T-Bone Walker — Rig Network
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Guitars
Walker's most associated guitar — the three-pickup ES-5 Switchmaster provides maximum tonal flexibility from its three separate volume controls. The neck pickup is primary for his warm, hornlike single-note lead work.
The earlier Gibson archtop through the 1940s recordings — the ES-250's single 'Charlie Christian' bar pickup provides the warm, direct single-coil archtop tone of the earliest electric blues recordings.
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Amplifiers
Fender combo through the Capitol and Imperial Records period — the Super's warm, slightly textured clean tone provides the platform for Walker's hornlike single-note approach without coloring the guitar's natural character.
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