Does My Tone Suck?

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Hails Willo
i liked the first one because its the most well played and the ROUNDER wone
fizzy no, of course... very good distortion. the others are not well played, so, you canīt hear the tone, and the pickup sounds generic, lifeless.
as someone said, THE TONE, is the combination of your finger, guitar wood, amp, strings and etc.. but i guess the fingers play a good part of the equation
i canīt express myself more clear because i canīt speak/type english very well, otherwise, i would explain you exactly what it is.
Q:)
i didnīt post any soundclips, and the ones i did, are not good sound i guess
but, check out www.myspace.com/befamal
the track Demystifying the future has an awesome guitar tone, AT least for me.
very close to what i wanted.
the other tracks are kinda fizzy, BECAUSE of my fault. i positioned the mic in the center of the speaker cone.
so, itīs my fault. my bad,. hahahaha
$%&#ing hails
J.P

[willo]

you really thought the first one was the best played? that's cool, I just always thought that was the most sloppy! :P Ah well, no bother!

I understand a bit what you mean, how sometimes you can't really hear the character of the actual pickup but you can in that clip - the big question for me now, is how to get the tone coming through more.

I listened to your tracks too! I thought they were cool, but not really my kind of thing so I wouldn't want to make some uneducated comment. But I quite liked the tone on the Demistifying song too, the recording was quite good, definitely better than mine!

BTW, you speak good english dude, very good english! Just I've never met anyone who laughs quite as much as you!

Hails!  

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hahahahaah and those nude girls with pyro hairs? ahahahaha
i like to laugh a lot. but iīm pretty shy in person, at least in the beginning of the meeting/conversation.

well.. on the first clip, you slopped less, you took the pick and attacked the strings with Confidence.
you need to get a good level of confidence with your Instrument.
itīs like : for an example.. when i started guitar(96, june)  i alwasy played RIFFS. slayer, morbid angel, deicide and etc.
The first song i learned is that famous one from Nirvana-come as you are.
and the $%&#er that (now heīs not my friend anymore) showed me the riffs/notes , showed them wrong.. so.. i had so much passion and will to learn the riffs that, from the beginning of this day, i started to lov emusic a lot and learn all the stuffs by ear. i still donīt know any theory then. i just try to find notes that match the rhythm section.. and melodies too.
and then i do my lead.
i know only 5 or 6 scales.
itīs like a girlfriend... in the beginning, you donīt know her very well, and when you touch her(i mean, just place your hand on her arm or neck etc... you do that with shyness. you can feel her skin, of course, but, after you have her trust and you take her hand more, and touch her more, you feel it better, etc) with insecurity.
ah, did you understand the analogy? ahahahaha
in portuguese i can explain that pretty much, but in english, itīs hard.
hahahahaha cause i didnīt know how to think EVERYTHING in english, so, i try to translate somethings from portuguese to english=disaster
ahahahahahah
Hails.
J.P

[willo]

I get what you mean, it's cool. Thanks! :D

[Tellboy]

That, really, is the big question.

Well, you see, I'm quite happy with my tone in a way, but I posted some random clips over at another forum, and someone commented that:

Willo - one man's"tone" is another man's poison. People like different styles/tones/equipment .  You will never make everyone happy so don't worry as long as you enjoy playing.

For example - I love my Cornford amp - Tim and HJM think they are shitee (too dark  :roll: ). I think that most (active) people in the forum are probably metal/shred biased. This makes me reluctant to add any clips (only one Boss Tele so far) although I have  a very wide taste in music including metal/shred. At least you have contributed several clips which a lot of people have n't -  by all means take heed of the constructive criticism above but don't let it put you off adding more clips.

[willo]

Cheers - what can I say except thanks for the kind words and constructive criticism everyone! It's good to know if things need sorting out! :)

[jt]

[/quote]

Willo - one man's"tone" is another man's poison. People like different styles/tones/equipment .  You will never make everyone happy so don't worry as long as you enjoy playing.

For example - I love my Cornford amp - Tim and HJM think they are shitee (too dark  :roll: ). I think that most (active) people in the forum are probably metal/shred biased. This makes me reluctant to add any clips (only one Boss Tele so far) although I have  a very wide taste in music including metal/shred. At least you have contributed several clips which a lot of people have n't -  by all means take heed of the constructive criticism above but don't let it put you off adding more clips.[/quote]


 :D The idea of the players section is to help give us [ the rest  of your forum bros ] the chance to hear BK`s range. Unless your Philking you won`t be able to afford the entire range of BK`s  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
so the idea is you can help narrow down your own search parameters to help you find the P/U`s that will most suit your style  of playing. Don`t be afraid of putting clips on to this section just because your scared of people not likeing or  thinking your  a great player. We all want to hear the sound of your BK P/U`s  

 :D  8)

[steve]

I agree,the more clips the better!

[Tellboy]

 :D The idea of the players section is to help give us [ the rest  of your forum bros ] the chance to hear BK`s range. Unless your Philking you won`t be able to afford the entire range of BK`s  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Yeah - I bet if you put a dog turd in an aged nickel BKP  cover (Brown Dog instead of Black Dog ?) Phil would find a guitar to fit it on  :lol: ( I'm jealous really Phil  )

[38thBeatle]

I was a bit self concious about submitting clips Tellboy because no-one would describe me as a shredder. I think that everyone, with one or two ignorant exceptions (gone now thankfully) is open on this forum.It is the pups that they wanna hear using ordinary gear that normal people have
 ( as that is how most of us experience music) so post away matey.

[Cattivo Ragazzo]

No one has to be a shredder to post clips :D, but I think ideally, bkp guys could put together the LOT, using no lame effects like sustainers, just simply the amps own distortion, same riff throughout, little lead, some chords, and keep the amps settings the same, and record just a guitar, nothing else, 20 second clip would do perfect, that would be good! for us...