Want Texas Blues Tone?
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KNUCKLHEAD
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Re: Want Texas Blues Tone?
Sorry but that sounds Nothing like Johnny Winter the 1st. and most Original Shredding Texas bluesman ever
Sorry but that sounds Nothing like Johnny Winter the 1st. and most Original Shredding Texas bluesman ever
Lewguitar
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No. But Johnny wasn't a Strat player.
They do, however, sound more than a little like SRV's guitar sound...at least in the video.
Stevie got a big fat warmish tone out of his Strat, even though his pickups were stock Fender Strat pickups...not Alnico 2 like the Texas Hots are.
I've had the Texas Hots in my Strat. They're very good...although I prefer the more traditional and brighter, glassier sound of Antiquity Surfers.
Most mere mortals can't get an SRV kind of sound from our Strats with skinny strings.
The Texas Hots do help get more of that big, warm, sound SRV could get.
If nothing else, they're a great option for Strat players who find traditional Strat pickups too mid scooped and too bright.
No. But Johnny wasn't a Strat player.
They do, however, sound more than a little like SRV's guitar sound...at least in the video.
Stevie got a big fat warmish tone out of his Strat, even though his pickups were stock Fender Strat pickups...not Alnico 2 like the Texas Hots are.
I've had the Texas Hots in my Strat. They're very good...although I prefer the more traditional and brighter, glassier sound of Antiquity Surfers.
Most mere mortals can't get an SRV kind of sound from our Strats with skinny strings.
The Texas Hots do help get more of that big, warm, sound SRV could get.
If nothing else, they're a great option for Strat players who find traditional Strat pickups too mid scooped and too bright.
PFDarkside
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Re: Want Texas Blues Tone?
Good tone.
Interesting choices... similar to Lew, if have chosen Surfer (scooped) and 805 (mid bump), but in this case the Texas Hots (mid forward) with Forza (more neutral) works as well.
Good tone.
Interesting choices... similar to Lew, if have chosen Surfer (scooped) and 805 (mid bump), but in this case the Texas Hots (mid forward) with Forza (more neutral) works as well.
JB_From_Hell
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Re: Want Texas Blues Tone?
I dig the tone, as well.
Seems like when people say Texas Blues, they're typically referring to SRV, which that setup does well.
I dig the tone, as well.
Seems like when people say Texas Blues, they're typically referring to SRV, which that setup does well.
KNUCKLHEAD
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Well it looks to me He was playing Fenders years before and I always thought of Him + Gatemouth Brown growing up when i thought of Texas Blues ( also T-bone . You mean recently 15 - 20 yrs. I'm talking about a half a Century . Seth Lover was born around 1910 , I Believe . Maybe they should be called SRV pickups
If we do a California Set ~ Should it be a Recipe derived from : Jerry Garcia , Carl Wilson , EVH , Tracii Guns , Randy Rhodes or Kirk Hammet ? Dont mind me though , I thought it was Lame when Fender did it originally , as well
My Bad - I forgot Billy Gibbons , Sorry Bro
Well it looks to me He was playing Fenders years before and I always thought of Him + Gatemouth Brown growing up when i thought of Texas Blues ( also T-bone . You mean recently 15 - 20 yrs. I'm talking about a half a Century . Seth Lover was born around 1910 , I Believe . Maybe they should be called SRV pickups
If we do a California Set ~ Should it be a Recipe derived from : Jerry Garcia , Carl Wilson , EVH , Tracii Guns , Randy Rhodes or Kirk Hammet ? Dont mind me though , I thought it was Lame when Fender did it originally , as well
My Bad - I forgot Billy Gibbons , Sorry Bro
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KNUCKLHEAD
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P.S. ~ SRV used ( if not Mistaken ) a Peso as a Plectrum and a G string as an E string ( .013 ) You will Never get his tone with the demonstrated gear ( Regarless of Amplification ) IMHO - not to rain on Any parade but I've seen SRV the tour he did with JB ( in Step Tour ) a week or 2 before they went down in the plane same Tour and that Demo above sounds nothing like Him to me . I Rebuilt an 80's strat in the 90's with a 85 Birdseye neck from Fullerton and an 85 jap-Ash body , with T-specials and I could plug it Straight into a 67 silver face Super Reverb I should've kept, that a friend clipped the Tone robbers out of + Get a fairly Identical sound with a tube screamer only to the " Texas " sound You're referring to . The pure sound was more Accurate to myself, than the above demonstration ( the 1 with the Absent Semi-tones . Randy Chambers told me it is the best Strat he has ever played and his favorite to Date ( it was sold to Him + I'm glad / the Strat
P.S. ~ SRV used ( if not Mistaken ) a Peso as a Plectrum and a G string as an E string ( .013 ) You will Never get his tone with the demonstrated gear ( Regarless of Amplification ) IMHO - not to rain on Any parade but I've seen SRV the tour he did with JB ( in Step Tour ) a week or 2 before they went down in the plane same Tour and that Demo above sounds nothing like Him to me . I Rebuilt an 80's strat in the 90's with a 85 Birdseye neck from Fullerton and an 85 jap-Ash body , with T-specials and I could plug it Straight into a 67 silver face Super Reverb I should've kept, that a friend clipped the Tone robbers out of + Get a fairly Identical sound with a tube screamer only to the " Texas " sound You're referring to . The pure sound was more Accurate to myself, than the above demonstration ( the 1 with the Absent Semi-tones . Randy Chambers told me it is the best Strat he has ever played and his favorite to Date ( it was sold to Him + I'm glad / the Strat
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Lewguitar
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Re: Want Texas Blues Tone?
