How To Set Amp For Country Guitar Tone
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It helps a lot to have a Telecaster.
and a moustache.
What about a Les paul?
Strat’ll do...
@@shellylangrehr1034 recent legislation has relaxed some of the rules prohibition lps use in country music...
Damn straight!!! A flannel shirt completes the ensemble!
This is such a great video for any beginner. you explain the simple things that alot of people take for granted.
I've known lots of guitarists over the years who like myself used Fender amps and often would dial the bass right off in the smaller amps like the Princeton and Deluxe to tighten up the loose "blappy" bass response.I didn't know the "internal" default mid setting on the Deluxe was 7 but you learn something new every day! Those black face Fenders are it for clean sound as far as I'm concerned.
I sure enjoy your videos. Most who do them tend to just want to show how good they are but you actually teach. Me and my old 78 gels have been togather since it was new and I e learned a lot off your videos. Thank you verry much and I ain't blowin smoke up your shirt tail I mean it.
+357bullfrog Thank you for the kind words Bullfrog!
Lets not forget that good quality tubes are a must. I just recently bought a used Peavey Delta Blues with worn tubes. When I plugged my Tele into it, it sounded somewhat muddy. Then I put in some brand new JJ Teslas, and the Tele gave out a nice bark through that amp.
Vince Gill, Roy Nichols, and other great pickers would roll a touch of high-end off using the tone knob on the tele. It took a bit of the harsh high-end out of the instrument, without making it sound dull. You can then add some high-end back in with the amp.
All I need is the Merl settings on Tele' and amp and I'm good. Can you help?
Ken, Modest as ever, I am glad to see he gets the accolades that he deserves. Someone mentioned that you rarely get a good picker who is also a good teacher, ken has these qualities. (Great stuff Ken)
Hey Phil, thank you for the kind words! I haven't heard from you in a while, hope your doing well.
Hi Ken Yeah old age (75) has bought a few of the things associated with it. Looking forward to our daughter and partner visiting us from the U.K. in August, we are going to the "Whitsundays"' for a nice break hope it clears up a few ailments . I thought this was funny there were a few guys in a bar and two ugly women came in.....one of the guys said to his mates "I see Cinderella couldn't make it". Hope you and yours are O.K. regards Phil
I learned so much from so little thanks for an awesome video
Thank you so much for your cool info.and humility.
Hats off to you sir!
I love how careful and articulate you are with your words. Very good teacher
Thank you for the tips sounds good!
A on old poor man's trick I used to do was, using a slightly heavier pick gauge. Then using the rounded egde, pick closer to the bridge during an intro or lead. Giving the impression of using say a stereo chorus stomp pedal or switch over setting. It'll get you by in a pinch!
You must have grew up like I did without much money. You learn to compensate and create effects with volume knobs tone knobs and picking techniques. I had a guy come up and ask me what kind of wah pedal I was using one night. I told him I don't have a wah pedal that it was my heavy pic followed by dragging my pinky and rolling the tone control back and forth.
Waylons tone was from his 59 Bassman and an MXR phase 90 plain script. and that combined with his picking style .I was lucky enough to see his rig a couple or three times years ago in Houston and San Antonio .
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dave lewis I think you are right
Hi all.
A Twin is a very loud and clean amp. My first tube amp was a twin with JBLs: loud, piercing and heavy. Over the years. I've long since fallen in love with the smaller Fenders...Vibrolux, Delux and Piincetones. Unless your playing with a really loud band and big venues, I would choose a smaller amp (or amps if you have the "back" for it)....and turn down that mid range control as Fenders are mid- heavy to begin with. Many great country players, today have gone the "boutique" route...Dr. Z's, Matchless, Fender Bassman is a popular option with many players.
It's all in your ears, fingers and what kind of venue and size band you play with. The trend is clearly smaller amps, miked...especially as we get older and don't have anyone to carry and set up gear.
Great series of videos, thanks.
For some reason, a lot of folks focus on this "Twin" - "Tube" amp that I used in this video, but the content of the video has nothing to do with either. I get a lot of players asking me how I set the tone knobs on an amp, and this video shows the "general" setting that I use on any amp.
