SWANG
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Guitar that blends/contrasts well with Tele for double tracking
Hey all. Hope everyone is doing well. I'm not really a guitarist (though I dabble a bit). Recording a pop/rock project and will be doubling parts. Would love to get some opinions on guitars that pair well. Guitarists, what say you?
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jerrydf
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Re: Guitar that blends/contrasts well with Tele for double tracking
May 01, 15 2:27 AM
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☄ Helpfulby SWANG May 01, 15 11:32 AM
If it's a clean tele on the bridge pick up, try pairing an acoustic with it. If you're doing a few string bends on the tele you'll have to bend the heavier acoustic strings quite a bit to match, otherwise you'll get some bad tuning mis-matches. But it depends on the effect you want.
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SWANG
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Re: Guitar that blends/contrasts well with Tele for double tracking
May 01, 15 11:27 AM
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Thanks Jerry.  What about dirty/distorted sounds? Was thinking of doubling a distorted Tele (neck pickup) with a Gibson of some kind (maybe a vintage Nighthawk).
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Re: Guitar that blends/contrasts well with Tele for double tracking
May 01, 15 6:16 PM
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☄ Helpfulby SWANG May 01, 15 9:09 PM
On my most recent project, I used two tracks of one Telecaster, one track with each pickup. Worked really well. I feel that the end result sounds like one guitar, only thicker and more interesting. It depends what you're going for, of course.
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Re: Guitar that blends/contrasts well with Tele for double tracking
May 01, 15 6:50 PM
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☄ Helpfulby SWANG May 01, 15 9:09 PM
Definitely a Gretsch hollowbody, something like a 5420T
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Re: Guitar that blends/contrasts well with Tele for double tracking
May 01, 15 8:56 PM
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☄ Helpfulby SWANG May 01, 15 9:09 PM
LOL... I knew something like that was coming For the OP, so much of this is preference for what you want as the end result. If you double-track similar inputs, they will effectively increase the gain (especially if identical). The biggest variation you can create is with something very dissimilar (such as a Gibson humbucker as you mentioned) and then play with placement/layering of those two sources. Bottom line, the more dissimilar the sources are, the more options you have for tone when blending them.
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Re: Guitar that blends/contrasts well with Tele for double tracking
May 01, 15 9:06 PM
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You guys are the best! I posted this same question on a popular guitar players forum and got 1 reply. I will definitely take all this into consideration. Thanks!
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Re: Guitar that blends/contrasts well with Tele for double tracking
May 03, 15 4:08 PM
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I agree - it depends on the effect you want, and whether you're going for overdrive or out and out distortion. However, the characteristic tele "snarl" as the bridge pup gets overdriven - there's nothing to improve on that! jdf
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