Favorite Player's Tone

[industrialmg]

These are my pics for my favorite tone -

Clean - Gota (awesome jazz clean tone)
Fattburger - Again great jazz tone
Billy Duffy, yeah i like JC120's...

Vintage Crunch - Joe Perry (Think Back In The Saddle)
Angus/Malcom Young (Think Long Way to the Top...)
Tom Petty/Howie Epstine?- Mary Jane's Last Dance

Modern Crunch - Slash (ALWAYS had great tone)
Yogi / Keith - Buckcherry (Think Lit-up)
Billy Duffy, Yeah... Matchless' too
The Calling -heh, they use bogners

Fat - Carlos Santana (Early and now. Especially on "Game of Love", that is some serious TONE, hence my PRS neck pickup)

Blues - Buddy Guy and SRV. Hands down.

Modern Hi-Gain - Smile Empty Soul (yeah yeah...well that's why it's good to have a good producer)
Wes Borland has awsome tone. Too bad his old band didn't (OPINION)
Wes Leinon - My good friend. That bastard is my own personal Jesus.
Stabbing Westward - Just out of layering and amp mutalations i have to give them my thumbs up, running metal zones, mesa preamps into a vox, sampling it, and then warping it...yum.

let the rock throwing begin with YOU *points*

[Motorhead]

Dark Metal - Tony Iommi (Sign of the southern Cross)
Modern Rhythm - John 5 (Rock is Dead)
Motöhead Bass - Lemmy (Stone dead forever)
Brown Sound - EVH (Van Halen I)

[AndThenTheresMe]

I love Brad Nowell's cleans.
I really like the crunch of Weezer's Blue Album and the heavy live-sounding squeal of Pinkerton.
For vintage crunch no one beats Angus.
Jimi Hendrix has awesome tone on "Hey Joe" especially.
And of course, my hero, Jonny Greenwood, throughout The Bends and Ok Computer.
Also, Kurt Cobain, in my opinion has the best "non-tone" tone on In Utero's noisier numbers. I'm thinking "Scentless Apprentice" and "Milk It"

[Coke Babies]

Jonny Buckland delay tones
All Jonny Greenwood tones
Almost every Mike Einziger Tone
Every David Gilmour Tone

[Welladjusted]

mike einziger is probably the one tone mine sounds reminicsent of, even if i do use less effects.
i'm rather partial to jade pudget of AFI's tone on sing the sorrow
alex lifeson's live tone is damn good.
jimi hendrix had great clean tones
ac/dc. 'nuff said
jeff martin of the tea party knows tone. gibson+matchless=godly tone
a local band called sector seven have amazing tone. the rig? godin LG signature, boss tu-2, ge-7 and ns-2 (ns-2 in the loop), peavey XXL head

[sonny-boy]

Clean - Johnny Greenwood "Let Down"
Crunchy Distorted - Tom Morello "Show Me How To Live"
Fuzzy Distorted - Josh Homme "No One Knows"
Fat Lead Sound - Jeff Beck "Nadia"
Blues - SRV

[mork]

Dean Deleo's Tone from the Purple album--Think the solo from Lounge Fly.

Billy Corgans sound anywhere, but particularly MCIS

SRV

[phobiac54]

Guy from Linkin Park (forget his name) has awsome tone, James Hetfield also.

For Cleans, the two that come to mind are Metallica again, on Nothing Else Matters, and John Frustraine(spelling??), from RHCP on "Under the Bridge," (especially the ending).

[Motorhead]

Vintage Rock - Neil Young (Cinnamon Girl)
Lead runs - Yngwie J. Malmsteen (Far beyond the sun)
Country meets Rock - Steve Morse (General Lee)
Rock Slide - Johnny Winter (Let it Bleed)
Texas BBQ - Billy Gibbons (anything before the fuzzy guitars)

[TomBert05]

SRV- Clean Sound (think Lenny)
Hard Rock- Iommi
Metal- Zakk Wylde
Classic Rock- Pete Townshend
Classic Solo- David Gilmour
Werid- Tom Morello

[Alecto]

Clean: Johnny Marr (especially The Smiths: This Charming Man [John Peel session])
Audio Terrorist: Tom Morello
Everything & the Kitchen Sink: Dave Navarro
Classic Metal: Tony Iommi
Modern Metal: Jerry Cantrell
Underrated: Robert Quine
Funk: Leo Nocentelli
Blues: Albert Collins/Buddy Guy
Fuzz: Josh Homme
Sweetest Tone: Jeff Beck

[industrialmg]

Billy Gibbons, that is one true bad ass.

