Instrument List
This page was created to show the various instruments that Joe Matzzie has access to, for recording sessions or other gigs.

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Classical Guitar Alvarez by Kazuo Yairi 1975 (AKA Nylon string, AKA Spanish Style guitar)		La Rosette Composed by Michael Praetoreus. Recorded in Joe's home studio, using ProTools
Steel String Acoustic Guitar Ibanez 300CW, 1986, mother of pearl inlays, mahogany body, rosewood neck, full rich sound		Frank's Fish composed by Fred Smith Oysters 2 composed by Naoto Kubo 2007 Both recorded at the Berklee College of Music Film Scoring Lab 2007
Fender Stratocaster USA Model		C Minor Central Park West [clip] Solo performed by Joe on a former Ibanez electric guitar. Recordings of the strat are coming soon
Gretch Hollow body Electric Guitar Has been used for Jazz and Rhythm & Blues,  but also has a Beatle-ee rockabilly sound to it too.		audio coming soon
Fender Precision Bass		no audio yet
Hammered Dulcimer Made by Dusty Strings. This has 56, double course strings, and ranges 3 octaves (from the D below middle C up). Normally it is tuned to play in basic keys, D, G, C, F, and their relative minors; with certain notes missing in certain octaves to make it hard to play in the farther out keys. However, any string can be adjusted to fit the notes of a given piece. This has been played in well tempered tuning, and in other tunings tunings for various gigs; once to a Indo-Chinese scale, D Eb F# G A Bb C#, and once to the Persian scale of Nava: G A quarter-flat (435Hz) Bb C D Eb F		Medieval Drum Dance Improvisation on a Chinese Scale
Ukulele		no audio yet

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