Being a guitar player, I notice this a lot. Some guys got it, some guys don't. Sometimes it's only there in certain songs. I guess bass players've got it too, but I don't listen for that.
Joe Walsh has it all the time.
Dave Gilmour-Another Brick in the Wall Part II...That smoky sound of his solo over Rick Wright's Hammond is money. It's so money it makes me want to light up every time I hear it.
Rik Emmett-Spellbound...That's the definative '80s guitar sound in that song.
Tony Iommi-The only man who could make every note drip with gloom and evil.
Eddie Van Halen-I'm really not a big fan of his, but I gotta give props to his "brown" sound. Listen to Summer Nights or Cabo Wabo, and the tone is just this bizarre combination of muddy and bright.
Jimmy Page-Master of the crunch.
Ritchie Blackmore-Outro solo on Stone Cold. 'Nuff Said.
Who'm I missing?
It's the tone
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It's the tone
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Ooohhh yeah. Cliffs of Dover is excellent.
Add Andy Summers...A Piece of Time.
Add Andy Summers...A Piece of Time.
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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and you certainly can't beat The Edge for a one note solo.... 
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
Yeah, nods to the Nuge for Stranglehold.
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Alex Lifeson of Rush always has had great tone; Jacob's Ladder still gives me chills.
Brian May had sweet, sweet tone.
George Harrison had tons of tone.
Stevie Ray Vaughan....OMG did he have tone.
Steve Perry of Aerosmith was tone city.
Duane Allman and Dave Peverett (Foghat) had incredible slide tone.
Elliot Easton had a great sound that really stood out against the new wave backdrop of the Cars.
Rick Neilson of Cheap Trick had a huge sound.
Brian May had sweet, sweet tone.
George Harrison had tons of tone.
Stevie Ray Vaughan....OMG did he have tone.
Steve Perry of Aerosmith was tone city.
Duane Allman and Dave Peverett (Foghat) had incredible slide tone.
Elliot Easton had a great sound that really stood out against the new wave backdrop of the Cars.
Rick Neilson of Cheap Trick had a huge sound.
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As a guitar player tone is sometimes an elusive thing. dAN will attest that I've managed to keep basicly the same tone no matter what guitar I play and through whatever amp. I can't tell you why that is except it comes directly from what I expect to hear when I play. Other guitarists must approach things the same way because there is a lot of consitency to the Van Halen's and Vaughn's and Allman's etc.
BTW dAN though Lonesome Dave Peverett played wonderful guitar it was mostly Rod Price you hear playing slide. Or Eric Cartwright on the later Foghat recordings.
BTW dAN though Lonesome Dave Peverett played wonderful guitar it was mostly Rod Price you hear playing slide. Or Eric Cartwright on the later Foghat recordings.
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d'oh!
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
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Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
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I'm just a dandelion
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Exactly.dANdeLION wrote:d'oh!
Bass players have tone as well though it can sometimes be hard to pick out of a recording.
The tone I shoot for with my bass is (as I've said over and over throughout the years) like a sledge hammer striking an anvil.
Listen. You can hear it now if you try........
"If you can't tell the difference, what difference does it make?"
"There is tic and toc in atomic" - Neil Peart
See, I've got multiple guitars for different tones. If I want a nice, fat tone, I use my Les Paul. If I'm looking for the "Clapton" or "Gilmour" sound, or for more of a trebl-y 80s metal sound, I use a Charvel Model 4.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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My weapon of choice is a double fat telecaster. Pretty much covers it all with double humbuckers.Cail wrote:See, I've got multiple guitars for different tones. If I want a nice, fat tone, I use my Les Paul. If I'm looking for the "Clapton" or "Gilmour" sound, or for more of a trebl-y 80s metal sound, I use a Charvel Model 4.
"If you can't tell the difference, what difference does it make?"
"There is tic and toc in atomic" - Neil Peart
The Charvel's got an EMG humbucker at the bridge, with traditional Strat-style EMG single-coils in the top two positions. Super-versatile guitar, and you can get them for next to nothing.
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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