The coolest la pompe I've heard played on electric guitar. Swing 39 plays "Swinging With Django"

epsdude

I fell in love with this guy's rhythm playing the second I heard it and thought it was worth a share. Sounds really great!

swiessler

Thank you! Put those arch tops to work!

criminel

I disagree. That's not la pompe at all. That's american swing played the american way (and there's nothing wrong with it)

epsdude

What's the difference? I thought American/Western Swing was simply that it doesn't have an upstroke which I think I hear him playing.

Chris Martin

This is going to open up that old swing rhythm v le pompe argument - been discussed on here many times before - and it seems some still can't tell the difference.

vanmalmsteen

Could open the can of worms about if we should Bring the male hair perm back into style

Bones

Eps, yeah kinda cool but def not pompe and there are big differences between American/western swing and GJ rhythm. It's been discussed a LOT. Just search the forum (use the search tool) and you'll get more info than you need to get up to speed on this topic.