Joe Walsh Hotel California Telecaster

For the hotel california guitar solo joe walsh used his classic 70 s fender telecaster.

Joe walsh hotel california telecaster. Bosstone nov 26 2007. Joe walsh the eagles hotel california telecaster keyring magnet variation uk seller 9 19 loading in stock. James gang eagles and ringo starr his all starr band walsh was also part of the new zealand band herbs in the 1990s he was a member of the short lived supergroup the best. In a career spanning more than 50 years he has been a member of three successful rock bands.

Former eagles guitarist don felder says the hotel california dueling guitar leads that appeared on the song s 1977 hit studio recording were nearly the same as the parts he contemporaneously tracked when he demoed the song. I just recently listened to the entire song of hotel california embarassed to actually admit that too much country. Joe walsh s guitar amp in hotel california discussion in amps and cabs started by rhoadsrocks82 nov 26 2007. The eagles original recording of the song features henley singing the lead vocals.

Can anyone tell me which exact fender telecaster model and year joe walsh used to play hotel california live in the 70s. Felder says he came up with the chord progression while strumming a 12 string guitar on the couch at his malibu beach house in 1976. Hotel california is the title track from the eagles album of the same name. The song was released as a single in february 1977 and writing credits for the song are shared by don felder music don henley and glenn frey lyrics.

Mar 30 2011 1. Joseph fidler walsh born november 20 1947 is an american rock guitarist singer and songwriter. Joe walsh hotel california tele discussion in telecaster discussion forum started by eagle1 mar 30 2011. They used a lot of guitars they were all fantastically talented singers and musicians and most everyone in the audience knew the words to their songs.

Page 1 of 2 1 2 next nov 26 2007 1. Variations please select an option. Joe walsh the eagles hotel california telecaster keyring magnet variation uk seller add to favorites add this item to a list loading. I play it on my tele its the only electric i own but i hate the distorted tones i get when i switch my traynor 40 watt to channel 1 and play it on the.

There is a bit of speculation about whether it had been modified or not but from my point of view it doesn t really matter i m just trying to get a start on designing the tone. With the eagles walsh primarily played fender blackface deluxes and tweed deluxes although a mesa boogie mark 1 can be seen behind him on the hotel california tour. In the eagles some of his most characteristic solos like hotel california are also played with a fender telecaster leaving don felder with the humbucker tone of the les paul but there are many guitars that he used and continued using with the los angeles band like for example the rickenbacker 230 that he used for the slide parts. Anyways i loved the solo and the end of the song and had to learn it.