But in regards to your comment above, I totally agree! This amp is a reissue, and weighs about 80 pounds. I also had an old silverface with the "Orange Back" JBL's, and that thing weighed in at about 110 pounds or more. Too heavy, and like you said, you have to crank them up really loud to get the best tone out of them. I bought this Twin for $200 because it didn't work at the time. It just needed new tubes and speakers, which I had lying around anyway, so it was a good deal. I was playing a house gig at the time with a really loud band, and I used the amp as a speaker cabinet because the Twin "tone" didn't sound good with the modern country/hiphop stuff we played.
I also have a Matchless 40 watt Chieftain that I tried using, but I had to crank it up so loud that it was breaking up too much, so I ended up getting a Egnater Renegade head and running it through the twin speakers. It worked out well, because the other guitar player's amp would break down from time to time, so I'd give him the Twin to use and I'd use his broken amp as a cabinet until he got it fix.
I used to love the sound of the Matchless, but these days my ears prefer the sound of the old Fender's. I have a 74 Princeton and Deluxe Reverb, as well as a 66 Bassman. The Deluxe is my go-to amp, and I've only got to use the Bassman on one gig (been playing smaller clubs) so far, but it sounded incredible. Love it!
I've got an early SF Bandmaster Reverb with a mid 60's blond cab with a pair of JBL 12's. The punch and clarity are just awesome. I wish someone could clone those speakers. But admittedly hauling it around is a back killer.
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I have a custom shop 57 twin but it stays in the closet, also have my old BF Bassman amp which was my main amp for most of my adult life. Gettin old is no fun and hauling those heavy amps will kill your back. The last few years I've been using either a 64 Deluxe or a 64 Princeton and both sound great. Also started building my own guitars so I could get the wood, pups, hardware, I wanted without paying custom shop prices. Guitar Mill has some great ultra light swamp ash bodies that my back is very thankful for. Just finished a strat that I can barely tell it's on my shoulder. My tele is just a tad heavier but not much. Same wood. About 4 tunes on a Les Paul and I'm ready to give it up. I keep it in open D and mostly play slide stuff on it.
Use two small amps turned up...sounds bigger than one big large amp...and is easier to carry to gigs too....works for me!!!
I would have like to hear more of the sound of the guitar on different settings and even what you said different sounds with gibson, Just to hear the style of country from different perspectives 2 guitars
I get a very descent "country tone" on a solid state fender champion with medium bass and mids with the treble set one notch higher. I set the reverb to 4 or 5. I play a standard American strat
Would you happen to know anything about the Mesa Boogie V2 preamp pedal. If so can you cover a bit on it. Looking for some old outlaw sound. Got a "Tele" w/a MXR phase90 & a couple amps to use. Vox VT120+, Acoustic A20,
and 2 identical, small, fenders.
I’d suggest buying a MXR 10 band EQ to play around with. It opens up an amp like you won’t believe. It like the key to the house in my opinion
What would I put overdrive at? I have everything you said but also overdrive and I dont know where to set it at
Great video. Nice and clear.
It's a moving target. Always has been. I play a 81 Peavey T60 and 72 ish black face. Today. Then I had my Deluxe reverb and Tele and Strst phase. Amps must be pushed for tone. My opinion. It's why a cool 30 watt tube Peavey is great. It all depends on the gig. Size of room. It's why it's fun.
I am using a ZaK Wike OD. Nice. Till I hear the next greatest thing. Good luck. Evolve! !!
Hi Ken, nice tone man. A very useful tone primer. Thank you...I'm looking to buy a telecaster for the first time. Which telecaster are you using in this demo?
What about for an acoustic. Without numbers. Thanks
David Allen Coe used a phaser or flange type of pedal too. I prefer the high treble sound of Don Rich and Clarence White, I play my Fender single coils with the bright switch on with heavy reverb...touch of tremelo. California Country!!! Great tutorial, thank you!!!
very nice explanation of eq thanks a lot
Thanks very helpful
Thank You, Very useful info
Thanx so much, for ur info.
I never found any that said what pedal you use for the country tone,but I sure wish I knew.
Nobels ODR1 for overdrive. Keeley comp (or Dynacomp) for compression. That’s a great place to start.
This man ist able to Produce a very well guitar country Sound...!
