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About Me

Jim began playing touch-style in 1978. Since that time he has played in too many bands to mention and opened for numerous acts more famous than he, his favorites being Allan Holdsworth, and Herbie Hancock. In 1995 he discovered Mark Warrs' incredible instruments, and was one of the first to begin using what is called "uncrossed 4ths" tuning in 1998, having been heavily involved in it's development. He now plays solo, and with the jazz group The Fuzzy Logic Boptet in the Los Angeles area, and often travels to Belgium to teach at E-tap. Three self-produced CDs are available. "How Did I Get Here?" (a retrospective), "Jazz Heretics" (Jim's first solo project), and "NOW" (from the improv group, LA Abstract). There will soon be two more CDs. One will be of the jazz group The Fuzzy Logic Boptet, and the other a new album of Jims' original compositions. In 2000 Jim began working for Warr Guitars, and continues to do so to this day.

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Member Since: 9/2/2006
Band Website: warrguitars.com
Band Members: Jim Wright 2002

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Influences: Frank Zappa, Wes Montgomery, Allan Holdsworth, Kings X, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, John McLaughlin, Jan Hammer, King Crimson, Trey Gunn, J.S Bach, Igor Stravinsky, Wade Preston, George Duke, The Banana Man, Charlie and Diz, Miles, Coltrane, Junior Brown, Thelonious Monk, Pat Martino, Captain Beefheart, The Fowler Family, Flippo the Clown, L. Shankar, Peter Gabriel, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Thinking Plague, Chris Hewitt, Michael Moryc, Hans Werner Henze, Hindemith, etc.
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Record Label: Ambidextrous Music
Type of Label: Indie

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Jim Wright Touch-Style Resume

1978 - After 10 years of playing the 6-string guitar and attending school at Ohio State Univ. (Composition and Theory Major studied under Burdett Green) and the Univ. of Colorado at Denver (Recording ...
Posted by Jim Wright on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:00:00 PST

The Studiomaster Mixdown 16x8x16, Op Amps, and Analog Warmth.

The Studiomaster Mixdown 16x8x16, Op Amps, and Analog Warmth. Having recently been suffering from Craigslist syndrome, I can't stop looking at used musical gear on the Southern California Craigslis...
Posted by Jim Wright on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:41:00 PST

Fuzzy Logic Boptet CD Now Available at AbstractLogix.com!!!!!!!

PLAYING FAVORITES- The Fuzzy Logic BoptetRobin Rader-SaxPolly Klemmer-KeysJim Wright-Warr GuitarDave Sanford, Craig Aschoff-DrumsSpecial Guests:Charles Lowery-Percussion, cricketsDave Erwin- TrumpetTh...
Posted by Jim Wright on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:59:00 PST

Jims' Warr Guitars Shop Blog

(Please do not reprint this page without express permission of Mr. Wright)ABOUT THIS BLOG For the last 7 years, I have set up and played every guitar created in the Warr Guitars shop. This page is...
Posted by Jim Wright on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:20:00 PST

Tapped Bass Lines for Swing, Straight 8ths, and Shuffles (A Lesson)

Here is a good example of the kind of bass lines one has to play when gigging with a rock and blues band at local bars (or pubs, if you prefer).This was originally posted on Taptalk (taptalk@yahoogrou...
Posted by Jim Wright on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:43:00 PST

Uncrossed Fourths Tuning and Two-Handed Tapping

Uncrossed Fourths Tuning and Two-Handed Tapping After 18 years of playing a standard 4ths/inverted 5ths tuning, I began experimenting with my bass side tuning. I was playing in a fun cover band at t...
Posted by Jim Wright on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:27:00 PST

Microphone and Preamp Techniques and Selection for Home Recording

Twenty years ago, running a recording studio was a big operation. There was a lot of maintenance for the large format analog tape recorders, which were incredibly expensive to buy, as was the recordin...
Posted by Jim Wright on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 05:12:00 PST