I don't buy that list on that uberproaudio site, did you see the huge list of guitars he has supposedly played? Um, 99% of the time his electrics have been a Tele. Or maybe a Tele. Unless he was playing a Tele.
I've never heard any compression or flanging in his tone, he keeps it pretty basic. Your guitar/amp combo should get you pretty close. I'd say a Tele -> cranked amp with some sort of OD to boost the leads would about do it. Not a tube screamer though, his leads don't have that mid-boosted tone. Add a bit of slapback delay now and then (in the 70's he used an echoplex) and you're there. Of course he has a pretty ferocious attack which is a big part of his tone.
IMO looking for pedals to cop someone's tone is a dead end, especially if they have always been pretty much a guitar -> amp sort of player.
I don't buy that list on that uberproaudio site, did you see the huge list of guitars he has supposedly played? Um, 99% of the time his electrics have been a Tele. Or maybe a Tele. Unless he was playing a Tele.
I've never heard any compression or flanging in his tone, he keeps it pretty basic. Your guitar/amp combo should get you pretty close. I'd say a Tele -> cranked amp with some sort of OD to boost the leads would about do it. Not a tube screamer though, his leads don't have that mid-boosted tone. Add a bit of slapback delay now and then (in the 70's he used an echoplex) and you're there. Of course he has a pretty ferocious attack which is a big part of his tone.
IMO looking for pedals to cop someone's tone is a dead end, especially if they have always been pretty much a guitar -> amp sort of player.
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hey just to chime in here, I actually have some inside info, just trust me here.
Bruce was playing his tele body/esquire neck, but honestly any tele will get you there, but it's two 4x10 5F6A Bassmans (using EL34 powertubes.)
and a 1970's block logo MXR Distortion +. that's the lead tone, the pedal.
he also had a meastro EP3 echoplex during this time, as well as heavily during the born to run tours.
the only compression he used was on very early recordings, (listen to Thundercrack.) that's aslo where the univibes and chorus's are too...on songs like Santa Ana.
now, just FYI.... there's a pedal made by Frantone called the High Ball, it was made for another jersey kid in a band who admires mr. springsteen very much, and may or may not have had the High Ball designed to sound like bruce. trust me on this one.
good luck!
hey just to chime in here, I actually have some inside info, just trust me here.
Bruce was playing his tele body/esquire neck, but honestly any tele will get you there, but it's two 4x10 5F6A Bassmans (using EL34 powertubes.)
and a 1970's block logo MXR Distortion +. that's the lead tone, the pedal.
he also had a meastro EP3 echoplex during this time, as well as heavily during the born to run tours.
the only compression he used was on very early recordings, (listen to Thundercrack.) that's aslo where the univibes and chorus's are too...on songs like Santa Ana.
now, just FYI.... there's a pedal made by Frantone called the High Ball, it was made for another jersey kid in a band who admires mr. springsteen very much, and may or may not have had the High Ball designed to sound like bruce. trust me on this one.
good luck!
