Who's got the greatest guitar tones on tape? - Page 7

Miles Jackson · 4th June 2009

The best guitar tone is the sound that serves the song. I don't care what the guitar sounds like if the song sucks (and yes, I'm talking about every Steve Vai song I've ever heard). If your first reaction to a song is, "Man, that guitar sound is killer!", then you're not listening to a good song.

The song comes first!!!

TortoiseDream · 4th June 2009

Manuel Gottsching (Ash Ra Tempel), space guitar
Wata (Boris), Orange Stacks
Roger Mcguinn (Byrds), Rickenbacker jangle
**(Faust), fuzz
Conny Veit (Gila), smooth tones
(Hawkwind), great dirty guitar
Hound Dog Taylor, punk-blues
Takashi Mizutani (Les Rallizes Denudes), will blow your ears off
Link Wray, self explanatory
**(Mystic Siva), great acid rock
**Sandy Bull, fender greatness
Johnny Marr (The Smiths), phil spector applied to guitar

Beyersound · 4th June 2009

Bill Nelson - nobody had a tone as huge and fitting of the songs as he did back in the Be Bop Deluxe days. 335-45 into a Carlsbro 50 Top, doesn't get any better than that.

Gilmour

Lukather

Ulrich Roth

pultech · 4th June 2009

Lots of great stuff here... Let's face it, it's all good

Hmm
Michael Landau: Tales From The Bulge
Carl Verheyen
Danny Gatton for the not so classic Telecaster (almost) sound
Scott Henderson
My Harry Kolbe modified Fender Deluxe, pinned to the wall

Jimi's got so many tones I love
Oz Noy has some great tones on his Magnatude album
So far, for my heart, if the gain stages begin to get driven in any way, I have to have tubes. That much I know, so far. Harry Kolbe told me he would design a digital modeling amp that would change my mind, but I haven't heard one from anybody yet.
Although some of the modeled toned run through a cranked tube amp are quite nice, does that count?

CarmenC · 4th June 2009

Marc Bolan- Ballroom of Mars
Mick Taylor - Winter, Shine a Light, Sway solo, Cant You hear Me Knockin ... shit everything he ever played on.
Mick Ronson - Ditto
Jeff Beck - Ditto
Brian May - Ditto
Jimmy Page - Guitar orchectrations - In the Light, Solo in Misty Mountain Hop, Sick Again, In My Time of Dying
Clapton - White Room
All Sabbath
All Green Day
All XTC ( Dave Gregory is a MONSTER PLAYA)
All Jimi
ZZ Top - Blue Jean Blues, La Grange
Keith Richards - Gimme Shelter
Johnny Marr - How Soon is Now
Peace.
Carmen

Lyxound · 4th June 2009

james williamson - iggy and the stooges
wayne kramer - mc5
eddy hazel - funkadelic

15ips · 5th June 2009

With about a million great guitarists in the history of recorded music on tape, this question is incredibly stupid and irritating.

Ranks up there with 'Which preamp is best for metal, but I also do rap and a bit of jazz?'. Sure you do. How f'n stupid.

Marlowe · 5th June 2009

Hell, yeah!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sounds Great

Lifeson's guitar tone on Limelight rates about as good as it gets in my book.

creegstor · 5th June 2009

Mick Ronson's lead solo sound at the end of Bowie's 'Moonage Daydream'.

Peter Green's sound on 'The Supernatural' when he played with John Mayall.

**Blast9** · 5th June 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by 15ips

With about a million great guitarists in the history of recorded music on tape, this question is incredibly stupid and irritating.

Ranks up there with 'Which preamp is best for metal, but I also do rap and a bit of jazz?'. Sure you do. How f'n stupid.

OK what about greatest gtr tone recorded to tape at 15ips?

azirkin · 5th June 2009

+1 for Mark Knopfler.

Listen to the dynamics in his playing on "Brothers in Arms" (the song specifically, not the album). That would never make it to the master nowadays.

