Author Topic: Favourite tones (Read 17821 times)

donovan.x · « **Reply #45 on:** March 28, 2006, 11:55:06 AM »

Tewboss^. I agree completely, dispaite Limp Bizkit blowing more often then not, Wes is a killer guitarist and has some awesome tone.
Def Leppard "High N Dry" was a very edgy raw tone.
I also thought that the guitars on St Anger sounded as meaty as hell.
Eric Johnson is a tone king aswell. 8)

Johnny Mac · « **Reply #46 on:** March 28, 2006, 07:27:28 PM »

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One of favorites.

Ty Tabor- He just has ungodly cool tone. One of his secrets is he keeps the preamp from these Fender active pickups in his rack. He calls it the secret to his tone. I don't think all the downtuning hurts either. He said in Guitar Player that he goes as low as Drop G. That's bowel shakingly low.

I agree, his tone is fantastic. I saw them (King X) support Anthrax years ago and they were incredible!

Jim Martim from Faith No More had a great tone as well.

WITH FULL DISTORTION · « **Reply #47 on:** April 19, 2008, 03:59:40 PM »

I know That, for Trey´s favorite Stratty ultra glassy and weird tone for leads..
he uses a marshall micked through a fan.
i have a pic of it.
just need to check.
Trey azagthoth-morbid angel mastermind.

MrBump · « **Reply #48 on:** April 19, 2008, 04:23:12 PM »

Another vote for Ty - Kings X are an incredible, underrated band.

Also, Dave Gilmours tone on the Paul McCartney track "No More Lonely Nights" is incredible.

However, my all time favourite is Gary Moores tone on Wild Frontier. Not at all sure how he got it, but I suspect it was fingers rather than technology...

Mark.

ToneMonkey · « **Reply #49 on:** April 19, 2008, 04:57:41 PM »

Dan from the Black Keys.

There's a couple of bits in Becks "Odelay" that were pretty good too.

kellar · « **Reply #50 on:** April 19, 2008, 05:23:10 PM »

Stevie Ray Vaughan always had a fantastic tone, as well as Hendrix. Of course, those guys could have probably plugged into a cardboard box and managed to get a decent sound out of it.
David Gimour in Comfortably Numb is a tone monster for me.
I like Jimmy Page in Since I've Been Loving You.
Dimebag Darrell seemed to be at his pinnacle on Far Beyond Driven. That CD is full of massive tone.

QS-Nalle · « **Reply #51 on:** April 19, 2008, 07:22:04 PM »

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Dave Mustaine's tone on the Rude Awakening DVd is pretty killer
Satch's tone on AWMAWY.
Vai's tone on Touching tongues.
Zakk's tone on No More Tears.
Sikth's tone.
Pepper Keenan's tone on Vote for a Bullet.

I want my tone to be an anglamation of all those.

Andy!

Rude awakening? really? i thought his lead tone was really thin and shrill on that.

Wait till you hear the new Sikth album, i shall say nothing more

Diezel on that one perhaps ?

opprobrium_9 · « **Reply #52 on:** April 19, 2008, 10:02:31 PM »

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I don´t Know BUT, my favorite tones Are :
1 - Decapitated - Nihility,
2 - Carcass - Heartwork
3 - October Tide - Grey Dawn
4 - Samael - Rebellion
5 - Sinister - Creative Killings
6 - Destruction/Kreator/-The Antichrist - Extreme Agression/Violent Revolution
7 - Cephalic Carnage - Lucid Interval
8 - Morbid ANgel - Domination
9 - Obituary - World Demise/Frozen In Time
10 - Hate - Awakening Of The Liar
11 - The Black Dahlia Murder - Miasma
12 - Vader - Reign Forever World & Revelations
These are my top distortions EVER
i know that they mainly uses EMG 81 in the bridge.. D and B tunings and Mesa boogie dual and triple rectfier Amps.
anyone want to complement the infos for me?
What do you think of the list(for the metal head ones and the ones that apreciate a #$%!& good distortion)!?!?

Hails J.p

In reply to your list:

Morbid Angel's "Covenant" guitar tone crushes all other Morbid Angel album guitar tones, so FVCKING RAW!! You can't beat that album really. Gateways to Annihilation has a pretty brutal tone, but nothing can beat the raw savagery of "Covenant." "Domination," IMO, is the poorest album that Morbid Angel ever put out; it lacks in every department...

As for Vader, well, I would say "The Ultimate Incantation." "Black to the Blind" and "Litany" are pretty good though.

I will agree that Decapitated's "Nihility" has a pretty sick and tight tone, but the musicianship, while also tight, lacks so much creativity it is really pathetic (as do all of Decaptiated's releases) - that is another story, however.

"Lucid Interval" has awesome tone, i will fully agree with you there.

For Samael i am going to have to say either "Worship Him" or "Blood Ritual." I am much more a fan of Samael's Black Metal material, though, so i suppose it is understandable. I would definitely say "Worship Him" wins out of the two though; get it on vinyl, it is really great on vinyl!

"The Antichrist" just has sickness written all over it, so yeah, definitely a good choice there.

