Status Quo and their Teles
By MNJ
| Posted in Guitar
What a classic picture! Quo at full tilt on day five of Glastonbury. Can’t you just hear those Telecasters (actually that’s an Esquire Rick Parfitt is playing) chugging away through their custom covered white Marshalls?
Despite their own ambivalance to festival gigs and Francis Rossi’s grumpy comments, (it was Sunday morning fer chrissakes!), they rocked the early risers with a medley of their hit. I get it, except for ‘In the Army Now’, a most peculiar song and despite popular myth you do need a few more than three chords to strum along. Rick parfitt has just done a tuition DVD for Lick Library and visited the DV shop in Romford for a few photos etc. I’m amazed his white Telecaster has held up to the bashing he’s given it all this time but close up it looked in good shape, although it’s probably been refretted a few times.
To get his sound, try putting two heavyish bottom E strings on, 048s will do nicely, and tuning them both up to G. Tune the rest D,G,B,D low to high and there it is, whatever you want!
I vaguely remember Parfitt with a Les Paul Junior once but other than that brief interlude they’ve never played anything else but Fender Telecasters and as the old cliche goes, if it aint broke….
Tags: fender, Gibson, Guitars, Marshall, Status Quo, Telecaster