Teddy Ray · 5th June 2009

Les Paul

Chet Atkins

Buddy Emmonds

Clarence White

Tommy Emmanuel

Speedy West

Jimmy Bryant

Doc Watson

Kottke

I love their tone..all of them..not to mention the playing!

doug hazelrigg · 5th June 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teddy Ray

Kottke

Ever heard Kottke's electric playing and tone? Although primarily known for his acoustic work, Kottke has a beautiful electric tone that's all in his fingers.

mercurydime · 5th June 2009

Michael Bruce and Glen Buxton...if you like a classic Gibson/Marshall sound...

audionickw · 5th June 2009

acoustic sound- Wilco (especially Being There), Neil young
electric- Neil, JIMMY, SRV, Gilmour Duane Allman, Page,

Nolet · 6th June 2009

anyone done...

Johny Greenwood? Paranoid Android...that solo at the end...

deeper · 6th June 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reag1502

Who's got the greatest guitar tones on tape?

My first choice would be the Beatles. Especially when they started using Fenders. Nowhere Man, Got To Get You Into My Life, The End, Octopus's Garden.

My second choice would be David Gilmour's sweet sustainy tone.

Number three, I think my own guitar tracks sound pretty frikkin awesome, too, if I dare say. (I know, it's not politically correct to enjoy yourself so much...)

Jrussell99 · 6th June 2009

Roy Wood from the move

Alex Chilton and Chris Bell from Big Star

More recently, I thought alot of Elliott Smith's tones were pretty stunning... This is all so subjective though

FireMoon · 6th June 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by woods

Paul Kossoff on the early Free stuff. Lead tones are good. The riff tone on "Alright Now" is pure ringing guitar under a brown halo.

We're getting in the ball park with Strat thru Tube Screamer into Deluxe Reverb on 10.

But I think Paul Kossoff was a strat thru Marshall. Although probably humbucking Les Paul.

Woods

The early stuff was all Les Paul straight into a Marshal. After he left Free and returned he did start using a Strat through a Leslie cab ala *Come Together in the Morning*

That said, I'd love to know how he got the tone on the lead solo on the track *Free Me*, absolutely incredible tone and technique...

+1 on Bill Nelson... "Crying to the sky" stormer of a solo and tone..

Labs · 6th June 2009

I know hes not a guitar hero, but I really dig Ryan Adams tones.

Gustav

j-madd · 6th June 2009

Love the TOOL sound. For more garage sound, I think Dinosaur Jr. had some great tones! Smashing pumpkins Siamese Dreams had some nice tones. There's alot of stuff that falls in this catagory.

Justin

taturana · 6th June 2009

Warren Haynes on the Govt Mule records... sweet gibson tones, and lot's of different ones....

Jimmie Vaughan....

bluemix · 6th June 2009

John Scofield on A Go Go
Kevin Breit on everything
Queens of the Stone Age on Songs for the Deaf
Martin Tielli from the Rheostatics on pretty much everything of theirs

4th June 2009	#183
Beyersound Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Vegas, Norcal Posts: 3,384	Bill Nelson - nobody had a tone as huge and fitting of the songs as he did back in the Be Bop Deluxe days. 335-45 into a Carlsbro 50 Top, doesn't get any better than that. Gilmour Lukather Ulrich Roth __________________ Congratulations 2010 World Champion SF Giants!!! "There is no crying in baseball, there are no rules in recording!!!" www.myspace.com/beyeraudio Michael Beyer

4th June 2009	#185
CarmenC Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 170	Marc Bolan- Ballroom of Mars Mick Taylor - Winter, Shine a Light, Sway solo, Cant You hear Me Knockin ... shit everything he ever played on. Mick Ronson - Ditto Jeff Beck - Ditto Brian May - Ditto Jimmy Page - Guitar orchectrations - In the Light, Solo in Misty Mountain Hop, Sick Again, In My Time of Dying Clapton - White Room All Sabbath All Green Day All XTC ( Dave Gregory is a MONSTER PLAYA) All Jimi ZZ Top - Blue Jean Blues, La Grange Keith Richards - Gimme Shelter Johnny Marr - How Soon is Now Peace. Carmen __________________ I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body...

5th June 2009	#189
creegstor Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,623	Mick Ronson's lead solo sound at the end of Bowie's 'Moonage Daydream'. Peter Green's sound on 'The Supernatural' when he played with John Mayall. __________________ I've a windmill for sale if you want something else to tilt at...

