Pops Staples
Pops Staples' Gear
"Pops played a variety of mostly Fender guitars throughout his career: Telecasters, Jazzmasters, Jaguars, and Stratocasters."
"Non-electric Kay archtop" https://www.askzac.com/post/pops-staples-preaching-the-tremolo-gospel-ask-zac-113
Pops Staples is seen using the Orpheum Imperial Archtop, crafted by United Code of New Jersey and featuring Franz pickups, also found in Guild guitars. This is captured in a user-uploaded photo.
Rosewood Tele with Wide-Range Humbucker https://www.askzac.com/post/pops-staples-preaching-the-tremolo-gospel-ask-zac-113
"In Greg Kot’s book, I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers and the March Up Freedom's Highway, Sam Cooke’s guitarist Leroy Crume recalled: “When Pops came on the scene, he brought this little gadget you put on an amplifier—at the time they weren’t making amps with tremolos … People used to call it ‘Pop Staples and his nervous guitar.’” The effect was most likely a DeArmond 601 Tremolo unit, which became available in 1948."
Pops Staples is seen using a Fender Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar, identifiable by its block inlays, in the user-uploaded photo available at the Masters of Traditional Arts website.
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Discography