Did we miss any guitarists that should have made it on to this list? Tell us in the comments below!

@timbailey7590

2 жыл бұрын

Danny gatton ,Roy Buchanan,Johnny winter

@timh1204

2 жыл бұрын

Eric Clapton, when you ignore the Wah-Wah-pedal.

@ncd1967

2 жыл бұрын

@@timh1204 Clapton loved rack effects and the like when it became available.

@RodClark

2 жыл бұрын

@@timh1204 Clapton is a good shout. Sure, he uses a wah once in a while, but the dude gets the tone from the fingers.

@15thwardadrian

2 жыл бұрын

Tab Benoit

Charlie Christian, Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, Tiny Grimes, T-Bone Walker, Kenny Burrell, Albert King, Freddie King, Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, Willie Johnson, Albert Collins, Junior Barnard, Anson Funderburgh, Ronnie Earl, Dave Specter, Kid Ramos, Jr. Watson, Guitar Slim, Gatemouth Brown, Johnny Guitar Watson, Clarence Hollimon, Pat Hare, Luther Tucker, Robert Nighthawk, Johnny Shines, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rodgers, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Lowell Fulson, Wayne Bennett, Ike Turner, Lonnie Johnson and probably a lot of guys buried in my CD collection that I'm blanking on at the moment. Albert Collins again, he's so incredibly unique... and Peter Green too.

@1mespud

2 жыл бұрын

Great homework!! With exception of the jazz players, everyone else "cranked" and over droved their amps. And let's not forget Steve Cropper, studio guitarists Grady Martin, Perry Botkin Sr., Hank Garland, James Burton

@tylerbehrends3304

Жыл бұрын

Lol

Wilko Johnson of Dr Feelgood didn't use any pedals. Famously when asked what pedals he used he replied, "I'm playing guitar not riding a bicycle."

@Daretobeyourself

Ай бұрын

Wilko Johnson is awesome , especially Roxette .

Roy Buchanan. "Extreme Guitar Wizard" was on the ticket when he played Liberty Hall in Houston mid 70's. A man, a Telecaster, a Twin Reverb and a folding chair to set it on backwards. Jaw dropping stuff

@michaelmoore7623

2 жыл бұрын

The undisputed king of harmonics squeals. Billy Gibbons probably listened to Roy. And made it sound so smooth and effortless with ZzTop#sunnyside of excellence

Robert Cray is one of the most underrated guitarists out there, IMHO. Saw him opening for Tina Turner in London, years ago, and he blew me away. Unique style, with an amazing soulful voice.

@davidrice3337

2 жыл бұрын

All due respect but - Robert cray is well known - he's got what ? One hit song ? So I have to strongly disagree - the ones who are underrated are guys like elton's long time guitar player and jim croce's dude - I don't even know their name - these guys are great and there are others + little river band for example

@hansemannluchter643

2 жыл бұрын

Ike Turner! Alledgedly he fired Jimi Hendrix for plugging into a pedal, although some people say it was because Jimi tried to plug in to Tina 🤣

@goodun2974

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidrice3337 , Robert Cray is pretty dull in my opinion. I saw him play once, only because John Hiatt and the Goners with Sonny Landreth were the opening act. They revved up the crowd, and then Cray put everyone half to sleep.

@Hartlor_Tayley

2 жыл бұрын

Eric Clapton was playing a rare gig in a nightclub back in the eighties, some one offered us $150 for our pair of tix so yeah we sold em and went across town to see Robert Cray for like $13. Cray was great, I heard Clapton played a great show too.

@hansemannluchter643

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hartlor_Tayley I've heard Robert Cray, Live, in Europe, and I agree: He was worth the ticket!

wasn't BB King a big advocate of the boss Metal zone?

@NickJardine

10 ай бұрын

Lol

Wes Montgomery. IMO best pure jazz tone. Listen to anything by him. Never used a pedal or pick for that matter.

