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Topic: Best Country Guitar? |
Billy Henderson
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Portland, AR, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2004 1:21 pm |
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| Which guitar with what set up (electric) do you think is the best all around guitar for country, new and old and Rockabilly too? |
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John Rosett
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Missoula, MT
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Posted 28 Nov 2004 2:22 pm
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well, i'm using a fender '52 reissue telecaster through a late '70's vibrolux reverb with two 10" speakers. i'm not using any effects. it sounds great for hard core honky tonk, western swing, rockabilly, etc.
i used to play a '67 gretsch tennessean, and was also great for all of the above.
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 28 Nov 2004 4:04 pm
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well there's really only three types of guitar players out there..
Tele' players
Those that want to be Tele players
and those never will be
this should get things going !
I'm in the 52RI club with a Hot Rod Deville 2x12 60 watt'er
ok, I can take it...let me have it..
t  [This message was edited by Tony Prior on 28 November 2004 at 04:05 PM.] |
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2004 5:30 pm
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| Tele by far although a 335 comes close. |
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Leslie Ehrlich
From:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 28 Nov 2004 6:21 pm
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| A Gretsch hollow body electric. |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 29 Nov 2004 5:17 am
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Well, I like my Gibson ES-175 for classic country, since Grady, Hank, Billy, Harold, and some more guys, were playing hollow-bodied guitars in the late 50's, on all them classic tunes. I have a Telecaster, but I usually play it with delay and compression, so it sounds like a Telecaster, and not like a Jimmy Bryant record. My Strats, and the Les Paul, show up at some gigs, but not as often as they used to be...Guess that's what happens when you're a wannabe has-been.
But I really like my '55 Martin D-28. THAT'S a country guitar! |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2004 6:12 am
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| There's a discernible move among the big boys towards Telecasters with a third pickup, like a Strat. |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 29 Nov 2004 6:15 am
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| David, you mean, some guys wanna sound DIFFERENT??? WHADDA they think they're doing, being CREATIVE???? |
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Shaan Shirazi
From:
Austin, TX, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2004 6:23 am
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I'm from the Telecaster through a late 70's Vibrolux school too. I also add a little BOSS Compression and Analog Delay.
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Per Berner
From:
Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 29 Nov 2004 7:06 am
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Telecaster, what else? I built mine with three pickups and a 5-way switch – bridge/bridge&middle/bridge&neck/middle&neck or neck pickup.
Classic Tele bite plus some nice Strat flavors.
Always with a little bit of Boss CS-2 compression.
Locking Schaller ebony button tuners, bakelite pickguard, vintage pickups - and the back is also bookmatched curly birdseye maple. Yum!
 [This message was edited by Per Berner on 29 November 2004 at 08:14 AM.] [This message was edited by Per Berner on 29 November 2004 at 11:21 PM.] |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2004 7:15 am
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Leave it to a Swede to come up with an outstanding guitar!!!
Erv |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 29 Nov 2004 7:36 am
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Ya Ho ! 
indeed Erv, them left handed Norsemen better stick to road buildin'.... |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 29 Nov 2004 9:49 am
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| My favorite guitar for all 'round playing is an '83 top loader Tele with 3 pickups. It has Gibson mini-humbuckers from an old Les Paul Deluxe in the neck and middle slots and a Seymore/Duncan quarter pounder single coil at the bridge position. I like the neck and bridge combination for rock-a-billy and this guitar does it great. I do some gigs with an Elvis impersonator and this guitar is great for the old Scotty Moore Sun record stuff. I don't like 5 way switches so I have 3 mini toggles to turn on/off each pickup. In my Nashville Deluxe Tele I replaced the 5 way switch with a normal 3 way and added a mini-toggle between the volume and tone knobs to turn on/off the middle pickup.......Have a good 'un..JH |
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Billy Henderson
From:
Portland, AR, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2004 11:31 am
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| Didn't see anyone mention a b bender. Why not a bender on your tele? |
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 29 Nov 2004 11:57 am
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| I agree. For me it would be a Tele with a bender. Gretch would be also there as a second guitar. |
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 29 Nov 2004 4:25 pm
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| Tele. [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 29 November 2004 at 07:52 PM.] |
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Jim Peters
From:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Nov 2004 5:34 pm
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| I vote Tele, I have 2, one a Nashville Tele, bone stock, the other a Stew Mac Ash body, Warmoth strat neck, Epiphone mini neck pu, Seymore Duncan bridge, and Carvin stacked middle Pu. That mini is a killer neck PU. I play thru a Deluxe or Reverfend Hellhound, but 99% is Nashville tele thru Deluxe, with a little Ts9 for distortion. JP |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 30 Nov 2004 2:55 am
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I did buy one of the Fender "Benders" when they came on the market mid 90's or so..It had the Parsons /Green I believe..man it was heavy !