[jacobhimself]

brad nowell and john fruicante's cleans....
angus and malcoms marshall crunch....
metallicas kill em all for all out death to their marshalls (intro to hit the lights)


i think if i could take any guys rig itd be john fruicante, he always has such killer tone...

[Dusty]

Clean- Hendrix "Castles Mand of Sand"
O/D Modulated-Hendrix "Machine Gun"
Blues-Hendrix "Red House"
Fuzz Insanity-Hendrix "Foxy Lady"

Can you tell you my favorite player is?

[The User]

sonic youth - swimsuit issue

my idea of perfect tone.

[Alecto]

Originally posted by Dusty
Clean- Hendrix "Castles Mand of Sand"
O/D Modulated-Hendrix "Machine Gun"
Blues-Hendrix "Red House"
Fuzz Insanity-Hendrix "Foxy Lady"

Can you tell you my favorite player is?

Umm . . . Avril Lavigne? :p :D

[VillageIdiot]

Originally posted by phobiac54
Guy from Linkin Park (forget his name) has awsome tone,


Is that flamebait? His tone is so boring!!!



Ummm... I like-

John Petrucci- just awesome hard rock/metal tone
Adam Jones- a unique tone to say the least
Jim Martin- his tone on Angel Dust was wicked... go FNM
Dave Grohl- Foo Fighters always have a cool rock tone
Metallica- Just 'cause
David Gilmour- The only tone that can make a grown man cry


And... of course... Brian May. :D

[Rayguitargod]

I dunno maybe... my tone! :D

[jamie.pope]

I am really in love with Andy Dunlops tone from The Man Who album...he seems to have a great clean tone and an awesome distorted tone...

extremely underrated guitar player indeed...

[jamie.pope]

Originally posted by gururyan
By the way, have i mentioned how awesome Andy Dunlop is?

;) :rolleyes:

andy is the best
andy is the best
andy is the best
andy is the best
andy is the best

oh...i forgot...andy is the best!:)

[guitarjames]

Originally posted by AndThenTheresMe
I love Brad Nowell's cleans.
I really like the crunch of Weezer's Blue Album and the heavy live-sounding squeal of Pinkerton.
For vintage crunch no one beats Angus.
Jimi Hendrix has awesome tone on "Hey Joe" especially.
And of course, my hero, Jonny Greenwood, throughout The Bends and Ok Computer.
Also, Kurt Cobain, in my opinion has the best "non-tone" tone on In Utero's noisier numbers. I'm thinking "Scentless Apprentice" and "Milk It"

You had me until Kurt Cobain!

[Gondo]

Originally posted by Welladjusted
jeff martin of the tea party knows tone. gibson+matchless=godly tone


I agree to that. jeff Martin is my fav player, live & studio. He got the sound I want.

[Lime]

its gotta be
john 5 on the new album for that really sleazy tone.
static x for that really crude solid state distortion
korn for the mesa thing which they were kinda at the start of
iommi on masters of reality especially on sweet leaf and into the void.

[jcoriha]

Clean - By Starlight (Mellon Collie)
Subterrean Homesick Alien/The Tourist (OK Computer)
Dirty - anything from A Farewell to Kings thru Moving Pictures
Distortion- Jellybelly/Here is No Why (Mellon Collie)
Solidstate Distortion - Love You to Death (October Rust)
Thick Fuzz-Hello Kitty Kat (Pisces Isceriot)
Clean Lead-Hummer (Siamese Dream)
Crazy Fuzz-Robert Fripp
"Classic lead"- Echoes or Dogs by Pink Floyd/Mary Star of the Sea by Zwan
Metal Gain-Midian by Cradle of Filth
Crazy Leads-Zero (MC) Starla (PI) Paranoid Android (OKC)

