Famous Fender Duosonic Players

Who are some famous Fender Duosonic guitar players?

Well, first of all, Jimi Hendrix used one while he was touring with the Isley Brothers when he toured with them in the early 1960's. Of course, later Jimi moved on to the Fender Stratocaster in his solo career but he found the Duosonic affordable and that it worked great for the funky rhythms he played while working as a backing musician with that band.

Indie rocker Liz Phair is another well known Duo-sonic player. Her style of lo-fi rock fits the guitar well. The Duosonic lends itself to making noise and for easy rhythm playing by a guitar player who's also a lead singer. Her main guitar is a white Duosonic that has been featured on her album covers.

Blues musician Johnny Winter occasionally used a Duosonic in his early career. Later he moved on to the Gibson Firebird. Another blues musician who used the Duosonic occasionally was slide guitar great Rory Gallagher. His was modified and he usually tuned it up a half step for slide playing.

Multi-instrumentalist David Byrne of the Talking Heads used a Duosonic from time to time. Once again, the guitar's short scale length and ease of play, plus it's ability to do a good and funky rhythm, made it a logical choice for this band's music.

The Fender Duo-sonic also found it's way into the hands of proto-punk musician Patti Smith. She even mentioned the guitar in her songs, such as Radio Ethiopia/Abyssinia. Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine of seminal punk band Television were also known to use Duosonics from time to time.

Because it works so well in these areas, you'll most often find the Fender Duosonic guitar used by rhythm guitar players and lead singers in the funk, punk or alternative music scenes.