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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | Anyone know how CCR got their bluesy-rock guitar sound? In other words, what type of guitars did they play and what amps did they use? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | JohnFogerty
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Location: ranson,wva | didnt fogerty play a strat??? jason |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Thanks for the info Jeff ,my eldest son is a fan of John F.,( and so is his father ;)
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by johnnycash83:
didnt fogerty play a strat??? jason Why? Why? Do I even bother posting informative information? |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | I saw a street musician in the subway in Manhattan a couple of years ago. He had a foot operated contraption to mimic some drums, and he played an older deep-bowl, no cutaway Legend.
Sounded just great in the echo chamber of the subway station.
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Location: Warren,Pa. | OOPS...I forgot to mention...he was playing CCR songs. That was my point.
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Why? Why? Do I even bother posting informative information? I have no idea. |
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Location: NJ | I thought you needed a les paul and a kustom amp. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Why? Why? Do I even bother posting informative information? I have no idea. |
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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | Jeff: |
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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | Jeff:
Thanks for the great link. I'm amazed that it sounds like I don't need to be a millionaire to get the sound I'm looking for. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Oh! that's why! ;) |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I think John Fogerty used either a Rickenbacker or a Les Paul and a Kustom amp, like Al said. But I find that I can get a close enough sound and tone with a Strat and a Fender Blues Junior. Use the neck pickup and turn the tone on it low. Plus, turn the gain up into warm overdrive.
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | I can get exactly his sounds..by playing his records ..
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Location: Converse, Texas | In the CCR days, Fogerty played a Rick and Les Paul. Nowadays he plays a variety of electrics. Herhonner and I saw him a couple of years ago in Austin. It seems he used a different guitar on every song. Most are Les Pauls. He used Kustom amps in the day as well.
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| He changed guitars constantly for fun at the concert I saw him at a few months back with Willie. He had about six different Fender strats & telle's and the standard Array of Gibsons. And I only saw the Ric on one song, It's all a blurr now not sure what song it was anymore. Five guitarists in the front line and one strong bass player. One guy played a tennessean semi hollow all night. He looked like Elvis a little. There was so much guitar sound coming at me I could'nt tell ya what guitar sounded like what after the first 10 seconds of any intro. It was fun though. John is the same fun as when I cought him 30 or so years ago!
I want Willie Nelson's drummer's job! That dude played a single snare all night... No high hat, no Bass, no cymbol,no other drums... nothing, Just him his litle stool, and that ratta-tat-tat snare he played with brushes...... and for something different I think he used a set of sticks for one of the harder rockin tunes! Man If I may say it..............
"That ain't workin, That's the way ya do it! Money for nothing and your Chicks for free"
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Location: Converse, Texas | A couple of the guitars are tuned differently. I noticed that he was playing E on Bad Moon Rising. Everyone else was in D. |
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Location: Orange County, California | Everyone else was in Drop D tuning?? |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Fred: The song is in D. Fogerty tunes his up a step because it's easier to play the riffs in E. |
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Location: NJ | Uh, . . . Mr. Mayor??
If everyone else is playing in D, and he's playing in E . .
. . . then he's tuned DOWN TWO STEPS.
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Interesting story about Fogerty I heard awhile back. He lost the rights to all of his great numbers and was in a bitter feud with his former record label for many years. As a result, he wasn't permitted to perform any of them in public. Recently, a new owner acquired the rights to the library and, according to the source, was negotiating with Fogerty to permit him to start performing them again. Maybe it has already happened. Anybody have better details? |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Fogerty is back with Fantasy records, so they are re-releasing some of the music. ANd it was Fogerty who decided not to play the songs for about 10 years until he settled with Zanz Kant Danz.
Oh... thanks Cliff. Guess that's why I don't quite have his licks down. You are a much better guitar player than me. :D |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Check out this website.
Fogerty and CCR |
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Location: NJ | ". . You are a much better guitar player than me. . ."
No, not really. |
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Location: SoCal | True.... he's not really much better.... |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Glad to see that he finally took the mop off his head.
(And that's Fogerty I'm talking about, Paul, not Cliff. Cliff still has his so don't even be going there. ;) ) |
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Location: Houston, Texas | Uh, from the pictures I've seen of Cliff, his is slowly coming off too. :eek: |
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Location: NJ | EatMe. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | :D |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Here are Fogerty's guitars and amps.
Fogerty Guitars |
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Location: cincinnati, ohio | When I need to get an "electric" sound,I run my Ovations through a Zoom 504II effects box and put it on patch "C3." You wouldn't believe how it sounds-- dead-on John Fogerty's CCR sound, especially on "Bad Moon Risin.'" No, you don't have to spend a fortune to get cool sounds |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Rick: I guess you'd be a "fortunate son?" |
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