asking you guitar players

[Wiley]

I was talking to a friend of mine, I had asked him if he would put some good old fashioned country leads in some songs.  (He plays very good rock guitar)  He told me he likes country but that all the licks etc are different than like rock and blues guitar.. I guess I thought runs were all basicly the same.  He said he really didn't know how to play these licks.  I guess I'm just wondering you guys opinions of this.  I never really thought about it before.  Maybe my feeble guitar playing has been barking up the wrong tree. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks

[AlchemyMN]

Same notes, but the tone, phrasing, and sequence are very different...

Here is a guy who can play the country thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2UcufFislE

He's using a Strat with compression, but he normally plays a Tele...

[Blooby]

When I think of country, it's with a clean, highly compressed tone through single-coils, more open string runs, double-stops, and fake pedal-steel licks.

I'm sure I'm over simplifying.

Blooby

[guitarron]

When I think of country, it's with a clean, highly compressed tone through single-coils, more open string runs, double-stops, and fake pedal-steel licks.

I'm sure I'm over simplifying.

Blooby

um yah that about sums it up-
it's only simple if you can already do it
-some of the best guitarists i've ever seen were country players
check out i dont give a donald at nevermet site

[Greeny]

Telecasters are (generally) a pretty key component too...

[tkofaith]

When I think of country, it's with a clean, highly compressed tone through single-coils, more open string runs, double-stops, and fake pedal-steel licks.

I'm sure I'm over simplifying.

Blooby

um yah that about sums it up-
it's only simple if you can already do it
-some of the best guitarists i've ever seen were country players
check out i dont give a donald at nevermet site

Don't forget the country thirds!  A large part of the country sound comes from the use of thirds (double stops with the 1 and the 3 or flat 3).

[Bro]

Well... Your friend has a point.

You ask a blues player to play country, it might just sound as tele blues..

Or for me it would at least.. Anyway, if i was you i would either write a country sounding solo, or make a country player play on your song 

Take care, and remember to upload the song as soon as its finish 

[Wiley]

Thanks a lot guys I will give this some thought.  I guess I thought lead playing was lead playing.  didn't know it involved so much. 

[The Reverend 48]

Thanks a lot guys I will give this some thought.  I guess I thought lead playing was lead playing.  didn't know it involved so much. 

From my limited knowledge a lot of blues is played in a minor key whilst a lot of country is played in a major key ( same scale but played 4 frets lower)

thats just the beginning then comes the hard part getting phrases and expressions right....
Whilst a lot of country is played on single coils...I believe most guitars can produce a fair country solo......

[guitarron]

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Whilst a lot of country is played on single coils...I believe most guitars can produce a fair country solo......


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split coils work well too
i used a strat with a trem-setter for many years until i got my brian moore(with the split coils)