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Tone recipes·2026 · JUL
Country1997

01Brent Mason

Hot Wired

The Nashville session tone — Brent's 1968 Tele with custom electronics (humbucker in the middle, single coil bridge, Strat-style 5-way) through a Matchless or Demeter into a Bradshaw rack. Crystal-clear chicken-pickin' on the bridge, fat country-jazz tones in the middle position. Compression keeps every note even regardless of attack. The recording is impossibly clean — that's a Pat McMakin engineering signature as much as it is Brent's pedalboard.

02Signal chain

Guitar to amp, 2 pedals between.

  1. In
    Guitar

    1968 Fender Telecaster (modified — humbucker, mini-switch)

  2. 01
    Heavy session-style compression
    Keeley Compressor

    Sustain: 2 o'clock, Level: 11 o'clock, Attack: slow

  3. 02
    Subtle slap delay
    TC Electronic 2290 (rackmount delay)

    Time: 90-120ms, Feedback: very low, Mix: 20%

  4. Out
    Amp

    Demeter TGA-3 head into a Komet Aero 1x12

03Field note

The secret sauce

Brent's Tele has a humbucker in the middle position — that's why his fatter tones don't sound like a Strat. The bridge stays Tele-twangy, but the middle gives him Gretsch territory.