Chuck Berry Tone

[longrichard]

On the infamous tapes. How did he achieve it?

Was he drinking lots of water?

 

[charliechitlins]

Big amp, low volume, bridge pickup.
Oddly, the guitar I had that uncannily nailed early CB was a '67 Rickenbacker 335 with toaster pickups.

 

[charliechitlins]

Oh...infamous tapes...I guess I haven't heard them.
I know he had some unsavory proclivities.

 

[Amp360]

I think many of the classic singles were done with an ES-350T with P90s. I've seen old pictures of him with a Les Paul Custom. I have no idea what kind of amp he used.

OTOH, he would use Dual Showman Reverb amps and an ES-355 live and sound the same.

 

[charliechitlins]

Do you think he was drinking coffee too to get a sound like that? Had to be more than water.

Anyhow, the dame he was with was a good sport about it all.

Apparently there's some unfortunate video or sound thing out there that particularly appeals to the type who would have genitalia in his screen name, and we're not getting it.