While I hate Mille's vox i have to admit the guitars on all of the early Kreator stuff is just phenomenal.

Obituary is ok, but i wouldn't personally say that the guitar tone is off the wall awesome.

Old school Sinister is pretty good, but i can't comment on that album. However, i have heard it is atrocious, so i have no interest in it.

I can't stand any of the other bands, least of all BDM (they just hopped on the band wagon with tone and riffs - their tone, IMO, is as cliched as their riffs are)

So my top Death Metal tones of all time would have to be (in no particular order):

Nihilist (Swe) - ALL demo material (simply the most crushing tone EVAR!)
Morbid Angel- Covenant (if you hadn't already guessed)
Asphyx (Hol) - Last one on Earth
Possessed - Seven Churches
Gorguts - From Wisdom to Hate

Top Black Metal tones of all time (no order, well, 'cept for the first one):

Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky (all time favorite)
Immortal (Nor) - Pure Holocaust
Katharsis - Kruzifixxion (raw as all hell!!)
Blut Aus Nord - The Mystical Beast of Rebellion
Belketre - March to the Black Holocaust

Top Thrash tones (no order):

Possessed - Seven Churches
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
Destruction - The Antichrist (yeah that's right, its that good! Hails JP!)

Top Speed Metal Tones!!!:

Mercyful Fate - Melissa (!!!!!!!!!!)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Helloween - Walls of Jericho
Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
Blind Guardian - Battalions of Fear

I will add one more because it kind of straddles the lines in between Death and Black Metal:

Bethlehem - Dark Metal

EDIT: I don't know what most of these guys used to get their tones. However, the rawer stuff i know is just attributable to the fact that they had horrible recording equipment. I do know, however, that Immortal tuned up all their guitars half a step to make their tone even more trebly and cutting (and cutting it is!).

ilÿti · « **Reply #53 on:** April 19, 2008, 10:21:33 PM »

Oh boy. I don't know much about "tone secrets" but I can mention a few factors I like in tone and some players who's tone I really like.

I can't stand when there's an earpiercing amount of "bite" (AC/DC) or when it's sterile, scooped and lifeless (Metallica/Pantera/Slayer) or when it comes from a strat or a tele (I'm dead serious here). I may come to buy a Trilogy Suite for the name alone at some point in the future, but as for now, I have no desire for single coil tones. I appreciate thickness and organicness at all times. Great harmonic responce is essential for soloing, IMO, but I wouldn't sacrifice tone for hotness.

Good metal tone to me is saturated but not fuzzy, tight but not sterile, and has a certain percussiveness without being brittle. Iced Earth's Framing Armageddon rythm tone is a prime example of this. I also really like Megadeth's tone on Countdown and Youth, aswell as John Sykes' famous 1987 tone.

Good lead sound comes more from the fingers than anything else. I can't pinpoint exactly what I like about Vai's tone, I just know I really like it. And I've heard lots of players with practically the same gear having a terribly sterile tone. Likewise, Shawn Lane always had incredible tone no matter what he played.
I've been a fan of Al Di Meola's tone since the first time I heard him play. Especially the "screaming Les Paul" type sound he had before going all buttery with the PRSes.
Paul Gilbert had awful tone back in the day, then gradually improved and if it wasnt for the fuzzy Marshall factor he seems to like nowadays, his tone would finally be on par with his playing. Tonewise, he really shines on the album he did with Jimi Kidd. I think he was using his Pat Metheny model on that album.

When it comes to cleans, I can't really point anyone out. Most players use effects too much on their clean sound, probably to cover up the lack of organicness from their pickups (looking in your way, Petrucci). But good clean tone isn't hard. Put a les paul through a class A tube amp and you're there.

kellar · « **Reply #54 on:** April 19, 2008, 10:44:45 PM »

Quote from: ilyti

Oh boy. I don't know much about "tone secrets" but I can mention a few factors I like in tone and some players who's tone I really like.

I can't stand when there's an earpiercing amount of "bite" (AC/DC) or when it's sterile, scooped and lifeless (Metallica/Pantera/Slayer) or when it comes from a strat or a tele (I'm dead serious here). I may come to buy a Trilogy Suite for the name alone at some point in the future, but as for now, I have no desire for single coil tones. I appreciate thickness and organicness at all times. Great harmonic responce is essential for soloing, IMO, but I wouldn't sacrifice tone for hotness.

Good metal tone to me is saturated but not fuzzy, tight but not sterile, and has a certain percussiveness without being brittle. Iced Earth's Framing Armageddon rythm tone is a prime example of this. I also really like Megadeth's tone on Countdown and Youth, aswell as John Sykes' famous 1987 tone.

Good lead sound comes more from the fingers than anything else. I can't pinpoint exactly what I like about Vai's tone, I just know I really like it. And I've heard lots of players with practically the same gear having a terribly sterile tone. Likewise, Shawn Lane always had incredible tone no matter what he played.
I've been a fan of Al Di Meola's tone since the first time I heard him play. Especially the "screaming Les Paul" type sound he had before going all buttery with the PRSes.
Paul Gilbert had awful tone back in the day, then gradually improved and if it wasnt for the fuzzy Marshall factor he seems to like nowadays, his tone would finally be on par with his playing. Tonewise, he really shines on the album he did with Jimi Kidd. I think he was using his Pat Metheny model on that album.

