Members JustSteve Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 I've always loved that really smooth, round sound of the lead in Guess Who's American Woman and others. Being a drummer (be kind:cool:) who dinks around on guitar and bass, I have no idea how to get that sound. Does anybody know what was used on that track or how to get something close? EH Big Muff Pi? Humbuckers? Strat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pinkzep52 Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 on the original American Women I believe it was just an overdriven marshall and a Les Paul. You could probably get close with the Big Muff though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 Yeah, the Big Muff would do well for that. [YOUTUBE]n1x6NNNfVJc[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Catfish Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 on the original American Women I believe it was just an overdriven marshall and a Les Paul. You could probably get close with the Big Muff though That was almost definitely a fuzz pedal of some sort. I've never heard a cranked Marshall sound like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JustSteve Posted July 11, 2008 Author Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 Cool, thanks people. I'll have to mess around with some pedals the next time I'm in a store.And thanks to you, Jed Clampett, for popularizing that dance you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bcc5025 Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 The Big Muff is awesome for solo's. It gets muddy sometimes but with my Tele its just fun to mess around with cuz it's so crunchy. Really Hendrix-esque, except hendrix on meth if you turn up the gain. American Woman would sound good with it, even though they probably only use the amp gain channel in the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 Bizarrely enough:...there's a pedal that claims to give you that sound in a box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pinkzep52 Posted July 11, 2008 Members Share Posted July 11, 2008 Hmm nvm i was wrong wen i said he got it from an overdriven marshall. he wasn't even using marshalls. It says here and on other sources that he used something called the Herzog which is basically a tube preamp built by his tech. http://www.axecentral.com/forums/effective/78166-american-woman-sound.html. I think Tech 21 also reisues a box for the american women tone as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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