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Post by zager on Jan 22, 2010 16:29:34 GMT
Hi Charlie, would any of your patches for the magicstomp be suitable for Chet Atkins tunes. Regards Tony
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Post by Charlie Hall on Jan 22, 2010 22:18:45 GMT
Hi Tony, Chet used straight single delays. My Magicstomp programs do not include any like that except for the fast slap echo U27. The two reverb programs U28 and U29 and the tremolo programs U31, U32, and U33 should also be useful. Regards, Charlie
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Post by zager on Jan 23, 2010 1:45:03 GMT
Hi Charlie, thanks for that. I was thinking particularly of tunes like Mr Bojangles and Heartaches. Regards Tony
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Post by spikestevens on Jan 23, 2010 9:40:02 GMT
Was it Chet Atkins who often used a Gretsch, a Country Gentleman, perhaps? If so that would account a lot for the tone as well. I'm no expert on Chet Atkins but I'm also sure I've seen pictures of him using Gibson guitars as well.
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Post by zager on Jan 23, 2010 14:49:28 GMT
Hi Spikestevens, yes your right, Chet Atkins did play a Gibson Country Gent. He didnt like them so went back to Gretsch. Regards Tony
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Post by Charlie Hall on Jan 24, 2010 6:12:38 GMT
Hi Tony, As far as I know Chet never went back to Gretsch. I think he realised he made a mistake with the Gibson electric equivalent but stayed loyal to it. Later in his life he played mainly a Gibson classical electro-acoustic guitar. This was his main reason for going over to Gibson as Gretsch were not interested in his ideas for an acoustic guitar design. Regards, Charlie
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Post by shindigdk on Jan 24, 2010 11:59:51 GMT
Hi, In his book "Me And My Guitars" Chet states, that he for a longer period of time had noticed that the quality of Gretsches were not what they uses to be, so he went to Gibson, as it seemed that Gretsch didn't want to improve. One could imagine that being a music business man the idea of a nice salary wasn't a bad thing either, but hey - we all need money. My personal experience is that the Gretsches made in Japan are top of the line. Shindig
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Post by john on Jan 24, 2010 20:25:55 GMT
Hi Charlie is entirely right, Chet never went back to Gretsch in his later years, it was a Gibson right up to his passing. Having returned from Nashville in late Dec I did manage to talk to some of the "older" guitarists and of course Chet came up in conversations. Some say it was when Fender took over Gretsch ?? So who knows for sure. Sadly now Gretsch are mainly made in SE Asia, Korea, Indonesia and of course Japan with the ones coming out of the Terada factory in Japan are in my opinion destined to become classics, the Country Gentleman is a true work of art. My choice between a custom job coming out of the US and Japan, I would go for the Japanese made one for sure. Just my thoughts John
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Post by zager on Jan 25, 2010 1:00:40 GMT
Hi Charlie, Shindig, that just proves my memory is definately going. Hi John, I think Fender took over Gretsch guitars in 2003. Some say that Fred Gretsch still ownes the company. Chet left Gretsch in 1978. He also owned the rights to the Country Gentlemans name and he took that with him when he left.Gretsch renamed it Country Squire or Southern Belle not sure which came first. Regards Tony. ps Did you know Definately is the most misspelled word in the English language. It should be Definitely.
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Post by Charlie Hall on Jan 25, 2010 1:03:13 GMT
Gretsch now have the Country Gentleman name back, and are also putting the Chet Atkins name on many models. I think this happened within the last year or so. Regards, Charlie
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Post by zager on Jan 25, 2010 1:16:51 GMT
Hi Charlie. Your a minefield of information. Regards Tony
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