Amazing Tone!

[LLL]

Now wait a tick; I thought about it all and have to say that all of the advice here is garbage.

The real answer is thus:

Tone is in the fingers.

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[ErikH]

A stack of Gorilla Amps, all slaved together.

 

[NegativeEase]

I shall give you the precise formula for amazing tone.

I have almost 40 years experience in the field - includes playing guitar, playing live, owning/running 24 channel 3000W PA, building/modding guitars, building/modding tube amps, building/modding stomps, mixing, recording, engineering, tone testing, tone cloning, studying the greats, etc

Basically speaking (and for the layman), I have a PhD in tone (and I'm still learning new tricks).

Here are my highly experienced nuggets of tone widsom:

You'll need -

- a guitar (doesn't matter what brand)
- an amp (tube, but doesn't have to be)
- a speaker (doesn't matter what brand)
- a boost/OD or distortion pedal (doesn't matter what brand)
- add delay for more amazing tone (doesn't matter what brand)
- add trem for even more amazing tone (doesn't matter what brand)
- set all amp and pedal knobs to around "5" and leave them, if you attempt to tweak anything, you'll just get confused

Now you may be wondering why I didn't recommend any brands, well... the brands don't matter because it all sounds pretty much the same between them anyways

Finally, if you can't afford some of that gear listed, then just get a BOSS Metal Zone and go straight into the board.

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[NegativeEase]

Yeah but, will this get me Dimebag tone?

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Said no one... ever.

Actually, I bet that was said a lot in 1991.

 

[Bogner]

Whatever you get, and whatever else you do, make sure you set the bass to 1 oclock and the mids to 11 oclock. Treble to taste, but make sure it is between 10 and 2.

Make sure you only use a Fender Strat. You Cant Go Wrong With a Fender Strat.

I heard them stratamocasters can really bring the toanz. Thanks for the heads up on the treble control. What about the gain thingy? Would a half stack cut the mixer more better?

 

[Bogner]

I get my best results with a DOD Grunge into a Fender Frontman 10W. If it’s a quieter rig I use a Boss AC-2.

To get Kurt’s Nirvana MTV Unplugged tone I play the AC2 into the DOD. You can’t tell it apart from the record.

Sounds heavy. How much does it weigh? I like what I am hearing here.

 

[Bogner]

I love Strats, but that is one of the laziest, dumbest things I have ever heard someone say in a guitar store.

I heard it in a parking lot once, does that count?

 

[Bogner]

Just DM'd you a secret exact prescription for your gear and dial settings

I never received it, maybe it hooked up with my missing plug in email and they are making mad toanz together?

 

[NegativeEase]

I think we all know the actual answer.

This:

Plus This:

 

[Bogner]

good strat->bf super reverb. volume 4, treble 6, mids, 5, bass 4, reverb 3. boom. amazing clean tone

WOW!

I had been using Bass - 8, Treble - 6, Mids - 7, Presence - 5, Master - 3, Gain - 0, Channel volume - 9 on my Jenny amp.

 

[Bogner]

Also, Bogner

You need to fill this out before achieving internet tone mastery

https://www.fullsail.edu/admissions...Gr7oUxC_CyreHEbO99ctKSH11oxRwnVRoCdvMQAvD_BwE

I will have my tech do it. He fixes everything.

 

[Bogner]

Yeah, I'd say also, the Fender Magic Six settings on a Twin, Deluxe, Super Reverb, Vibroverb etc etc from a nice single coil guitar is homerun for good tone.

I don't play golf though.

 

[Bogner]

If you want amazing tone, learn to play guitar really well. Focus on touch, dynamics, and rhythm. You can sound great with cheap gear if you know what the **** you're doing.

Can you teach me?

 

[NegativeEase]

I don't play golf though.

I was going to say, I don't know enough about Golf to even get that joke.

I've done the math on the hobby of Golf, buying more amps is better.

 

[GuitarStv]

Can you teach me?

Hell no, why do you think I'm on this forum looking for an easy way out like all the rest of you???

 

[Bogner]

yes, if you are a great player you can sound good on almost anything. but youll sound better with a good rig than a bad one. same player, same notes, same touch and feel on a line 6 vs '64 super reverb. would be an easy decision for me

All I have a closet queen all original 1959 Les Pauls and 1952 Telecasters and a Pod. I only have vintage gear. is that too old? I heard newer is more better. Something called an auto tune or something. I don't know, I am not much into cars.

 

[GuitarStv]

I think we all know the actual answer.

This:

Plus This:

Correct tone on that amp is tone knobs set to 666.

 

[Bogner]

It is a disturbing trend indeed.

You all so nice!

 

[Bogner]

Jesus man, dont start. We both know what you are saying is totally true but the context of the question is about the gear portion of the tone quest and you will just bring out the naysayers about tone in the fingas...

Keep the fluff to a minimum please ladies. Let's keep this thread on track with the toanz.

 

[Bogner]

But practicing takes away from my interwebs tone forums!

Yeah, I don't want to practice, I just want settings to sound good so it appears I have been practicing a lot. I mean a lot a lot.