What Kustom amp did John Fogerty use?
Kustom K200A-4
Kustom K200A-4 John Fogerty Guitar Amp late-60s – Stu Cook Creedence Clearwater Revival (Revisited)
What amp did CCR use?
Diezel VH4 100W Tube Guitar Head Amp According to John Fogerty’s guitar tech, the CCR guitarist uses a Diezel guitar amp head, seen in this Premier Guitar interview at (13:37).
How does John Fogerty tune guitar?
Compared to Johnson’s Delta blues legacy, Fogerty’s open tunings are as accessible as Hershey bars and Coca-Cola. Open G tuning is simply D-G-D-G-B-D. Because the low D string can cause some dissonant tones if it’s accidentally struck while playing barre chords, Richards removes that string on his G-tuned guitars.
Why does John Fogerty sound like that?
Fogerty led Creedence Clearwater Revival. Fogerty, who grew up in California, invented his own roots; he wasn’t born on a bayou. Yet his high, clear tenor voice sounds like a throwback because it has the hysterical edge of the old rockabillies and their blues and country mentors.
What guitar did John Fogerty play at Woodstock?
Rickenbacker 325
Inside was a 1969 Rickenbacker 325 Sunburst guitar with the word “ACME” written on the head in yellow paint. The guitar was Fogerty’s main instrument during the peak of his Creedence Clearwater Revival days and the one he played onstage at Woodstock, The Ed Sullivan Show and countless concerts all over the world.
Where does Fogerty get his accent?
It’s just his interpretation, he was from California but into southern blues/rock. The Bayou! That is how he felt it when he sang, I’m pretty sure (but can’t ask him). Many singers sing with an accent that’s not exactly to them.
Was John Fogerty a good guitar player?
Fogerty was listed on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 Greatest Guitarists (at number 40) and the list of 100 Greatest Singers (at number 72). He has written many of popular music’s most timeless standards like “Proud Mary,” “Fortunate Son,” “Born On The Bayou” and “Who’ll Stop The Rain”.
Why does John Fogerty have a Southern accent?
Does John Fogerty have the pulse of the record-buying public?
It would seem that, for decades, John Fogerty has had his finger on the pulse of the record-buying public. After all, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the band he formed as the Blue Velvets in 1959, was considered the “American Beatles” for its ability to crack the Top 10 time after time.
How many guitars does John Fogerty own?
Fogerty recently granted Vintage Guitar unprecedented access to his sizable guitar collection, letting us peruse his inventory list of 181 stringed instruments. The guitars pictured here were chosen by the magazine or by Fogerty himself, for their collectibility and the role they played in his music – part of rock and roll history.
Is there a live DVD of Fogerty’s 2006 tour?
A live DVD from that tour is planned for ’06. Fogerty recently granted Vintage Guitar unprecedented access to his sizable guitar collection, letting us peruse his inventory list of 181 stringed instruments.
Was John Fogerty’s music commercial?
Ironically, being commercial wasn’t hip in the era of psychedelic concept albums and ballrooms like San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium, where Fogerty, his brother Tom on rhythm, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford often played, across the Bay from their home town of El Cerrito.