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BuddyDog wrote:Just digging up an old thread (the search function really does work!).

I have been listening a lot to the Pretenders, lately. Sure thought it sounded like a Ric with flatwounds, toasters on some of the songs and a 12 string on "Back On the Chain Gang" for the rythym.

Yes, the rhythm parts to "Back on the Chain Gang" sound a bit like a Ric 12-string, but I read somewhere years ago that Chrissie Hynde played a Telecaster through a chorus pedal to achieve a "pseudo-12-string sound." So, yes, she does emulate the sound of a Ric, but no dice IMHO.

Robert

Folkie wrote:

BuddyDog wrote:Just digging up an old thread (the search function really does work!).

I have been listening a lot to the Pretenders, lately. Sure thought it sounded like a Ric with flatwounds, toasters on some of the songs and a 12 string on "Back On the Chain Gang" for the rythym.

Yes, the rhythm parts to "Back on the Chain Gang" sound a bit like a Ric 12-string, but I read somewhere years ago that Chrissie Hynde played a Telecaster through a chorus pedal to achieve a "pseudo-12-string sound." So, yes, she does emulate the sound of a Ric, but no dice IMHO.

Robert

Hynde is famous for using the Tele/chorus combo, so I'm pretty sure that's it. I get the same results with the same type combo.

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