Sounds good brother,, Fender Tele and a DEEEEEELUX Or a Nice TWIN sounds good to me
Anyone use a fender champ 20 with a tele??? Very curious if I can achieve goid country twang with it
i use a champion 40 to play at home in the australian summertime, just to keep my tube amps safe from melting.....and to my surprise, i could set a good tone for country without any pedal....i use the third red light of the voice knob and set the spring reverb or the slap back delay (can't use them together) ...there is an option to set delay+reverb together, but you cannot adjust the level of each effect, it works as an unique effect....i get nice tones not just for country but also for jazz, rockabilly, blues...i mostly use telecaster...of course you can....
What about the tones I the guitar what number do I put em at and what about the bridge
Good info.
heard your vids your great thanks
Gregory Dorrell Thanks Gregory!
Back in the day, a lot of guys ran an after-market phase switch to knock out mid-range tone and get that honking slightly nasal tone.... do players use them today?
Great Video!
Thanks Max!
It was recently demonstrated to me, the difference in sound between the "tube type", and "solid state" components. The tube is definitely a warmer tone! Much, much better. But cost prohibitive for many of us.
Size and weight are also greater on most tube amps, but there are some smaller, lighter, and more affordable 5 watt tube amps available.
not anymore. the tonemasters are phenomenal.
For. Classic country would you recommend a tele with a 3 saddle brass bridge or is the 6 saddle just the same . I've heard there's a difference. Wonder if it's worth swapping 6 for 3. My tele is an American 97
That's a tough call. Brent Mason uses a 6 saddle bridge and sounds amazing, where as guys like Vince Gill & Marty Stuart have the vintage 3 saddle setup. I prefer the 3 saddles myself, but it's really up to the ears of the beholder!
thank you, it's all I need
Good stuff.
The problem with going by the numbers : it often fails due to inconsistencies between pots. Fender used good pots but they weren't calibrated. One pot's "3" could have been a "4" on another pot in the same run. Same goes for guitar pots as well.
If you look at an old Fender schematic most of the component values were specified at +/- 20% or worse. Usually that wasn't too bad because good ol' USAmerican tubes seemed to minimize the bad sounds and bring out the good sounds.
Welcome back!
Thanks again Chris! Hope you enjoyed the lesson.
As always!
I played a '72 Deluxe Reverb for many years back in the 80's and loved it. Recently I bought a handmade replica of a Victoria Double Deluxe tweed (based on the 5E3 late 50's Fender tweed Deluxe but with 4 x 6V6's instead of just 2, so it's about 30-watts. I never had an old tweed before. I guess I thought it would sound a lot like my SF Deluxe Reverb, just with earlier breakup and more of it. But it sounds NOTHING like my old SF DR. The tweed is very hard sounding and has no chime or spank at all no matter what speakers I use. Chicken picking is impossible. I've got a guy down in Denver working on it now to try to tame the mids on it. I guess now I know why you seldom see a Tele player in Nashville with a tweed. They're almost all using BF and SF Fenders with some mid scoop. Lesson learned.
That's a drag man.I've been wondering about that particular amp myself for sometime. I was aware of the more ragged less pristine sound of that oldertweed circuitry but thought with the power of the double deluxe you'd have enough headroom to clean things up.It's been a month now so has anything transpired?Any positive developments?
Sounds much better now, but it's just not a Telecaster amp. Fine Les Paul amp for certain old rock tunes. Jeff Beck's "I Ain't Superstitious" and that sort of thing. If I were strictly a LP player I would keep the amp, but it just doesn't work for the kind of thing I'm doing these days.
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Yeah that tweed sound is great for the 60s/70s rock trip and blues based stuff.
I'd really like to hear a Clark black face style amp.He makes a 22 watt Deluxe and I believe a 35 watt 2x10 job that is probably a Vibrolux style setup I'm guessing.I like the idea of have a warm crunch with the guit. vol dimed and a sparkling black face tone when you back off a bit.
Clark makes some very good amps from what I hear, but I've never even seen one in real life. Unfortunately, these custom amp makers have a very difficult time getting their amps into music stores.I'll tell you this much. I'll never buy another tweed. You can get something pretty close to a tweed sound out of a BF amp, but you'll never get a BF sound out of a tweed. Tweeds don't have near enough plate voltage among other things.
