Rolling Stones Guitar Tone: Bit of Help, Please

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Does anybody know Keef and/or Ronnie's guitar set ups, any kind of rig diagram? Any help would be appreciated.

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Monday, 3 January 2005 05:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Keith Richards is supposed to have an unbeliveable collection of old small watt, vintage tube amps. I remember reading in an interview with Andy Johns that he would bring in something like over 20 amps when he was making a record and keep switching around until he found one that sounded right.

The way Keith tunes those Telecasters all up in open G without the high E string probably influences he sound as much as anything.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Monday, 3 January 2005 08:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't see the Stones here, but this is a fun resource:

The Guitar Rig Database

― todd (todd), Monday, 3 January 2005 12:28 (twenty-one years ago)

There might be something at www.keithrichards.com.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Monday, 3 January 2005 13:51 (twenty-one years ago)

What's that guy's name who's made guitars for KR? Something Newman Jones, maybe? It's 6 o'clock in the morning here.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Monday, 3 January 2005 13:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Ted Newman Jones, I think.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Monday, 3 January 2005 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

use a tele w/ tube overdrive and slam the high strings HARD and yr on yr way

― jake b. (cerybut), Monday, 3 January 2005 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

earl nash nailed it up thread: open G on a tele.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 3 January 2005 18:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Right, but with the low (in pitch, that is) E string taken off, not the high.

― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Monday, 3 January 2005 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

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