
\Food poisoning
\Shot by a "jealous husband".
\*Pneumonia
^Charlie Christian was hospitalized in 1941 for failing health brought on by almost non-stop playing in the
clubs and in the allnight jam sessions at Minton's in New York. While in hospital his friends supplied him
with marijuana, whiskey etc.  This did not help matters  and he died shortly after of Pneumonia.
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@016 Name the guitarist who is associated with the great album "Solo Flight"...
\Joe Pass
\*Charlie Christian
\Barney Kessel
\Howard Roberts
^Charlie Christian was featured with Benny Goodman's Big Band in the two record set, "Solo Flight" recorded
in 1941. This is one of the first times that Jazz guitar was featured as a solo instrument in a big band.
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@017 Name the guitarist who performed on the  solo album "Virtuoso"...
\*Joe Pass
\George Van Eps
\Johnny Smith
\Charlie Byrd
^Joe Pass's solo album, "Virtuoso" on the Pablo label, is considered by guitarists to be a milestone musical
event in the world of solo Jazz guitar.
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@018 In retrospect, what was guitarist Allan Ruess, who played with Jack Teagarden's band  famous for?
\He was the first seven-string guitar player
\He used to get drunk and fall off the band stand
\He played four-string, tenor guitar
\*He was one of the first to play amplified guitar
^Charlie Christian,  (who is more famous) and Eddie Durham, were also among the first to play amplified
guitar, but not the only ones.
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@019 Which of the following guitarists  played with Nat Cole's trio?
\*Oscar Moore
\Freddie Greene
\Tiny Grimes
\Eddie Durham
^Irving Ashby took over in 1947 when Oscar Moore quit the group.
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@020 Name the guitarist who worked for 40 years with Count Basie band.
\Irving Ashby
\*Freddie Greene
\George Van Eps
\Tiny Grimes
^Freddie Greene is the quintessential big band rhythm guitarist.  No one ever played it like Freddie!   He
played rhythm guitar exclusvely.  When he first joined the band he tried to play single string but it didn't work
out. At first he used a Stromberg but then switched to a custom-built Gretch.
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@021 Name the guitarist associated with the Poll Winners series of records.
\*Barney Kessel
\Wes Montgomery
\Charlie Byrd
\Howard Roberts
^These trio records have been re-released on the Contemporary label in CD form. They feature Barney Kessel on guitar, Ray Brown on bass, and
Shelley Manne on drums.
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@022 Whose record "For Django" was a tribute to Django Reinhardt?
\Lee Ritenour
\*Joe Pass
\Kenny Burrell
\Larry Carleton
^This  was one of Joe's earlier recordings. It stands up today as one of his finest.
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@023 Which guitarist had to develop a totally new playing style after an accident involving a candle.
\Lenny Breau
\Chet Atkins
\*Django Reinhardt
\Les Paul
^The accidental was a fire started by a candle in Django's caravan home.  Not only was his hand mutiliated but
he sustained severe burns on his left side from knee to waist almost costing him his life.
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@024 Which guitar player is noted for having developed a style which is a cross between Bill Evans and Chet
Atkins?
\*Lenny Breau
\Lee Ritenour
\Chuck Berry
\Johnny Smith
^Lenny would play three-note, piano-type voicings usually in fourths, above which he would simultaneously
play the melody or solo.
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@025 In the fifties, Les Paul had a hit recording of Clarinet Polka in which he had double-tracked it in thirds.
Which Jazz guitarist, who, not realizing it had been double-tracked, learned how to play this piece single-
handedly?
\Jim Hall
\Wes Montgomery
\*Lenny Breau
\Kenny Burrell
^Hard to believe, but true.  Lenny heard the cut and assumed that Les Paul had played all the parts at at the
same time, in one pass.  Lenny, thinking this was great, set out to learn, in fact to play all the parts alone, all at
the same time.
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@026 Which guitar player is considered to be the "father" and the inventor of the solid-body guitar?
\Leo Fender
\Chet Atkins
\*Les Paul
\Chuck Berry
^First experimented back in the early 1940's by pioneer Les Paul, the solid-body instrument was developed to
overcome the problem of feedback. Les started with a solid block of wood, to which he attached strings and a
pick-up. He later attached the body of an old guitar to both sides of the block to give it a guitar feel.
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@027 Which guitar player, still performing today is credited inventing double-tracking techniques, delay
effects etc., back in the fifties and sixties?
\Chet Atkins
\*Les Paul
\Leo Fender
\Dwayne Eddy
^Les Paul asked Ampex to develope a multi-track recorder to his specifications in the late '40s. The rest is history.
<2

