{"id":639,"date":"2020-01-06T06:47:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T21:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/en\/?p=639"},"modified":"2020-06-21T20:08:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T11:08:00","slug":"joscho-stephans-guitar-brand-strings-and-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/joscho-stephans-guitar-brand-strings-and-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Joscho Stephan&#8217;s Guitar brand, strings and picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Of course you know Joscho Stephan , right?<\/p>\n<p>That germany gypsy jazz guitarist who plays the guitar just like ringing a bell.<\/p>\n<p>I do like how he plays as well.<\/p>\n<p>I talked to him a few times at his show and he is also a friend of my friend, very nice guy.<\/p>\n<p>You can see his playing on youtube and stuff a lot these days but there aren&#8217;t much infomation about his gear. So , I&#8217;d like to introduce what he uses.<\/p>\n<h2>Who is Joscho Stephan?<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s much easier to tell you how good Joscho is when you watch this clip.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe title=\"made in france by Joscho Stephan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GeH25-spa74?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is the clip I recorded last year. He came to a very small festival in germany, like 100 people were there at the time, and he told me he often plays for this community event that&#8217;s why he came back again.<\/p>\n<p>Also it was free! No charge to watch the show! It&#8217;s crazy, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>Now, I don&#8217;t have to tell you how good he is, instead of that, I&#8217;ll introduce his biography.<\/p>\n<p>He was born on June 23,1979 in germany. He started playing a guitar influenced by his father Gunter Stephan who is also play in Joscho&#8217;s trio as rhythm guitar.<\/p>\n<p>His debut was released in 1999, he became famous since then.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1999 Swinging Strings<\/li>\n<li>2001 Swing News<\/li>\n<li>2003 Django Forever<\/li>\n<li>2006 Acoustic Live<\/li>\n<li>2007 Joscho Stephan &#8211; Live In Concert<\/li>\n<li>2010 Django Nuevo<\/li>\n<li>2011 Gypsy Meets Jazz with Olivier Holland<\/li>\n<li>2012 Gypsy meets the Klezmer with Helmut Eisel<\/li>\n<li>2014 Acoustic Rhythm<\/li>\n<li>2014 Joscho Stephan Trio Live<\/li>\n<li>2015 Guitar Heroes<\/li>\n<li>2016 Gypsy Vibes<\/li>\n<li>2017 Bei dir war es immer so sch\u00f6n<\/li>\n<li>2018 Paris &#8211; Berlin<\/li>\n<li>2019 Classic Meets Gypsy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Joscho Stephan&#8217;s guitar<\/h2>\n<p>In the past interview, he mentioned that <strong>the guitar I usually use in germany is &#8230;.<\/strong> , so he changes his guitar depending on where. Also in his another interview at the gig in the states, he said <strong>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t take my guitar from germany so I went to a local guitar shop to buy a guitar for this gig&#8217;<\/strong> .<\/p>\n<p>Anyways , the guitar he uses is <span class=\"marker\">J\u00fcrgen Volkert , D-Hole , SW 404D<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2290 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jo.jpg\" alt=\"Joscho Stephan's guitar\" width=\"500\" height=\"491\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Body is Makassa , Head is Spruce, Neck is wallnut, Fingerboard and Bridge are Ebony.<\/p>\n<p>By the way , do you know Diknu Schneeberger, austrian gypsy player. I think he is also super famous. He uses same brand but <strong>SW 402,O-Hole<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t heared him then go youtube and check him out.<\/p>\n<p>Probably many people want to try J\u00fcrgen Volkert guitar , but it&#8217;s only custom-made. We can&#8217;t just go and try, they might have samples though&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in , the you could make one. Prices are between 4k to 6k in euro depending on the size and materials\u00a0 .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.volkert-guitars.de\/html\/home\/home.html\">J\u00fcrgenVolkert Gitarrenbau<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Joscho&#8217;s picks<\/h2>\n<p>Probably you know the brand called <strong>wegen<\/strong>? very popular picks for gypsy jazz players and Mandolin players as well.<\/p>\n<p>They are bit pricey but well hand made.