Friday, September 30, 2011

How To Sound Like Keith Richards

Keith Richards of Rolling Stones
Gain - 4.5
Treble - 4.5
Mid - 6.5
Bass - 5.5
Reverb - 1.5




Guitars

- Fender '52 Telecaster - Butterscotch Blonde (this is like Keith's main axe)
Fender Vintage Hot Rod '52 Telecaster Electric Guitar Butterscotch Blonde 
Notes: Micawber is the name of Keith's butterscotch Fender Telecaster. It's an early 50's (probably a '52) butterscotch blonde color model with a black pickguard & a stock 3 way switch. Removed 6th string, open G (G,D,G,B,D) tuning. Gauges .011,.015,.018,.030,.042. It has replacement tuners and brass bridge and nut is altered for 5 strings. Gibson PAF humbucker in neck position, original Tele pickup in bridge. Used on tracks including "Before They Make Me Run", "Brown Sugar", "Mixed Emotions", and "Honky Tonk Women".

- Natural finish 50's Fender Telecaster
Fender American Series Telecaster Electric Guitar Natural Ash Maple Fretboard 
Notes: Keith's second Tele is also from the 1950's. It has a black pickguard, five strings, natural finish. Similar specs/mods to Micawber. Shubb Capo at 4th fret. Tuned in B: B, F#,B, D#,F#. Used live for Tumbling Dice, Happy, Jumping jack Flash.

- Fender telelcaster sunburst
Fender American Deluxe Series Ash Telecaster Electric Guitar 2-Tone Sunburst Maple Fretboard 
Notes: This guitar is also a 5 string. Sunburst color, with a maple neck, & low frets. PAF's cover is removed.  Capoed at first fret. Used live for You Can't Always Get What You Want.


- Music Man Silhouette guitar
Music Man Silhouette Special HSS Tremolo Electric Guitar with White Pickguard Black Rosewood Fretboard 
Notes: Keith Richard's uses the Music Man guitars for standard tuning songs and has one in black and one in white one. Both are non-tremolo with through-body stringing, the white one has Schaller pickups, the black one DiMarzios, both in humbucker/single coil arrangement. Used in past live on songs like Bitch, Sad Sad Sad, Sympathy, Satisfaction, and more.

- Fender Stratocaster
Fender American Deluxe Ash Stratocaster Electric Guitar Butterscotch Blonde Rosewood Fretboard 
Notes: Keith's main Strat is a '58 known as the Mary Kay. Previously owned by Ron Wood. It has an all maple neck & fingerboard with a one piece ash body, see through blond finish & all gold hardware. Stock pickups, 5-way selector.
- Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Deluxe Electric Guitar
Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Deluxe Electric Guitar Black 
- Gibson ES-355 Guitar
Gibson Custom ES-355 Electric Guitar with Bigsby Antique Ebony 
- Gibson Les Paul Custom (he used these a lot in the 60's and 70's)
Gibson Custom Shop 57 Les Paul Custom Black Beauty Two Pickups Gold Hardware 
- Gibson Les Paul TV
Gibson Custom Shop 1960 Les Paul Special Single Cutaway Electric Guitar TV Yellow 
- Gibson acoustic guitars
Gibson Acoustic J-185 EC Rosewood Acoustic-Electric Guitar Antique Natural 
- Gibson Les Paul Standard
Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Standard  Electric Guitar Washed Cherry 
- Ampeg Dan Armstrong
Ampeg Dan Armstrong Plexi Guitar See-Through 
- Tom Anderson Trans Black, Cobra
- 1949 Martin D-18 and 1954 Martin D-18
Martin D-18 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar 

Amplifiers

- Fender Twin amplifier
Fender 57 Twin-Amp Tweed Combo Amp 
Notes: This amp is a 1957 model originally tweed, but recovered in early 60's style brown Tolex. It has 4 6L6 tubes.

- Marshall head
Marshall JCM800 2203 Vintage Series 100W Tube Head 
- Fender Bassman 4x10
Fender Vintage Reissue '59 Bassman LTD 

- Mesa Boogie 4x 12" cabinets
- Mesa Boogie Mark I amp (on album Some Girls)

-Fun fact: Keith Richards almost always plays through two amps at once.


Strings and Effects
- Ernie Ball regular Slinkys .010 gauge
Ernie Ball 3221 Nickel Regular Slinky Electric Guitar Strings 3-Pack 
- Zinky Master Blaster clean boost pedal
- Ibanez UE-400 multi-effects
- Fulltone Tube Tape Echo
Fulltone TTE Delay Effect Tube Tape Echo 

- MXR  Phase 100
MXR M-107 Phase 100 Effects Pedal 
- MXR Phase 90 "Script" version
MXR CSP-101CL Custom Shop Script Phase 90 with LED Phaser Pedal

- MXR Analog Delay

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