do you like Buddy Holly's amp
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Marty Stuart and Steve Earle performerd "Crying,Waiting, Hoping" and have really nailed the Holly rhythm guitar sound, to me.If you have any ideas how to get that tone with any of the kit amps available, I would like to know.The song is on the tribute album, "Not Fade Away".
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> Marty Stuart and Steve Earle performerd "Crying,Waiting, Hoping" and > have really nailed the Holly rhythm guitar sound, to me.If you have any > ideas how to get that tone with any of the kit amps available, I would > like to know.The song is on the tribute album, "Not Fade Away".
http://www.buddyhollyonline.com/equipment.html "STAGE & PERFORMANCE AMPS The first documented guitar amplifier that Buddy owned, though he had to have others before, was a Fender Pro Amp. It had a 15" speaker in it, and is probably the amplifier Larry Holley mentions that Buddy bought at the same time as his first Fender Stratocaster in 1955. This amp is seen in quite a few early performance photos from around Lubbock and is probably seen best in the early Crickets pictures taken at June Clark’s house. It was used in Clovis on most all of the recording sessions, and was still in Clovis at the time of Norman Petty’s death. Once Buddy started the larger package shows, he bought a Fender Bassman. 4 10" [4-10 inch speakers]. At 50 watts, it was a powerful amp for that time. It was designed initially for electric bass, but it didn’t take long for guitarists to fancy it. This amp could handle the size of the venues the Crickets were playing by this time, not to mention being capable of overpowering the enthusiastic crowds that greeted them at their live performances. Particular amps seemed to have been used on specific tours. As to which is only discernable by photographs. On the Summer Dance Party tour Buddy is seen in photos playing the Fender Pro again. This was probably due to the smaller venues that were found on this particular tour. Tommy Allsup said in his 1982 interview for Guitar Player that when he met Buddy that Buddy was using ‘…a Bassman amp, it had one 15" speaker.’ Since the Summer Dance Party would have been the first time Tommy Allsup and Buddy Holly did any roadwork together, it would make sense that Tommy is referring to this amp. Still, it was Tommy’s encounter seeing Buddy’s small stage amp in use that prompted him contact his friend at Fender, as mentioned earlier, to get an endorsement with the company which brought about two new Stratocasters and two new Twin [2 10"] amps. From photos, it appears as though Buddy and Tommy brought these Fender Twin amps with them on the Winter Dance Party, as can be observed in photos. It is worth noting that sometimes onstage during the Winter Dance Party, a Fender Bassman 4 10" can be seen in photos, but is probably the one being used by Waylon Jennings, who was playing an electric bass on the tour. MISCELLANEOUS AMPS Buddy played exclusively live and on record through the aforementioned Fender amps, but he did own others according to Henry Goldrich from Manny’s. He recalls Buddy buying a Gibson Stereo GA series amp and a Magnatone Custom 280 amp from his shop. The Magnatone would have been one of the few amps when Buddy was still alive that was commercially available with a built-in vibrato. Vibrato is the effect used to larger extent on Bo Diddley records, but also is prevalent on records by guitar instrumentalists such as Duane Eddy and Link Wray. Buddy did make recordings with this amp. One of the slow takes of "Slippin’ & Slidin’" as well as an instrumental track he did in his apartment, more commonly known as "Buddy’s Guitar" were played through the Magnatone Custom 280." All of the old Fender tweed amps are available in kit form. –E
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>Marty Stuart and Steve Earle performerd "Crying,Waiting, Hoping" and >have really nailed the Holly rhythm guitar sound, to me.If you have any >ideas how to get that tone with any of the kit amps available, I would >like to know.The song is on the tribute album, "Not Fade Away".
Most important thing is how you play.
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> >Marty Stuart and Steve Earle performerd "Crying,Waiting, Hoping" and >have really nailed the Holly rhythm guitar sound, to me.If you have any >ideas how to get that tone with any of the kit amps available, I would >like to know.The song is on the tribute album, "Not Fade Away". > Most important thing is how you play.
The folks that can hear me seem to think the most important thing is that I stop playing… 8^)
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The true essence of Buddy Holly’s style! He stopped playing too.
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>Marty Stuart and Steve Earle performerd "Crying,Waiting, Hoping" and >have really nailed the Holly rhythm guitar sound, to me.If you have any >ideas how to get that tone with any of the kit amps available, I would >like to know.The song is on the tribute album, "Not Fade Away".
The two times I saw Marty Stuart live he had two Twin Reverbs stacked one on top of the other. I don’t think they make any kits of *that* particular rig. :) I think closest you would get would be something that gave a clean BF or SF Fender sound and don’t crank it up too loud. -Scott McKnight
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> > Marty Stuart and Steve Earle performerd "Crying,Waiting, Hoping" and > have really nailed the Holly rhythm guitar sound, to me.If you have any > ideas how to get that tone with any of the kit amps available, I would > like to know.The song is on the tribute album, "Not Fade Away". > http://www.buddyhollyonline.com/equipment.html
Just as a point of information, from this site….. FENDER STRATOCASTER The first documented electric guitar Buddy Holly owned was a Gibson Les Paul with a gold top. Though Buddy might have had a more inexpensive model electric guitar prior to the Les Paul, Buddy probably used this guitar when he and Bob Montgomery were performing on the radio and around Lubbock in order to give them a more electric country sound, not to mention to compliment the R&B numbers they were throwing into their set by 1955. There is only one photo I can recall of Buddy actually playing the Les Paul, which has probably led to the skepticism by some of Buddy actually owning it, but Jerry Allison recalls that when he first met and played with Buddy Holly that Buddy was indeed playing a Les Paul gold top. Whatever reason there was behind Buddy not liking the Les Paul, it was traded in for what became the guitar most identifiable with Buddy Holly, the Fender Stratocaster. When Buddy signed to Decca, he asked his brother Larry for $1,000 in order to step up his stage attire, and his musical equipment. Larry recalls in John Goldrosen
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