I can't count the number of times I've seen BB King starting in around 1967 here in Seattle at the Paramount Theater. You're right, his rig consisted of two blackface twin reverbs and his Cherry Gibson at the time it was an ES-345. I'm a guitar player myself for 50 years so I paid attention to his Rigs and he did move to Silver panel twin reverbs and then ultimately to those Gibson amplifiers. But you know the one thing in common with all those amplifiers? BB King! He could have played One Note through a transistor radio and we all would have known who it was! Rest in Peace BB. 💜 Thanks for another great upload Mason! You're the best dude and I absolutely love your effects!

Roy Buchanan, his '53 Tele into his '59 Tweed Bassman........'enuff said.

Hubert Sumberland, T-bone Walker, Wes Montgomery, Chuck Berry, Albert King, and George Benson to name a few.

@SirSneakerPimp

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You very much…I’m often angry that these and many others get over looked consistently!

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

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What about Sister Rosetta Tharpe?

@Mr.Facebox

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah🤘🤘🤘

@theoriginalhowardho

Жыл бұрын

Who?

i think an important thing to consider is amp volume. today very often even at smaller gigs guitar amps are mic`ed up and the sound guy tells you to turn down. back in the days the amps often had to fill the whole venue, and if you can really turn up an amp the compression and drive starts to kick in. no (such) need for pedals. it`s better to crank a rather small amp than to put a twin reverb on "2" so it`s not only the hands, it´s also circumstance

@michaelmoore7623

2 жыл бұрын

Sound guys are idiots who don't understand. How. Sustain. On a guitar will show up in the red being control fools they will make a Les Paul sound like a TELECASTER AND KILL A INDIVIDUALS PERSONAL VOICE!#SUNNYSIDE OF EXCELLENCE

This video is the Edge’s nightmare!!! 😎😂

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

hahahaha!

When I started playing the original production of Grease on Broadway, they didn't allow us to use any pedals, I guess in keeping with the era we were re-creating. The only effects they allowed were reverb and tremelo and we used Twin Reverbs. This led us to an ever evolving quest for more powerful pickups to drive the amps harder, and I went through several iterations until I found a '55 tele which has stock a really powerful bridge pickup. Playing like that was great for my technique and tone. These days of course I'm addicted to pedals.

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

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Paul Kossof was unmatchable

I think the trouble many of us have is we love these tones but we either can't afford those tube amps or we cannot turn our tube amps loud enough to get that tone. OR we actually need the clean headroom for clean songs and we want to be able to kick a footswitch on for a heavier song without having a crazy volume jump. So using pedals is really about practicality, but what we want is that tube amp distortion. And that actually does seem to be the initial intention behind the development of every single overdrive circuit.

One of my favorites who never used effects was Paul Kossoff.

You forgot the late great Roy Buchanan.

Ace Frehley once said that he got all the effects he wanted from his Les Paul and Marshall stack

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

He used an LPB-1

@williambelford9661

2 жыл бұрын

@@VertexEffectsInc in an interview in Guitarist magazine he was reported as saying he never used any effects pedals for the reason stated and that if he had he'd have spent more time tripping over the cables than playing. Ace Frehleys words not mine.

The one and only Roy Buchanan those volume swills all done with no pedals just done with the knobs on his tele.

The big exception for Keith was “Satisfaction”. He used a Maestro Fuzz for the main riff

@jlbaxe

2 жыл бұрын

He (Keith) had an Echoplex behind his fender deluxe reverbs and used the tremolo effect on the amp. The Echoplex might have just been used for the preamp like Jimmy Page did.

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Yep...then never again did he play stylistically like this or with this tone.

@KevinMcLaren71

2 жыл бұрын

@@VertexEffectsInc that’s true. Such a shame!

This list is pretty focused on classic rock and blues musicians. To add some other flavors I'd include Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine from Television, John Reis from Hot Snakes, Rocket from the Crypt, and Drive Like Jehu, Ian Makaye and Guy Picciotto from Fugazi, and D Boon from the Minutemen.

@tothefinlandstation

2 жыл бұрын

Ian plugged straight in, but Guy used an MXR Distortion +, and later I think a wah and delay.

@WorshipFog777

2 жыл бұрын

Focused on iconic guitar players I think

@SeanMRoberts

2 жыл бұрын

@@WorshipFog777 Richard Lloyd and John Reis are iconic.

