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| 1473.1 | They are heavy, though | STAR::KMCDONOUGH | set kids/nosick | Tue Sep 12 1989 10:48 | 12 |
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Hi, Brian. If my guitar sound was even close to that of John Fogerty,
I'd consider it broken and get it fixed! 8-)
Those big Kustom amps were super clean and impossible to distort, so
I'm pretty sure that John used some fx to get more bite. The Kustom
amps are pretty cheap in the Want Ads. If you
like glitter, those sparkling, padded amps are cool. 8-)
Kevin
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| 1473.2 | not much help here.... | HAZEL::STARR | DJ Bag Man and the Condom Crew | Tue Sep 12 1989 12:00 | 14 |
| Well, if I remember correctly, I think a lot of it has to do with John's style
of playing. I have the Musician with JF on the cover from when 'Centerfield'
came out, and they talked about his equipment briefly (the mag is in storage
right now - I'll have to dig it out sometime in the future).
Anyways, John said he uses totally different equipment now than when he played
in CCR, but he still gets pretty much the same tone. ("Old Man Down The Road,
etc.) I think *part* of it is that he fingerpicks everything. I dunno what
other secrets there are.
I have a live video of him from the Welcome Home Veteran's Day concert. I'll
see if I can tell what guitar/amp he's playing there.
Alan S.
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| 1473.3 | Every Guitar He Plays Sounds The Same | AQUA::ROST | Chickens don't take the day off | Tue Sep 12 1989 14:20 | 9 |
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I saw that Veteran's concert and just to confuse everyone, John played
a Washburn Hawk series, basically a double cutaway/neck-through-body
Les Paul type. On "Centerfield" he used some custom made Strat copies
with Danelectro pickups. For a guy who uses so many different types of
gear, he manages to get a pretty consistent sound.
As far as amps, live he was a big Kustom man, but some studio shots
(like the cover of "Cosmo's Factory") show him with a Fender Twin.
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| 1473.4 | From the archive... | NEWVAX::PHARMON | | Wed Sep 13 1989 09:32 | 8 |
| I remember reading an interview with Fogarty back when Creedence's
first album was news. If memory serves, he said that he didn't
really like effects all that much, and that whatever sound he got
came from his 3/4 size Rickenbacker guitar and his Kustom amps.
Hmmm...another grey hair!
Paul
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| 1473.5 | A couple of ideas | XNOGOV::EVANS | | Tue Nov 14 1989 09:57 | 20 |
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About the time of Centerfield he had a couple of custom Kubicki
guitars.
With Creedence, he had a couple of licks and tricks which affected the s
sound. The tricks: he used 3/4 size guitars, which meant that the strings
were a lot looser. This apparently gave him a more slippery sound - you
know what I mean... Another trick he used was to tune the whole guitar down
a tone to D (that's DGCFAD - NOT open D) - this gave a similar effect, and
it's the set-up he used to play Proud Mary.
As for licks, besides finger-picking, he did a lot of bending down near
the nut, and used open strings along with that. I'd also suggest that
where he picked the strings had something to do with it...
There's an old GP with him on the cover, which has an Arlen Roth column
on Fogerty's style - some good examples, if you can pick up a copy (plus,
it's a great interview).
Chris
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