<\/p>\n<p>Jocscho uses <strong>Wegen BigCity<\/strong>. Stochelo Rosenberg used to use same one, 1.4mm, too, oh possibly still using them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2291 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/wegen-min-1.jpg\" alt=\"wegen\u30fb\u30a6\u30a7\u30fc\u30b2\u30f3\u306e\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u3000\u30b8\u30e7\u30b7\u30e7\u30fc\u30b7\u30e5\u30c6\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\" width=\"428\" height=\"323\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In europe , you can buy them quite easily.<\/p>\n<p>This is the official HP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wegenpicks.com\/\">Wegen&#8217;s guitar picks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also they are sold on amazon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?k=wegen+pick&amp;crid=3RH61EK5D1CGF&amp;sprefix=weagen,aps,196&amp;ref=nb_sb_ss_sc_2_6&amp;linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=gipsyjazzny00-21&amp;linkId=fde24e3110c3756eef8b95ac34893077\">amazon.co.uk<\/a> but not on amazon USA.<\/p>\n<p>Also many gypsy jazz guitarists like , Bireli Lagrene ,Gonzalo Bergara , Adrien Moignard,Robin Nolan\u30fb\u30fbuse <strong>Dunlop delrin 1.5mm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I also use Dunlop but <strong>primetone 2mm<\/strong>.sounds very sharp and heavy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-642 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_9119-min.jpg\" alt=\"dunlop primetone 2mm gypsy jazz pick\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?k=Dunlop+delrin+picks&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_2&amp;linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=gipsyjazzny00-21&amp;linkId=c37608d43f543c2d965a5d393c9e9609\">Dunlop delrin on amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?k=dunlop+delrin+picks&amp;crid=3HPBA3EXH609R&amp;sprefix=Dunlop+delrin+,aps,291&amp;ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_14&amp;linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=gipsyjazznyum-20&amp;linkId=cdf9f9fcf0fdc3aecd410ec38c7859e9&amp;language=en_US\">Dunlop delrin on amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Joscho&#8217;s Strings<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2295 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dada-001.jpg\" alt=\"Joscho Stephan\uff08\u30b8\u30e7\u30b7\u30e7\u30fc\u30b7\u30e5\u30c6\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\uff09\u304c\u4f7f\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u5f26\" width=\"327\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s quite surprising that he doesn&#8217;t use Savarez Argentine strings but <strong>D&#8217;Addario Gypsy Jazz strings 011<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I suppose many french guitarists use Argentine because it is a french company and most famous gypsy strings there. <span class=\"marker\">Django also used Argentine<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>You can buy the strings on amazon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/DAddario-EJ83M-Acoustic-Guitar-Strings\/dp\/B000OR2T0I\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=daddario+gypsy+jazz&amp;qid=1578258865&amp;sr=8-2&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=gipsyjazzny00-21&amp;linkId=c215afaf212ee9ecc11d3a2ed5905f45\">D&#8217;addario gypsy jazz strings amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DAddario-EJ83M-Acoustic-Guitar-Strings\/dp\/B000OR2T0I\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=daddario+gypsy+jazz&amp;qid=1578258983&amp;sr=8-1&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=gipsyjazznyum-20&amp;linkId=675495fa2b35a0a452a72802f09898fb&amp;language=en_US\">D&#8217;addario gypsy jazz strings on amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now you have everything you need to play like Joscho, all we need to do is practice then!<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in Stochelo Rosenberg&#8217;s gear , read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/en\/stochelo-rosenbergs-guitar-brand-and-picks-strings\/\">Guitar,Strings and Picks Stochelo uses<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ep-box es-BiconBg icon-pushpin bgc-VPlime\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/popular-gypsy-jazz-method-books-for-self-taught-guitarists\/\">Popular Gypsy Jazz Method Books for self-taught guitarists<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/minor-swing-django-reinhardts-solo-tab\/\">Minor Swing &#8211; Django&#8217;s solo lesson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/swing-gitan-lesson\/\">Swing Gitan &#8211; lesson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of course you know Joscho Stephan , right? 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