@028 Name the guitarist who, in his own words, said, "I used to have  headaches everytime I'd play those
octaves because it was a strain but the minute I'd quit, I'd be alright".
\Joe Pass
\Herb Ellis
\*Wes Montgomery
\Lenny Breau
^Wes confided to Ralph Gleason that the headaches were brought on by the physical strain of playing octaves.
Although he eventually got over the headaches he said, "I'm showing you how a strain can capture a cat and
almost choke him, but after a while it starts to ease up because you get used to it".
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@029 Alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderly discovered this unknown player playing in an after hours club in
Indianapolis. That unknown guitarist was:
\Pat Metheny
\Pat Martino
\*Wes Mongomery
\George Benson
^The name of the club was "The Missile Room", an after-hours club in Indianapolis.  Wes later wrote and
recorded "Missile Blues".
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@030 This great guitarist took up the guitar in 1943 at age nineteen after hearing Charlie Christian's "Solo
Flight".
\Barney Kessel
\*Wes Montgomery
\Joe Pass
\Johnny Smith
^Wes learned all of Christian's solos and in fact for his first gig, he played only these solos.
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@031 Name the Jazz guitarist associated with the tune "Moonlight in Vermont".
\*Johnny Smith
\Herb Ellis
\Joe Pass
\Tal Farlow
^Smith says of this recording: "I was amazed that this tune became so popular. Harmonically it's a very simple,
vertical voicing.  If I were to write this out for a sax section, it would be just like I would play it on the guitar.
This is how I think of the guitar - in terms of orchestrating".
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@032 Name the Jazz guitarist known for his smooth, velvety style and especially close voicings on the guitar.
\Lenny Breau
\Jim Hall
\*Johnny Smith
\Ed Bickert
^"Moonlight in Vermont", one of Johnny Smith's most famous renditions illustrates his close voicing style.
The technique involves large stretches. Smith is a master at playing these difficult arrangements in a very
legato style. The other guitarists mentioned above are also very smooth and are known for their beautiful
voicings but the emphasis isn't on "close" voicings.
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@033 Name the guitarist known for his mastery of harmonics on the guitar.
\Johnny Smith
\*Lenny Breau
\Barney Kessel
\George Van Eps
^Lenny brought the art of artificial harmonics to a very high level. He was able to play entire chord solos using
this effect.
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@034 Name the guitar player who invented the "string damper"?
\Jim Hall
\Leo Fender
\Les Paul
\*George Van Eps
^The George Van Eps string damper is a device which is attached near the nut of a guitar to dampen the strings.  It's purpose is
to stop unwanted strings from ringing with amplified guitar. Such artists as Jim Hall, and Herb Ellis use this device.
<3

