RE: Freddie King---he used the Goldtop on the early recordings, including some instrumentals and the stuff he did with Smokey Smothers. By the second instrumental album he was using a 345. He probably used the choke position on the Varitone and with the metal fingerpicks he used he got a very trebly tone. This all changed when he got with Shelter and his tone got progressively more distorted and midrangey.
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Originally posted by SoPhx View PostRE: Freddie King---he used the Goldtop on the early recordings, including some instrumentals and the stuff he did with Smokey Smothers. By the second instrumental album he was using a 345. He probably used the choke position on the Varitone and with the metal fingerpicks he used he got a very trebly tone. This all changed when he got with Shelter and his tone got progressively more distorted and midrangey.
I guess that's the goldtop?
“Practice cures most tone issues” - John Suhr
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I bet that's the goldtop, as was prolly the case with the early vocal tunes. The later instrumentals sound like a 345 with Varitone, not that different. The fingerpicks were a West Side Chicago deal and Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Rogers, and others were using them. That's a big part of the tone.
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Originally posted by Lewguitar View Post
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Originally posted by beaubrummels View Post
Really nice tone on that recording. Has the best of Gibson and some Fender qualities to it. Anyone know what amp he used?
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Originally posted by SoPhx View Post
An early P90 goldtop had pretty low wind pickups. Add in metal fingerpicks and it's gonna be pretty bright. I've seen early 60s pix of him with a brown Concert, but who knows what he used in the studio.“Practice cures most tone issues” - John Suhr
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