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Re: What's your favourite recorded guitar tone?
« Reply #30 on: March 31, 2009, 07:55:58 PM »
Yeah, you may have gone for the deep end there :lol:
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Re: What's your favourite recorded guitar tone?
« Reply #31 on: March 31, 2009, 08:09:57 PM »
Quote from: MDV on March 31, 2009, 07:55:58 PM
Yeah, you may have gone for the deep end there :lol:

:lol:

Actually, since posting, I've been listening to Byzantine (spotify doesn't have the album you mentioned, but they have "Byzantine" by "Julian Sarkes Byzantine" - this the same guys?) - and I've just realised I've heard four tracks now, over 20 minutes in... and I'm actually enjoying it :o (completely ARSE snare sound though :lol:)

Just put the headphones on the missus to explain to her why I wasn't responding to "can you put the pasta on dear?", and also why my eyes have glazed over... and she "quite liked it" as well! That really surprised me!

Looks like we might some Warpigs in this house after all...
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Re: What's your favourite recorded guitar tone?
« Reply #32 on: March 31, 2009, 08:13:09 PM »
Nope, not the same guys!

Byzantine have done
- the fundamental component
- ...And they shall take up serpents
- Oblivion beckons

Its just "Byzantine", and its all pretty good to awesome. "Jeremaid" might make a good starting point.
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Re: What's your favourite recorded guitar tone?
« Reply #33 on: March 31, 2009, 08:48:28 PM »
I think I'm gonna have to devide it into categories here, otherwise there's no way.

Clean: neck humbucker on a big fat guitar. Think Wes.
Light gain / overdrive: Al Di Meola in the 90s (before switching to PRS)
Rock/metal rythm: Jon Schaffer anno 2007 and onwards. No contest.
Lead: Shawn Lane on Powers of Ten Live.
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Re: What's your favourite recorded guitar tone?
« Reply #34 on: March 31, 2009, 10:52:44 PM »
Hehe,

This isn't that hard for me, and anyone who knows me shouldn't be surprised :)


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Re: What's your favourite recorded guitar tone?
« Reply #35 on: April 01, 2009, 01:15:40 PM »
i agree that it's hard to pick just one tone.  ones that immediately come to mind though...

the Wildhearts: Return To Zero   massive rythm guitar sound, just awesome.

Def Leppard: High'N'Dry      i'm not the first to mention it in this thread, and that is one great sounding album.

Brian Setzer on the Rumble In Brixton live album.  i'm sure he's had many great tones over the years, but this is the only one i have!  love it.
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Re: What's your favourite recorded guitar tone?
« Reply #36 on: April 01, 2009, 05:33:51 PM »
Quote from: blue on April 01, 2009, 01:15:40 PM
Brian Setzer on the Rumble In Brixton live album.  i'm sure he's had many great tones over the years, but this is the only one i have!  love it.

 :o  I think I've got that on DVD, but never watched it.  I must dig it out, God knows where it is.
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Re: What's your favourite recorded guitar tone?
« Reply #37 on: April 01, 2009, 07:30:44 PM »
I would have a hell of a job answering this because my choice would change. One day I might go for Roy Buchanan, another day perhaps B B King and then maybe Jimi. *


* this time I noticed the singular "tone" but nevertheless managed, with a good degree of legitimacy I feel, to express more than one favourite.
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Re: What's your favourite recorded guitar tone?
« Reply #38 on: April 01, 2009, 10:01:52 PM »
the opening chords to 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' can't be beat imo - raw, growly tone like a rottweiler mauling your bellbottoms.
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Re: What's your favourite recorded guitar tone?
« Reply #39 on: April 01, 2009, 10:06:20 PM »
Great choice Ian.  I love that one too  :D
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Re: What's your favourite recorded guitar tone?
« Reply #40 on: April 02, 2009, 12:06:29 AM »
Right now - Matthias Jabs on the Scorpions Blackout & Love at first Sting LP

Michael Schenker on the early MSG albums and UFO's Walk on Water

George Lynch on Dokken's Under Lock and Key and maybe Back For the Attack

Mick Mars (Motley Crue) on the original (Indie) Leathur label release of Too fast For Love - so raw

Mark Kendall on Great White's First Bitten and Twice Shy albums
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Re: What's your favourite recorded guitar tone?
« Reply #41 on: April 02, 2009, 12:29:47 AM »
Awfully, awfully hard to answer, obviously.

I'd be tempted to say it's those on the latest Enslaved record, Vertebrae. But maybe it's those on Dopethrone by Electric Wizard. Then it might be Blast Tyrant by Clutch. Hell, it could be lots of things.
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Re: What's your favourite recorded guitar tone?
« Reply #42 on: April 02, 2009, 08:28:23 AM »
Interesting reading!

I found it really easy to pick a favourite, whereas a lot of other folks like more variety.  I wonder if that's indicative of our own personal 'tone hunt'.  I have a very definite idea of what I want my tone to be like, others maybe like to mix it up a bit more?
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Re: What's your favourite recorded guitar tone?
« Reply #43 on: April 02, 2009, 09:30:52 AM »
This is tough, so many choices.

Jimi Hendrix on Killing Floor, Live at Monterey

Jimmy Page on Over The Hills And Far Away, How The West Was Won.

Dan Auerbach, The Black Keys on Grown So Ugly.

AC/DC Highway To Hell, Whole Lotta Rosie, Loads of their stuff has good tones on.

Steve Jones On Holidays In The Sun, Never Mind The Bollocks here's The Sex Pistols.

John Sykes on The Still Of The Night.

Zakk Wylde on Ozzy's No Rest For The Wicked.

Eddie Van Halen, Drop Dead Legs, 1984 & Mean Street, Fair Warning.

Larry Carleton, On Steely Dans' Kid Charlemagne and Josie.

Joe Walsh on The Jame's Gangs, The Bomber, Mama Says & Funk #49

Scott Ian, Finale, State Of Euphoria

Yeah that'll do, I've probably missed loads.




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Re: What's your favourite recorded guitar tone?
« Reply #44 on: April 02, 2009, 01:52:08 PM »
Another great one is Michael Schenker on Strangers in the Night :)
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