Friday, March 8, 2013

The Big Three

      Every musician has a certain something that makes them unique. It starts with your brain and flows through your body to your instrument.  Whether its guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, sax or vocals. It doesn’t matter how technically proficient you are or are not.
     Now for guitarists, your tone truly is flowing through your brain’s thought process and to your fingers. You’ve heard it all before, BB King can hit one note and you know it’s him.  Same with all of the iconic players we love from Jimi, Eric (choose one Clapton or Johnson), Slash, Eddie, Beck, Brad Paisley, Joe B (not me Bonamassa).
     They all at one point or another have reached for the big three.  Which three guitars am I talking about?  The Tele, Strat & Les Paul.  These are the big three because they all have a certain tone any player can get if they know how to work them for all they’re worth! 

Jimi Hendrix playing a  Fender Stratocaster


Bruce Springsteen with  a Fender Telecaster


Joe Perry playing a Les Paul

    Each overall design from the start has had relatively small changes over the years. They are iconic. What is it about these guitars that have made it so difficult for most manufactures to improve upon? Which guitars would you consider to be the big three? 

    Let us know what you think of these three iconic models.  Check out other Fender Guitars at GoDpsMusic.com

Written By Joe B
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  1. stevieodApril 11, 2013 at 4:40 PM

    The Gibson SG has been as important if not even more important than the guitars already mentioned. If you think about all of the artists who played an SG, you will come up with a veritable who's who of rock guitarists.

    I myself have a Gibson SG and an Epiphone SG simply because these guitars represent all of the primal rage as well as the evanescent cool that guitar music is all about.

    That doesn't mean I don't own a Stratocaster or a Les Paul, I do, but the SG personifies guitar music.

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