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Yeah it's a total drag not being able to test drive most of the boutique stuff you get interested in. Most of them have lots of literature and videos and shit but its not the same as plugging into something.Same for an upscale guitar.You just have to do your homework find what you think will do the trick,cross your fingers and pull the trigger.
I think the way to look at it is once you've made a few expensive mistakes you'll no doubt be very close to knowing what you want.Then try to be content in the knowledge that you happen to own a beautiful piece of equipment and MAKE it work for you.There is too much obsessing over gear now and that's how they want us:chomping at the bit and jonesing for expensive shit. The good thing is we are living through a minor golden age of amps and guitars right now.I've played for decades and I've NEVER seen such quality across the board from 300 dollar shit right up to 10 grand. So that's my advice.Make a few mistakes (because its inevitable)pay attention figure out where you went wrong and learn what it is you really can't live without.Get yourself as close as possible to your "dream setup" and then live with it.Make it work.Adapt. Good luck brother.
I've got a couple of questions for you. First. How do you like the humbucker on the neck or atleast it looks like one but how do you like it as opposed to the old lipstick ? And second. How do get your whole DVD collection? I'd like to order it after Christmas is over and I recover from that lol.
+357bullfrog That's a Seymour Duncan Mini Humbucker in this guitar, and I like it a lot. It's much fatter and jazzy sounding as opposed to the regular Tele neck PU's.
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+357bullfrog Sorry for responding sooner. I didn't get a notification for this comment and found it today. I like the sound of the mini humbucker alot, but I never cared for the sound of middle position when both PU's are on. It doesn't have that sweet sparkle sound. So it's a compromise!
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If you don’t have a telecaster don’t worry. Your Gibson Les Paul with humbuckers actually sounds really good when plugged into a clean fender amp 👍🏻. Try it sometime . I played country for years using a Gibson gold top LP. Add a MXR Dyna Comp compressor and it really sounds country 😎
A fender amp is the most important thing
Hey! I have this amp and when i select the wah effect it does nothing :( any solution?
I have a wah on my lt25 and it works best with heavy overdrive or fuzz.
I think the settings for just two tone knobs, bass and treble would be
Bass: 2
Treble: 1
The reason for this is because you want the mids to have more of a prominent sound judging by your settings.
How did I end up with these numbers? I know that if you set the tone knobs to 1, the mids are only heard, right? So by having to dial the tone knobs again you're decreasing the middle volume. So if we have tone knobs at 4, that'll be basically the same as dialing the mids down to 7. So from this point this we need to add a bit color that translates with your three tone knobs settings. So how do we find those numbers? We look at the three knobs setting and see a pattern going on with them. Let's try setting the bass first, so on your's you have it at 5. In order to translate it to two knobs, you would have that knob at a much lower setting to compensate for the lack of a mid knob. By doing this you would first look at the space between 5 (bass) and between 7 (mid). They are two spaces a part from each other. We use those two spaces to find our setting for the bass knob on two tone setting by setting it back from 4 to 2. Now the treble knob should be a no brainer as it's only one space away of the bass setting. And that should do it.
Hey people Leo Fender Created the Strat for country music. Eldon Shamblin Nearly all the country players in the 50s and 60s played Strats. It wasn’t until Don Rich with Buck Owens and the Bakersfield Sound that everybody assumed you had to play a Tele. It’s the same with rockabilly. Only Eddie Cochran played a hollow body Gretsch. Brian Setzer convinced everybody that you had to play one to be authentic.
Telecaster is a good place to start. From the get-go the output impedance is double that of a Strat (1M ohms vs 500K). Right there, thats allowing higher frequencies. Adding a bunch of pedals in the way (especially true-bypass pedals) are a way to kill off that high frequency information.... Twin Reverbs on Input 1 are matched to that exactly, they are 1M... Input 2 is about 68K. They were literally designed to be used together and produce clean, high tone.
That is where it all started with the likes of Buck and Rich, using all-Fender gear.
Steve Howe used fender twins for years
Twin Reverbs are really nice Fender amp's
i did set an amazing tone for country on my fender champion 40, a NON tube amp....
You obviously didn't really listen to what I said, along with all the other "tube" haters that have made similar comments. I have never said anything bad about solid state amps, just that I prefer tube amps, and I've certainly had many many years of experience playing through both. Who the heck really cares what kind of amp you play through as long as your enjoying yourself?? I think guys like you get that....
