Strat for country music

kierc

Hi folks,I play mainly country as a 2 piece,I always just used some delay up to now on my strat , but my fellow musician wants me to get a sort of country sound.Whats my best method?.Add some sustain?,no really gifted pedal wise so all help appreciated .

Alanstrainor

Bridge and middle pickup and get some country licks in. I never really thought country was driven by effects, mostly high cleans. Reverb might be worth mixing in, that is if you're not already.

leonffrench

Compressor pedal plus strat on bridge pickup is chicken pickin country sound at it's best

Gaspode

I reckon a telecaster might be give a more 'typical' country sound but a strat should be ok too. Generally single coil pickups would be more useful than humbuckers.
Adding a short slapback delay and a light overdrive tends to give that nice country feel.
Added sustain is generally not needed, a lot of country style is quite choppy/fast almost muted notes, but styles do vary a lot and I think a lot if it is how you pluck the strings.
Watching the good country players, a lot of them are using a mix of finger-picking/plectrum to pick notes to get the sound they want.

feylya

Bridge pickup, picked close to the bridge, and block off the bridge. You should be good to go.

kierc

Gaspode wrote:

I reckon a telecaster might be give a more 'typical' country sound but a strat should be ok too. Generally single coil pickups would be more useful than humbuckers. Adding a short slapback delay and a light overdrive tends to give that nice country feel. Added sustain is generally not needed, a lot of country style is quite choppy/fast almost muted notes, but styles do vary a lot and I think a lot if it is how you pluck the strings. Watching the good country players, a lot of them are using a mix of finger-picking/plectrum to pick notes to get the sound they want.

When you say slap back delay?,is that like the boss delay pedal
I'm using

Gaspode

It's just a really short delay that doesn't repeat more than once really.
Have a look here, though this guy overdoes the delay a tiny bit to my ears.