Wild Horses

Description

Any acoustic guitar is suitable to play along with this tune, but an acoustic with a brighter tone will help cut through the band a bit better.

The interesting thing about the acoustic guitars in the original recording is that each of them have a unique tuning. Guitar 1 is actually a 12 string tuned to open G, while Guitar 2 uses "Nashville tuning", in which the lower 4 strings are thinner gage and tuned one octave higher. This tuning was invented by Music City session guitarists to blend in with a standard tuned acoustic to achieve a 12 string sound. For this tutorial, we've adapted both guitar layers for standard tuning in order to keep things simple.

I'm using a Les Paul electric for Guitar 3, but any electric guitar will work here. Be sure to use the neck pickup for a brighter, cleaner tone.

As far as amps go, any Fender-style tube amp is a fine choice. Set the amp for a bright clean sound. I'm also using a little slapback echo for a country sound. Add some reverb for depth.

For the electric, I used a 10-46 string gage, with a heavy pick so I can dig right into those licks and fills and get spanky with it!

Fender Deluxe Model:
Drive: 30% Bass: 45% Mid: 45% Treb: 70% Presence: 75%
Slapback Echo:
Time: 100ms Feedback: 10% Wet/DryMIX: 25%
Spring Reverb:
WetDryMIX: 45%