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 · 6 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
Fender Telecaster (early 1960s, B-Bender)
Pickups
SS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Studio compression (light)
Fender Deluxe Reverb (clean)
Fender Deluxe 1x12 (built-in)
Shure SM57
Fender spring reverb (onboard)
Studio compression (light)
compressor
Output
6
Sensitivity
3
Fender Deluxe Reverb (clean)
preamp
Volume
4
Treble
6
Bass
5
Reverb
2
Fender spring reverb (onboard)
reverb
Mix
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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