[naveed211]

third eye blind's kevin cadogan on "blue", mj mirages through mesa boogie mavericks, simply beautiful. everything from his clean passages on "wounded" to his shredding on "red summer sun," just beautiful.

rammstein's guitar tone on "mutter." listen to it on any stereo, it sounds HUGE. mesa boogie dual rects i think with esp and ernie ball guitars. hugest distortion sound ever.

matthew good band's dave genn. vox ac-30's are one of my favorite amps and he uses them so well. he's the reason why i play les pauls. on "audio of being" he uses those for cleans and slight grit and then a mesa mark iv for heavy distortion. sooo heavy, yet so pretty.

our lady peace's mike turner. he has such a unique tone on "spiritual machines" with his combinations of mesas and marshalls with tom anderson hollow t guitars. i love listening to that cd just to hear the guitars. lovely textures and crunchy chording.

[L3fteye]

I saw Jane's Addiction play on a show here in the UK called Later... with Jools Holland. And let no-one say his tone is bad.

Not only that, last night he played through none other than PRS Guitars and, clearly in sight, 2 Marshall Mode Four heads.

Now before last night's performance, I would turn my nose up at any PRS guitar not fitted with Dragon Bass pickups (Dave Navarro was using HFS) and shy away from Marshall Mode Four heads (through everyone's advice).

Today I would happily pay money for PRS and Marshall Mode Fours.

It's lucky I haven't bought that Diezel head yet.

Back on topic, yeah, Dave Navarro's tone kicks.

[rectified]

(smooth) collective soul shine
(Fat) Carlos Santana game of love especially, i can get extremely close to his tone with my PRS santana i've mastered game of love
(Ballsy) Metallica whisky in the jar, master of puppets
Jimi hendrix castles made of sand
led zeppelin rock N roll

[rectified]

hey dude how does your PRS dragon sound none of my PrS have dragons in them just wondering can you get the actual PRS sound with that pickup in your guitar?

[Talent?!]

Joe Satriani's tone on surfing with the alien, just wow!

[Gondo]

I had to quote on Talent's signature that says "you don't learn bass you fail guitar".

Funny thing is I failed bass and therefore learned guitar. Truth is I find the bass very fun, yet difficult compared to guitar. As contrary to what many people think, the bass is not just an easy version of the guitar, it's actually a totally different instrument with different techniques. It's like comparing a banjo to a sitar.

Requote: "You don't learn guitar you fail bass" lol :)

[methanol]

I like metallicas black album tones both clean and dirty.

[lucky13sp]

i've seen their guitarist use orange amps and cabs in a video, but bogner is a bit metal for them isn't it?

and slash's tone was never bad at all! he has killer tone!

tom morello's distortion is pretty cool, and audioslave sound so tight as a rythum section on the verse of show me how to live.

[face__man]

I gotta say my favourite tones are those of Brian May and David Gilmour.

[Talent?!]

Originally posted by Gondo
I had to quote on Talent's signature that says "you don't learn bass you fail guitar".

Funny thing is I failed bass and therefore learned guitar. Truth is I find the bass very fun, yet difficult compared to guitar. As contrary to what many people think, the bass is not just an easy version of the guitar, it's actually a totally different instrument with different techniques. It's like comparing a banjo to a sitar.

Requote: "You don't learn guitar you fail bass" lol :)

It's just a random quote I thought up, no offence intended to any bassists out there. I'll be one of the first to admit I suck on bass. :D

[redneckrocker]

Steve Vai
Tom Morello
Billy Gibbons
Angus Young
Robert Randolf (mean slide tone)
Adam Jones
Jimmy Page (especially Earlier Zep)
Joe Satriani
Ritchie Blackmore
Eddie Van Halen

Those Are some of my favorites in no particular order.

[Greyskull]

Adam Jones - each album gets better and better.
Dean Deloe - his tones are impressive...he better have tone like that with that collection of goodies he has.
All of APC - proof technology can provide good tones in the right hands.

[DRIVELIKEJEHU]

jeff beck
jonny greenwood
steve albini (the greatest engineer of all time)
bob weston

[JaguarSG]

Cleans - The Edge

Dirty rhythm - Brian Molko, Kevin Shields
Dirty leads - Fiveways

Lead space bass - Timmy

[Bring_back_Alf!]