@@CountryGuitarChops oh, man, sorry, you took my comment in a wrong sense...i prefer tube amps too, got a princeton reverb and a bassbreaker...i love tubes amps, specially fender....what i meant to say is that we have to work and deal with the stuff we have...i bought that champion 40 to play in the australian summertime to keep the tubes safe from melting and i wanted to share my experience, because, to my surprise, this affordable fender amp works so fine...never like a tube amp, of course....you know, mate, my princeton is my sanctuary.......
@@mytelecasterworld3336 Ohhhhh, OK, I'm get what you were saying now, and I apologize for blasting back at you. I do occasionally get negative comments from guys who have some personal hatred for tube amp players, and I misconstrued your comment as one of them. I'm very sorry. I haven't played through a Champion 40 (yet), nor have I tried out the Boss line of modeling amps, but I know a few guys that really like the Boss, especially when you have to haul your gear in and out of clubs to make room for the next band, like the Nashville Broadway scene. They certainly are much lighter! I've been using an Axe-FX modeling unit in the studio for the past couple of years now for shooting my lessons. I bought it used from a Nashville session player, and it's actually been used on a few hit records! It's just so much faster to use and sounds pretty darn good, and I don't have the heat from that tube amp overheating the room while I'm trying to teach a lesson! And of course I can play at a much quieter volume too, which means the amp doesn't bleed into my head mic, so that's another benefit too. Again, I apologize for misinterpreting your comment. Thanks, and take care!
@@CountryGuitarChops no problem, mate....i know what you mean, i'm sick of those guys sayin' things like "good playin' but you should get an archtop to play jazz" or "telecaster is just for country"...or "telecaster neck pickup is useless" or..."gretsch is obsolete, you wasted quite an amount of dollars on it"....or ...."oh, man, why don't you like digital fx, we're in the XXI century, you seem to live in the 60's"....or this one...."do you still listen to vinyl albums in a record player when the CD is the best stuff on earth???"....i tried a boss katana and it was pretty good, but it ain't the holy grail....most of the people in the comments section are metal players who play a heavy distorted stuff and they don't mind much about the dynamics of the instrument, about that subtle tone of the tube....cheers, mate, see you around in this weird world we call youtube....
@@CountryGuitarChops a funny thing...when i was a little boy and i started to play guitar i asked a professional guitarist if it was very hard to learn to play like he did and he answered..."to play guitar like a pro is easy, all you gotta do is practice, what is really hard to learn is to deal with other guitarists"...
I sure do like that TWIN.... it's the Bee's Knee's
I generally run scooped mids and varying degrees of reverb, delay
TINA TREPANIER tHANKYOU!
CountryGuitarChops, I have a very similar amplifier that was used in this video. My amplifier as a Fender Champion 40, and I was wondering how I am able to get a crystal clear setting for my guitar.
It's a fender amp, it should be clear to begin with unless your really cranking it up. Have you read the owners manual?
Yes, I have read the owner's manual for that amplifier. But it never taught me how to do anything about getting the best sound. I have the sound that I was looking for on my guitar now, because I watched the instructions on your video, and I also watched the instructions on another video.
Great! So it sounds like your good to go then. Have fun!
Yeah, I'm good. I changed my trebble settings, sound effects settings, as well as my gain for my amplifier. So now my Epiphone Dot semi-hollowbody guitar sounds better than before. Ill put a like to your video and your reply to me. By the way, thank you. I'll also subscribe to your RUclips channel in case I get any more ideas, or if I run into any problems with my guitar or amplifier.
Thanks. Just so you know, many of these youtubes I have are just previews and small pieces taken from the complete lessons from my website. You can purchase them as DVD or download, and better yet subscribe, and for for less than $15 a month you have access to every lesson.
Hi this is cool is that a Nashville Fender Tele?
No, just an American Standard that I modified.
Can u please share with us what pickups u are using on the guitar you are using in this video?
That guitar had the Seymour 5/2 bridge, a noiseless Strat mid pup, and the Seymour mini humbucker at that time. Thanks!
@@CountryGuitarChops was the middle noiseless strat p/u a rw/rp pup?
