George Van Eps

George Van Eps (August 7, 1913 November 29, 1998)

(often called the Father of the Seven String Guitar) was
an American swing and mainstream jazz guitarist.

[2] Watrous, Peter (7 December 1998). George Van Eps,

85, Musician Who Popularized 7-String Guitar. The New
York Times.

Biography

Noted for his recordings as a leader, and his work as

a session musician, Van Eps was also the author of instructional books that explored his approach to guitarbased harmony. He was well known as a pioneer of the
seven-string guitar (including a Gretsch signature model
released in 1968), which allowed him to incorporate sophisticated bass lines into his improvisation. He was
a strong inuence on later seven-string players such as
Howard Alden (with whom he recorded four CDs for
Concord Records in the early 1990s), Bucky Pizzarelli,
and John Pizzarelli (Buckys son). His father was the legendary classic banjo player Fred Van Eps.[1]
Van Eps died of pneumonia in Newport Beach, California
at the age of 85.[2]

Bibliography
Van Eps, George (1939). Method for Guitar.
Epiphone. ASIN B004IHGA1Y.
Van Eps, George (1993). Guitar Solos. Mel Bay
Publications. ASIN B0013GHRKG.
Van Eps, George (1980). Harmonic Mechanisms for
Guitar, Volume One. Mel Bay Publications. ISBN
978-0871669063.
Van Eps, George (1981). Harmonic Mechanisms for
Guitar, Volume Two. Mel Bay Publications. ISBN
978-0786609246.
Van Eps, George (1982). Harmonic Mechanisms for
Guitar, Volume Three. Mel Bay Publications. ISBN
978-1562223663.

References

[1] Ginell, Richard S. George Van Eps Biography.

Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

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