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Phil Weller

Think metal guitars can’t handle jazz? Cecil Alexander just shredded a set of Wes Montgomery classics on a Jackson Soloist – and his tone has guitarists raving

Cecil Alexander and Wes Montgomery.

Cecil Alexander is proving that you can play jazz on a metal guitar and the internet is losing its mind.

The Muskegon, MI-born jazz guitarist has been touting a black, solidbody Jackson Soloist across a series of recent Instagram posts. The tone he's getting out of it, as he winds his way through Wes Montgomery tunes and bebop improvisations, is unreal. Close your eyes, and you'd believe he was playing a semi-hollow guitar built to jazz, not djent.

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