How To Get A Country Guitar Tone | Dial In Modern Country Guitar Tone

Find yourself wondering how to get a country guitar tone? This video will help you dial in the perfect modern country guitar tone!

0:00 - Intro
0:17 - Examples of Modern Tone
1:47 - Anything Goes As Far As Tone
2:20 - Mixing Genres
2:55 - The Five Most Common Tones
3:20 - The Midland Bakersfield Callback Tone
3:56 - The Brothers Osborne Rock Tone
4:45 - The Chris Stapleton Modern Guitar Tone
5:51 - The Thomas Rhett R&B Tone
6:22 - The Dierks Bentley Gospel Tone
7:30 - Question of the Day / Download Tones
7:50 - Outro

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[ryansnydercg]

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[HankStoneMusic]

Really loved this overview of great modern sounds! And the shoutout to session guitar crew. Betting Brent Mason and Tom Bukovac are all over these tracks

[dreytonvandale]

Love the silver tele with the roasted neck! Is that custom?

[earsonlyaudio]

Tele, in to a Fender amp, clean, but ready to break up. Deluxe Reverb, Super? Nice compressor pedal helping out just a little, a few great dirt boxes, Hotwired is my current fav. A little slap, some nice verb and or trem from the amp when possible, with a few extra pedals on tap, MXR Phaise 90 when you gotta bust out some Waylon. Throw a nice boost in to kick up your solos and you're great.

[thedakotahurley]

Great vid dude. The hard thing about modern country guitar is the guys making the records are unsung hired guns, and the tones are often dialed in quickly for pay-by-the-hour sessions and are long since forgotten (unless documented on a recall sheet somewhere). Because these guitarists don't get a lot of public spotlight, their tones and musical genius often flies by unnoticed under the pop-esque cliche lyrics and smooth sultry voices of the metro-dude "country" singers. Premier Guitar just did a rig rundown with Brother's Osborne--def check it out!

Btw, MY fav country guitar tone? Brad Paisley yo.

[johnnyelvis]

Definitely some single coils preferably a telecaster, a clean amp with some compression and delay. Amp doesn't necessarily have to be fender but that is classic choice, but as long as it's got some good clean headroom. I do like the Midland tone, definitely has that 90s country kind of vibe with a mixture of 60s/70s depending on the song. I guess I like that Brent Mason, Albert Lee, Danny gatton kind of vibe.

[KyStringer]

Quite a variety these days. Good showcase video.

[vinylated]

Great video man. Gonna put you on the spot tho.. I want to create a modern country tone. That of say Brad Paisley or Luke Bryan... I have an Ibanez Gio and a Line 6 Spider amp.. no pedals so what settings would you pick to get a more contemporary tone? Thanks for your time and have a great new year! 😉

[beaunystrom]

Thanks for the info, very helpful! Wondering about the Aldean tone? Would that be similar to the Brothers Osborne?

[AverageHuman]

Do any modern players dial in those old tones from the David Allen Coe and Waylon records with that phaser? It’s phaser I’m thinking of right, or flanger? 🤷‍♂️

[marinevet]

Thank you for sharing, Not my kind of country, looking for something more traditional on a Telecaster

[j.j.lawrence]

Colt, can you do one of these for the Texas Country/Red Dirt scene.

[gangrenebob]

Howdy, came here as a Helix user looking for a fat modern country tone. You had my attention mentioning Aldean, Gilbert, Combs, Bros Oz. Love to see a more in depth video for this dirty fatty country tone using les pauls or SG's for the meat and potato treble twangy slapback echo.

[bettermanxx]

Know what you mean “not country at all “IMO this modern stuff shares more DNA with southern boogie, than Tammy Winett ie skynnerd, Blackfoot, black oak Arkansas…go comment ya all

[bobbiemiles-foremaniii]

Stapleton usually plays a jazz master not a jaguar

[jeroenr]

The tones are mostly great but the music sucks.