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An old friend texted me on a Saturday morning to see if I was available to play at one of the big clubs in downtown Nashville from 2-6 pm that day. I absolutely said "yes," as I had not played in the downtown area since 2003. It was loads of fun, but also quite the eye-opener to how much Nashville had changed in the last 18 years. Besides the fun story, I also go into the gear I used, including my Waterloo WL-14 acoustic guitar, and the things I did right, and how I should have brought a better tuner pedal.

Gear used:

Waterloo WL-14 Ladder Braced guitar
D'Addario EJ26 Phosphor Bronze Custom Light Acoustic Strings
Medium Gauge pick #askzac #guitartech #telecaster

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My son told me, "Dad, you ought to do a video on your favorite Telecaster licks." So here are my 10 favorite Telecaster licks of all time.

1. Cornell Dupree "Rainy Night in Georgia."
2. Reggie Young "Memphis Soul Stew."
3. James Burton "Suzy Q."
4. Jesse Ed Davis "Six Days On The Road."
5. Pete Anderson "Guitars Cadillacs."
6. Bobby Womack "I'm In Love."
7. Clarence White "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere."
8. John Jorgenson "Highlander Boogie."
9. Luther Perkins "Folsom Prison Blues."
10. James Honeyman-Scott "Kid."
Bonus lick
11. Jimmy Olander "Meet In The Middle."

Spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1au...

Gear for this video:

1957 Fender Esquire with added neck pickup. Restoration and aging on the body by Dan "Danocaster" Strain.

Strings:
Gabriel Tenorio NíquelPuro Pure Nickel Strings 10-46

Pick:
Blue Chip TPR 35

Amp:
1965 Deluxe Reverb with Celestion Vintage 30 speaker, and bright cap clipped on the vibrato channel.

Effects used:
Amp Verb. #askzac #guitartech #telecaster

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After getting numerous emails about doing a B-Bender lesson, here it finally is. In this AZ, I show some of my favorite chord voicings and licks for the B-Bender that you can add to your string bender vocabulary.

Gear Used:
2014 Crook Custom Vintage Paisley - APC Adder (Neck) Peter Florance TE-60 (Bridge)
Glaser B-Bender
http://www.crookcustomguitars.com/
https://www.glaserbender.com/

Pick:
Blue Chip TPR 35

Strings:
D'Addario NYXL 10,12,16,24,34,44

Amp:
1965 Deluxe Reverb with Celestion Vintage 30 speaker, and bright cap clipped on the vibrato channel.

Effects used:
Mirage Comp
Boss DM-3 Delay
9v power via Truetone CS6  https://amzn.to/3gnJQPW #askzac #guitartech #telecaster

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Spotlight on Frank Reckard, Emmylou's Hot Band lead guitarist from 1978-1990. A great player, who is sometimes overlooked as he left the music business after his tenure in the Hot Band to go to law school. Taking the position once held by both James Burton & Albert Lee was a task that Reckard took on ably with talent, hard work, and a fat Les Paul TV P90 tone. In today's episode, we spotlight his history as a player, gear used through the years, and have a mini-lesson covering the wonderful intro to his signature tune with  Emmylou, "Restless."   

Thank you to Dan Forte for his GP article on Frank from 1984.

Spotify Playlist for Reckard
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4w9...

Gear Used:
2014 Crook Custom Vintage Paisley - APC Adder (Neck) Peter Florance TE-60 (Bridge)
Glaser B-Bender
http://www.crookcustomguitars.com/

Pick:
Blue Chip TPR 35

Strings:
D'Addario NYXL 10,12,16,24,34,44

Amp:
1965 Deluxe Reverb with Celestion Vintage 30 speaker, and bright cap clipped on the vibrato channel.

Effects used:
Mirage Comp
Boss DM-3 Delay
9v power via Truetone CS6  https://amzn.to/3gnJQPW #askzac #guitartech #telecaster

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After the last video, I was hooked and wanted to have a new style Glaser B-Bender installed in one of my guitars. The Bill Crook-built Paisley seemed like the appropriate candidate, so I set up a time for an install, and Joe agreed to the entire process being filmed. Besides me removing the strings, and Joe removing the neck, this is the entire installation process from beginning to end. I hope through watching this you can see what would be involved in having one installed in your guitar, but more than that, I hope you can see both the brilliance of Glaser's design and how ingenious his installation procedure is. The reason for the new bender mechanism being so streamlined was that Joe had to develop a bender mechanism and installation procedures that could be used by large guitar manufacturers. This is the same mechanism that is installed by Fender USA into the Brent Mason Signature model, and by Fender's Custom Shop into some of their high-end models.

Joe also shows how he strings vintage-style tuners and locks the plain strings for greater tuning stability.

Gear Used:
2014 Crook Custom Vintage Paisley APC Adder (Neck) Peter Florance TE-60 (Bridge)
http://www.crookcustomguitars.com/

Pick:
Danocaster Medium

Amp:
1964 Vox JMI AC10 with 12" Celestion Blue Alnico Speaker in a custom cab built by Kyle Bollendorf.

