No. 0871972·classic-rock·5 blocks
Take It Easy
Bernie Leadon's bright country-rock lead licks on Take It Easy come from a refinished early-'60s Fender Telecaster fitted with a B-Bender, run clean into a Fender combo — no pedals. The Eagles cut their debut at Olympic Studios in London with Glyn Johns, whose dry, natural, room-honest approach kept everything close to the source. The track is in G major (open chords, no capo); Glenn Frey strums a Martin dreadnought and Leadon doubles on the bright double-time banjo.
EaglesSignal path · input → output · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Fender Telecaster (early 1960s, B-Bender)
Pickups
SS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Clean
Boost
Reverb
Clean
← Fender Deluxe Reverb
Gain
30
Volume
60
Bass
50
Middle
55
Treble
65
Presence
55
Master
60
Boost
← Optional country bite
Drive
20
Bottom
0
Tone
60
Level
65
Reverb
← Fender onboard spring
Time
9ms
PreDelay
18ms
Tone
55
EffectLevel
15
Engineer's note
File 087
Bernie Leadon's bright country-rock lead licks on Take It Easy come from a refinished early-'60s Fender Telecaster fitted with a B-Bender, run clean into a Fender combo — no pedals. The Eagles cut their debut at Olympic Studios in London with Glyn Johns, whose dry, natural, room-honest approach kept everything close to the source. The track is in G major (open chords, no capo); Glenn Frey strums a Martin dreadnought and Leadon doubles on the bright double-time banjo.
— Bernie Leadon
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