As a Award-Winning Nashville Recording Artist, and Lead Guitarist, It took me awhile to develop my own sound, but I'm going to let out my secret right now, first I use a Fender Telecaster guitar, with a PV amp, I set my amp on dry, if your AMP has effects built in. I use three pedals with it. Delay, chorus, and compressor sustainer. All Boss pedals. I set my mids to around 6, my Lows to around 5 my treble to around 6.5. the three-way switch on my guitar always to the far right. I don't know why but a fender amp and a fender tele guitar just doesn't sound right together, I always choose the PV app because of the bite! As a professional country lead guitarist, It works for me. Remember you could also set the tones on your delay, course and compressor sustainer. I have my petals set to achieve that Brett Mason sound. If anyone has any questions please don't hesitate to ask! I always answer my fan mail.
Do you always talk about yourself?
@G F Do You Always Have Some Smart Ass Remark About Others? or Are You Just Jealous??
@G F well you could have been Something Too if you'd just Try! Instead of just a Smart Ass!
@@kennybrannan no just u lol and jealous I can't talk about myself as much as u. Lmao
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Have you ever heard the song ' Toby Keith ' I want to talk about me?
Whats wrong with the bass E string tree?
Hey brother how can I get a country sound out of my mustang gt 100. Thank man.
That's a modeling amp, so I'd recommend finding a "Deluxe Reverb" patch and tweak it from there.
Dial everything in backwards from Rock!
Ken, what kind of cables are you using in this video?
Hi Brandon. Those are "George L's". Very expensive and sound great, but they short out often. I wouldn't purchase them again unless there was a way to solder the connections as opposed to the screw-in connections they use. I think the Mogami cables are the best. Again, they are expensive too, but I believe they still have a lifetime warranty, which I've taken advantage of a time or two.
Dang, anyone know what the “secret pedal” is? Can’t find video.
Sorry Bryan. It's a compressor.
what is the delay setting (ms) ?
I watched tracey byrd play at Schroeder hall here a few months back
And he had a local kid play as his lead
And that kid had rhe best tone ive ever heard.
Buuuuuuuut he was playing on a byrdland and a strat.
What's your point? He still had to dial in the tone on his amps. If you think I'm saying a fender amp and Tele are the only way to get tone, you missed the whole point of this video. This is just a "general" guide for amps settings.
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I believe you are referring to Zach Gonzalez (facebook.com/zach.gonzalez1). Great player. I had the pleasure of playing with Tracy Byrd and Zach a few years back..my good friend still plays keyboard for him. He was playing mostly a Tele then. But like a lot of people we have more than a few guitars it just depends on what feels and sounds right. I bet if you closed your eyes when you were listening it wouldn't have mattered what he was playing. Great tone is great tone no matter what you're playing with. Got to remember too that in those larger live events the board guy has a lot of control over your tone as well.
In regards to the question below by "TheKeefguitar". I didn't use any delay on this video.
+CountryGuitarChops Hello man, I'm new to country music, I'm really a blues player but I want to expand my playing to country since I really like how country and blues sound together. The problem is that I don't know what country guitar players I should look for. I was hoping you could help me by naming what guitar players I should hear. I like your videos a lot. Thanks in advance.
+Jorge Osejo Brent Mason, Vince Gill, Albert Lee, Ray Flacke, Roy Nichols, James Burton - Gee, there are just too many to list, but these are a few of the many great players. I believe mentioned Pete Anderson in the video, who played guitar on all Dwight Yoakam's recordings years ago. Hope this helps. The easiest way to learn would be to go to my website countryguitarchops.com and either purchase the dvds/downloads or become a monthly member and get access to all the lessons that way. Thanks!
Aside from these great players CGC mentioned, you might also want to look up Johnny Hiland, Roy Buchanan, Guthrie Trapp, Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, Junior Brown, and Danny Gatton. They can all play great country but a whole lot of other styles as well. And for older hot country and Texas Swing, look up Jimmy Bryant, especially the stuff he did with Speedy West. He was the granddaddy of us all.
and let's not forget the great Hank Garland "Sugarfoot Boogie" "Baby Guitar "Jazz Winds From a New Direction" etc. One of the great Nashville session men.
most of these players do not use pedals....either...pedals r a crutch..
This is interesting stuff.
Those who wants to learn more about Pete Anderson, visit premiere Guitar's rig rundown. I can't believe in my eyes, he uses POD, the very first red PODs .
