TelePaul
J to the R O C
Anybody know what his set up is? I know he has a signature tele style axe with peavey but in terms of amps and effects? I wanna nail that crisp country sound.
slash5969
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Old blackface Fenders for amplifiers. Deluxe Reverbs, Twins, and sometimes a Music Man as well. On the old Ricky Nelson stuff it was a Fender Vibrosonic with a 15" JBL speaker. MXR-90 phaser and an analog delay for effects, sometimes with a Small Stone. The majority of his Telecasters feature Stratocaster-type pickup configurations (three single-coils) and Strat-style 5-way toggle switches.
muttley600
Banned
Can't help with his setup but another vote for his sound and playing. One of my all timers.
Have you checked out Jerry Donahue (I'm sure you have) for a good Tele sound and style also?? Another of my all time favs. Telecasting was and is a great album.
Anfontan
Banned by eurt
Light
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Well, he plays a Fender Tele, not a Peavey (your thinking of Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. and the MGs and all the old Stax stuff, and another monster of the Tele). But if you want to know what James Burton played, look at his WEBSITE.
Light
"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
Light
"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
muttley600
Banned
Sorry light who plays Peavey? I thought Burton was a Fender man. I know Donahue is despite any endorsements. He's a bit of an endorsement junkie really and does have a sig tele by Peavey in his name. Live he still plays on Fender...
There is a pattern here Steve Cropper another one of my all timers. I had the pleasure of a very brief handshake and hello recently when he was over in London. A true legend.
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philboyd studge
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Back when I knew him it was just that paisley Tele and a phase 90 played through a stage rental twin. Always fun to watch him warm up. He made triple scale in the studios and though he doesn't sight read, he's a quick study, takes direction well, and always comes up with something incredibly tasteful. I've always wondered how licks are actually in his head. One time on an empty redeye flight Emory Gordy pulled out an L-5 that he just got (Lloyd Loar Gibson for $6000 in 1976) and we all played a few chords on it but were basically intimidated by its rarity and cost. Anyway, James takes the thing and rips off licks like he's still playing a telecaster.....amazing stuff. More amazing was that nobody, including longtime cohort Glen D. Hardin knew he could play a mandolin.
Light
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Steve Cropper's main guitars these days are Peaveys. Strange, but true. There was an article about him in an issue of Fretboard Journal earlier this year (I STRONGLY encourage everyone to get a subscription to this magazine - it's a bit pricey at $40 for four issues a year, but the magazine is really top notch, with a really diverse selection of great articles, great photography, and amazing quality printing. If you are familiar with Fine Woodworking and such, it is kind of like that, except that the articles aren't so repetitive). It's the issue with John Hartford on the cover, and Cropper talks about his switch to the Peavey.
Light
"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
muttley600
Banned
It costs a bit more over here nearly double that. I used to get it but didn't renew. I just get GAL membership these days. I have sooo many journals kicking about and no time to read them
muttley600
Banned
It costs a bit more over here nearly double that. I used to get it but didn't renew. I just get GAL membership these days. I have sooo many journals kicking about and no time to read them
Of course if some kind soul wants to send me their back issues...
TelePaul
J to the R O C
Cool advice guys I guess the first port of call is getting my damaged Tele back from the shop - it'll probably be a new guitar at this stage Muttley - but then I'll have to get my hands on a Fender. I was checking out his picking style - flatpick and a finger-pick, sounds great!. I was watching that 'Black and White Night' Roy Orbison show and his licks are just amazing.
I also was lookin at the GE SMith tele - looks amazing!
I also was lookin at the GE SMith tele - looks amazing!
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32-20-Blues
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I get the magazine whenever I can find it (and afford it). Great article. Did you read the Bill Frisell piece in the same issue? Now he's another great Tele player...
...and G.E Smith, yeah, he has always impressed me.
jfrog
uber-nerd
that's funny...I'd never even heard of Fretboard Journal until about 2 hours ago when I was browsing around at Borders books. It was a substantial magazine.