How can I get that fat mid Tele tone?

aleperna · May 3rd, 2006, 01:05 AM

It's hard to put into words, but how to get that sound you hear in, for example: "Worry about you" (Rolling Stones - Tatoo You) with that mid flavour... Any sugestions?
Thanks.

jjh37854 · May 3rd, 2006, 02:48 PM

I found that the easiest way to do it is to have an el84 based amp. I never could get it right with fender amps.

Stan Martin · May 3rd, 2006, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by aleperna

It's hard to put into words, but how to get that sound you hear in, for example: "Worry about you" (Rolling Stones - Tatoo You) with that mid flavour... Any sugestions?
Thanks.

Besides the Tele, what do you have for gear? A tube amp would help. Different preamp tubes will help fatten your sound along with a hotter bias to the power tubes.
Also how do you run your tone controls on the amp?
What effects, if any do you use? At least someone may be able to get you started or is that "Start Me Up"?

Scott S · May 3rd, 2006, 09:23 PM

From what I've read, Keith is a big fan of tracking with small tweed amps. They'll have more mids.

Rolling off a little treble on the guitar should help too.

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Scott S Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SW CR IA US NA PE Age: 28 Posts: 1,689	From what I've read, Keith is a big fan of tracking with small tweed amps. They'll have more mids. Rolling off a little treble on the guitar should help too.