@035 The guitarist who played on the album "Undercurrent" with Bill Evans was:
\*Jim Hall
\Herb Ellis
\Lenny Breau
\Joe Pass
^This beautiful album, made in the sixties, was originally intended to feature only soft ballads.
When they thought the session was over Bill Evans and Jim Hall jammed on an up-tempo version of "My
Funny Valentine" not knowing that the engineer had left the tape rolling. This rendition, along with the record
is a classic.
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@036 The album "Bright Size Life" was the remarkable first record of:
\John McLaughlin
\John Abercrombie
\Larry Coryell
\*Pat Metheny
^Gary Burton wrote in the liner notes a very glowing testimonial of this debut album which featured a not very
well known bass player named Jaco Pastorius, drummer Bob Moses and the equally not well known, Pat
Metheny.
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@037 This young guitarist got his first break by repeatedly asking vibrophonist Gary Burton
if he could sit in with his group.  His name is:
\John Scofield
\Mick Goodrick
\Larry Corryel
\*Pat Metheny
^Burton was understandably reluctant to let the young Metheny sit in because the material was very complex.
However, he finally relented and the rest is history.
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@038 Who is usually associated as the first developer of the seven string guitar?
\*George Van Eps
\Bucky Pizarelli
\Lenny Breau
\George Barnes
^George Van Eps added a low "B" string to fill out his soloistic style.  After hearing Van Eps
Bucky Pizarelli turned to the seven string guitar and is now considered exponents of that instrument.
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@039 This guitarist had a very hectic schedule working at a factory from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., playing his night
gig
from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. and his after hours gig from 2:30 to 5:30 a.m. Name this player:
\Charlie Christian
\Joe Pass
\*Wes Montgomery
\Kenny Burrell
^Wes lived in Indianapolis. He had seven children to support, hence the heavy schedule.
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@040 The Fender Telecaster (normally a rock-type guitar) is played by:
\Lenny Breau
\*Ed Bickert
\John Scofield
\Lee Ritenour
^For over twenty years, Toronto guitarist Ed Bickert has been making beautiful music with his cream-colored
"Telly".
<3

@041 Shortly before an accident claimed his life, this unknown country guitarist teamed up with vibist Gary Burton
and made a wonderful first and only Jazz album.  His name was:
\*Hank Garland
\Scott Lafaro
\Clifford Brown
\Jimmy "Blue" Barrow
^The name of the album, recorded in 1960 by Gary Burton and Hank Garland was "Jazz Winds", (Columbia).  This is an album worth checking
out.
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@042 To what did Tal Farlow credit his phenomonal speed and bebop technique?
\He practicing building speed with a metronome
\He practiced arpeggios when he was younger
\His father stood over him with a whip
\*The band played fast tempos all the time
^Tal worked with in vibist Red Norvo's trio with Charles Mingus on bass.  He says that at first the tempos
were so fast he couldn't keep up. But he eventually had to develop the chops to be able to keep up with those
guys.
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@043 Which of the following guitarists had a tune named after them by Miles Davis?
\Wes Montgomery
\Jim Hall
\*John McLaughlin
\George Benson
^Miles called the tune: "John McLaughlin".
<3

@044 Which guitarist was nicknamed "the Octopus"?
\Wes Montgomery
\*Tal Farlow
\Charlie Christian
\Joe Pass
^Tal earned this nickname because of his large hands.
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@045 Who credits his legato chord technique with listening to organ players?
\Jim Hall
\Wes Montgomery
\*Johnny Smith
\John McLaughlin
^Johnny noticed that organ players would hold one note down to keep tone going, like a pivot while moving
other parts.
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@046 Who dominated the Jazz guitar polls in the decade of the sixties?
\Tal Farlow
\Joe Pass
\*Wes Montgomery
\Barney Kessel
^Wes took over the domination that Barney Kessel had had for the previous decade.
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@047 Who dominated the Jazz polls in the decade of the fifties?
\*Barney Kessel
\Django Reinhardt
\Wes Montgomery
\Charlie Christian
^The "Poll Winners" series of records (on Contemporary Records, now re-released on CD) is a great legacy of
Kessel's playing.  On these trio records, he is joined by bassist Ray Brown and drummer Shelley Manne.
<2

@048 Which of the following guitarists played on several records with Charlie Parker and Billy Holiday?
\Joe Pass
\Charlie Christian
\Wes Montgomery
\*Barney Kessel
^The first time Charlie Parker heard Kessel sitting in with his band, he loved his playing so much that he
carried Kessel's amp to his car telling him how much he liked his playing.
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@049 What great guitar player has played a flat top guitar throughout his career?
\Wes Montgomery
\Charlie Christian
\Jim Hall
\*Django Reinhardt
^Django played a Maccaferri cutaway guitar originally designed by Mario Maccaferri in 1922.
<2

