crpooers tone on soul man

big jimmy · May 5th, 2006, 12:54 AM

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I have a blues brothers dvd tat has some of their songs on it. Best of the blues brothers. Steves tone has always been 1 of my favorites. He is playing a fender amp but I have no idea which 1. It looks to have a single speaker in it. Anybody know which model it is he plays? Going to try and make to memphis in the mud this weekend to catch booker t and the mg's. Maybe I can get close enough to see for my self. Hope he plays his tele and not that cort thing.
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El Capitan · May 5th, 2006, 01:36 AM

90% sure that

That tone is a Tele into a Fender Harvard.
Princeton will get you close...
El

Tremo · May 5th, 2006, 03:24 AM

There's a few videos of the MGs on Youtube. Depending on the venue, you see Cropper playing Fenders and Marshalls. Still sounds like Cropper.

JohnnyCrash · May 5th, 2006, 04:06 AM

I'd love to know myself for sure.

Steve is one of my all time favorites in guitar sound... John Fogerty too.

It's like no matter what they use, it ALWAYS sounds like them. Real old school American sounding, always... like Apple Pie.

David Barnett · May 5th, 2006, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Tremo

There's a few videos of the MGs on Youtube. Depending on the venue, you see Cropper playing Fenders and Marshalls. Still sounds like Cropper.

What he used live, and what he used in the studio are not necessarily the same thing.

weelie · May 5th, 2006, 07:21 AM

This has been discussed before. He used a Fender tweed Harvard on the early recordings. Later on he has used a red knob Twin, among others, I think.

Real fat strings, middle position or bridge with the tone cut.

http://www.tdpri.com/viewtopic.php?p...cropper#395865

http://www.tdpri.com/viewtopic.php?p...cropper#272655

http://www.tdpri.com/viewtopic.php?p...cropper#271362

big jimmy · May 5th, 2006, 12:46 PM

I should not post after a few beers (crppoer). Anyhow reading thru those old posts reminds me of an article I read last year in GP mag on Keith Richards. He said something like when he gets ready to record he listened to lots of guitars players because all you can really do is embellish on somebody else's stuff. Thats all were doing!

mkg · May 5th, 2006, 07:11 PM

My band plays that song and I've used at various times a Tele, an LP, or a Strat through a Deluxe Reverb, Vibrolux Reverb, or Allen Hot Fudge w/Nuts.
Just set your amp fairly clean and play to the groove, just a fraction of a frog hair behind the beat, and you'll be there.

May 5th, 2006, 12:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
big jimmy Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Melvis, TN. Posts: 313	crpooers tone on soul man -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have a blues brothers dvd tat has some of their songs on it. Best of the blues brothers. Steves tone has always been 1 of my favorites. He is playing a fender amp but I have no idea which 1. It looks to have a single speaker in it. Anybody know which model it is he plays? Going to try and make to memphis in the mud this weekend to catch booker t and the mg's. Maybe I can get close enough to see for my self. Hope he plays his tele and not that cort thing. _________________ __________________ I get my kicks on guitar licks!

May 5th, 2006, 01:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
El Capitan Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: AUSTIN, Tejas! Posts: 810 2 Photos	I think 90% sure that That tone is a Tele into a Fender Harvard. Princeton will get you close... El __________________ virescit vulnere virtus

May 5th, 2006, 07:21 AM	#6 (permalink)
weelie Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland, Yer-up Age: 34 Posts: 1,959 12 Photos	This has been discussed before. He used a Fender tweed Harvard on the early recordings. Later on he has used a red knob Twin, among others, I think. Real fat strings, middle position or bridge with the tone cut. http://www.tdpri.com/viewtopic.php?p...cropper#395865 http://www.tdpri.com/viewtopic.php?p...cropper#272655 http://www.tdpri.com/viewtopic.php?p...cropper#271362 __________________ <- I don't need smileys, I'm smiling already.

May 5th, 2006, 12:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
big jimmy Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Melvis, TN. Posts: 313	cropper I should not post after a few beers (crppoer). Anyhow reading thru those old posts reminds me of an article I read last year in GP mag on Keith Richards. He said something like when he gets ready to record he listened to lots of guitars players because all you can really do is embellish on somebody else's stuff. Thats all were doing! __________________ I get my kicks on guitar licks!

May 5th, 2006, 07:11 PM	#8 (permalink)
mkg Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kentucky Posts: 165	It's the groove My band plays that song and I've used at various times a Tele, an LP, or a Strat through a Deluxe Reverb, Vibrolux Reverb, or Allen Hot Fudge w/Nuts. Just set your amp fairly clean and play to the groove, just a fraction of a frog hair behind the beat, and you'll be there.

May 5th, 2006, 03:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tremo Banned Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Silicon Valley, CA, USA Posts: 3,803	There's a few videos of the MGs on Youtube. Depending on the venue, you see Cropper playing Fenders and Marshalls. Still sounds like Cropper.

May 5th, 2006, 04:06 AM	#4 (permalink)
JohnnyCrash Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lost Angeles and Orange County Posts: 7,128	I'd love to know myself for sure. Steve is one of my all time favorites in guitar sound... John Fogerty too. It's like no matter what they use, it ALWAYS sounds like them. Real old school American sounding, always... like Apple Pie.