Marshall Tucker sound...How do I get it?
Alex Tobias
Does anyone out there know what the late southern rock guitarist
Marshall Tucker used to get that warm tone he had? You can hear it on
classics like "Can't You See" and "Heard It In A Love Song"
It sounds something like Clapton's warm lady tone or whatever you
call it from his Cream days...(at least that's the closest thing that
it sounds like to me that I can describe.)
It had alot of sustain, sounds to me like quite a bit of reverb,
and the warmest distortion I have ever heard in my life...it was a
fairly unique sound he had.
If anyone is hip to what kind of gear he was using please share
that info....
Jim Raney
> alex...@aol.com (Alex Tobias) wrote:
>
> Does anyone out there know what the late southern rock guitarist
> Marshall Tucker used to get that warm tone he had? You can hear it on
> classics like "Can't You See" and "Heard It In A Love Song"
Marshall Tucker wasn't a guitar player, he was a piano tuner. The
band was trying to figure out a name for themselves when they went
through a trashcan looking for ideas. They ran across a business card
from "Marshall Tucker, Piano Tuner". The rest is history.
I suppose if you wanted the "Marshall Tucker" sound, the best place to
start would be a tuning fork :)
Scott McKnight
alex...@aol.com (Alex Tobias) wrote:
> Does anyone out there know what the late southern rock guitarist
>Marshall Tucker used to get that warm tone he had? You can hear it on
>classics like "Can't You See" and "Heard It In A Love Song"
Actually the band was called Marshall Tucker. The guitarists were Toy
Caldwell and _____(?). Toy Caldwell was known for playing a sunbust
Les Paul (Standard I guess). He played with his thumb. I believe
they used Marshalls but there my memory gets sketchy. I'm sure there
are some Marshall Tucker fans who can give you more details.
-Scott McKnight
Donald Put
>Alex Tobias wrote:
>
> Does anyone out there know what the late southern rock guitarist
> Marshall Tucker used to get that warm tone he had? You can hear it
>on
> classics like "Can't You See" and "Heard It In A Love Song"
Well, the name of the band is Marshall Tucker, but the name of the
lead guitarist/main songwriter was Toy Caldwell. I saw them a few
times and he always played a Les Paul--can't tell you the kind of amp,
though. Also, from what I saw and heard in interviews, he used his
thumb and fingers only (mostly just his thumb). He was one hell of
a guitar player. I just want to know what in the hell happened to
him. I know he died as a result of complications from bronchitis or
something, but it sure seems like there would have to have been some
other compounding problems.
don
da...@pe.net
Pat Bunn
In article <5nhhjr$r...@surf.beaches.net>, alex...@aol.com says...
>
> Does anyone out there know what the late southern rock guitarist
>Marshall Tucker used to get that warm tone he had? You can hear it on
>classics like "Can't You See" and "Heard It In A Love Song"
>
>
>call it from his Cream days...(at least that's the closest thing that
>it sounds like to me that I can describe.)
>
> It had alot of sustain, sounds to me like quite a bit of reverb,
>and the warmest distortion I have ever heard in my life...it was a
>fairly unique sound he had.
>
> If anyone is hip to what kind of gear he was using please share
>that info....
>
>
with his thumb as did his brother Tommy on bass. I believe he used an
ES335 and a Les Paul but can't say for sure. I can find out , as I
generally see Paul Riddle the original drummer, and Jerry Eubanks, the
original flute player, at least once a week or so.
The band is still on tour, with Rusty Milner playing lead, Tim Laughter
playing bass and Doug Gray,the original singer still with the band. Doug
is the only original member still touring. Jerry Eubanks sold his share
to Doug last year.
Ronald Radford , who was Randy Travis' touring lead guitar player,
played lead for the Tucker Band for a year or so.
Pat Bunn
Spartanburg, SC
Ffgtr
Or you could listen to a zillion Allman Brothers tunes, then hit your head
real hard, then get a cowboy hat.
Carl Fiadino
Randy Neifer wrote:
>
> Alex Tobias wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone out there know what the late southern rock guitarist
> > Marshall Tucker used to get that warm tone he had? You can hear it on
> > classics like "Can't You See" and "Heard It In A Love Song"
> >
> > It sounds something like Clapton's warm lady tone or whatever you
> > call it from his Cream days...(at least that's the closest thing that
> > it sounds like to me that I can describe.)
> >
> > It had alot of sustain, sounds to me like quite a bit of reverb,
> > and the warmest distortion I have ever heard in my life...it was a
> > fairly unique sound he had.
> >
> > If anyone is hip to what kind of gear he was using please share
> > that info....
> >
> (Don't ask me why) I owned one he used as a studio amp.
> Randy
Toy used his thumb to play, too.
Carl
PCo...@harris.com
In article <5nhhjr$r...@surf.beaches.net>,
alex...@aol.com (Alex Tobias) wrote:
>
> Does anyone out there know what the late southern rock guitarist
> Marshall Tucker used to get that warm tone he had? You can hear it on
> classics like "Can't You See" and "Heard It In A Love Song"
I saw them once, and the guitarist was playing a Gibson 335 through a
Marshall Half-stack. I couldn't tell what type of Marshall head he was
using. I bet that a 50 watt Model 1987, or similar, though a 1960
slant-cab would get you close to it.
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AmpJones
> I would say it is a 100watt head, actually, the 50 watters run at a
> lower plate voltage, and are 'grungier' sounding than the 100 2watters,
> which give more of a warm, 'woman tone'
One major factor about his tone that is probably more important than
the actual equipment is that he did not use a pick. Listen closely and
you can tell because there is no discernable attack.
Steve Bramblett
PCo...@Harris.com wrote:
I saw Marshall Tucker right after they had released the first album
with "Can't You See", "Take The Highway" and all of those other
wonderful tunes. I think it was something like the summer of 73 or 74.
Toy was using a Les Paul, although I don't recall exactly which one,
jacked directly into a pair of Fender Twin Reverbs (silver-faced).
George also had a silver-faced twin, but I don't remember his guitar.
For the record Tony (toy's bro) used a pair of Sunn Coliseum bass amps
(the one's with twin cabs, each with an 18" speaker).
JJHodges
Well, I remember seeing Toy Caldwell in concert using a Les Paul (no
picks, just the thumb) and a Fender Twin. Seems to me he used a Twin on
most of the Marshall Tucker albums, and didn't move from that until he
went out on his own.
To me, the "real" Caldwell sound is the early Twin/Les Paul combo.
Jim
Greg Siegel
JJHodges wrote:
And, I believe, the only thing between the guitar and the amp was a
cord......
Greg
