Bill Frisell - 'Stardust' | Fretboard Journal

Bill Frisell returns to the Fretboard Journal to perform Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust."

On this track, Bill is playing his heavily modified Fender Telecaster through a Carr Sportsman amplifier. This guitar is truly a community build: It features a T.K. Smith-wound neck pickup, a Seymour Duncan Little '59 bridge pickup; a Mastery bridge; and a T.K. Smith pickguard. The custom art is by Terry Turrell. The finish and assembly were done by JW Black. The neck plate and additional setup was done by Eric Daw, but NYC's Tom Crandall - recently featured in the Fretboard Journal's 54th issue - has also done setup work on it.

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[Ventriloquistx]

Awesome! Thank you for playing at my wedding in 1977.

[emmoiv]

Just sitting here in awe of how he can use the absolute minimum amount of harmony at just the right spots to turn a melody into an arrangement...

[Guitarinthewoods]

The Thelonious Monk of Guitar. Beautiful.

[Grillmouth]

I love how much Bill respects space. Outlines harmony in ingenious and simple ways. Absolutely beautiful playing. Thanks Bill and Fretboard Journal!

[Valaskjold]

Frisell has the coolest guitars. I wish there was more videos of him talking about them..

[bigalcoffee]

Saw him at Newport this past weekend. Incredible live performance

[snckrdoodles]

I have his “Guitar in The Space Age!” album and it’s absolutely fantastic! Both the album cover and the tracks.

[kirstinline]

that just dropped my shoulders a couple of inches. lovely.

[matt]

As always difficult to find words to describe his creativity in music.. another wonderful interpretation.. thanks Bill.

[tymstewart]

"Someone told Chet Atkins, "Man, that guitar sure sounds good!"

Chet set the guitar down on a chair and asked him, "Ok, how does it sound now?""
Incredible player. Made me think of this quote looking at the guitar lol

[cliveexton]

Just wonderful! What a great arrangement. Thank you for sharing your immense guitar talents.

[chefsize]

I love how Bill always looks like he’s struggling to get out each note, like he’s only been playing for a couple months. 😂

[votemiles]

His imagination is as vast as the universe... what a guy

[jeffstanton]

The Maestro. Thank you. Keep them coming.

[koaritz]

I was just learning this standard! Thanks for another lovely solo Bill piece

[MatthewSwasta]

Years ago I was taking my family up to Fayetteville AR one weekend to hang out with a group of friends, and my daughter was playing a band called Earth on her Spotify over Bluetooth. I said "man, that really sounds like Bill Frisell." So my daughter looked it up, and then asked me, "how did you know that?" I said, "because it sounds like Bill Frisell!" I had never heard the Earth album before...

[svbarr]

Nice old Flot A Tone amp behind him...sweet...

[guitarguy]

Absolutely stunned to see Tim Walz make time for this gorgeous performance in his busy schedule