“The song’s tail end alternates between three distinct effects created by two pedals: an Echoplex doubler and a Maestro octave box alternating every third bar between having the octave up and the octave down. It was actually standard tuning cranked up a minor third, which remained quite playable thanks to the guitar’s short scale. The lead track was played on a custom-made, half-size, real short-scaled guitar tuned to G. “Joey loaned me a multistringed mandolin-like instrument from Parral, Mexico, and I put it to good use on ‘Nationwide.’ If you listen closely, you can hear close-miked mandolin-sounding rhythm accompaniment. He played on Lynn’s great hit record ‘We Got a Good Thing Going,’ which was covered by the Stones, and which was really one of the important recordings that shaped my understanding of where it was I wanted to go with my life. “We wrote this about the great Texas bluesman Joey Long, a Gulf Coast lead-guitar picker who appeared on a great number of wonderful records by the likes of Slim Harpo and Barbara Lynn. We had more than a few paper-clip nights over the years. The 220 setting doesn’t work very well outside of the 220 countries, as I can tell you from experience. I must, however, advise anyone fortunate enough to find one to beware of the variable power plugs. They still retain a distinctive, rich, enjoyable tone and are well worth owning. I ran them through cabinets with those Greenback speakers. I had four of those babies, and they were my main road amps for years. ![]() ![]() “That Marshall amp, which was a trusted friend through the first six records, was an import brought over by Jeff Beck’s at-the-time tech. The opening part was played on what we used to call ‘the mystery setting’ in the dark days before the existence of the five-way toggle switch, when finding that perfect ’tweener required dedication. Pickup-setting differentials account for the different tones. That fuzz sound in the lead and in the front and back end of the composition is just pure tube distortion. “That is straight guitar into amp: a 1955 Strat with a stop tailpiece through a 1969 Marshall Super Lead 100.
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