Oh chicken feed, my favorite...

Hendrix, Band of Gypays Album. Bar none my favorite. And all his other tones were great in my opinon. Like Red House, 1983 a Merman I should be... dang Gina. Fan me down.

Others I dig:

David Gilmour, Dark side of the moon and the wall tones. I've heard him live and thought there was a lot to be desired, especially on his acoustic stuff, mother? I've never been a fan of taylors.

Jimmy Page, His first three albums were my favorite. I really like his early acoustic sound. A borrowed J-200 I hear. And the tones to Dazed and confused, You shook me, The Lemon Song and Heartbreaker and Moby **** and and and...

Slash, very raw sound. I really like his playing too.

Metallica, my favorite Metallica sound is on the Justice Album.

BB King.

John Lee Hooker

Tom Morello, I liked his sound with Rage, I haven't listened to Audioslave yet.

George Throughgood(SP) his crunchy sound is pleasing.

Early Eric Claypton, Bluesbreakers/Cream

The list goes on and on but these are tops for me.

[xavier]

Sonic Youth on "Teenage Riot" - simply the best tone ever

I also like:

Steve Albini and Bob Weston in Shellac - they make guitar and bass sound like chunks of metal.

Lots of Radiohead's lead tones - Let Down, There There, Airbag, and so on.

All the different tones on Loveless by MBV.

I don't like the Smashing Pumpkins at all but their guitar sound on Siamese dream is huge, and great.

So is Fugazi's tone on In On the Killtaker, which is incredibly aggressive but beautiful at the same time, and the clean sound on "Web in Front" by Archers of Loaf.

Tony Iommi and the guy from Kyuss had pretty great heavy sounds.

[DRIVELIKEJEHU]

Originally posted by xavier
and the clean sound on "Web in Front" by Archers of Loaf.



ooo... i miss those guys....

[mynameisjonas]

Originally posted by jcoriha
Clean - By Starlight (Mellon Collie)
Subterrean Homesick Alien/The Tourist (OK Computer)
Dirty - anything from A Farewell to Kings thru Moving Pictures
Distortion- Jellybelly/Here is No Why (Mellon Collie)
Solidstate Distortion - Love You to Death (October Rust)
Thick Fuzz-Hello Kitty Kat (Pisces Isceriot)
Clean Lead-Hummer (Siamese Dream)
Crazy Fuzz-Robert Fripp
"Classic lead"- Echoes or Dogs by Pink Floyd/Mary Star of the Sea by Zwan
Metal Gain-Midian by Cradle of Filth
Crazy Leads-Zero (MC) Starla (PI) Paranoid Android (OKC)

i love you... and billy corgan... mostly billy corgan
he's insane- you know that on siamese dream, some tracks had nearly 100 tracks of guitar recorded

[stratocast79]

Originally posted by face__man
I gotta say my favourite tones are those of Brian May and David Gilmour.

Definately, and whoever said Robert Randolph is right on!

[industrialmg]

Originally posted by stratocast79
Definately, and whoever said Robert Randolph is right on!

Robert Randolph has his **** DOWN. He is the man.

[METaLLiKka7447]

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
Metallica - Kirk/James
Ac/Dc - Malcom/Angus
Pantera - Dimebag
Hendrix - Hell Yeah
RATM - Tom Morello

Bass

MEtallica - Jason Newsted
MuDvAyNe - that one guy:D
Metallica - Cliff Burton

and did i mention STevie Ray Vaughan

[METaLLiKka7447]

Dont forget Stevie Ray Vaughan

[Black Lynx]

Originally posted by Bring_back_Alf!
David Gilmour (...) there was a lot to be desired, especially on his acoustic stuff, mother?

This song's rhytm track was played by Lee Ritenour on the record, BTW... But I never heard him live....

[industrialmg]

Originally posted by Black Lynx
This song's rhytm track was played by Lee Ritenour on the record, BTW... But I never heard him live....


Lee Ritenour!!! Totally forgot about him. Fantastic tone.

[Bring_back_Alf!]

Originally posted by Black Lynx
This song's rhytm track was played by Lee Ritenour on the record, BTW... But I never heard him live....

