Members Elias Graves Posted December 7, 2010 Members Share Posted December 7, 2010 Truth is, with modern country, the sky's the limit. People are playing country with about anything these days. I play country/Americana with these... EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Apple Slim Posted December 7, 2010 Members Share Posted December 7, 2010 335 thru a Twin is a classic sound.Heck even an LP thru a Twin is pretty sweet.Any Gibson or similar archtop, p90s a plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kit_strong Posted December 7, 2010 Members Share Posted December 7, 2010 Reverend Buckshot or Flatroc would be my choice. THe Buckshot is definitely more country but might also be too Tele-ish for you with its T-Style bridge pup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted December 7, 2010 Members Share Posted December 7, 2010 Most any low gain pickup will get you in country territory, it's all about how you play the guitar. Chet Atkins - Gretsch sig w. Filtertrons, Gibson sig with 57 ClassicsWayne Moss - Fender JazzmasterGrady Martin - PAF-loaded ES-335Scotty Moore (okay, not country but rockabilly) - ES-295 with P-90's, Super 400 with PAF'sSteve Wariner - EMG-loaded StratHank Garland - Gibson ByrdlandKeith Urban - Gibson Les Paul Junior You get the idea. But yeah, the Tele is the standard for damn good reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted December 7, 2010 Members Share Posted December 7, 2010 PscAZyOMGiA cek5qZ76FZs&feature AWESOME guitars. http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Music-Man-Albert-Lee-MM90-Electric-Guitar-with-Piezo-Pickup?sku=513701 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted December 7, 2010 Members Share Posted December 7, 2010 pretty much every guitar. Roy Nichols who is a Tele GOD played a Les Paul. Bob Wooten (Johnny Cash)played a Jazzmaster. If it were me Id get a big Ol Grestch, the only guitar more twangy than a Tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 Pete Anderson used Strats a lot with Dwight. I'd also go for anything with P90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members faberbz Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 Wow, toughie.. How about a Strat? Yeah. I play country and have a Tele and a Strat. I actually like my Strat for country, a lot. You can still get plenty of twang in the bridge position, but you also have a warmth that you don't get with the Tele. Besides Fenders, I am seriously GASing for a Reverend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A-20 Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 Honestly, I can play great country on my lipstick pickup guitars. Also my Fender Jaguar HH - the black one Made in Japan. Those pickups have SO much treble in them... makes for some awesome tones. Sure its a shorter scale... sure they are humbuckers... just sayin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members caveman Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 I think nothing says "country" like one of these: And that "country" is transylvania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members m90guy Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 I play country on my Danelectro guitars, and my Strats. Works and sounds pretty good considering I do not own a Tele anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chuck1016 Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 I'm familiar with Chet Atkins of course and his Filtertron equipped Gretsches. Any examples of a great dearmond gretsch tone? Are dearmonds twangier than filtertrons? Duane Eddy got his twang from DeArmonds. I love this tone. It's twangy and snappy, but it also has that big hollow body sound. [video=youtube;fm3G26dgXWg] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cscbo1 Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 I'm with the Johnny Hiland model as well, I was at the PRS Experience for the 1st and 3rd years, JH is a beast! Its probably one of the most versatile guitars PRS has ever made, or at least the way JH played it. [video=youtube;bYkv5mcqevw] [video=youtube;sMDVRQ_SvGo] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 LP is nice. Great if you have another guitar player with a tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -MBro- Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 peavey t-60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 One of the best Atkins-style pickers I know plays a Guild Starfire IV through an old tuckrolled Kustom SS amp, and he sounds like God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members maybe_ebyam Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 I play contemporary and classic country (in Nashville, where all of the critics are...) and get compliments on my playing/ sound along with my singing/ songs all the time. I'm playing a Les Paul Custom, a Les Paul GT with P- 90s, a 335, 3 different strats and, of course, a tele. I think the most common guitar for all of my bug- timing buddies backing major label acts is the Les Paul. My 2 cents my be useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Carroll Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 335. I put a strat bridge pup in mine to give it some good ol' bridge twang, and I've got a paf in the neck to keep the semi-hollow sweetness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benzem Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 Anything. Dialed in. One of the best I have is an obscure 80's guitar with super distortions and a COIL SPLIT. Not kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members profgalen Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IamBurnout Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 [video=youtube;aBqZs7oGPZQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBqZs7oGPZQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 I'd say beyond the obvious, i.e. strat, I'd echo that just about anything with P-90 pickups will give you the classic country cut with a bit more snarl for that more modern country sound. Or of course, drop the gain for a bit more of the rockabilly tone. ThisAn example - I saw Emmylou Harris years ago, before the Lanois stuff, and her guitar player sounded dead on country on a LP Junior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AVisme Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 I've seen quite a few country singers playing LPs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 Just shows to go ya, it's not the shape of the guitar, it's the mojo of the player.Worrying about which looks right....kinda like...oh my, you can't wear white shoes after labor day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Apple Slim Posted December 8, 2010 Members Share Posted December 8, 2010 >>>>>>>>>>Truth.I get some good country twang from this old Carvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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