I have recently had another look at Apache with a view to recording it with my latest toys and settings which as far as the lead guitar sound goes is very authentic.
However it has become an obsession of mine to get the rhythm guitar sound as close, because unless it is, the recording just sounds wrong. I often use the original track minus Hank as quite a few others do around here, but I am resisting this as there is a bit of 'bleed through' of Hank's guitar via the reverb which has a fabulous tone that adds to the sound of the complete track, thus making my recording sound closer than it really is.
Although my J-200 sounds 'right' when strummed live, it is not that easy to capture the same ambience that exists on Bruce's rhythm part on this particular record, so my aim is to try and do that, then I can claim to have the famous sound, it isn't just the lead guitar and before anyone shouts what about drums & bass, I agree to an extent, but that rhythm is powerful and is the main factor here. I once had a discussion with Dick and Warren about this and they too struggled to throw any light on the subject having tried . . . . . anyone any other thoughts ?