Guitar Techie Question: late 60s/early 70s acid-funk and r&b

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I'm havin a really hard time determining what kind of guitar gear was used on a lot of stuff I've been listening to recently, was wondering if any of the more recording-engineering-inclined around here would have any info as to what kind of guitar set-ups the following guys used:

Eddie Hazel
Norman Whitfield-era Temptations
Pete Cosey
Freddie Stewart (Sly & The Family Stone)

(info on similar guys also appreciated)

I can't find any of this shit on ye olde internet...

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:19 (twenty years ago)

even just pointing me to a book talking about this stuff would be helpful...

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:24 (twenty years ago)

well this is depressing.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 9 March 2006 21:57 (twenty years ago)

IMM might prove more helpful...i wish i knew, myself.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 9 March 2006 22:16 (twenty years ago)

I would say that the following would be key to getting the acid funk soundz:

- Stratocaster, preferably maple neck
- A good vintage-style fuzz pedal (Super Fuzz, Vox Tone Bender, Fuzz Face - there are tons of boutique pedals that emulated vintage fuzzes that are out of this world)
- A univibe, or a suitable facsimile (dunlop univibe, fulltone deja vibe)
- A phase pedal (MXR 90 perhaps, those Roland Jet Phasers would be nice too)

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Friday, 10 March 2006 00:36 (twenty years ago)

I've got a FuzzFace, and the other guitarist just got a new maple neck Strat, I'll have him put the two together...

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 March 2006 00:48 (twenty years ago)

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