@050 His playing echos Django, great sense of humor, pioneer of multi-track recording and delay-techniques, studio
musician, inventor, and a very long recording career.  These statements can only apply to:
\Chet Atkins
\Tommy Tedesco
\*Les Paul
\Johnny Smith
^Les Paul is still playing every Monday night in New York City. The classic Les Paul guitar was designed by
him.
<3

@051 Name the guitarist who joined Oscar Peterson's trio when Barney Kessel left in 1953.
\Joe Pass
\*Herb Ellis
\Jim Hall
\Tal Farlow
^Ellis stayed with the group for five years.
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@052 This guitarist claimed to have a great frustration with amplifiers and told one critic that he never felt
satisfied with the sound coming from the amp.  He was:
\Tal Farlow
\*Wes Montgomery
\Joe Pass
\John McLaughlin
^Wes told this to Jazz critic Ralph J. Gleason.
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@053 Which of these guitarists plays with his thumb instead of a pick?
\Joe Pass
\*Wes Montgomery
\Les Paul
\Herb Ellis
^Wes Montgomery learned to play with his thumb because his neighbors complained that his practicing was
too loud.  Wes found that playing with the thumb gave a softer sound when he practiced deep into the night.
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@054 "Smokin' At The Half Note" is one of this Jazz guitarists most exemplary records:
\*Wes Montgomery
\Joe Pass
\Herb Ellis
\Tal Farlow
^This album featured Wes' most cookin' quartet: Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy
Cobb on drums. It was recorded in 1965 and was the last of his "pure" Jazz albums.
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@055 Name the guitar player who recorded "The Captain's Journey".
\Pat Metheny
\larry Carleton
\Larry Coryell
\*Lee Ritenour
^This album was a collaboration with Dave Grusin and remains one of Lee's finest albums.
<3

@056 Who played lead guitar in the "Quintet du Hot Club"?
\Louis Stewart
\Joe Pass
\*Django Reinhardt
\Toots Thielemans
^Django and violinist Stephane Grappelli were the driving force of this legendary quintet which played in Paris in the
thirties.
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@057 This guitarist was associated with the Gibson L5 for all of his recording life.  Name him:
\*Wes Montgomery
\Herb Ellis
\Jim Hall
\Ed Bickert
^Wes played his L5 exclusively with his thumb.  He never used a pick or played with fingers and nails. He
favored heavy gauge flat wound strings
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@058 This artist plays the Gibson 175.  Who is he?
\*Pat Metheny
\Mike Stern
\Ed Bickert
\Wes Montgomery
^Metheny uses flat wound strings on his 175. His sound is enhanced with various delays, reverb and chorus.
<2

@059 Which company produced a "George Benson" model guitar?
\Gibson
\Fender
\Rickenbacker
\*Ibanez
^The Ibanez "George Benson" guitar is a very small arch top hollow body with two floating pick-ups.
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@060 Rock guitarists prefer solid-body guitars over hollow body guitars because:
\Hollow body guitars are not loud enough
\Solid-body guitars are smaller
\*Solid-body guitars have more sustain
\They look better for rock concerts
^Les Paul, who (along with Leo Fender), developed most of the technology for solid body guitars, once said
that for sheer sustain, guitars should be made out of solid concrete!
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@061 The first pick-up marketed by Gibson was called:
\The Barney Kessel pick-up
\*The Charlie Christian pick-up
\The single coil pick-up
\The Humbucking pick-up
^Barney Kessel has used a Charlie Christian pick-up for over forty years and it still sounds great. It has two large bar magnets, thousands
of feet of hair-thin wire, and is fastened to the guitar body with 3 big screws. The early models use a solid bar pole piece while later
models had a notch at the B string.
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@062 Herb Ellis, Jim Hall, Joe Diorio, Joe Pass, and Pat Metheny have all favored this guitar throughout their
recording careers:
\Gibson L 5
\Gibson Super 400
\Fender Stratocaster
\*Gibson 175
^The Gibson 175 model was introduced in the fifties as an inexpensive playwood alternative to the L5 and Super 400 type
guitars and is still a great all-round Jazz guitar.
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@063 Jimmy D'Aquisto was:
\A legendary New York bebop guitarist
\A legendary agent for Jazz guitarists
\*The assistant to guitar maker John D'Angelico
\The first guitar player to use three pick-ups
^\Jimmy D'Aquisto was John D'Angelico's assistant for 12 years until the old master's death in 1964.  Artists
such as Jim Hall and Joe Pass now play D'Aquisto guitars.
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@064 The "Johnnny Smith" model, the "Tal Farlow" model, and the "Barney Kessel" model guitars were
produced by which company:
\Fender
\Ibanez
\*Gibson
\Gretch
^These Gibson guitars are all arch-top, large, hollow-body electrics.
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@065 Who wrote "West Coast Blues"?
\Lenny Breau
\Charlie Christian
\Ed Bickert
\*Wes Montgomery
^This Wes Montgomery tune is a blues-waltz in Bb with altered changes.
<2