I was not aware of that...

The radio played a live version of Mother and the acoustic sound was awful in my opinon. (Whatever that's worth) I do like the acoustic sound on the records though.

Also I forgot to add Tony Iommi. His tone on War Pigs kills me everytime.

[clnh5]

Paul Gilbert- Gotta love the tone zones! He can shred like a damn demon on speed!

Stevie Ray Vaughn- Hes the reason i even considered getting a Fender stratocaster!

Adam Jones(Tool)- Gotta love his tone, love his riffs, etc.

Tony Iommi- The master of metal!

Angus Young- Now that is rock and roll tone!!

Jimmy Page- I love the tone on "No Quarter" I love that main riff man!

Buddy Guy- Can you say blues tone???

[arayya]

Best guitar rhythm sound: Either Carcass's Heartwork sound, Dino Cazares's tone in general, and Hypocrisy's Catch 22 album. All theses sounds are super cool.

Best solo sound: Slash's solo on Estranged from G&R. I have never heard a better lead sound.

If I could have The above Rhythm sound and Slashs solo rig I would be in heaven :D

[miscreated]

Honestly I think Tom Delonge has one of the coolest dist tones

before I started playing guitar, I used to think he was the greatest guitar player ever, mainly due to their tone

then I learned how to play and found better players, but still think he has one massive tone

Bands like Van Halen, GNR, and Dokken has really nice shred tones. Boston had a nice crisp clear sound

Pickblade on GuitarWar.com can make a small Crate amp sound like a $5,000 dollor stack

SRV and Carlos Santana has badass tones as well

I'm currently falling in love with Avenged Sevenfold's new sound

[Metal1]

Just Awesome-Jimi Hendrix-Machine Gun
Classci Rock-Clean/Solo's-David Gilmour
80's Metal-Wolfe Hoffman
50's/60's R&B- Ike Turner
Current Metal-Disturbed/Godsmack

[Black Lynx]

I forgot to put mine!!!

Dirty:
- Adam Jones (Tool) - just amazing....
- Mike McCready and Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) - I love the muddines of Binaural!
- David Gilmour - esp. Confortably Numb (Pink Floyd) - no comments
- Geordie Walker (Killing Joke) - his "new" tone is amazing
- Alex Lifeson (Rush)
- Robert Fripp (check out "Baby's on Fire")
- Mick Ronson (awesome wah-filter tone!!!)

Cleans:
- The Edge (U2)
- Jon Buckland (Coldplay)
- John Scofield
- Bill Frisell

personal favourite: Reeves Gabrels - every note this guy played had a great tone. clean, crunch, distorted, synth... he was great with everthing...

[FuzzFan]

perfect tone...would be a combo of

josh homme
billy corgan
jack white
kim thayil

[Anonomyous]

Jimmy Page has one of the greatest and most diverse tone I have ever heard. Take a Zeppelin album. Any one, take your pick. You never hear the same sound twice. Its always changing and never gets monotonous or boring. He is the tonemeister.

[Ryan_77uk]

The guitars on the new record by Recover "Rodeo and Picasso" sounds awesome. It sounds like they're in my room when the CD is on... ace!

[AcridPlacidity]

Ritchie Blackmore
Adam Jones

[sumthinlikethat]

Steve Pedulla of thursday.
gibson SG's
really bright clean sound out of a matchless 212 combo
awesome distortion from a bogner ecstacy
cool delay and modulation sounds.

i dig it.

[rg7420user]

I'd have to say Dino Cazares off of Obsolete and Digimortal. Plus Mike Mushok off of Dysfunction. Mike Einziger has awesome delay and phaser sounds also.

[Greyskull]

I really like that dude from Remedy Lost...what a tone !!!!

:cool:



Okay, so I like myself...maybe to much for some of you. But if you don't make yourself happy how is anybody going to be happy with you ?

[ikkyu2]

Originally posted by Bring_back_Alf!
Slash, very raw sound. I really like his playing too.

I've always wondered about the setup he used to get that piercingly sweet tone on Sweet Child O' Mine. I mean, I know there was a '59 Les Paul and a Marshall stack involved, but was there anything else?