Is this a les paul

[golfnut]

I've listened to these 2 songs since the 80's. For some reason I assumed that the electric was a tele. Through the years I'd often play along with these licks and my tele always seemed to be snappier.
So tonight I'm playing along with my newly acquired Les Paul standard 50's and I'll be dammed if that wasn't exactly the sound. The solo on the bridge and the fills on the neck pickup. I have my LP set super clean through my Mesa Fillmore 50, little bit of compression with my Cali76 CD, little bit of reverb. I love that I can get this twang with a les paul.
I wonder if thats Clint Strong on those recordings. The 80's in my opinion was the best decade for the Hags voice.

 

[rialcnis]

It's a Tele I think. I just don't hear the Les Paul vibe.

 

[golfnut]

It's a Tele I think. I just don't hear the Les Paul vibe.

Thats exactly what I thought since the 80's. But when I'm playing along the tone sounds far closer to the bridge on my 50's standard then it does on any of my Tele's. My 50's standard has thicker trebles than my tele's but still has a twang to it.

 

[rialcnis]

Anything is possible. I can only repeat my gut level reaction.

 

[charliechitlins]

That sounds like a Lester to me.
Newsflash...one electric guitar just doesn't sound THAT much different from the rest.
With a little EQ, that could be a Gretsch, Strat or Danelectro.

 

[Pat Boyack]

That sounds like a Lester to me.
Newsflash...one electric guitar just doesn't sound THAT much different from the rest.
With a little EQ, that could be a Gretsch, Strat or Danelectro.

Just ask Billy G.

 

[charliechitlins]

Just ask Billy G.

EVERY guitar he plays sounds like Pearly.

 

[K_L]

EVERY guitar he plays sounds like Pearly.

I agree though this recent video, it seems to me, has some 'single coil' vibes in it:

 

[Pat Boyack]

There were a few guys in Nashville in the 70s who would wire the pickups in their Les Pauls in parallel. I'm thinking this is one of those.