@066 A Dobro is:
\A neck device to allow playing in any key
\A Russian folk song
\*A loud metal body guitar
\A guitar with twin necks
^First produced in 1929 by the Dopara brothers who founded the National Guitar company.
Made almost entirely of metal, the Dobro guitar has a loud volume and a distinctive metalic tone.
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@067 Which of the following guitarists does the expression, "Coltrane inspired lines" apply to?
\Larry Carleton
\Charlie Christian
\Charlie Byrd
\*Sonny Greenwich
^Sonny Greenwich performs in the Montreal and Toronto areas.
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@068 The book "A Modern Method for Guitar", which is published by the Berklee College of Music in
Boston was written by:
\Pat Metheny
\John Scofield
\Mick Goodrick
\*William Leavitt
^This three volume set by Willim Leavett is still in wide use today and is an excellent all round method for Jazz guitar.
<3

@069 Pat Metheny said of his quick rise to success as a jazz guitarist,
\"I always practiced".
\"I never practiced".
\*"I was always the worst player in the band".
\"I was always the best player in the band".
^Metheny felt that by surrounding himself with musicians that he felt were better than himself  he was always
improving.
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@070 This guitarist was born in, and currently resides in Dublin, Ireland:
\John McLaughlin
\Cal Collins
\*Louis Stewart
\Mick Goodrick
^Louis Stewart got his start playing with tenorist Tubby Hayes in London.  He also did a lot of work at
Ronnie Scott's in London.  His playing reflects the mainstream influence of guitarists such as Barney Kessel
and Wes Montgomery.
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@071 This guitar player sings and plays his improvised lines simultaneously.  He is:
\Chuck Berry
\Toots Thielemans
\*George Benson
\Willie Nelson
^George Benson, although not known for his singing as much as his playing, is a fine vocalist.
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@072 The "Country Gentleman" guitar was made to the specifications of:
\Larry Carleton
\Glen Campbell
\*Chet Atkins
\Howard Roberts
^This guitar, made by Gretch to Chet's specs, is very popular with afficionados of the smooth, country-pop style of Chet
Atkins etc.
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@073 The tune "Nuages" was written by:
\*Django Reinhardt
\John Scofield
\Pat Metheny
\Jim Hall
^Django recorded this beautiful tune on several occasions.  His arrangement usually featured the most amazing
glissando from the low open "E" to the very top of the guitar and was played without any perceptable break.
<2

