It would have to be, with that extreme whammy abuse.Originally Posted by gillibi
It would have to be, with that extreme whammy abuse.
Several guitars in different colors
Things to make them fuzzy
Things to make them louder
orange picks
Gillibi,
Thanks for confirming what I thought!
HANK,
I was pretty sure Terry Kath had not use his Tele before 1972. He used a white Strat and an SG in the late 60’s and then used a Gibson Les Paul Professional in 70 and 71. All photo’s, any youtube videos and everything on the internet will substantiate this. Listen to Chicago albums and you won’t hear anything that sounds like a Tele until the fifth album.
http://www.philbrodieband.com/muso_terry_kath.htm
http://www.timmwood.com/kathgear.html
G.
I was diving around today listening to Arlen Roth's "Toolin' Around" and I think it is another exceptional Tele album. There are some cool guitar dewels with Danny Gatton on there.
seeing as how this was brought TTP, i will addd that I bought my first Roy Buchannan CD off ebay. Its a live album , which i did not know, and has crummy sound, but it showcases his amazing talent, about which i was never aware. I will neeed to get the first studio album to check out the Tele tone.
Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West...
Thank you! Was it a 1958 toploader with a later rosewood neck?
LED ZEPPELIN 1
Absolutely!
+1
While extremely popular, I don't think this defines "telecaster tone" in the slightest.
+1
In fact, I'd guess that most Zep heads that don't spend most of their time on the internet would say that it defines Les Paul tone.
Several guitars in different colors
Things to make them fuzzy
Things to make them louder
orange picks
The high register solos on Led Zep 1 sound very Telecaster to me. I'm talking about the breaks in "Communication Breakdown" and "Good Times Bad Times", that really trebly sound. It has a clarity to it that you just can't get with a Les Paul. Still, I'd say that album doesn't epitomise the Tele sound, but it's definitely in there. I'd go with anything that had Steve Cropper on it. Everytime I hear "(Sittin' On The) Dock Of The Bay" on the radio I have to drop everything and go rediscover my Tele again.
Oh yeah, crap tune, but "Octopuss's Garden" by The Beatles has one of my favourite Tele tones on it. I'm assuming it's George's rosewood one, definitely a Tele though.
Well this Zep head and MANY other Zep heads know its a telecaster!While extremely popular, I don't think this defines "telecaster tone" in the slightest.
In fact, I'd guess that most Zep heads that don't spend most of their time on the internet would say that it defines Les Paul tone.
The production skills of Mr. Jimmy Page took primarily a country instrument ("aka your telecaster tone") and proved to many that a telecaster can be used in rock and roll.
And many Zep heads also know that the Stairway to Heaven solo was a telecaster as well. "twang!"
I imagine there are also oodles of great albums (& singles) where some studio ace used a Tele, but it isn't so textbook-Tele-tone obvious.
"Well, I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused..."
Elvis Costello
Y'know, Robertson's tone on that Royal Albert Hall bootleg (actually Free Trade Hall) is one of the things that seriously got me wanting a Tele. That and Bloomfield on the first two Butterfield Blues Band albums. And Roy Buchanan. And Steve Cropper...
Yeah I had to get one. (picked up an AV 52 RI a couple weeks ago! My first Tele. Mmmm...)
+1 It's my favorite Zep album, but it does not jump out as a Telecaster album to me. However, maybe that is what makes it so cool. When I think of the Tele sound, I think Honky Tonk and Blues.While extremely popular, I don't think this defines "telecaster tone" in the slightest.
In fact, I'd guess that most Zep heads that don't spend most of their time on the internet would say that it defines Les Paul tone.
Jeff Buckley, for creating his own Tele sound and his multitude of different songs from jazz to hardrock.
Still much underappreciated.
Yeah, Jeff Buckley's "Live At Sine" has some of the best Tele sounds on it that I've ever heard. Highly recommended.
Yeah that be the album. I believe he played mostly Gibsons on Grace and the occasional Rickenbacker.
The production values from those early records didn't come near to the heavy rock sound of Zep I. And on For Your Love, Jeff Beck didn't play on that track. He wasn't in the band yet. When Jeff joined, he did use an Fender Esquire in the Yardbirds as well as using a Les Paul.Well..I dunno about that...
These are just three I can think of off the top of my head that predate the first Zep LP.
A majority of Jimmy's guitar work with the Yardbirds was with a Telecaster but the quality of the guitar sound on those early records wasn't as good as LZ I.
Two other great Telecaster players:
Jimmy Bryant
Roy Buchanan
That one sounds like a strat to me. Don't know for sure. Can't
find anything on it in the Beatles Gear book.
strat62555
X 10
absolutely!
Blonde on Blonde will always be the perfect tele album.
Octopus's Garden has a great melody.
But yeah...the lyrics...not so much.
well when i got my first t, just a few years back- whle i love zep and chirssy and beck-and too many others-to get me in the mood to play my t and undertand it
i really love
the rhino 2 disc set of Danny gatton-an anthology
and
i really love to listen to the hellecasters too
and that speedy west and jimmy bryant cd is a mind blower too
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