Your favorite guitarist and their guitar TONE

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: ethebubbeth
Purely on tone, I can't see anybody topping Eric Johnson.

This. Cliffs of Dover >>> *

However, EVH is my personal favorite and the greatest guitarist.

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: ethebubbeth
Purely on tone, I can't see anybody topping Eric Johnson.

They say Eric Johnson can tell what brand of battery is in his pedals. I'm sure it's purely mental, but the guy obviously takes his tone seriously.

For me, nothing, NOTHING tops Billy Corgan's tones on Siamese Dream.

He used Fender Strats with Lace Sensors and Gibson SG's into a Marshall JCM800 loaded with KT-88s to get some bottom end. The Marshall was turned up all the way, with the pre-amp gain used to manage volume level until it began to color the sound too much. A perfect example of power-amp distortion sounding better than pre-amp distortion. He also used a Marshall JMP-1 for the Sabbath sound, with a Big Muff sometimes thrown in for good measure. For leads, he used an Electro-Harmonix Micro-Synth for that out-of-this-world space fuzz sound.

 

[Chiller2]

SRV
Billy Gibbons ZZ Top
Eric Clapton
Joe Bonamassa

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: MrFire8808

Originally posted by: ethebubbeth
Purely on tone, I can't see anybody topping Eric Johnson.

I came here to post exactly that.

Im trying to learn cliffs of dover right now actually, I really wish I could get the tone down. Anyone got any tips?

I read an article about some of the stuff he does on records once... Some of it was just crazy, like having different pickups on the same guitar wired out to different amps. That might not be exactly right, but a lot of it was stuff you couldn't do easily at home.

 

[Molondo]

Paco De Lucia. (Not an electric guitar players)

 

[NaOH]

John Mayer
Jonny Greenwood

 

[acheron]

Mark Knopfler.

 

[racolvin]

Depends on the type of music I'm listening too ..

Dave Gilmour on electric
Al DiMeola on acoustic

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Originally posted by: racolvin
Depends on the type of music I'm listening too ..


Al DiMeola on acoustic

Grace Passion and Fire is one of my favorite albums.

 

[racolvin]

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS

Originally posted by: racolvin
Depends on the type of music I'm listening too ..


Al DiMeola on acoustic

Grace Passion and Fire is one of my favorite albums.

yea, he's on that one with Paco de Lucia and someone else whose name escapes me at the moment.

Al has a cut called Mediterranean Sundance on the "Elegant Gypsy" album that is just phenomenal

 

[Vehemence]

Eric Clapton. Always.

 

[NaOH]

Originally posted by: dNor
Eric Clapton. Always.

oh, him too.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Originally posted by: racolvin

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS

Originally posted by: racolvin
Depends on the type of music I'm listening too ..


Al DiMeola on acoustic

Grace Passion and Fire is one of my favorite albums.

yea, he's on that one with Paco de Lucia and someone else whose name escapes me at the moment.

Al has a cut called Mediterranean Sundance on the "Elegant Gypsy" album that is just phenomenal

John McLaughlin, who can be added to this list as well.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Garcia
Page
Prince
Zappa
Summers
Fripp
Belew (sp?)
Strummer
Gilmour
Hendrix
SRV
Neil Young

In no particular order

 

[broon]

Mark Knopfler
Brian Setzer
Frank Zappa
Mike Keneally

 

[kag]

Angus Young

 

[Platypus]

I forgot Zappa's octavey fuzz tone.. Zappa is the man.

 

[Triumph]

If I had to pick, I would say David Gilmour's tone from the Pulse cd/video. But when I grab my guitar, I want to play with a tone similar to something from Vai or something more heavy metal. There's no such thing as a favorite tone, I want them all. All at once.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Triumph
If I had to pick, I would say David Gilmour's tone from the Pulse cd/video. But when I grab my guitar, I want to play with a tone similar to something from Vai or something more heavy metal. There's no such thing as a favorite tone, I want them all. All at once.

Yeah, I have a Korg Toneworks pedal (multi-effect) and the sound depends on my mood.
Some day I'll have real pedals, but that's a ways down the line... after I solidify my guitar lineup.

 

[LS8]

Stevie Ray, hands down.

 

[Oil]

Billy Gibbons

 

[dennilfloss]

Frank Zappa, David Gilmour and Lindsey Buckingham.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Other than Steve Vai's massive kaleidoscopic of tones, I don't think I've ever heard such a wide range of tones from a single guitarist in the context of a band than from Petrucci. He's got some pretty die hard roadies and fans, and his effects setups (and how he used them) have always been top tier.

Not the best quality, but I've always loved the tone on this particular live recording.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5t_b9xOY-I

 

[Ns1]

5 years later my picks are now consolidated into Jones and Gilmour.

 

[bradley]

I don't think he's been mentioned yet.

Gary Moore. RIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuAVHHRlxLg