Riff Tone

Guitars, Cadillacs

Dwight Yoakam

Guitarcountry1980s

Original Gear

Guitar1956 Fender Telecaster

Amp1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb (heavily modified by Jim Williams: Twin Reverb transformers, 6L6 power tubes, solid-state rectifier, midrange resistor, Electro-Voice EVM-12S speaker)

PickupsFender single-coil (vintage 50s Telecaster type)

Amp Settings

gain0

bass3.5

mid8

treble6

reverb2.5

presence5.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1986. Amp used was the vibrato channel, input 1. The midrange was modified to sound like it's at 10 (normally fixed at 3 on stock Deluxe Reverb). Scholz Rockman (Edge setting, Chorus Off) was also in the chain. Recorded at Capitol Studio B, Hollywood.

Tone Character(10)

bright and twangyarticulate attacktight low endsnappy and percussiveclean with lots of headroompunchy midrangecrisp highsdynamic responseslightly scooped bassclassic Telecaster spank

Difficulty

The riff requires clean, precise picking and rhythmic accuracy typical of country guitar, but does not involve advanced techniques or high speed.

Sources

Pete Anderson's tone on Dwight Yoakam's Guitars, Cadillacs | Guitar World

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