definition of good tone

[shaman]

...YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU HEAR IT......hark...!!
seriously, its that simple....that whole devilish grin thing does it for me :twisted:  :twisted:

[WezV]

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.

[FELINEGUITARS]

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

[Philly Q]

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:

[PhilKing]

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.

[Woogie]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6B7LOpiKP-Q


My ideal tone for blues ;)

[_tom_]

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?

[WezV]

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

[noodleplugerine]

Santana and Satch.

[Woogie]

Santana and Satch.

Satriani does bring thick lashings of channel island pwnage, that is true.

[JJretroTONEGOD]

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

[QS-Nalle]

This.

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!!!!!