Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: JDC on August 30, 2007, 05:18:05 PM
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I don't have golden ears but I think they are getting better, tone is obviously a subjective thing and down to personal preference
but in order to improve my tone I was wondering if anyone had a good definition of what good tone actually is
maybe I'm asking the impossible, lol
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Maybe you are talking the impossible, but have a listen to The Black Keys and Frank Zappa. Nasty ass tone, just the way I like it PDT_007
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You can't define good tone, it's completely personal preference.
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This. (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fKn5iZ-skZY)
For rock at least, theres nothing better than that.
edit - actually, the tone on the live album If You Want Blood, You've Got It is probably a bit better.
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Tone that expresses something more than a string of notes - Like the evil of Geezer Butler's bass on NIB or the ethereal sound of Peter Green's LP on Black Magic Women.
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A definitive sound imo.
Bad tone doesn't stand out, it blends, and merges into the background - good tone stands out from bad, and makes you want to listen to it.
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A definitive sound imo.
Bad tone doesn't stand out, it blends, and merges into the background - good tone stands out from bad, and makes you want to listen to it.
Have you listened to some black metal bands? :lol:
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It makes you grin from ear to ear when you play a chord on your guitar 8)
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It makes you grin from ear to ear when you play a chord on your guitar 8)
Bainzy has got it in one!!! Its the sounds that make you smile, or grin in an evil way if you are so inclined :twisted:
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Tom was close, it's actually this:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=H1iR2Wi3u5o
I love the tone Angus has when he starts playing at 7 seconds in...
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The E chord in this riff sends chills down me spine.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tc0WRGZZOsM
youtube isn't as good as the record, but it has a real "roar" to it, which is my perfect tone.
I LOVE this band.
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currently, i'm obssesed with the tone on Opeths Serenity Painted Death (when the chugging starts at 1:30) godlike.
though a SWEEEEET rock tone is the rythm guitar on AC/DC Thunderstruck
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personal preference, but in my opinion, eric johnson, and for the rockier stuff, EVH.
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this does it for me, although as always - sounds better on the record than youtube.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mOMLU_pLjME
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this does it for me, although as always - sounds better on the record than youtube.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mOMLU_pLjME
Hmm to me the guitar tone on the original Chris Isaak is a tone from heaven.
Though I'd like to hear a higher quality version of that one, as the singers voice sounds interesting.
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...YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU HEAR IT......hark...!!
seriously, its that simple....that whole devilish grin thing does it for me :twisted: :twisted:
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this does it for me, although as always - sounds better on the record than youtube.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mOMLU_pLjME
Hmm to me the guitar tone on the original Chris Isaak is a tone from heaven.
Though I'd like to hear a higher quality version of that one, as the singers voice sounds interesting.
yeah, chris isaaks probably is more 'perfect' and over produced too. But i dont really go for perfect music, its the extra dissonance and dirt that i really like about this! Giant drag are the perfect post grunge kinda band for me, i think they split up though. Saw them at reading a couple of years ago and that girl really has a very dirty mind, gotta love it!
Oh, and she plays a nice gretsch and i have always been partial to the sound of a filtertron pickup - dont suit most of the guitars i make though. although i did have a email form TV Jones asking if they could steal some pictures of my TV jones equipped guitars for their website.
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mOMLU_pLjME
the guitar tone on the original Chris Isaak is a tone from heaven.
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+1 was a nice sound- haunting!
I like some of the tones on this classsic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6QK0xG3mfo
And heres tons of stuff from Brian May,
Gary Moore,
Santana,
Michael Schenker ,
Matthias Jabs (Scorpions ) on Blackout album.
George Lynch on Under Lock and key
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There are so many great guitar tones! Some that immediately spring to mind for me would be Leslie West, Gary Moore, Robin Trower, Warren Haynes, Schenker/Scorpions, Paul Kossoff, AC/DC, Ritchie Blackmore, Richie Kotzen, Ty Tabor, Tony Iommi, Roy Buchanan, Robben Ford, Chris Whitley, the guys who played on Matthew Sweet's albums (Robert Quine, Richard Lloyd, Ivan Julian).
I especially love huge, fat, sustaining sounds like early-ish Santana and Dave Meniketti's solos on Y&T's Black Tiger and Mean Streak albums. And I have a fairly obscure album by a band called The Mother Station with Gwin Spencer on guitar - she has some of the most awesome, fat guitar tones I've ever heard.
All this confirms JDC's original comment at the top of the thread that "tone is obviously a subjective thing and down to personal preference". :lol:
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Chris Isaak uses a Harmony with Gibson mini-humbuckers, however they are a special build for Harmony and have 3 & 3 screws (like Fender HB's). I have one in the neck position on my Tele.
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6B7LOpiKP-Q
My ideal tone for blues ;)
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On the subject of good tone - http://www.myspace.com/interstateblues
Looks like he's using a 5150, at least live. I never thought I'd like the sound of a 5150, everyone says theyre buzzy and cr@p, this just proves it all wrong if thats indeed what he was using for the recordings.. can anyone confirm if thats a 5150 doing low gain stuff or not?
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Though I'd like to hear a higher quality version of that one, as the singers voice sounds interesting.
Better quality one on myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/giantdrag
the way i see it chris isaak one has the great intro and all but gets a bit dull for the rest of it. the giant drag one has some nice dirty powerchords droning along which make it more my kind of thing
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Santana and Satch.
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Santana and Satch.
Satriani does bring thick lashings of channel island pwnage, that is true.
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The I like my tone sweet, aka SMALL amps, BIG sound, blues style, because it's right for my guitar/pickup combination. You cant beat a 5 watt class A amp, even when playing live! It IS loud enough before you say it isnt, you just connect it to a cab and mic it up DIR. lol
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This. (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fKn5iZ-skZY)
For rock at least, theres nothing better than that.
edit - actually, the tone on the live album If You Want Blood, You've Got It is probably a bit better.
AMEN Brother!!!!!