Equipment

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This is a broad overview of the type of equipment used to at least get you in the ball park:

Delta

Acoustic Guitar (steel string)

Resonator Guitar (National recommended)

  • String gauge: medium

  • Slide: metal or glass (to fit pinky)

  • Thumbpicks, fingerpicks, bare fingers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.B. King, Memphis, 1950s

Post War

Electric Guitar (hollow body, semi-hollow, solid body)

  • String gauge: light (for bending)

  • Flat picks, thumbpicks, fingerpicks, bare fingers

  • Small tube amp - CRANKED!

 

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