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Topic: For the players who are always chasing tone |
Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2014 12:34 pm |
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Here is a nice article by Tuck Andress, one of the best Jazz guitarist around. This pretty much fits steel players too who say you have to have this guitar or that guitar to sound good.
https://www.tuckandpatti.com/fault.html
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 17 Nov 2014 1:14 pm
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TFS, Darvin. Great story or one could even say fable since there is much to be learned there.
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Dave Harmonson
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Seattle, Wa
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Posted 17 Nov 2014 1:15 pm
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Some fine words of wisdom there.
I had the fortune of jamming countless times with Nokie Edwards and I learned many of those same lessons from him. It always amazed me how he could sit in on someone else's guitar and amp, not change any settings and sound like Nokie.
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 17 Nov 2014 1:31 pm
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Btw, I've read that Leon Russel took lessons from James Burton. Tuck and Patti played a gig a few years ago at a music club in my area. Now I regret that I didn't go there to listen.
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Bill L. Wilson
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Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2014 4:23 pm We Play Like We Play.
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| Tuck mentioned in his article a player in Tulsa, the incomparable Tommy Crook. Having seen and talked to Tommy, I can testify, that boy can get after it. With his Gibson Hollow Body Guitar strung up with extra heavy E&A Bass strings on the bottom, he was virtually a One Man Band. Playing The Bass Line while playing chords, it really sounded like there was a Bass Player hidden somewhere on the stage. I tried playing his guitar, but NO CIGAR, I just Play Like I Play, and I'm very happy that the band I'm in, keeps me busy every weekend pickin' Steel and Tele. |
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Les Cargill
From:
Oklahoma City, Ok, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2014 4:26 pm
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| Wait; Leon Russel on guitar??? I had no idea. |
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Dennis Smith
From:
Covington, Georgia, USA
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Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 18 Nov 2014 9:26 am
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I was raised in the Tulsa area and never knew Tuck Andress was from there. I heard of Tommy Crook a lot after I started trying to learn the guitar.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 18 Nov 2014 7:35 pm
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I've been lucky to see Tuck & Patti a few times going way back to their first 2 records, but I also got to see Tuck solo once, and that was quite a treat. Do you all have his solo recording, Reckless Precision?
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 18 Nov 2014 8:12 pm
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| Do you all have his solo recording, Reckless Precision? |
Apparently Chet Atkins was not man enough to record "Louie Louie" but Tuck is fearless in this regard. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 26 Nov 2014 3:50 pm Re: For the players who are always chasing tone
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| Darvin Willhoite wrote: |
Here is a nice article by Tuck Andress, one of the best Jazz guitarist around. This pretty much fits steel players too who say you have to have this guitar or that guitar to sound good.
https://www.tuckandpatti.com/fault.html |
So, you're expecting us to believe that everyone with an Emmons doesn't sound like Buddy? And everyone with a Gretsch doesn't sound like Chet???
That borders on heresy around here!  |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 26 Nov 2014 4:57 pm
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| Even the most heretical around here are unlikely to be able to say "just stop spending money to try to sound better" without adding a bit of the "hypocrite" to the "heretic" part. |
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Don Drummer
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 26 Nov 2014 9:53 pm
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| I had the pleasure of meeting Tuck backstage after listening to his work with Patti Cathcart on recordings.I had few questions about his Gibson and he just handed me his guitar! The action was quite high and the first string was a 13. As anyone who has seen and heard him play I had to ask...why are you not crippled? |
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Godfrey Arthur
From:
3rd Rock
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Posted 8 Dec 2014 4:15 pm
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I worked a gig recently where Tuck and Patti were the headliners.
All's I can say is they are fabulous.
Tuck plays from another dimension and Patti brings him down to Earth.
Just awesome.
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