In those days they weren’t making lighter gauge strings. “I was just using heavy Gibson Sonomatic strings, which were almost impossible to move. If he uses fingers for fretting, he keeps the slide a fair distance from the neck to avoid accidentally coming in contact with the strings.īefore I learned how to bend strings, I heard people do that on records, but I didn’t know how they were doing it” he said. When playing slide, he mutes the strings behind the slide with his first three fingers. When playing anything that requires a wide finger stretch, Winter rotates his thumb behind the neck. Johnny Winter Poster for D’Addario Guitar Strings Guitar strap: PR gimmick from No.1 Guitars in Hamburg, Germany (best shop in Europe, I swear), a little flexible number that you can pull down right to your knees.Effects: MXR phase 90s, Boss C-E2 chorus (setttings), Tube Screamer – only used during slide work on the Firebird. In addtion to the 2 amps that have 4 10′ speakers (one is a stand-by, “on” but not used unless problems occur) there is usually a 2 12′ “one-thirty” on stage in case it sounds better in the venue. ( that is the model name and the power rating ) They employ 4 E元4 power tubes and 1 12AX7 as a splitter/driver. The Music Man amps Johnny uses are designated “one-thirty”. Amplifier: 2 x Music Man, 200 watts, 4×10″.
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