Sweetwater Sound: How to Achieve a Country Tele Twang

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A vital element in any country player's bag of tricks is the "Tele twang." Sweetwater Sales Engineer David Hess demonstrates the combination of guitar, effects, and amp that do the job.

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[benmachin03]

is it just me or does any1 else feel thats everybody else has loads of money. i could never afford this gear lol

[Johi2410]

How to accomplish a Tele guitar twang tone?

Tele - Cord - Amp.

[BIGBODYCONNECTION]

@fallenentity2 so bringing every low note and peaking high note to a linear signal is NOT squashing? wow I"m sorry, it must be a low ceiling.

[fallenentity2]

@BIGBODYCONNECTION Compressor doesn't "squash" your tone, it brings up the low end and evens out the peaks. Compression pedals are pretty standard. Having a delay pedal to give you snapback is pretty important to country tone. Sorry to burst your bubble. Although you really don't need a $250 DL4, you could do it with a DD3 or a Carbon Copy, or something like that.

[BIGBODYCONNECTION]

you don't need a HotRod Tele, all you need is a stock Tele. a compressor will squash everything, that's why this Demo sounds like shit. ALL YOU NEED IS A STOCK TELE AND A TWIN. IF YOU WANT A DELAY PEDAL, THAT'S UP TO YOU. EASY AS THAT! DON'T WASTE MONEY ON EXPENSIVE CRAP.

[morrisman64]

what about strings??

[Dontwant2thinkofuser]

Marshall Amp right there ! :)

[RedDeadHank]

it doesn't sounds good, in my opinion.

[Maafa1619]

@cgravier ...I don't need to check anything but a radius gauge, thank you very much.

[cgravier]

@Maafa1619

I prefer 9.5 its makes bending easier and notes ring out longer and sound better.

9.5" radius has been used on teles since 1950. Most were between 7.25 and 9.5. Check out The Blackguard Book for actual measurements and serial numbers.

[cgravier]

that does not sound good. Check out Lindy Fralins YOUTUBE video, "Lindy's New Tele" for what a Telke should sound like.

For bakersfeild country straight into a twin reverb, for Brad Paisley type country a vox ac30, a compressor and a delay.

I have a twin reverb and to get a country tone I use a squier CVC tele with Fralin stock pickups into a biyang compress X into a garagetone drivetrain into a delay.

This is very simple stuff. juts like country. simple but awesome!

[JackDawsonRMS]

SOUNDS LIKE SHIT