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Jp.

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Need help replicating tone
« on: December 17, 2005, 08:45:12 AM »
Ok the tone is, to me, really cool.

The most widely known recording i can think of with  an example of this tone is a really cheesey song from the eighties so please.... dont laugh.

Its the solo from the recording of George Thorogood's - Treat Her Right.

Thanks in advance to anyony that can help
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PhilKing

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Need help replicating tone
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2005, 11:51:15 AM »
George Thorogood uses a Gibson 225 I think.  It is a hollow guitar with P-90 pickups.  You will really need to use either a P-90 or a Mississippi Queen to get that type of tone.  I don't really know the song you like, but he usually has that hot single coil sound which only a P-90 gives.
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jt

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« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2005, 01:17:42 PM »
:D Hi JP love George Thorogood !!!

A great player, George use`s semi`s loaded with P90`s. i`ve seen him playing through different amps over the years Fender, Marshall, Matchless etc. He likes to drive his amps. If you`ve got a modest gain amp turn the gain up to about 50% [ adjust as you go along ] He`s also Load  :P  Turn your amp up so that your really pushing it then adjust your gain again to suit. He tends to use open tunnings so this effects the tone he gets i think he tends to use open G tunning more often than not.  

Don`t scoop out the middle George has a nice Full sound.

 :D  8)
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