@WorshipFog777

2 жыл бұрын

@@SeanMRoberts not like the ones Mason mentioned, I'm afraid

@SeanMRoberts

2 жыл бұрын

@@WorshipFog777 Hard Disagree.

How can you miss Peter green?

Carlos Santana played Woodstock with a SG/P90's directly into a 800 watt Gallien-Krueger SS amp. Unforgettable.

Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell

@Mr77pro

2 жыл бұрын

Jazz players don't really count...they make a point of not using effects.

@stevenmeger3798

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mr77pro exactly, great tone without effects 🙂

Redd Volkaert calls pedals tone reducers and he is not too wrong :D

The one that I think of is Leslie West. Les Paul Jr into an old p.a. using volume and control knobs. Mountain doesn’t get the credit they deserve. Leslie West was amazing.

@howandlightning

2 жыл бұрын

I thought Leslie West used a red Sam Ash Fuzz, I think he might have even used two at once. He did use a Sunn PA though

@michaelmoore7623

2 жыл бұрын

Mr West was unique great tone and great chops a stud smooth and fluid. And had a controlled boldest in his hands.#sunnyside of excellence

Louisiana blues legend Tab Benoit tops the list for current players. Just the pickup switch and volume knob on a Thinline Tele with fat Fender dual coils. Rich, blues goodness.

@rockinroller25

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen him perform on several occasions at jazz fest and he kills it

............Hubert Sumlin........Albert Collins.........Johnny Graham.........Cornell Dupree........Johnny "Guitar "Watson.......

I have nothing against pedals, I used to use delay, overdrive, wah, compression and a noise gate. Now I use literally no pedals, I don't even own one. My tone is the best I've ever had. I play a lot of blues and rock. This is what I do: 1-Set up guitar to have good tension on action, plenty of sound. 2-Have great pickups 3-Have a tube amp with good speaker (mine has good overdrive built in and reverb, most good ones do) 4-Get your levels right on your guitar and your equalisation on your amp. That makes a big difference. It's not for everyone, but for those who like to hear a more pure guitar sound it's the way to go. A good tip is that if your guitar sounds good before you plug it in then it will sound amazing plugged in. My reason for dropping all pedals was because I wanted a more real guitar sound, more tactile and responsive. It makes me feel more connected to each note. Not for everyone, but it is for me. It also makes you a better player because there's nothing to hide behind. Interestingly BB King is probably the greatest blues player of all time, and Angus Young is probably the greatest rock player and they both play straight through the amp, nuff said.

Liked the twist on this topic, really good examples!

Hey Vertex! Another great video,thank you so much! Take care

I always hear Keith say that he doesn't use effects and I call BS on that one. Love Keith !! please don't get me wrong, but he's using phasers flangers and all natures of swooshy effects on several tracks on albums from Goats Head up until ending with Heaven from Tattoo You. Great episode btw

@centraal22

2 жыл бұрын

You're right sir. I forgot, "Shattered" played with a phaser, possibly an MXR Phase 45.

First time I saw Derek it was in a tiny club, and I could have just stuck out my hand and given him a fist bump or, turned the knobs on his super reverb amps. He had at least one of them just cooking and there was nothing on the floor. It was pretty moving, and I have seen Robert and bb but also seen guys with huge amounts of effects and there’s no wrong way. If the player can really grab you and hold the audience that’s what is memorable.

Awesome video really enjoyed it 👍

Great video and Chanel. Love my vertex pedals and buying one of your pedalboards soon. Awesome stuff

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Ian Mckaye of Fugazi (and Minor Threat) 😉 Gibson SG and JCM800

Ritchie Blackmore. Sometimes with his Aiwa Tape Echo or Univibe. I think all these players have one thing in common: Loud amps. Cool video. Thanks ✌🏼

a great clip thanks with great info. cheers NZ

What a wonderful and (for a Pedal Manufacturer) courageous video. It's great fruit for thought. Thanks so much.

I wouldn't say Keith Richards NEVER used pedals. In the song Satisfaction, one of his most iconic riffs had fuzz, which is actually one the first recordings with that effect.

