Statesboro Blues
Open-E slide with the neck pickup and the amp right at the point of breakup.
- Tuning
- Open E
- Guitar
- Les Paul, neck pickup
- Slide
- Glass bottle
- Guitar volume
- 9
- Amp — Volume
- 8
- Amp — Bass
- 6
- Amp — Mid
- 7
- Amp — Treble
- 6
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Duane Allman
Southern Rock1969–1971USA
Slide on a Les Paul through a cranked 50-watt Marshall, played with a medicine bottle: the high-water mark of Southern rock slide.
Known for: Whipping Post, Statesboro Blues, Layla
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gear entries
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Rig rundown
Amps
1Marshall 50-watt plexi
AmpDimed, with a 4x12 underneath.
Guitars
5Gibson SG
GuitarA '61 SG used for open-tuning slide.
Gibson Les Paul Standard 'Hot 'Lanta'
GuitarHis '59 burst, the guitar of the Fillmore East recordings.
Gibson Late-'50s Les Paul Goldtop
GuitarSeen around his Hour Glass period.
Gibson 1959 Les Paul Standard
GuitarThe Burst he moved to after the Goldtop.
Gibson 1957 Les Paul Goldtop
GuitarHe kept the original PAF pickups when he traded it on.
Other gear
1Coricidin Medicine bottle slide
OtherThe glass bottle that gave him his slide tone.
Dial-in specs
What to dial in to chase Duane Allman's signature sounds — knob positions, pickup choice and amp EQ as documented.
Whipping Post
Minor-key slide with the tone rolled back for a darker, heavier moan.
- Tuning
- Standard
- Guitar
- SG, neck pickup
- Guitar tone
- 5
- Guitar volume
- 9
- Amp — Volume
- 8
- Amp — Bass
- 7
- Amp — Mid
- 6
- Amp — Treble
- 5