So you've decided you were going to give See Emily Play a roll with the guys in that good'ol Garage Band, you guys put that vinyl on, and blasting through is that insuferable riff like sliding a rusty flute down a fretboard ... your sweating already, and then that proto-metal intro kicks in ... phew you say ... this might just be a stroll down the park ...
The song is easy to figure out ... so you plug in your good'ol Gibson E-335 and then ...
25 minutes later as you walk into the neighborhood guitar center, you're going straight towards the Telecaster section ...
What Gilmour does : Gilmour has been pretty respectful of Syd's stuff and has sung the songs at several occasions live, his '' Syd Setup '' is mainly a run of the mill Telecaster, although he has recently been using a custom shop model which looks oddly close to a late 50's Telecaster. NOTE : Gilmour uses Seymour duncan pickups on most of his Telecaster gear.
What I do : Telecaster Vintage'54 Bridge Pickup in any Telecaster I can grab, it gives me that harsh, straight Treble repsonse I need to cut through the mix ala Astronomy Domine, the standard Tele- pickups don't quite live to the expectations you'd have to get that vintage sound.
I STRONGLY recommend the Fender Vintage noiseless series pickups, NO HUM is the way to go with vintage tone :
My Pick
Fender's Classic series offers an afforable Tele tone for a '' quick '' fix, the neck is awesome and feel is great. and it WILL sound like a Telecasterish equivalent ...
The song is easy to figure out ... so you plug in your good'ol Gibson E-335 and then ...
25 minutes later as you walk into the neighborhood guitar center, you're going straight towards the Telecaster section ...
What Gilmour does : Gilmour has been pretty respectful of Syd's stuff and has sung the songs at several occasions live, his '' Syd Setup '' is mainly a run of the mill Telecaster, although he has recently been using a custom shop model which looks oddly close to a late 50's Telecaster. NOTE : Gilmour uses Seymour duncan pickups on most of his Telecaster gear.
What I do : Telecaster Vintage'54 Bridge Pickup in any Telecaster I can grab, it gives me that harsh, straight Treble repsonse I need to cut through the mix ala Astronomy Domine, the standard Tele- pickups don't quite live to the expectations you'd have to get that vintage sound.
I STRONGLY recommend the Fender Vintage noiseless series pickups, NO HUM is the way to go with vintage tone :
My Pick
Fender's Classic series offers an afforable Tele tone for a '' quick '' fix, the neck is awesome and feel is great. and it WILL sound like a Telecasterish equivalent ...
My Surprise Pick
Parker Southern Fly - this Southern Bell just blew my socks off ... If a Telecaster could combine the acoustic beauty of some Martin Guitars with the twang and snarl of some Telecasters ... this would be it ... this guitar is for people that want a Telecaster's evolution into something unbelievably playable and fun. I honnestly honnestly believe that if Syd was still alive and playing ... he'd play this. expensive at close to 1500 $
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