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azirkin Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Thailand (this month) Posts: 548	+1 for Mark Knopfler. Listen to the dynamics in his playing on "Brothers in Arms" (the song specifically, not the album). That would never make it to the master nowadays. __________________ "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self evident." -Schopenhauer

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Teddy Ray Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Carolina is where they'll bury me. Posts: 7,098	Les Paul Chet Atkins Buddy Emmonds Clarence White Tommy Emmanuel Speedy West Jimmy Bryant Doc Watson Kottke I love their tone..all of them..not to mention the playing! __________________ "I would shoot a man if he put me through autotune" - Charlie Louvin

4th June 2009	#181
Miles Jackson Gear interested Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 20	The best guitar tone is the sound that serves the song. I don't care what the guitar sounds like if the song sucks (and yes, I'm talking about every Steve Vai song I've ever heard). If your first reaction to a song is, "Man, that guitar sound is killer!", then you're not listening to a good song. The song comes first!!!

4th June 2009	#182
TortoiseDream Gear interested Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 14	Manuel Gottsching (Ash Ra Tempel), space guitar Wata (Boris), Orange Stacks Roger Mcguinn (Byrds), Rickenbacker jangle (Faust), fuzz Conny Veit (Gila), smooth tones (Hawkwind), great dirty guitar Hound Dog Taylor, punk-blues Takashi Mizutani (Les Rallizes Denudes), will blow your ears off Link Wray, self explanatory (Mystic Siva), great acid rock **Sandy Bull, fender greatness Johnny Marr (The Smiths), phil spector applied to guitar

4th June 2009	#184
pultech Gear maniac Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ocean Beach, New York Posts: 157	Lots of great stuff here... Let's face it, it's all good Hmm Michael Landau: Tales From The Bulge Carl Verheyen Danny Gatton for the not so classic Telecaster (almost) sound Scott Henderson My Harry Kolbe modified Fender Deluxe, pinned to the wall Jimi's got so many tones I love Oz Noy has some great tones on his Magnatude album So far, for my heart, if the gain stages begin to get driven in any way, I have to have tubes. That much I know, so far. Harry Kolbe told me he would design a digital modeling amp that would change my mind, but I haven't heard one from anybody yet. Although some of the modeled toned run through a cranked tube amp are quite nice, does that count?

4th June 2009	#186
Lyxound Gear interested Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 20	james williamson - iggy and the stooges wayne kramer - mc5 eddy hazel - funkadelic

5th June 2009	#187
15ips Gear Head Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 70	With about a million great guitarists in the history of recorded music on tape, this question is incredibly stupid and irritating. Ranks up there with 'Which preamp is best for metal, but I also do rap and a bit of jazz?'. Sure you do. How f'n stupid.

5th June 2009	#194
mercurydime Gear nut Join Date: May 2008 Location: Eastern escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains Posts: 147	Michael Bruce and Glen Buxton...if you like a classic Gibson/Marshall sound...

5th June 2009	#195
audionickw Gear maniac Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 261	acoustic sound- Wilco (especially Being There), Neil young electric- Neil, JIMMY, SRV, Gilmour Duane Allman, Page,

6th June 2009	#196
Nolet Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 739	anyone done... Johny Greenwood? Paranoid Android...that solo at the end...

6th June 2009	#198
Jrussell99 Gear nut Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 97	Roy Wood from the move Alex Chilton and Chris Bell from Big Star More recently, I thought alot of Elliott Smith's tones were pretty stunning... This is all so subjective though

6th June 2009	#200
Labs Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Denmark Posts: 968	I know hes not a guitar hero, but I really dig Ryan Adams tones. Gustav __________________ My goal iz to have warm crisp resultz in recordingz...

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6th June 2009	#201
j-madd Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 354	Love the TOOL sound. For more garage sound, I think Dinosaur Jr. had some great tones! Smashing pumpkins Siamese Dreams had some nice tones. There's alot of stuff that falls in this catagory. Justin __________________ Justin Madden Follow me on twitter: @jmadd5000 Check out my music: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gar...-2/id433197725

6th June 2009	#202
taturana Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Posts: 4,007 13 Reviews written	Warren Haynes on the Govt Mule records... sweet gibson tones, and lot's of different ones.... Jimmie Vaughan....

6th June 2009	#203
bluemix Gear maniac Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The Great White North Posts: 159	John Scofield on A Go Go Kevin Breit on everything Queens of the Stone Age on Songs for the Deaf Martin Tielli from the Rheostatics on pretty much everything of theirs

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