Me too. I have a set. Just don't have an extra Strat to put 'em in.
Me too. I have a set. Just don't have an extra Strat to put 'em in.
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Thank heavens, too. Johnny Winter had the most screechy tone I think I've ever heard.
Thank heavens, too. Johnny Winter had the most screechy tone I think I've ever heard.
Lewguitar
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I dunno about that. But I do think he sometimes did his tunes a little too fast and frantic.
Seen him live a few times and he kinda wore me out just listening.
Not this time though:
Regarding the Texas Hots, I like alnico 2 for slide.
My main electric for slide is my MIJ 80's Tele Custom with a Custom Shop Duncan alnico 2 Hot For Tele Tapped in the bridge position.
Been thinking about picking up an 80's Squier Strat and putting my set of Texas Hots in it and using it for slide as well.
I dunno about that. But I do think he sometimes did his tunes a little too fast and frantic.
Seen him live a few times and he kinda wore me out just listening.
Not this time though:
Regarding the Texas Hots, I like alnico 2 for slide.
My main electric for slide is my MIJ 80's Tele Custom with a Custom Shop Duncan alnico 2 Hot For Tele Tapped in the bridge position.
Been thinking about picking up an 80's Squier Strat and putting my set of Texas Hots in it and using it for slide as well.
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stevie_bees
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It's funny but I've been contemplating putting my Surfers back into my G&L Legacy. I currently have STK-S7/4/4 in it as I'm running the Fender Clapton mid-boost so I don't suffer with noise and this is my current pedalboard into a silver face Fender Vibrolux Reverb! [emoji41]
I'm not even particularly looking for a 'Texas Blues Tone', but it sounds good!
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It's funny but I've been contemplating putting my Surfers back into my G&L Legacy. I currently have STK-S7/4/4 in it as I'm running the Fender Clapton mid-boost so I don't suffer with noise and this is my current pedalboard into a silver face Fender Vibrolux Reverb! [emoji41]
I'm not even particularly looking for a 'Texas Blues Tone', but it sounds good!
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PFDarkside
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Re: Want Texas Blues Tone?
I like that board!
I like that board!
Boogie Bill
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I never seem to be able to sound like Stevie Ray, no matter how hard I try.
But I have two G&L Legacys with Texas Hot sets and they are beautiful sounding guitars. My sets have the RW/RP middle and the Custom Bridge. I'm a big fan of the stock SSL-2s and the CLF-100s Legacys use, for their more traditional bite, but the Texas Hots are a nice contrast. Great for blues of course, but you can get some really sweet jazz tones out of a Strat with these pickups too.
Bill
I never seem to be able to sound like Stevie Ray, no matter how hard I try.
But I have two G&L Legacys with Texas Hot sets and they are beautiful sounding guitars. My sets have the RW/RP middle and the Custom Bridge. I'm a big fan of the stock SSL-2s and the CLF-100s Legacys use, for their more traditional bite, but the Texas Hots are a nice contrast. Great for blues of course, but you can get some really sweet jazz tones out of a Strat with these pickups too.
Bill
KNUCKLHEAD
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That's cool , but there are folks (even here with all the soundcloud bites) that have found a tone that works ok but cant play guitar worth a Crap so I'll take Johnny's piercing hwy 69 over those kooks Anyday of the week : ) I believe in Shredding before boasting , my Friend G. Lynch is a highly publicized example ( and Joshua P. , of Course
That's cool , but there are folks (even here with all the soundcloud bites) that have found a tone that works ok but cant play guitar worth a Crap so I'll take Johnny's piercing hwy 69 over those kooks Anyday of the week : ) I believe in Shredding before boasting , my Friend G. Lynch is a highly publicized example ( and Joshua P. , of Course
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