Jim Hall’s Gear


The Sadowsky Jim Hall Signature model. Based on Jim Hall’s D’Aquisto and made for him by the late Jimmy D’Aquisto.

Main Guitar(s):

  • Gibson ES-175
  • D’Aquisto Custom Hollowbody
  • D’Aquisto Avant-Garde Acoustic
  • Sadowsky Jim Hall Signature Model

Amps:

  • Gibson GA50 Tube Amp
  • Polytone Mini-Brute Amplifier
  • Walter Woods Amp
  • Harry Kolbe GP-1 Pre-Amp and Cab

Effects/Pedals:

  • Chorus Pedal
  • Distortion Pedal
  • Harmonizer Pedal
  • Alesis Microverb

Strings:

  • D’Aquisto: .011-.050
  • Sadowsky: Flatwounds .011-.050

Other Guitars:

  • Taylor 12-string

Info:

  • Jim Hall plays the guitar with the tone knob rolled all the way back and is known for not using many effects, although he uses chorus, distortion and a harmonizer, as stated by him, the effects are used for orchestration and are not over-used: “I know it’s a guitar when I see it. That’s about it. I have very little connection to the actual instrument. When traveling, I’ve gotten to the point where I just check the electric thing through—I have a super-case—because it’s gotten so complicated traveling. And it’s disappeared a couple of times overnight. So I just sort of try and separate myself from it; it’s a piece of wood—I can get another guitar. It’s not my dog or my wife.” (quote taken from a Jazz Times interview with Chip Stern)