want a great guitar through a great amp, and
one, for me, is as close as it gets.
Telecasters serve that purpose for me.
ERIC: What guitars or music gear are on your
wish list now?
ERIC: How and where did you buy your first
ERIC: You’re known for your country style
SG and do you still have it?
DANIEL: All of the Blackface Fender amps
licks on the Telecaster guitar, will that direction
change with “The Wild Feathers?”
the world over.
DANIEL: I bought my first SG at a Guitar
Center in Nashville after winning the local
ERIC: Do you take your vintage music gear
DANIEL: A Telecaster is just part of who I am
King of the Blues competition. I absolutely do
on the road and to gigs or do you leave it at
as a musician. I can’t imagine ever not playing
have it to this day. I’ve played hundreds and
home?
one and not wanting that gliding twang that a
hundreds of shows with it.
good one offers. Its part of what I do.
DANIEL: I have some pieces that I bring. I
have a ‘66 Pro Reverb that is a workhorse. I
ERIC: Of the current guitars you own which is
your favorite collectible guitar and why?
DANIEL: My 1961 Gibson SG. It’s indeed a
“players” vintage axe, but it means the world
to me. My lovely girlfriend had gotten it for me
for my 20th birthday. I’ve always wanted an
also bring my 50s Duo Sonic on the road as
I’ve always wanted an SG
that was akin to the one
ERIC: Are you still doing studio work also?
that Dickey Betts and
Duane Allman used back in
the day.
SG that was akin to the one that Dickey Betts
and Duane Allman used back in the day. This
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often as I can.
DANIEL: As often as I can! Most of the work
I do studio wise is at my home.
ERIC: Do you use any guitar effects in the
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