Effects used:
Mirage Comp
Boss DM-3 Delay
9v power via Truetone CS6  https://amzn.to/3gnJQPW
#askzac  #glaserbender #telecaster

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Joe Glaser is the guru that has kept Nashville guitarists up and running since the early 80s. With help from Brent Mason, Steve Wariner, and Ricky Skaggs, his string benders and 3-pickup Telecaster setups became "must-haves" for anyone wanting to be seen as a serious guitarist in Music City. Today, we look at Joe's recently revamped string bender mechanism, which is now convertible between the B or G string, and his updated middle pickup blend control for 3-pickup Telecasters.

Find out more about Glaser's bender, and set up a time for an install.
https://www.glaserbender.com/

Gear for this video:

Will Barton's Birthday Caster
Brian Poe 1-piece swamp ash body, MJT finish, Marc Rutter's saddles, bridge, and hardware. Ron Ellis 50B, Tall Neck, and Duncan 80s Hot Strat Stack. Clive Brown neck re-shaped by Redd Volkaert.

https://ruttersguitars.com/

Pick: Fender Medium

Amp: 1965 Deluxe Reverb with Celestion Vintage 30 speaker, and bright cap clipped on the vibrato channel.

Effects used:
Amp Verb. #askzac #guitartech #telecaster

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I set up an AB switch with my 1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb, and 1964 Vox AC10, and I had so much fun switching in-between the 2 amps, that I decided to do a video to show the tonal differences between these two great amps. Fender and Vox have created two of the most iconic amp tones, that besides having different sounds, they also make you play differently because of the way they interact with your guitar.

Gear for this video
1957 Fender Esquire with added Ron Ellis "New Tall" neck pickup. Restoration and aging on the body by Dan "Danocaster" Strain.

Strings:
D'Addario NYXL 10-46  https://amzn.to/3bWYb1M

Pick:
Danocaster Medium

Amp:
1964 Vox JMI AC10 with 12" Celestion Blue Alnico Speaker in a custom cab built by Kyle Bollendorf.

1965 Deluxe Reverb with Celestion Vintage 30 speaker, and bright cap clipped on the vibrato channel.

Effects used:
Boss RV-2 Reverb on the "Plate" setting with Vox only.
Live Wire passive ABY box
Axcess electronics Buffer with isolation transformer - with Deluxe only
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Fender recently surprised me with a new '68 Custom Vibro Champ Reverb amp. I was honored, yet a little concerned as I had never really enjoyed single-ended (1 output tube) amps because they tended to sound small, boxy, and to have not-so-great clean sounds. I thought about contacting them to send it back, but decided I might as well plug it in. Surprise, Surprise, I was blown away by its big clean tones, fantastic tube tremolo, and sweet reverb. Fender got rid of that "little amp" sound by installing a well-voiced 10" Celestion, and further enhanced it by adding a digital reverb circuit that makes this Champ a killer grab-and-go amp.

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Gear for this video
1967 Telecaster

Pick:
Danocaster Medium

Amp:
2021 Fender '68 Custom Vibro Champ Reverb

Effects used:
Amp tremolo and reverb

#askzac #vibrochampreverb #telecaster

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Fred Newell is best known for his decade-long position as the lead guitarist on Nashville Now, the hugely popular flagship show of TNN, The Nashville Network. Few are aware of all the sessions he played on that were huge hits for Alabama, George Strait, Jerry Reed, and The Kendalls. In this episode, I cover his early days, move to Nashville, session career, a decade on Nashville Now, and his switch to pedal steel guitar and tours with Waylon Jennings. I also take a look at his iconic red-neck Tele that was silkscreened with the TNN logo and heavily featured during the run of the show from 1983-1993.

Detailed shots of the TNN guitar are on my site
https://www.askzac.com/post/fred-newe...

Gear for this video
1983 TNN Telecaster - Detailed photos here:
https://www.askzac.com/post/fred-newe...

Pick:
Danocaster Medium

Amp:
1964 Vox JMI AC10 with 12" Celestion Blue Alnico Speaker in a custom cab built by Kyle Bollendorf.

Effects used:
Boss RV-2 Reverb on the "Plate" setting.
Boss DD-2 Delay
Amp tremolo
9v power via Truetone CS6  https://amzn.to/3gnJQPW #askzac #guitartech #telecaster

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The Nashville Flood of 2010 was devastating. Lives, homes, businesses, and a huge amount of guitars were lost. The day the rain started, I took my pregnant wife and 1-year old son to a guitar festival in Leiper's Fork, TN, just south of Nashville. While there, I saw Larry Carlton, Reggie Young, Jack Pearson, and Robben Ford perform and had the chance to view some of the finest and rarest vintage guitars at an exhibit curated by Joe Glaser. But what started as a fun musical diversion for me and my "cabin fever" afflicted wife, ended with us being thankful to make it home unscathed after hours of being trapped in Leiper's Fork, and then a very long and scary trip home.


Gear for this video
1957 Fender Esquire with added Ron Ellis "New Tall" neck pickup. Restoration and aging on the body by Dan "Danocaster" Strain.

Strings:
D'Addario NYXL 10-46  https://amzn.to/3bWYb1M

Pick:
Danocaster Medium

Amp:
1964 Vox JMI AC10 with 12" Celestion Blue Alnico Speaker in a custom cab built by Kyle Bollendorf.

Effects used:
Boss RV-2 Reverb on the "Plate" setting.
9v power via Truetone CS6  https://amzn.to/3gnJQPW #askzac #guitartech #telecaster

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