This one has driving me crazy for a while. IMO its one of the best I've ever heard captured on a recording.
This band is top class everything - however Greg Howe's tone is simply out of this world crazy ......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e10elAuUk9wWhat's yours?
Yes that is some fine playing and tone.......and some real good singing. Thanks for posting it up Bruno!
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I still love Hendrix... too many examples to name. And I really like Buddy Guy's tones on the "Slippin' Out" album.
I'm with T.C. Nothing tops Hendrix for me. And although I love all of his recordings, one that stands out for guitar tone is Band of Gypsys. I just love the tone of his guitar on that album. I think perhaps what makes it unique is the octavia effect he used on it. What a great sound!
"Machine Gun" starts at 4:40. I love that recording, especially the sections that start at 8:20 and 9:07. And the sounds starting at 11:30 are awesome.
+1 on Hendrix.
Gotta love Eddie Van Halen "Unchained" though...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-S-9-CpjWo... and don't forget Nuno Bettencourt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1AxoPTAgxA
Slightly obscure, but the opening guitar solo on this late 70's Japan track by Rob Dean has the sweetest tone. It was a few years before I started playing guitar, but I've always had this little guitar part as a constant source of inspiration.
It's all over within 40 seconds, so no need to listen to the whole shebang.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTIDWznRUYM
Great choices all - suprising the range of tones on display, a very cool listen to all of these.
Doing some research - I stumbled on this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edVbz_uXJd0My brain just exploded - I do not comprehend. What's the deal with the hair band at 2:32 as well?
I'm not worthy!
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The melody which comes in at 0:51 seconds is the tone I've been chasing for nearly 30 years. This is such a touching song, too. Gary singing about his pal, Phil.
Then the melody kicks in at 5:45 & I've got goose bumps!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb4ui2sAY04
Sounds like I'm being deliberately contrary for the sake of it, but to me you struggle to beat the sound of a good telecaster and an overdriven AC30. And for me Robyn Hitchcock's is as good as it gets. I'm a simple lo-fi sort of guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlpchC2e5oA
Quote from: ODH on November 06, 2017, 06:14:11 AMthe sound of a good telecaster and an overdriven AC30
It sounds fucking amazing.
Quote from: ODH on November 06, 2017, 06:14:11 AMSounds like I'm being deliberately contrary for the sake of it, but to me you struggle to beat the sound of a good telecaster and an overdriven AC30. And for me Robyn Hitchcock's is as good as it gets. I'm a simple lo-fi sort of guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlpchC2e5oA
Quote from: Greeny on November 06, 2017, 06:34:01 AMQuote from: ODH on November 06, 2017, 06:14:11 AMthe sound of a good telecaster and an overdriven AC30
It sounds fucking amazing.
Doesn't come as a great surprise, but it's always gratifying to hear from fellow Robyn Hitchcock fans. He doesn't rock out as much as back in the Soft Boy days, but he's still using a Telecaster for live shows when not on an acoustic (at least the last few times I've seen him).
Loving these examples. Its really interesting to see who and what inspires all the guitarists on this site. I'm loving listening to all these examples, some of which are new to me - and all great guitar sound examples.
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Yes indeed a very interesting thread guys. And a very interesting thing... to sit for a while and try and decide which guitar tone just "does it" for each of us. I think if I had to take one tone to a desert island it would be something like the one on this Rush track...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypwtq1ShnHI
Some great tone merchants in this thread.
It is quite tough to choose just one. I was tempted to go with Ritchie Blackmore - made in japan period which definately inspires me. But I am a huge Dream Theater fan - so it has to be John Petrucci for me.
This is a bit of a long tune so if you can't take too much prog metal the solo at about 3.15 shows some promise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wbB9kbbPGo
Got to be stevie ray on little wing for me.
Brilliant use of clean and dirty.
I know that these three might not impress everyone and they are not often mentioned together, but for me the three big ones are, without any particular order:
Neil Young
Jimmie Vaughan
Bill Frisell
This is off the wall good - the capturing of a live performance is some of the best I've ever seen, and that guitar TONE - tele through a Marshall!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkKBcEV75WE
There are so many great guitar tones out there, but, in my mind, any player who is immediately distinguishable from his or her contemporaries based off of tone alone has the perfect tone. I'm thinking Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eddie Van Halen, Dimebag Darrel Abbot, Jimmy Page, Django Reinhardt, Matthias "IA" Eklundh, Buckethead, David Gilmore, Vernon Reid, Paul Gilbert, but the one who sticks out the most to me is probably Chuck Schuldiner, whose tone was kind of harsh and scratchy, yet crystal clear and emotive, and so easy to identify.
Personally, I aspire never to sound exactly like any of these other players, since they already stood out so well with their voices as unique.
Johnny Winter
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix
Vito Bratta
go !, for me it will be a bit of acoustic with a beautiful frenchie guitar singer and a beautiful guitar (lowden)
the song is a poem of Victor Hugo "Demain dès l'aube"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvbnS7zlhq8"
PS if one day I was a millionaire I would buy a Lowden guitar