Tuck Andress!
Gantt Mann Kushner
Just saw Tuck & Patti on their ;ast night at Blues Alley in Washington,
DC, and I need to know... what is his treble pick-up?
It doesn't look like anything familiar. Also, does he use a peizo? His
sound is way too "stringy" to be just magnetic pickups.Inquiring minds
want to know! Is there a web page for them? Email address?
Gantt Mann Kushner
Just saw Tuck & Patti on their last night at Blues Alley in Washington,
Cindy Berg
Gantt Mann Kushner wrote:
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> Just saw Tuck & Patti on their ;ast night at Blues Alley in Washington,
Tuck uses a Bartolini magnetic pickup (the TA model) in the neck
position with an on-board active buffer. I once read an interview in
which he claimed that the bridge pickup and selector switch were not
wired in, but that he enjoyed flicking the switch when equipment freaks
were crowding the stage, to watch the reaction.
Frank Coffman
Gantt Mann Kushner <gi...@his.com> wrote:
> Just saw Tuck & Patti on their last night at Blues Alley in Washington,
> DC, and I need to know... what is his treble pick-up?
> It doesn't look like anything familiar. Also, does he use a peizo? His
> sound is way too "stringy" to be just magnetic pickups.Inquiring minds
> want to know! Is there a web page for them? Email address?
In Tuck & Patti's latest album "Learning How to Fly" (I think it's
still the latest) Tuck describes his rig in detail right down to
the string gauges and cables he uses. I'm pretty sure the pickups
are Bartolinis designed for him, but are available to the public.
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Gantt Mann Kushner
He's still using the blonde L-5, but it definitely has something in the
bridge position. Dunno what. Inquiring minds want to know.
R & A Whitaker
Gantt Mann Kushner wrote:
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> He's still using the blonde L-5, but it definitely has something in the
treble side, and that the guitar was stuffed with rags to control
feedback. I don't know if that has changed or not.
Ray
Test person
I think he uses EMG pickups and Gibson Super 400. It's written in the
booklet by the CD from Tuck&Patti.
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SStone8807
Hello,
When I talked with Tuck about four months ago during a photo shoot about
his guitar he said the rear pick-up space just had a cover on it and some
electronics underneath. He wasn't more specific than that. He did say he
SWEARS by Bartolini pick-ups. He tried to convince Nick Forster to replace
the vintage Johnny Smith pick-up on his L-7 with one. Not bloody likely.
bye,
Steven Stone
Contributing Editor
Stereophile Magazine
Stereophile Magazine's Guide to Home Theater
Paolo Valladolid
SStone8807 (sston...@aol.com) wrote:
: Hello,
:
: When I talked with Tuck about four months ago during a photo shoot about
: his guitar he said the rear pick-up space just had a cover on it and some
: electronics underneath. He wasn't more specific than that. He did say he
: SWEARS by Bartolini pick-ups. He tried to convince Nick Forster to replace
: the vintage Johnny Smith pick-up on his L-7 with one. Not bloody likely.
I though I read an article in which it was revealed Tuck also mics
the strings, thus getting a stringier sound. Pat Metheny has also
experimented with this recording technique.
Paolo Valladolid
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Bob Patterson
The bridge position pickup-looking thingy is actually an onboard buffer
preamp built into a pickup-sized box. I read this in an interview with
Tuck in 20th Century Guitar. The neck pickup is an EMG.
Bob
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Robert Duxbury
I believe Tuck uses\used Bartolini pickups. I was in Griffon Stringed
Instruments in Palo Alto California a couple of years ago and they told
me they did some set up on his guitar. I don't know if they installed
the pickups
Steven E Sklar
Dave
model.
Dave
Olidunskus
i once read he has two blonde l-5 gibsons built in the 50's with special
pickups added in the bridge.
Oliver Dunskus, Steinkribbenstr. 7, D 40597 Duesseldorf, Germany
Author of "THE WES MONTGOMERY DISCOGRAPHY 1948 - 1968"
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Dave
The CD insert to "Reckless Precision" says, "All selections recorded
live in the studio on a 1953 Gibson L-5 gutar with one Bartolini pickup
and an onboard buffer preamp, using DBX 700 Digital Recorder, Bruel &
Kjaer microphones and Mogami 2497-06 cable. There was no overdubbing,
punching in or fixing of mistakes, although editing was used on "Groove
of Joy"."
In an interview in "Guitar Player" about four years ago Tuck confirmed
this setup. I've never seen any mention of bridge pickups. I think a lot
of acoustic sound comes through because I think that (but I'm not sure)
both the amp and strings were miked, like I've seen him do live.
The TA Jazz Humbucker offered by Bartolini is pretty hot sounding, to
accomodate the fingerstyle playing. Perhaps the buffer smooths that out.
In an interview Tuck said that he cuts his nails to the nub.
Paul Guildowski (I'm not sure of the spelling) the late luthier told me
an interesting story about the L-5's frets and fretboard. Paul said that
they were an "almost unplayable mess". Paul wanted to fix it all up for
Tuck, but Tuck didn't want to touch it unless it got "real bad". Maybe
some of the buzzes you can hear on the aforementioned CD are caused by
these frets. I had previously assumed that Tuck's frethand nails
occasionally touched some vibrating strings while he did all of his wild
and crazy things.
Dave