The Best Single Recorded Guitar Tone

Sporky

dindude said:

Honestly, it would have to be this. Yes it's live but I think it qualifies as Weld is one of his most popular albums. Such a visceral tone. Try getting that with your Helix's, motherfuckers!

That might take all of 30 seconds to recreate.

dindude

Sporky said:

dindude said:

Honestly, it would have to be this. Yes it's live but I think it qualifies as Weld is one of his most popular albums. Such a visceral tone. Try getting that with your Helix's, motherfuckers!

That might take all of 30 seconds to recreate.

If you have no ears.

Legionreturns

For me, it's the opening for this. It epitomized the sound of the grunge tone for me, and just gets me quivering! 

RocknRollDave

Smiths - A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours

simonk

Gassage said:

My nomination - Stevie Ray here (1.40 on for solo) and I'm told it was a Strat into a cranked brown Vibroverb.

If I could ape one tone it would be this:

I love Bowie with white gloves on trying to pretend he's SRV at the end in the vid.

In a similar vein, I love this. Thornley's solo at around 2:28 is blistering. Not saying it's the best ever, just wish I could go out and sound like that most Friday and Saturday nights.

mudslide73

Off the top of my head it's the rhythm tone on the verses on this. Stellar sound on VHII imo.

guitars4you

Gassage said:

Ok, following on from @dindude 's excellent clean thread...tonez....

The greatest single tone you've heard on a record?

This is obviously a YMMV thread as tonez are different for different people.

My nomination - Stevie Ray here (1.40 on for solo) and I'm told it was a Strat into a cranked brown Vibroverb.

If I could ape one tone it would be this:

a lot to choose from for obvious reasons - but I won't disagree with your thoughts - I have big memories of this - No really a Bowie fan, but remember hearing this track in a bar for the first time and some girl raving about this new Bowie album - I thought okay, but nothing special - Then that guitar solo and that sound at 1.49 - Made my hairs on my neck stand up and I thought what the 'eck is that and who the 'eck is it - did not know who SRV was then - So boy what an impact - That one note at 1.49 is all you need to know

Axe_meister

Gary Moore pretty woman is up there for me.
Jimi Hendrix machine Gun for Univibe goodness

Freebird

A great lead tone that cuts through the busy arrangement

DesVegas

Re Cortez The Killer. Not a bend in sight

ICBM

Peter Buck - REM - The One I Love

littlegreenman

Fretwired

Hendrix .. so many to choose from ..

Fretwired

dindude said:

Honestly, it would have to be this. Yes it's live but I think it qualifies as Weld is one of his most popular albums. Such a visceral tone. Try getting that with your Helix's, motherfuckers!

Wis awarded .. love that album and the guitar tone. I don't get the hate for Neil Young ...

breakstuff

Basically the whole of Never Mind The Bollocks.

ewal

Legionreturns said:

For me, it's the opening for this. It epitomized the sound of the grunge tone for me, and just gets me quivering! 

Clearly one man's grunge is another man's staid middle of the road filler... At the risk of digressing, the one band who epitomize grunge (and are still going strong) are:



Mind you a proper grunge band wouldn't give two flying f*cks about 'tone'.

bingefeller

breakstuff said:

Basically the whole of Never Mind The Bollocks.

I think that was a crank, multitracked Fender on that album.  

Bellycaster

Love the intro tone on this, always will be my favourite hard rock tone.



And for a more Vintage Rock tone, it doesn't get any better than Paperback Writer. Couldn't find a vid on youtube with the authentic version/tone so had to put up a Dailymotion link.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x48a6d4

Not sure if this was a cranked amp or early type of Treble Boost pedal (or both), I'd guess amp, but I'd love to know what he used, bith Guitar and Amp.....Gibson with AC30 Cranked???

tone1

Since I've been loving you...

jonnyburgo

I'm a sucker for old Blues/R&B Got to appreciate Guitar Slim. Listen to this solo at around 1.40, The first distorted guitar on record? from 1954. Big influence on Zappa. That solo is well nasty!