Muddy Waters
The Best of Muddy Waters · 1954
Amp settings (as recorded)
The recording
Recorded on January 7, 1954, at the Chess Records studio in Chicago. The session was produced by Leonard Chess. Muddy Waters led the band, delivering the stop-time riff alongside Willie Dixon on bass, Little Walter on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Otis Spann on piano, and Elga Edmonds on drums. The recording captures the quintessential, raw Chicago blues sound that relied on high-gain amplification for its era to cut through the noise of South Side clubs.
Tuning
Open GRecording Signal Chain · 2 items
Les Paul Gold Top
Gibson
Primary guitar
Equipped with P-90 pickups.
Tweed Amplifier
Fender
Amplification
Small-wattage tube amp contributing naturally compressed, overdriven blues tone.
Tone Characteristics
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