Hey guys here is a question for ya, just got my first CGB its a 4 string tuned GDgD, i am using a marshall practice amp and want to know how to get that delta blues sound? like the way member daddy stove pipe plays, i just cant seem to get that gritty/dirty blues sound - Thanks
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Shane Speal said:
Drink a bottle of whiskey.
Lose yer job.
Once you're done with those three steps, you shouldn't have a problem.
At festivals, even simple tunes will stop people in their tracks.
It also works well with bigger amps as long as I use a distortion or overdrive pedal.
Playing a diddley bow thru a 100 watt bass amp is a religious experience.
Matt
As Kent says, it's not so much the amp or the instrument as phrasing and dynamics.
Here is an example played acoustically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqLc5zjp-po
Nah, there are a bunch of ways. Best thing to do is to listen to the masters -- Delta masters that is. Robert Johnson, Son House, Charlie Patton, Muddy Waters, Bukka White, John Lee Hooker (talkin' blues), Elmore and Skip James, Howlin' Wolf, Big Joe Williams among a few. Its a style more than anything else.
Play on!
-WY