When it comes to cleans, I can't really point anyone out. Most players use effects too much on their clean sound, probably to cover up the lack of organicness from their pickups (looking in your way, Petrucci). But good clean tone isn't hard. Put a les paul through a class A tube amp and you're there.

Pantera is sterile, scooped, and lifeless?? I'm sorry man, but I will have to disagree with you on that one. Metallica you can have and I will admit that despite being a Kerry King fan his tone is pretty run-of-the-mill metal. But what Dimebag Darrell did was so far from sterile and lifeless that I almost fell out of my chair when I read that. I mean, have you ever listened to Far Beyond Driven? Not to mention, he pulled off Vulgar Display of Power when most metal guitarists were still trapped in 80's mode. Sorry man, but I would hardly use those adjectives to describe his tone. His tone was metal but yet still so rock n' roll.

ilÿti · « **Reply #55 on:** April 19, 2008, 11:43:31 PM »

Alrighty and so our opinions differ. Yes I have listened to those records and to me, Dime's sound was no better than a kid with an MT-2 but to each his own (and I guess that IS metal yet still so rock'n'roll

). I respect your opinion so please respect mine.

Fikealox · « **Reply #56 on:** April 20, 2008, 12:19:35 AM »

I think Dream Evil's tone on Dragonslayer and Evilized was awesome :D And Pantera's tone on Vulgar Display of Power is sick too

ThrashZilla · « **Reply #57 on:** April 20, 2008, 12:42:55 AM »

Metallica's - "The Thing That Should Not Be" Main riff tone.

But I realize that is about 3-5 different amps at once.

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #58 on:** April 20, 2008, 12:52:48 AM »

Quote from: kellar

Quote from: ilyti
Oh boy. I don't know much about "tone secrets" but I can mention a few factors I like in tone and some players who's tone I really like.

I can't stand when there's an earpiercing amount of "bite" (AC/DC) or when it's sterile, scooped and lifeless (Metallica/Pantera/Slayer) or when it comes from a strat or a tele (I'm dead serious here). I may come to buy a Trilogy Suite for the name alone at some point in the future, but as for now, I have no desire for single coil tones. I appreciate thickness and organicness at all times. Great harmonic responce is essential for soloing, IMO, but I wouldn't sacrifice tone for hotness.

Good metal tone to me is saturated but not fuzzy, tight but not sterile, and has a certain percussiveness without being brittle. Iced Earth's Framing Armageddon rythm tone is a prime example of this. I also really like Megadeth's tone on Countdown and Youth, aswell as John Sykes' famous 1987 tone.

Good lead sound comes more from the fingers than anything else. I can't pinpoint exactly what I like about Vai's tone, I just know I really like it. And I've heard lots of players with practically the same gear having a terribly sterile tone. Likewise, Shawn Lane always had incredible tone no matter what he played.
I've been a fan of Al Di Meola's tone since the first time I heard him play. Especially the "screaming Les Paul" type sound he had before going all buttery with the PRSes.
Paul Gilbert had awful tone back in the day, then gradually improved and if it wasnt for the fuzzy Marshall factor he seems to like nowadays, his tone would finally be on par with his playing. Tonewise, he really shines on the album he did with Jimi Kidd. I think he was using his Pat Metheny model on that album.

When it comes to cleans, I can't really point anyone out. Most players use effects too much on their clean sound, probably to cover up the lack of organicness from their pickups (looking in your way, Petrucci). But good clean tone isn't hard. Put a les paul through a class A tube amp and you're there.

Pantera is sterile, scooped, and lifeless?? I'm sorry man, but I will have to disagree with you on that one. Metallica you can have and I will admit that despite being a Kerry King fan his tone is pretty run-of-the-mill metal. But what Dimebag Darrell did was so far from sterile and lifeless that I almost fell out of my chair when I read that. I mean, have you ever listened to Far Beyond Driven? Not to mention, he pulled off Vulgar Display of Power when most metal guitarists were still trapped in 80's mode. Sorry man, but I would hardly use those adjectives to describe his tone. His tone was metal but yet still so rock n' roll.

Erm - Dimebag's tone is EXTREMELY Scooped, and SUPER Sterile - That's what gives it its characteristic sound. I wouldn't call it lifeless though - its super energetic tone.

kellar · « **Reply #59 on:** April 20, 2008, 09:22:44 AM »

Quote from: ilyti

Alrighty and so our opinions differ. Yes I have listened to those records and to me, Dime's sound was no better than a kid with an MT-2 but to each his own (and I guess that IS metal yet still so rock'n'roll ). I respect your opinion so please respect mine.

I wasn't disrespecting your opinion, just disagreeing. Sorry if it came across otherwise. And if that is what Dimebag sounded like, than I am going out and buying an MT-2 today! :lol: