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ChristopherSchlegel
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Posts: 8,368
06/04/2014 8:26 pm
Originally Posted by: SvanholmWell, I agree on the efect, but Im more out for the sound. Maybe it is the guitar it self.
But I can hear that the pedal does his part as well.
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The sum of any guitar tone is:

1. Guitar
2. FX
3. Amp
4. Player

In the video you can see is using some kind of hollow body with 3 pickups. Looks like a Harmony Silvertone. Probably a Harmony Silvertone H-1429 Model Thinline.

http://silvertoneguitar.net/1962-harmony-silvertone-h1429-thinline-hollow-body-electric-guitar-pre-owned/13938

http://www.retrofret.com/products.asp?ProductID=4901

So, yes the hollow body is part of the equation. You can probably get "close" with a LP. Use both pickups & dial back the volume & tone knobs to simulate the darker, muted sound of the hollow body.
[QUOTE=Svanholm]
What do you mean by a bit of grit on the amp?

Gain. Natural overdrive. That doesn't sound like a pedal. Since this is a TV show, it's likely that it's just a modeler. Like an Eleven rack or Line6 set on a classic Fender brown face setting. Some kind of small wattage simple tube amp set so that it's just on the verge of "breaking up", meaning that the sound is "gritty" or has "grit". Not full on distortion. Just a touch a gain.

Listen to the tone in this lesson. "Grit" all over it!

http://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=12795

Also, look through the country course lessons on gear: guitars, amps, fx. There are tons of useful references in that course!

Dude, is fine. :)
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