@074 What was the function of the guitar in the famous "George Shearing sound" of the fifties and sixties?
\Strictly rhythm
\There was no guitar
\Tasteful fills throughout
\*Doubling the melody an octave below
^This famous quintet of piano, guitar, vibes, bass and drums, featured very tight arrangements with Shearing
playing block voicings of the melody which was doubled by the vibes and the guitar an octave below.
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@075 The strings that produced a warm, round sound with little or no finger noise are known as:
\Round wound
\Nylon
\Bronze
\*Flat wound
^Flat wound strings are the preferred strings of many Jazz players because of the smooth tone. The disadvantage is
that they are not as clear in the lower register as the round wound strings preferred by most rock players.
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@076 Before the days of amplifiers, guitarists in big bands used arched-top guitars because:
\They looked better
\They were easier to play
\*The high tones cut through better
\The long scale kept them in tune longer
^The arched-top guitar is famous for its biting top end and it was the only acoustic that could be heard in a big
band.
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@077 What is a capo used for?
\Lenny Breau used to wear one at all his gigs
\A soft guitar cover when it's not in a case
\A guitar pick especially designed for speed
\*A device to facilitate playing in all keys
^This device is clamped onto the neck (at different frets) of the guitar and allows players of limited chordal
experience to play in all keys.
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@078 What is the "Grand Barre" ?
\A club in Greenwich Village
\*The playing of all strings across a fret
\Where guitarists go when they die
\A Flamenco capo
^This technique of barring (or bar chords) simulates the function of the "nut" in that all six strings are covered
by the finger when playing a chord in any position.
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@079 "Artificial harmonics":
\Don't sound as good as "natural harmonics"
\Are played by players of lesser technique
\*Require the use of both hands
\Are usually considered to be a cop-out
^The greatest exponent of artificial harmonics in the world of Jazz guitar was Lenny Breau. The left hand frets a note
and the right hand lightly plucks the string while also touching lightly on the string exactly an octave above the
note.
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@080 These three guitarists, Larry Coryell, Mick Goodrick, and Pat Metheny all have one thing in common:
\They all play the Gibson Les Paul guitar
\They all studied at the same college
\They are all from Boston
\*They all played in the Gary Burton Quartet
^Coryell was the first of the three to play in this great quartet.
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@081 The guitarist who is associated with playing the D'Angelico and Gibson Super 400 throughout his
career is:
\Joe Pass
\*Kenny Burrell
\Barney Kessel
\Wes Montgomery
^Kenny Burrell lives and plays in the New York area.
<3

@082 "Guitar Forms" was one of the finest albums of:
\Laurindo Almeida
\Grant Green
\Wes Montgomery
\*Kenny Burrell
^Kenny's "Guitar Forms" album features big band arrangements by Gill Evans
<3