@jansimmelman267

2 жыл бұрын

He used a wah wah,a phaser,a flanger and so on on certain songs.

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

One song over a 50 year career...he's pretty well documented saying he doesn't like pedals.

@CharlesandElsafan

2 жыл бұрын

@@jansimmelman267 Keith and Ronnie use a few hidden offstage, including the Fulltone Tube Tape Echo.

@jansimmelman267

2 жыл бұрын

@@VertexEffectsInc No he has seldom used pedals!To quote him: "There is no secret.A good guitar plugged into a good amplifier!"

Roy Buchanan.

Missed the live show but I really appreciate y'all covering this topic.

This is such a brilliant video, thank you Doctor!

Kieth Richard used one of the first "Fuzz" box's on "Satisfaction." The recordings used a lot of effects. "Shattered" with the phase shifters comes to mind. Pedals do help to avoid monotony of straight guitar into an amp. Players need to use discretion to make sure they don't use them too much. Alot of times player search for the perfect amp, and a pedal might have got them there much quicker. It is nice to have an amp like that, but most can't afford an old "Plexi" or a Dumble.

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Fuzz was one and done...not really something I'd typecast him as. Also the Phaser in the 70s was more Ronnie than Keith.

Paul Kossoff - Roy Buchanan - Mike Bloomfield- Ted Nugent

Thanks for making this interesting video !!!

Great video! I provided backline for a lot of events with a Fender Stage 100 solid state head going into a 2X12 Celestion cab. I had a lot of blues and jazz guys show up and plug straight into the amp, dial it in a bit and rip all night. Tone is in the fingers.

Derek Trucks' amp heads are $12k each. For $12k for a head, I'd better not need a pedal

@janras1771

3 ай бұрын

I dont think any amp could destroy Dereks amazing playing, he had played through a fender twin reverb .Hes tone has always been special.

Richard Loyd and Tom Verlaine from Television. The album "Marquee Moon" is Fender Jazzmasters into Twins (if I remember correctly). Amazing guitar record.

Love clean playing. Great video.

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great stuff. Thank you!

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Keith Richards (& I’m his biggest fan) really used far more effects than he wants to admit (TS9 or 10, Phase 100, & many studio effects).

@micktheman6

2 жыл бұрын

He also started the love for pedals with fuzz on satisfaction.

@dnews9519

2 жыл бұрын

Keith just plugs into the amps and has other people play his pedals for him.

Chuck Berry!!!

I love when youtubers like you challenge their own perspective and feel free to share ideas opposite to their own tendencies. So thank you for just sharing ideas behind good tone!

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Wow!! What an amazing content, Mason! Bravo!

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Waddy Wachtel, one of the greats of 70s rock (for example with Linda Ronstadt). I read an interview with him in which he said he felt that pedals removed the tone of a good amp.

Great you mention Jimmie Vaughan, true master of pure tone

Great topic!

i think another good idea is guitarists who use maybe 1-3 effects. you’ve got jimmy page, SRV, hendrix, kurt cobain, tony iommi, and a bunch of other great artists.

Alvin Lee! Start with Goin' Home from Woodstock then dive into the extensive library of Ten Years After and his solo career. Tone for days ,Chunky Brown sounds from his Frankenized ES 335 . With shredding techniques and abilities.

@Hiwatt100W1

2 жыл бұрын

I saw Alvin Lee with Ten Years After in 1971- you're right, he went right into two stacks of 100W Marshall Super Leads. He may have used a wah-wah for one song, but that's all he used.

Two you forgot: Michael Bloomfield Les Paul or a Tele into a Fender Ronnie Earl Strat into a Fender Also Jimmy Vaughn might not have in his early days but these days he's using a Strymon Flint Trem/Reverb

Excellent! Thank you

Great Video!!!

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Derek Trucks actually uses an MXR echoplex delay on top of his amp, it’s used rarely but still in his rig

Marty Stuart and Kenny Vaughn. Teles and Fenders.

What a nice idea - paradox and love - cool one dude.

Keith Richards , BB King & all these Guitar Greats are inspirational to me . Thanks for an enjoyable video .

