It was designed by Bill Carson, so yeah designed for this kind of music. He took a hacksaw to a Telecaster, sanded on it and told Leo Fender, make it like this
An electric guitar without an amplifier is nothing but a beautiful ornament. The Fender Stratocaster and the Marshall amplifier was the combination that freed the Strat from spikey clean rock'n'roll, surf, and western swing styles.
You do realize the Marshall is a modified Fender? Agree it kicked the Fender amps up a notch, still there were some really great tones used on a number of songs... from even the smallest 5WChamp. Layla Rocky Mountain Way, were recorded on the lil Champ. Not saying the Marshall isn't The Tone of Classic Rock, certainly was.. Simply saying give credit where it's due. Cheers!
Hi. Yes I'm aware of the origins of Marshall amps, and that Champs and Princetons have been great recording amps. But, my comment was an oblique reference to Jimi Hendrix, actually, and the way he used a Marshall stack and a Stratocaster to create music unimagined before that time. It was in no way meant as a criticism of earlier music styles. I'm actually a real fan of Buddy Holly, and clean Strat tone. Hendrix was also the master of clean Strat tone, but tone that was on the edge of monster feedback. Of course, he knew how to control it, and use it creatively. I could go on. I think you know what I'm on about. Cheers to you too! 🎸🎵
Dude. LOTS of different styles of music out there, and a Stratocaster can cover a bunch of them. CLEAN is just as viable as overdrive and flat out distortion. Been LOTS of money made with a Stratocaster or Telecaster playing clean ...
@@Tonetwisters Well, I totally agree with you. A Stratocaster, played clean through a Marshall, most defines the sound I generally go for. As for Hendrix, who I mentioned earlier, my favourite recording is Band Of Gypsys. There's LOADS of beautiful clean Stratocaster sound all through that album. But, because of the amount of volume he was using, I think there is a very different quality to the sound, rather than just having the amp turned down.
That is a fun song with some good playing on it, but I can testify to you that it is not the same Bill Carson associated with Fender guitars. Bill Carson of Fender recorded with Tex Williams, Noel Boggs, Hank Thompson, Billy Gray, and Lefty Frizzell, but never as a solo artist. But thanks for promoting good swing music.
Thanks for posting this! Do you have the flip side of this record? ALSO I am looking for an instrumental western swing fiddle record called 'Tulsa On A Saturday Night' by Benny Kubiak from 1976. Do you happen to have it? (I have the vocal version that's on UA-cam) - Thanks again!
When you listen to Jimi or Yngwie or Maiden or Clapton...it´s easy to forget that the Stratocaster was designed for THIS kind of music.
It was designed by Bill Carson, so yeah designed for this kind of music. He took a hacksaw to a Telecaster, sanded on it and told Leo Fender, make it like this
i have not heard anything in this style for years great fun,
now it's done !
So Rockabilly do you know what year this was recorded ? I’m trying to pin point what era tweed amp he most likely used on this
An electric guitar without an amplifier is nothing but a beautiful ornament. The Fender Stratocaster and the Marshall amplifier was the combination that freed the Strat from spikey clean rock'n'roll, surf, and western swing styles.
You do realize the Marshall is a modified Fender?
Agree it kicked the Fender amps up a notch, still there were some really great tones used on a number of songs... from even the smallest 5WChamp. Layla Rocky Mountain Way, were recorded on the lil Champ.
Not saying the Marshall isn't The Tone of Classic Rock, certainly was.. Simply saying give credit where it's due.
Cheers!
Hi. Yes I'm aware of the origins of Marshall amps, and that Champs and Princetons have been great recording amps.
But, my comment was an oblique reference to Jimi Hendrix, actually, and the way he used a Marshall stack and a Stratocaster to create music unimagined before that time. It was in no way meant as a criticism of earlier music styles.
I'm actually a real fan of Buddy Holly, and clean Strat tone.
Hendrix was also the master of clean Strat tone, but tone that was on the edge of monster feedback. Of course, he knew how to control it, and use it creatively. I could go on.
I think you know what I'm on about.
Cheers to you too! 🎸🎵
Dude. LOTS of different styles of music out there, and a Stratocaster can cover a bunch of them. CLEAN is just as viable as overdrive and flat out distortion. Been LOTS of money made with a Stratocaster or Telecaster playing clean ...
@@Tonetwisters Well, I totally agree with you. A Stratocaster, played clean through a Marshall, most defines the sound I generally go for. As for Hendrix, who I mentioned earlier, my favourite recording is Band Of Gypsys. There's LOADS of beautiful clean Stratocaster sound all through that album. But, because of the amount of volume he was using, I think there is a very different quality to the sound, rather than just having the amp turned down.
The irony of this thread is in the studio Jimi often used a Fender Twin Reverb for his clean sound.
For one thing that isn't bill Carson singing that song.not his voice.i should know he is my father
a great and nice and knowledgeable man your father, and a mean guitar player
I thought he was a guitar player that played in some famous band but what is more important is he helped design the Strat
That is a fun song with some good playing on it, but I can testify to you that it is not the same Bill Carson associated with Fender guitars. Bill Carson of Fender recorded with Tex Williams, Noel Boggs, Hank Thompson, Billy Gray, and Lefty Frizzell, but never as a solo artist. But thanks for promoting good swing music.
www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/t106
Your exactly right.this isn't my father singing that song.i know his voice well.he is my father
Thanks for posting this! Do you have the flip side of this record? ALSO I am looking for an instrumental western swing fiddle record called 'Tulsa On A Saturday Night' by Benny Kubiak from 1976. Do you happen to have it? (I have the vocal version that's on UA-cam) - Thanks again!
This guy owes royalties for copying Merle Travis' "Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)". Travis, Fender and this guy. Hmm.