@083 Laurindo Almeida, Charlie Byrd, Egberto Gismonti and Ralph Towner all have one thing  in common:
\They're all from Brazil
\*They all play Jazz on classical guitars
\They all use flat wound strings
\They all studied with Segovia
^These four players have brought the classical guitar technique to Jazz.
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@084 What do guitarists Sonny Greenwich, Ed Bickert, and Lenny Breau have in common?
\They all play the Fender Telecaster
\They use their fingers instead of a pick
\*They are Canadian-based musicians
\They all favor an overdrive sound
^While they weren't all born in Canada, they have lived and worked out of the Montreal and Toronto areas for
most of their careers.
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@085 Which guitar player teamed up with Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb
to produce one of the cookin'est quartets in Jazz?
\Kenny Burrell
\Grant Green
\Jim Hall
\*Wes Montgomery
^Check out the live Wes Montgomery album "Smokin' at the Half Note".
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@086 Which of the following guitarists recorded with Miles Davis?
\Wes Montgomery
\Kenny Burrell
\Kevin Eubanks
\*Mike Stern
^Mike Stern played in the band Miles formed when he returned from his long illness in the 80's.
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@087 Name the guitarist who performed on Sonny Rollins' album "The Bridge"?
\Grant Green
\*Jim Hall
\Lee Ritenour
\John Scofield
^Regarding playing with Sonny Rollins, Jim said: "He was such a virtuoso, that even the very idea of playing
with him scared me".
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@088 Which guitarist claims that because of a serious drug problem, the twelve year period from the end of
1949 to 1960 was a complete waste of time.  "All that time I was wasted, I was a bum, doing nothing ".
\Grant Green
\Kenny Burrell
\*Joe Pass
\Jim Hall
^Joe sought help for his problem in 1960 at the Synanon rehabilitation center in California and soon after
started making records under his own name.
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@089 The album "80 / 81", featuring Michael  Brecker on saxophone was made by:
\John Scofield
\*Pat Metheny
\John Abercrombie
\Sonny Sharrock
^This album also features some great compositions by Metheny.
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@090 Guitarist Al Dimeola's first big gig was with:
\The Mahvishnu Orchestra
\The Buddy Rich Big Band
\*Chick Corea
\Miles Davis
^Al's guitar of choice with the Chick Corea band was a Les Paul.
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@091 In the early seventies, guitarist John McLaughlin started a band which was called:
\The John McLaughlin Project
\Light as a Feather
\*The Mahavishnu Orchestra
\Facing You
^The Mahavishnu Orchestra featured Jerry Goodman on violin, Billy Cobham on drums Rick Laird on bass and Jan Hammer on
piano.
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@092 In the early seventies, this guitarist was featured for a number of years playing a double necked guitar.
He was:
\Larry Coryell
\Jim Hall
\Carlos Santana
\*John McLaughlin
^McLaughlin's double necked guitar had a twelve string for the top neck and a regular six string on the
bottom.
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@093 Name the guitarist who refused Miles Davis' invitiation to join his band in 1970.
\Tal Farlow
\*John McLaughlin
\John Scofield
\Larry Coryell
^McLaughlin refused Miles' offer because he said he was having too much fun playing in the band "Lifetime"
with drummer Tony Williams and organist Larry Young.
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@094 To which guitarist was John McLaughlin referring when he said "his conception is so contemporary and
he has incredible facility and a highly inventive approach to harmony"?
\Jim Hall
\Mick Goodrick
\Gabor Szabo
\*Tal Farlow
^Tal Farlow was known as "The Octopus", a nickname given him because of his large hands and tremendous
stretches.
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@095 The album called "Catch Me" was recorded by:
\*Joe Pass
\Mike Stern
\Pat Martino
\Jack Wilkins
^This was one of Joe Pass' first albums under his own name.
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@096 George Benson said that this player was "The guy who made me conscious of what the guitar could do".
He was:
\Grant Green
\Charlie Christian
\Wes Montgomery
\*Hank Garland
^Hank Garland was originally a country player from Nashville who made a great record called "Jazz Winds
From a New Direction".  The album featured vibist Gary Burton.
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@097 Which guitarist has used the same guitar for the past forty years?
\*Barney Kessel
\Joe Pass
\Les Paul
\Howard Roberts
^Kessel's old Gibson guitar still has the original Charlie Christian pick-up.
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@098 What do guitarists Laurindo Almeida, Luis Bonfa, Joao Gilberto, and Egberto Gismonti have in
common?
\They are all the same age
\*They are all from Brazil
\They have all played with Miles Davis
\They all use flat wound strings
^These four Brazilian guitar players all play the nylon string, classical guitar.
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@099 What is the function of a sound post in relation to the guitar?
\To mute the strings
\To increase volume
\*To decrease boominess
\To prevent the top from collapsing
^The sound post decreases lower end boom by connecting the top and back of the hollow-body guitar with a
small diameter wooden dowel.
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@100 Why do some electric guitars have more than one pick-up?
\To double the volume
\One is always designed for lead, one for rhythm
\*To obtain different sounds at different locations
\For looks only
^The fingerboard or front pick-up, because of it's placement, gets a more mellow tone than the bridge or back
pick-up which gets a more biting, treble sound. Modern specially tailored pickups for rhythm and lead enhance these placement differences.
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@101 Larry Carlton and Lee Ritenour are known for their association with:
\The Fender Telecaster
\The Gibson 175
\*The Gibson 335
\The Ibanez Roadstar
^Both guitarists have recorded almost exclusively on their Gibson 335 instruments over the years.
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@102 A guitar player shattered his arm in an auto accident.  He was told by doctors that it could only be set in
one position.  So, he of course, assumed the guitar playing position and said, "set it like this!".  He was:
\Django Reinhardt
\*Les Paul
\Lenny Breau
\Larry Coryell
^Les Paul, in spite of this injury, has continued with his long and illustrious musical career. He still performs
regularly in New York City.
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