1978 Gibson ES-175 Charlie Christian
My main instrument since 1994. Found at International Vintage Guitars in New Orleans. 3-piece maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, arched slab-cut maple top, sides and back, Charlie Christian pickup. Strings: Thomastik flatwound 14s. Used on all of my albums and live gigs in NYC area, exclusively on Trickster, WORK, and Trickster's Dream, Steve Coleman's Synovial Joints, Jonathan Finlayson's Moving Still and Moment and the Message, John Zorn's Paimon, Dan Weiss' Sixteen, Adam Rudolph's Turning Toward the Light, all albums by Jane Monheit, Patrick Cornelius, and many other projects.