It was a little dark in this studio, but a bevy of Fender beauties was on hand for some recording work on the new Saints and Sinners album. It was only after recording for several hours that I realized what a bounty of Fender delishiousness was present and I took this picture. There is one impostor, however.
On the left we have a '62 reissue Strat in Forest Green Metallic. I used that on a minor blues that includes some weeping whammy dives and some heavy tremolo action. We started out with the brand spanking new Princeton 68 Custom at left but the breakup was too much and it wasn't really working with the track, which already had a more distorted guitar on the basic track. So we switched to the '65 Reissue Deluxe at right, which did the trick. A little bit less lush on the tremolo, but the tone was cleaner and fit right into the track.
For a rhythm part on a new tune, we plugged the Kelly Tele at right straight into "The Beast," aka the Pro Junior sitting on top of the Fender one 15" cab (only employed as a stand ;-). An unbelievably useful amp! It does not really do clean although it has provided some nice cleanish tones with the green Strat on other tracks. All in all it was a fun and productive afternoon with Jeff Cook at his awesome Linden Underground studio!
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