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Re: James Burton on a Rick

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:44 pm
by scott_s
grazioso wrote:that's a nice old guitar but the sound doesn't match the guitar. it is sound of telecaster or esquire. you can also see burton playing gretsch 6120 in one of those clips and sound is telecaster as well. friend of mine - a rockabilly cat- asked james about it couple years ago and he said that james relied that he never in those days used anything but tele style guitars with extra light strings.
My first clue was the very electric-sounding upright. Hmm... love those old "live" TV performances! :lol:

Re: James Burton on a Rick

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:15 pm
by 1965
scott_s wrote: My first clue was the very electric-sounding upright. Hmm... love those old "live" TV performances! :lol:
I wonder if normal people ever noticed if what they were watching wasn't "live". Now it's obvious, but back then TV was a different animal.