JeffB
Let it B
This is a bit of a fun question/survey.
We all know that “TONE” is King. We all search for the perfect tone…
So my question is, what are some of artists-songs or albums(CDs) that absolutely blew you away tone-wise? Where you said “I GOTTA get that sound". Not necessarily the actual playing that wow-ed you, but the actual sound.
I’m a Marshall freak for the most part, and for me it was the following:
Michael Schenker Group: One Night at Budokan (live): This is the album that made me want to play guitar. The “dry, natural, in your face” way it was recorded, the way he used the wah as a filter instead of a wah. The subtle short delay...it sang, it bit, it crunched, it melted, it mellowed. It was so powerful sounding to me as a kid, and still is 23 years later. And Michaels playing "prime" to boot. Phenomenal.
Gary Moore: The Loner (from Wild Frontier): It cries, it sings, it screams. Marshalls+Tubescreamers+PRS= Creamy/Crunchy sound so good you can't just eat it all at once
This song made me go out and buy a PRS 10 top with birds. Unfortunately, the guitar didn't help me play like Gary 
Jake E. Lee: Badlands: Voodoo Highway: This whole CD is just absolute perfect tone heaven for me. Clean, Crunch, and High gain classic Marshall sounds with great vintage leslie, wah, and echoplex effects..the whole albums sounds “thick & dirty” but modern…and Jake just played magnificently.
Van Halen/ 1984: Drop Dead Legs. I’m not a huge EVH fan, but I am a fan. Arguably Van Halen One has the brown sound most fans crave, but in my opinion , 1984 and this particular song is the ultimate example of the EVH Brown sound. Crunchy, dirty, clear, jagged, and smooth at the same time.
Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive: As far as I’m concerned this album has THE classic Les Paul/Marshall sound. Hard to believe the album in nearly 30 years old (and 30 years later, people are still trying to achieve that classic sound)
There are tons of others, but all those really stick in my head.
We all know that “TONE” is King. We all search for the perfect tone…
So my question is, what are some of artists-songs or albums(CDs) that absolutely blew you away tone-wise? Where you said “I GOTTA get that sound". Not necessarily the actual playing that wow-ed you, but the actual sound.
I’m a Marshall freak for the most part, and for me it was the following:
Michael Schenker Group: One Night at Budokan (live): This is the album that made me want to play guitar. The “dry, natural, in your face” way it was recorded, the way he used the wah as a filter instead of a wah. The subtle short delay...it sang, it bit, it crunched, it melted, it mellowed. It was so powerful sounding to me as a kid, and still is 23 years later. And Michaels playing "prime" to boot. Phenomenal.
Gary Moore: The Loner (from Wild Frontier): It cries, it sings, it screams. Marshalls+Tubescreamers+PRS= Creamy/Crunchy sound so good you can't just eat it all at once
This song made me go out and buy a PRS 10 top with birds. Unfortunately, the guitar didn't help me play like Gary Jake E. Lee: Badlands: Voodoo Highway: This whole CD is just absolute perfect tone heaven for me. Clean, Crunch, and High gain classic Marshall sounds with great vintage leslie, wah, and echoplex effects..the whole albums sounds “thick & dirty” but modern…and Jake just played magnificently.
Van Halen/ 1984: Drop Dead Legs. I’m not a huge EVH fan, but I am a fan. Arguably Van Halen One has the brown sound most fans crave, but in my opinion , 1984 and this particular song is the ultimate example of the EVH Brown sound. Crunchy, dirty, clear, jagged, and smooth at the same time.
Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive: As far as I’m concerned this album has THE classic Les Paul/Marshall sound. Hard to believe the album in nearly 30 years old (and 30 years later, people are still trying to achieve that classic sound)
There are tons of others, but all those really stick in my head.
