Testifying Blues -- old school blues guitar instrumental Telecaster

[wnorcott]

This is a soul wrenching testifying blues I wrote tonight called "Testifying Blues". I am playing the 1994 Peavey Reactor telecaster through my own custom-built El Saguaro effects pedal I designed and built myself, into a 20 watt 1992 Crate Vintage Club 20 tube amplifier. The bass is a 1974 Ibanez Jazz Bass played through a 1992 Vintage Club 50 with a 15" speaker.

NO EQ OR DIGITAL PROCESSING was added to the guitar sounds you hear, it was recorded dry just as it sounded coming out of the amplifier. The effect you hear on the lead & rhythm guitar is my El Saguaro pedal.








To listen in -- S T E R E O -- type &fmt=18 at the end of the URL, or just click on this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctkEGwxFSKY&fmt=18

Tempo is 60 beats per minute.

Recorded on the Yamaha AW1600 Professional Audio Workstation.

I HOPE YOU LIKE IT !

Bill

[Legba]

Cross Roads Like!
Nice work.

[Scott McCray]

Good stuff, Bill!

The stompbox sounds great - and the Testifyin' is killer!

Scott

[voodoochile]

I like it, it's got a Stormy Monday goove behind it. It's a great rhythym track to solo to.

[Trainwreckmusic]

Nice!

[wnorcott]

Thanks I am glad you like it. The walking bass line with the major and minor 7th chord progression on the rhythm guitar is the key to that T-Bone Walker like feel. That is the testifying blues type chord progression. I copped that augmented chord in the intro it is pure T-Bone if you are going to steal licks, steal from the best. Maybe that reminds you of "They Call It Stormy Monday". The other thing going through my mind was Otis Rush I don't know if you listen to him before. Listen to " I Can`t Quit You Baby" by Otis Rush and some of his other stuff.

I am a bass player originally and learned the guitar in the "lost old school of rhythm guitar playing" from the mid 70's so I pay extra care to the rhythm groove haha. I recorded the ryhthm guitar first, that was 1 take then the solo in another take, then finally I added the bass part last so it would play off the lead.

Bill

[NickN]

Hey, that's some good playing on both instruments! What kind of strings do you have on the bass? It sounds real good. (Fellow bassist here ) BTW, I like your taste in women

[wnorcott]

Thanks Nick, and welcome to our forum! Believe it or not I have a set of el cheapo D'Addario round wound bass strings on it that I put on the bass when I bought it five years ago and never changed the strings. So I am playing 5 year old cheap, dead strings on a 35 year old Japanese copy of a Fender bass, haha. But that 1974 Ibanez Jazz Bass is the best playing and sounding bass I ever owned and I have played dozens of 1960's & 70's Fenders and owned a few also.

Bill