I played it for about 2 years..and just when I was gettin' those B bends down..
I traded it for a Strat ... I should have kept it because I sold the Strat soon after as well. other than being heavy it was a fine playing axe, a bit on the bright side though.
But all in all it worked out fine because at the end of the day with all my Horse trading I ended up with my favorite Tele' of all time, being the 1989/52RI..
I also acquired a 50's classic with Noiseless PUPS which I added a B5 Bigsby to and a mid 80's MIJ Squire which is a real fine player too...where I added a HB'ker in the neck position.
And I also picked up a 1 piece Ash Body which will end the life of probably the 50's classic as it is now...
I guess this stuff never ends..
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 30 Nov 2004 4:59 am
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Hey Billy, as far as B-Benders go I've got a couple of 'em. My main Tele I described before has a HipShot unit which raises the 2nd string to C# and a flip lever which lowers the 5th string A to G. Also the guitar has Keith/Scruggs tuners on strings 1 & 6 to lower them to D. Those along with the flip lever on string 5 gives me an open G chord all the way across. Also I have an old Ibanez Artist solid body which has a Bigsby Palm Pedal to raise the 2nd and 3rd strings a whole tone each. This guitar also has Keith/Scruggs tuners on all 6 strings to lower them a whole tone each except for the 3rd string which only goes a half tone. With this one I can get open G, open D, DADGAD, dropped D, double dropped D, and other nice stuff. I use this guitar a lot for slide so the strings are a little heavier and the action just a tad higher than my main guitar. Have a good 'un..JH
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Don Joslin
From:
St. Paul, MN
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Posted 30 Nov 2004 6:18 am
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About a year and a half ago I decided to quit trying to be Joe Satriani and go back to playing country and swing. The first thing I did was sell my hot rod Jackson and buy an American Tele.
Don
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Howard Tate
From:
Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Nov 2004 10:23 am
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I like teles very much, played one for years, but now I would not trade my '71 Les Paul Recording for anything. The low impedence p.u.s and many controls, including decad control which changes the value of the caps, gives me a lot of different sounds. I've used it since the mid seventies and have never seen another on a bandstand.
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Howard, 'Les Paul Recording, Zum S12U, Vegas 400, Boss ME-5, Boss DM-3
http://Charmedmusic.com
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 30 Nov 2004 10:54 am
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| The Gibson guitar is a great country guitar. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel |
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Richard Bass
From:
Sabang Beach, Philippines
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Posted 30 Nov 2004 12:22 pm
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At the start of my career I used a Gibson 335, this was the early to mid 60's. Then I went to a Tele and finally a Tele w/3 pickups. All were great guitars.
Richard |
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Jesse Harris
From:
Ventura, California, USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2004 5:12 pm
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come on fellas, I understand your drive to be open minded, but lets keep it real, with few exceptions its all about Teles and Fender amps.
the MIM 50s classic os a great country guitar for around 500, much more of a twangy guitar than the am standards which are twanged-down to appeal to a wider array of players. In my opinion its hard to get good twang without the ashtray bridge and 3 saddles, however it doesnt seem like brent mason has any trouble with his american standard bridge |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Nov 2004 5:25 pm
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After being a Strat man for almost 30 years I switched to a Tele half a year ago. Never looked back, and I use it for all my guitar work. It may be a 'simple' guitar but it's more versatile than it pretends to be...
Steinar
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