It suffices to say that if you get a Fender Amp with large enough speakers and wattage to hold up the bottom end of the tone, you'll be set. But Don also used a Super at times, and a Bassman. I have a basic Twin Reverb Reissue that gets that sound pretty close to what it needs to be. Other than that, keep them bright, either by cleaning your strings regularly, or buying coated strings. In standard tuning Don was probably using. Mind you that they guys were tuning down a whole lot, so a heavier gauge of strings was normal. His tone was so bright that putting a 1 meg into my rig made my tonal chain as close to Don's as I could get it, and it was definitely in the same neighborhood.ĥ. I firmly believe Don has a 1 meg in the volume in the position. FWIW the pickups they put in the 62RI's absolutely nailed that tone.Ĥ. I prefer Don's sound on the Buck Owens Ranch Shows, so I'm going to go with the 60's bell tone Tele pickups. The natural compression and smooth attack of the pick are not to be discounted.ģ. I can imitate Don pretty well, but I've found that doing it with even a medium pick makes it much harder. He used Ernie Ball 9,11,16,26w,36w,46w in nickel gauge. It was a late 1966, Standard, with no modifications, standard pickups, and painted red, white, and blue by Gene Moles of Bakersfield, CA. Don's playing typifys the sound of Blackface Fender amps, although there was a good bit of Tweed usage, such as the aforementioned Bassman.īut let's start at the top of the chain shall we?ġ. Don played Fender Telecaster guitars, and during my time with the band (1972-1976) always used the same guitar for touring and recording.
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