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Skybone

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« Reply #30 on: December 21, 2005, 05:19:57 PM »
No matter how happy you are with you're present "sound", you will still be on the lookout for the "Holy Grail" of guitar tone.
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« Reply #31 on: December 21, 2005, 06:10:50 PM »
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Do those Hotplates that a lot you guys are getting have recording outputs?


yes they do. apparently the sound isn't as good as the sound coming from the speakers, but its the price of convenience.

I've got the Marshall that Tom Morello uses. He uses a Peavey cabinet with it. The sound of my DS1/Pro going into it at full volume is amazing. I'm planning on buying a POD for practice use with my pc as my soundcard is really good and has proper size jack plugs.
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« Reply #32 on: December 21, 2005, 06:40:24 PM »
I like my lead tone to have harmonic overtones when i bend on a string, it sounds f*cking sweet but it also has to have a certain punch to it too, like it's jumping out of the amp. I like my rhythm sound to have a tight punch that would kick you in the balls hard if it was a real person. It also shouldn't sound fizzy. I hate fizzy sounds so i don't have as much gain as many people do. It also HAS to have clarity.
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« Reply #33 on: December 22, 2005, 12:44:00 AM »
I have a decent 80's metal tone (or atleast that's what I'm after)
My rig as follows:

Peavey Rockmaster (Tung-Sol 12ax7)
Korg DL8000R
VHT 2/90/2 (stock KT-88 )
Bogner Uberschall 412

My guitar is equipped with Dimarzio Megadrive on bridge and Humbucker from Hell in the neck. I like the HFH a lot, wonderful cleans so that's a keeper, the Megadrive has a slight scoop sound so I'm going to replace that in near future (when is the Painkiller available?!).

I have a somewhat articulate lead sound but harmonics are quite weak due the pickup's lack of mids. Rhythm tone is very nice and crunchy. My rig is capable of various sounds but since I basically use one sound (ultra channel, gain on tap :D) I'm on a quest to perfect that tone.
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« Reply #34 on: December 22, 2005, 01:33:36 PM »
I have to try and cut through a bassist who uses two amps, one for fat, bassy clean and the other for a sharp trebly fuzz.

I don't know how to describe my sound, bright when clean, disgusting when distorted, not really into "nice" sounding overdrive, so I tend to like using my Zvex Fuzz Probe for alot of my distorted parts, somehow it sounds good, and different.
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« Reply #35 on: December 22, 2005, 03:28:01 PM »
i can´t COmment on my sound.. since right now i´m SWAPPING gear
from ss to all tube.
AND ALSO i´ll trade pickups and maybe one guitar
New year, new gear. The same unholy sound, but with a tad less distortion, More articulation and more tonal qualities. Ok.. maybe no LESS DISTORTION. ahahahah but not more than i´m already using too. ahahahaha
$%&#ing hails.
J.P
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« Reply #36 on: December 23, 2005, 12:53:39 PM »
i love my sound. it sounds very crunchy, but smooth, and bright, and clear, and articulate, and bloody gorgeous. could do with some extra gain on tap tho.
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« Reply #37 on: December 26, 2005, 10:34:24 AM »
theres many perfect guitar tones... i still didn't find one of them though ;) thanks to bareknuckle and this forum, i'm getting closer.
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« Reply #38 on: December 26, 2005, 01:27:30 PM »
I got  BOSS ME-50 multi effects pedal for Christmas, which is basically the same circitry as a load of boss pedals, intending to use it only for the wah, chorus etc, but upon experimenting with the distortion pedals I found that they kicked the cr@p out of my solid state marshalls distortion. The DS1 sounds more like a marshall stack than any other amp I've played (bar a stack of course).

It even compensates for my Epiphones muddy pickups, since using this mode I've found the neck pickup is no longer a soupy piece of shite and is actually usable and cutting, even for rhythm. Hits Slash's tone easy, with a bit more bite.

Yay for Boss and their awesome pedal technology.
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« Reply #39 on: December 26, 2005, 08:25:09 PM »
The DS1 is supposed to be a Marshall stack in pedal form
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« Reply #40 on: December 27, 2005, 11:56:33 AM »
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The DS1 is supposed to be a Marshall stack in pedal form

Hmmmm, in my experience its NOT. but then again the marshall stack isn't easy to emulate with a pedal. the Marshall Guv'nor ain't too bad for that...
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« Reply #41 on: December 27, 2005, 01:03:07 PM »
My clean tone has always been geared more towards the traditional US sound for clean (warm yet crystal clear at the same time) but overdrive wise my feet are firmly in the UK camp. In band situations I tend to use less gain on the amp - preffering to let the volume and the tubes do the work. The soloing I engage a Fulltone Fulldrive II to smooth out the sound a take the gain levels nearer to the edge of feedback (that's the David Gilmour influence!).

Pickup wise, it almost all Bareknuckles these days - the ones I am by the far the happiest with are the VHII and Irish Tour combinations in my Black Strat.
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« Reply #42 on: December 27, 2005, 04:43:02 PM »
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Hmmmm, in my experience its NOT. but then again the marshall stack isn't easy to emulate with a pedal. the Marshall Guv'nor ain't too bad for that...


My Analogman SD1 is a Marshall in a box. I wouldn't buy a stock Boss pedal unless it was one of the old Japanese pedals. The Keeley SD1's are not the same sort of sound even though they are both modified versions - Keeleys have more gain (without the buzz), where as Analogman's pedals have the nasty buzzy sound removed without adding anything. Both are different, both are good.
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t3h haze

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« Reply #43 on: December 28, 2005, 10:08:24 PM »
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The DS1 is supposed to be a Marshall stack in pedal form


I used to have one, I can assure you, it sounds nothing like my Marshall (Which is an old Super Bass), the DS-1 does sound good though, but I sold mine because I found that it lacked in output and a little thin sounding.
You can get loads of pedals that have similar qualities to JCM series amps though, but they've usually been a bit too thin sounding for my liking.
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« Reply #44 on: December 29, 2005, 05:10:56 PM »
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I used to have one, I can assure you, it sounds nothing like my Marshall


my SD1 isn't stock. it's had the cr@ppy components removed and does sound like a marshall. I'm not sure what the Keeley pedals are like, but obviously they must be good else Mr Vai wouldn't have used one.
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