YES! I FOUND THAT FREDDIE KING SONG WITH THE TONE I LOVE!

[tennis_nick]

The song is called "Ain't No Big Deal On You" and I have it on the "Best of the Shelter Years" album.

What a sound! I love it! absolutely the best sound Ever!!!!! It is the smoothest guitar sound I've EVER heard!

If anyone can find it online, it's worth looking into! If anyone knows how I can get that tone, SOCK IT TO ME!

[charlyg]

I couldn't find a vid, but I purchased it from iTunes. Very nice tone!

I can approximate with the Dot Studio and the Pearly Gates. The Pearly Gates in the neck s ok, but the bridge one is awful. I am putting in an SD Jazz(heard great things, even better than a 59 to some) and a P90 tomorrow, to see what happens. I am guessing the P90 may not stay.....Prolly end up with a JB.

PS- they are not real Pearly Gates, they are GFS Fat PAF and they sound quite similar.

[tennis_nick]

My old jazz guitar instructor said he hated the jazz in the bridge. he said it was too soft. didn't offer the bite and attack he wanted...

When a JAzz guy says a pickup is too smooth... well... you get the idea!

[charlyg]

Yeah, the SD jazz is going in the neck, where smooth belongs. The GFS Fat PAF PG clones were an inexpensive experiment. Heck they were less than 30 bucks a piece!

[tennis_nick]

Oh! you want it in the neck! yeah, I've got one in the neck of my SG, I love the near piano like clear defined tone you can get. roll the tone back and you're good to go on pretty much anything else!

[tamborineman]

Old thread but it seems to me he used a Les Paul Gold Top with P-90's more than anything else, usually though a Super Reverb.
Where's Peewee when you need him?
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[tennis_nick]

Old thread but it seems to me he used a Les Paul Gold Top with P-90's more than anything else, usually though a Super Reverb.
Where's Peewee when you need him?
Where IS [forum member] peewee?

That was mostly an early studio thing. He became synonymous with the semihollow gibsons soon enough in his career

[tamborineman]

Nick you are right. You post jogged my memory. Gibson 345!!!
For what it's worth,I have owned both and would grab the LP first.
As said many times before, a lot of it is in the hands of the player.

[tennis_nick]

No kidding! I can't make my SG sound very good, Angus Young sure can though!!!