“I feel like a Telecaster just makes you play differently – for me, it’s a pretty unforgiving guitar”: Tyler Bryant on the new Tele that rivals his beloved ‘Pinky’ Strats – and how he’s journeying beyond “bone-headed rock ‘n’ roll”

A black and white image of Tyler Bryant sitting, playing his Pinky Strat.

As Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown return with Electrified, we check in with the man whose name is above the door for the story behind the record, and a debrief on how he got those reference-quality electric guitar tones.

Turns out, there were a whole bunch of guitar amps onboard, with boutique vintage replicas doing much of the heavy lifting and an untweakable battery-operated pinch-hitter in reserve. There were pedals, too – a dual-channel overdrive pedal, in particular.