I went to hear a buddy of mine and his country band tonight. They were hitting all the current top 40 country stuff, some Skynrd, some ZZ, some Tucker, some old classic country. Nice mix. Lot's of steel guitar. He had the best tone. THe "lead" player had a Tele going through a DRRI amp, stock everything. His tone was pretty damn good compared to the vocalist/guitarist whose Tele into a Fender Hot Rod 2x12 sounded like it had a stinky old wet dog blanket over it. I know the guy, I used to play in this group. I went up during a break and told him to give the treble a little boost. He said, his audiences always complained about too much high end. I told him, brother, you ain't go no high end at all. It's a muddy stinky mess. But, he knows everything, so I was tortured with another full set. :smack:
Now, my buddy plays a bit of acoustic, but he's mostly a harp player. I brought him my tweed deluxe and he sounded incredible through it. He was getting compliments during breaks he said he's never gotten before. The lead guy came up with me wanting to know if I could juice up his DRRI. Then we were talking about his rig nad he was pretty unhappy with his noisey pickups. These guys were playing in an upscale Ice House (maybe it's a Texas thang, not sure as I don't see them in other states).
I need to get some recommendations from some of you country Tele players on some humbucking stacks that still sound like single coil Tele pups. I told him I'd send him an email, but I've never played much with them.
Butch? Others?
He was also beatching about needing a bigger 2x12 or something. His DRRI wasn't cutting it in big venues. So, I turned him onto Rivera and told him to also try out a 59 Bassman RI 4x10. I think he'd do well with either. On the ZZ and Skynrd stuff, he was working his volume control pretty well and as we all know a mic'd DRRI will definitely give up the goods with a little guitar volume control action.
All in all, a good life experience. But, I was the only guy in a group of 200 or so folks that gave a crap about their tone, much less one of about 10 in that group of 200+ that even clapped after a song.
Now, the girls that were there... dont' get me started as I'm a married man and my wife refuses to listen to country music. But, wow. Temptation everywhere. Even for an old guy like me.
Now, my buddy plays a bit of acoustic, but he's mostly a harp player. I brought him my tweed deluxe and he sounded incredible through it. He was getting compliments during breaks he said he's never gotten before. The lead guy came up with me wanting to know if I could juice up his DRRI. Then we were talking about his rig nad he was pretty unhappy with his noisey pickups. These guys were playing in an upscale Ice House (maybe it's a Texas thang, not sure as I don't see them in other states).
I need to get some recommendations from some of you country Tele players on some humbucking stacks that still sound like single coil Tele pups. I told him I'd send him an email, but I've never played much with them.
Butch? Others?
He was also beatching about needing a bigger 2x12 or something. His DRRI wasn't cutting it in big venues. So, I turned him onto Rivera and told him to also try out a 59 Bassman RI 4x10. I think he'd do well with either. On the ZZ and Skynrd stuff, he was working his volume control pretty well and as we all know a mic'd DRRI will definitely give up the goods with a little guitar volume control action.
All in all, a good life experience. But, I was the only guy in a group of 200 or so folks that gave a crap about their tone, much less one of about 10 in that group of 200+ that even clapped after a song.
Now, the girls that were there... dont' get me started as I'm a married man and my wife refuses to listen to country music. But, wow. Temptation everywhere. Even for an old guy like me.
