Hide Away
Bright, biting and clean, with the fingerpicks doing the picking.
- Guitar
- ES-345, bridge pickup
- Guitar volume
- 9
- Guitar tone
- 8
- Amp — Volume
- 6
- Amp — Bass
- 5
- Amp — Mid
- 5
- Amp — Treble
- 8
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Freddie King
Texas Blues1950s–1976USA
Texas blues with an instrumental punch: a semi-hollow Gibson and a cranked Fender with the treble up, played with a thumbpick and metal fingerpicks.
Known for: Hide Away, Going Down, The Stumble
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gear entries
3
with sources
Rig rundown
Amps
1Fender Twin Reverb
AmpTurned up with the treble pushed.
Guitars
1Gibson ES-345
GuitarSemi-hollow with the Varitone in the brighter positions.
Other gear
1National Metal fingerpicks and thumbpick
OtherThe attack behind his biting instrumental tone.
Dial-in specs
What to dial in to chase Freddie King's signature sounds — knob positions, pickup choice and amp EQ as documented.
Going Down
Slightly fatter with the neck pickup blended in for the slower grooves.
- Guitar
- ES-345, both pickups
- Guitar volume
- 8
- Guitar tone
- 7
- Amp — Volume
- 6
- Amp — Bass
- 6
- Amp — Treble
- 7