Top of the world ccr
did you ever do the pedal video, if so I cannot find it?
It's on my website in the free lessons section. I was referring to a compressor. I have a youtube video showing my pedalboard setup that I used at the time. Try searching "country guitar chops pedal board". Thanks.
@@CountryGuitarChops thank you sir for taking the time to respond. I will check it out.
You would think he would actually play the guitar so we could hear if it's country-sounding. Amazed how many people "liked" this video.
The secret to the right tone is to grow the right kind of fingers.
Flatwound strings are a big part of the sound.
This has probably been answered and, at the risk of sounding dumb, what was the "secret pedal" mentioned?
Sorry, the fault is mine. The pedal was discussed on another video that never got uploaded to youtube. I was referring to the use of a compressor. Some like using them, and others don't. Like everything else, it's a personal taste thing. Thanks for asking Ryan.
@@CountryGuitarChops thanks. I thought it might be. Great video even if i am a few years late. Haha
Whats the amp model sir ???
That was a Fender Twin.
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what is the pedal you are referring to?
watashhennings You can view the full lesson at my website countryguitarchops.com in the members section. Thanks.
+watashhennings He means a compressor.
CountryGuitarChops A little late here, but is there any reason you don't plug in the # 2 input on the normal channel? I know it drops the decibels (volume),possibly allowing you to reach your sweet spot. Does #2 affect the overall tone?
Yes, I'll do that sometimes, and often in the studio. No, it doesn't change the overall tone. Thanks.
I want to get the sort of sound you'd hear from Brad Paisley, or Alan Jackson's guitarist. They're pretty awesome.
Check out RJ Ronquillo's pedal demos. You might find what you're looking for. Maybe a double-barrel or a big muff into a Boss or Milkman slapback reverb will get it done. A lot of guys use a separate tube reverb head in front of their amp which makes a big difference compared to running reverb on the amp.
There are a couple videos by Brad on his set up. Dr Z amp turned up with a little slap back delay. An AC15 or AC30 would also get you there.
All this is moot.
Every room is different.Hes has valid point on the mid-range setting.I use a PRS brent Mason, usually between middle and bridge pick up.Om going to try this.
Bravo!
Is it a b Bender Nashville?
Hi Riz! No, it is not. It was an American Standard that I routed out and installed a middle and larger neck pickup.
What kind of Tele is that?
American Standard
The single best way to improve your country tone is to get a real vintage style Tele that has a vintage style 3 barrel short bridge vs the American Standard Tele with the “long” American standard bridge with 6 saddles. I’ve been playing Tele’s and making tele’s for over 40 years and this is one of the most important elements to get that true country Tele tone.
what if you don't have middle on your amp
As I mentioned in this video, Fender style amps with no mid control are set internally at about 7. It all boils down to using your ears and dialing in a tone that's not too bassy or trebley. Make sense?
You didn't mention the bright switch was set to off.
1. Tom Sellak ? All-Right !
2. What about the "Bright" Switch ? On or Off ?
Thanks! I would never use the bright switch with a Tele or Strat, but maybe with a guitar with humbuckers. Single coil guitars are so bright to begin with, so you don't want to add more treble.
My amp has volume and tone. not much there.
I want to sound like Waylon Jennings
Has he got one banjo machine head?
It's really the guitar: that's the source. I don't have a telecaster: justa Strat as an electric. Sometimes guitarists use a baritone guitar.
If you don't have to carry it, I found the best tone comes from a 68 Fender Custom Twin Reverb reissue.
Magic pedal video???
Sorry, that video didn't make it to youtube. The pedal I was referring to is a compressor.
This guy knows his stuff, learned a lot from him - but could he possibly DRONE on even more ?!?...please get to the point on these vids
Compression.
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👍what about pa
No bass, no mid, treble max! lol
LOL
play that damn guitar
I just push the twang button!!!
Ha ha ha
To really get the tone and the twang for Country and Western music it starts with the guitar. The best guitar to get that sound is a Fender Telecaster. The amp is secondary. As far as that goes you can play great Country music with a Marshall or a Peavey amp with a Fender Telecaster. Bar none.
It seems like a Fender Tele is more the sound of Country, and the Gibson Les Paul is the sound or Rock...except for Clapton, and a few others...