Nile Rodgers man, he didn’t even use an amp sometimes. I think he could plug any guitar into any amp and it would would sound like Nile. He does have a very modest pedalboard now that I think he uses mainly to get the tones that were on some specific records but it’s mostly Strat to Deville when he’s live.

@jaredtorres1000

2 жыл бұрын

He did a masterclass at my music school one time and he just plugged straight in to a DI and yet, it sounded so clear and clean. You could literally hear every single note in the chords he was playing.

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

I guess if you don't include the compressors he uses.

@ncd1967

2 жыл бұрын

@@VertexEffectsInc Heh sure

Ironic as Keith Richards helped popularize the fuzz pedal😳! (Songs like I Can’t Get No Satisfaction, Mercy Mercy and She Said Yeah). He also used a lot of phasers on Some Girls (1978) and Emotional Rescue (1980).

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Some girls stuff was often Ronnie Wood with the phaser. Satisfaction era wasn't really what became his tone as it's understood now.

Thankyou. Nice to see. Me and some righteous others are getting resolute on the use of a Equaliser pedal as means to simplify yet enhance sound, as in the spirit of this video.

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great video

didn't see his name in a quick look... Leslie West - Les Paul Jr w/ P90s

Hank Marvin comes to mind, Fender Strat, Vox AC 15 and AC30, great match and that magical tone without pedals.

@kalebaldwin5398

2 жыл бұрын

He used a Watkins Copicat for echo.

@monmac1165

2 жыл бұрын

@@kalebaldwin5398 Not a Watkins Copycat....but a Meazzi Echo system....and the famous Abbey Road built in natural studio Reverb system

@francescotenti193

2 жыл бұрын

@@monmac1165 True, a tape Meazzi Echo, but I would not call that a pedal.

@monmac1165

2 жыл бұрын

I was not referring to the echo system as a pedal....not even the natural studio reverb of Abbey Road consisting of big cylindrical columns....Cheers Francesco...

@francescotenti193

2 жыл бұрын

@@monmac1165 Cheers!!!

When I first started practicing with a band in Denver, we went to a show after practice one night. A dive bar on Colfax. The guitarist had some technical difficulties. He had to stop their set for 20 minutes while he was troubleshooting his pedal board. That's all I needed to see. I now buy amps based on their tone and effects.

@dale116dot7

Жыл бұрын

You’d think he’d just bypass the pedals and troubleshoot it during a break. Only time I had to stop playing mid-set was I broke an E string on my stand up bass, and you can drop the soundpost if you keep playing. Fastest I’d ever changed a string. Now I usually bring a backup P-bass.

No one comes close to Roy Buchanan. I played with Roy in the early 1960's and the only thing he did was cut a slit in his speaker and turn the amp around. His tone was perfection.

@pedrobrando4606

2 жыл бұрын

He also used the tone knob on his Telecaster to simulate a wah pedal and the volume control to simulate a volume pedal.The knobs are close to the pinky on Fender guitars.

@monmac1165

2 жыл бұрын

I believe this....This was how distortion was invented in the early Britpop days.....

@michaelmoore7623

2 жыл бұрын

Roy really was in a league of his own

Irish blues-rocker Rory Gallagher famously used no pedals, just amp overdrive. Check out the Irish Tour ‘74 album for an hour of classic rock tone.

@trefwoordpunk2225

2 жыл бұрын

He famously used a treble booster… his use of which was what inspired Brian may to do the same

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Treble booster all day!

junior brown flat out killer

Brilliant, thanks for this.

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

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What a fantastic video! All of your posts are great, and this one really underscored the fact that sometimes we forget to just focus on the intrinsic sound of a guitar and amp. Maybe it’s my pea-sized brain, but when I don’t have to think about pedals or effects, it’s easier to think about melodies and technique, even though the pedals and effects are so much fun.

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Nelson Faria is a incredible Brazilian jazz guitar player who plays without any effects. Great video. Cheers from Brazil!

@VertexEffectsInc

Жыл бұрын

I'll have to check him out!

Derek Trucks' sound in "Midnight In Harlem, Live At The Crossroads" must be of the most beautiful guitar sounds ever created with guitar.

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

No doubt!

Thanks. This commentary was very much needed. Don't get me wrong, I'm very much a "pedal" guy due to the cover music I'm hired to do. Personally, I only us them when necessary. But trust me. It's hard to play or convince your audience it's the "Theme to Shaft" without a wah pedal.

Marty Stuart and Kenny Vaughan also go straight in, telecaster into a Fender Deluxe Reverb or a Princeton.

@VertexEffectsInc

Жыл бұрын

Great suggestions!

Mike Bloomfield!

Paco de Lucía didn't use pedals.

I did a multi band show this weekend. There were several guitar players onstage with me. I wanted my rig to be basic so I went with a small Vox amp and my Rick 620 6 string and left the pedals home. I love the sound of a single coil guitar straight into a low wattage amp running hot. But I have no issue with anyone using pedals. What gets you YOUR ideal sound is what's really important. Take Edge for example, he uses a lot of pedals and he gets beautiful tones. So to each their own. I normally use a pedal board but it has a volume pedal, wah wah, tuner, and and an Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini that I only use to make sure I have a boost for solos. All followed by a splitter to my two small Vox amps. Pedals do give you versatility though. So for bands that cover lots of styles in one show they are great. My main guitar is a Tele into a 4 Watt Vox tube amp so I'm a pretty basic guy when comes to setup. I honestly don't know how you guys keep all those pedals under control. But I image you get used to it.

Lots of old guys, including me. Pedalboard went down two shows in a row and I got more compliments both nights after plugging straight into my Marshall. Sold everything but the tuner that’s taped to top of amp.

peter green

Ritchie Blackmore has been around for a long time , he used a wah pedal in the early Deep Purple albums and maybe a treble booster here and there in the 70’s , but in some live footage from the Machine head to Burn years you don’t see any guitar pedals on the stage floor what he used was a reel to reel Aiwa tape recorder

Love this show!! Props!! Don't forget Chris Cain-no pedals!!-Monster blues/Jazz guy!

Very interesting . Thnx!

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

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Peter Green didn't use pedals. Good call with Jimmie Vaughan - one of my fav players.

@clive3100

2 жыл бұрын

Recall he did experiment after leaving Fleetwood Mac with a wah-wah pedal on the recording of 'The End of the game' studio instrumental album. Although the material on that album was w-a-y different from his more recognised and outstanding blues/early-rock style work between '66 into early'70.

Marty Stewart and his FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES, Roy Buchanan, and Buck Owens and Don Rich!!!

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

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I play either a Les Paul or a Strat directly into a tweed Champ or a tweed 5e3 deluxe. Crank it up, use the volume knob. Need reverb? Let the strings ring a little between the notes. From the time I ditched all of my pedal, I've never been happier with my tone or my playing.

@VertexEffectsInc

2 жыл бұрын

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Johnny " Guitar " Watson had a won derful sound - amp & 335 + picked with his fingers .

Glenn Campbell. Roy Clark.

Peter Green, Paul Kossoff and Albert Collins.

Marty Stuart and his side man Kenny Vaughn go straight into a Deluxe and Princeton respectively... It makes me wonder how many other iconic Country players went straight in. I'm on all kinds of guitar forums and am amazed at how many ignore the great country players. When I had a Blues band, i played a Harmony Rocket, straight into a battery powered 'Lectronics Mouse with a 57 on it to the PA, which provided the reverb. We were a local sensation for a few years. Big fun. It took me a long time to begin using pedals. I eventually had a well populated board. Recently, i have cut way back. All I have now is a compressor, Vertex Clean Drive, and a reverb pedal, that sounds better than the 'verb in the Deluxe amp. These pedals are always on, set and forget, easy.

@gregmullins6927

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know how many country music guitariists use pedals but it sounds like most of them don't,for me I just like to plug into my amp (no pedals) and play.

I'm not famous but I've made a living for almost 50 years as a guitarist (and upright and electric bassist) and although I have a bunch of pedals, I rarely use them. I've gone through phases but I always come back to just guitar and amp. It seems like that's the best sound (for the styles I play)