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Post subject: New to Country
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:48 am
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Hey dudes, I'm a long time rock and metal guitarist. I was just asked to play lead with a country band. I know that my Strat and Hot rod amp will work nice. What I was wondering is, what kind of effects pedal are essential for playing county music and lead country guitar?

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compressor, delay and if your adventurous some vibrato and chorus too.

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some type of overdrive pedal would be good to have, for a little extra grunt if needed.


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Thanks for the responses


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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:49 am
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a good Compressor and a Slapback delay works wery good for Country!

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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:30 am
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dont worry dude, a lot of guitarist use les pauls, and guitars equiped with humbuckers.
for example, listen to kenny chesney. rascal flats. they have a bluesy rock overtone. brad paisley uses telecaster.
big and rich. they use a flying v and les paul. brooks and dunn.
youll be ok. depends what songs the band is playing. use different effects until you like what you hear.


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Strat and that amp will do fine. A little reverb, slap back delay, maybe a chorus on some things, already noted though.

Depends on what style of country. There is the twangy tele-style country with a very traditional twang in it, and the more modern Rascal Flats type country with humbuckers and thicker tones. Tone is a good part of the sound, but what you're playing with your hands is part too. Rascal Flats playing a country solo with their style of playing is still going to sound very country on a les paul and a marshall. Someone else playing "rock" through a country rig of a tele and an old, cleaner fender amp might still sound very rock.

I'm more of a rock/blues guy but I've been in country bands before and learned that style pretty well. Although I pretty much never listen to country music, I can appreciate the guitar playing from someone like Danny Gatton, Vince Gill and Brad Paisley. Great guitar playing is great guitar playing.

Someone playing this stuff on any rig is going to sound "country"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceX69psS ... ted&fmt=18


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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:14 am
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dgonz wrote:
Strat and that amp will do fine. A little reverb, slap back delay, maybe a chorus on some things, already noted though.

Depends on what style of country. There is the twangy tele-style country with a very traditional twang in it, and the more modern Rascal Flats type country with humbuckers and thicker tones. Tone is a good part of the sound, but what you're playing with your hands is part too. Rascal Flats playing a country solo with their style of playing is still going to sound very country on a les paul and a marshall. Someone else playing "rock" through a country rig of a tele and an old, cleaner fender amp might still sound very rock.

I'm more of a rock/blues guy but I've been in country bands before and learned that style pretty well. Although I pretty much never listen to country music, I can appreciate the guitar playing from someone like Danny Gatton, Vince Gill and Brad Paisley. Great guitar playing is great guitar playing.

Someone playing this stuff on any rig is going to sound "country"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceX69psS ... ted&fmt=18

yeah, same here, im more of rock/blues than chickin picken. (cant grasp the concept) i was heavily into country until i started playing bluessy stuff.
from that moment i was hooke,line and sinker.


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