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Originally Posted by Neapolitan
Since there are some people who don't know the difference between Chicago Blues and Delta Blues, or between Piedmont Blues and Delta Blues...
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The way I tell them all apart is the more twangier the guitar sounds, the more southern part of the country they're from. Chicago blues players use Strats, and the occasional ES335 but play mostly using the neck pickup, giving the guitar sound a more richer, thicker tone. On the other end of the spectrum, let's say Texas Blues, you're in Telecaster territory and that's generally a thinner tone, where they kill it with the bridge pick up. There is some middle territory that has overlap though regarding the guitars used when you get into people like Muddy Waters and older artists like Robert Johnson who didn't have all the fancy bells and whistles that were available after his time. It's just kind of my own little rule of thumb that helps most of the time, which is better than none of the time.