Chasing my ultimate lead tone

[Kosh Naranek]

Here are some tunes I laid down in the last couple of weeks as background while I mess with different amps and effects to try to get the lead tone I wanna hear. It's similar to some of the tones heard on David Gilmour's 1978 solo album.
The guitar on all three tunes is my Peavey USA Limited with a Duncan Live Wires vintage single coil set.
On the first two tracks, I went into a Tweak Fuzz, then to a Mesa Boogie Formula preamp, a Marshall 20-20 power amp and a Peavey Penta 4-12 with Celestions. I also fed a Toneworks G4 Leslie simulator with a direct line out from the power amp.
I'm not typically a fuzz pedal guy, but since I understand Gilmour gets his amazing tone with a cheezy sounding Big Muff, I tried the Tweak fuzz.
Days Pass
The sustain wasn't quite there, and the tone is in the ball park, but not quite what I want to hear yet.

Not satisfied with the lack of sustain I was getting from my Tweak Fuzz or my Lava Box, I took advantage of GC's one day only 15% off deal Christmas day and ordered a Way Huge Swollen Pickle after hearing the sound clip "Which One's Pickle?" on Way Huge's site. When it got here, sure enough, it had loads of sustain, and I was able to dial in a more organic, not so hippy-trippy fuzz tone. I ran it into my Fender Super sonic head, with the Bassman voicing on the clean channel. The rest of the rig, the speaker cab and G4 Leslie simulator, was same as above. I got much closer to the sound I'm after with this rig.
The lead guitar doesn't come in until 3:50 into this piece because I got carried away with composition, building it, and layering vocal harmonies.
Better Days

 

[tmmblues]

Re: Chasing my ultimate lead tone

In the video from Pompei, Gilmour explains his signal path…fuzz to wah to flanger to delay to chorus is my best recollection

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Chasing my ultimate lead tone

You probally know the Gilmourish site??
Anyways David has always loved to have his sound close to feeding back, as the feeling in the fingers is quite imminent that way!
But that I can hear you got in your clip
Compressors, chorus and flangers and the Uni-vibe, Hiwatts with 4x12 cabs with Fanes.
And not to forget...the ever present feel of calmness and that stroll like way of playing
As for the old 78 record, a Big Muff is indeed the way to go....try a few different out, none are quite alike.
The one preffered is the one that sounds like a wall of sound, not so much the screaming ones....
(Gotta buy a Hiwatt again)
Here is the link to Gilmourish.
http://www.gilmourish.com/

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

Re: Chasing my ultimate lead tone

The tone on "Days Pass" is really tasty and quite Gilmourish. Love the phrasing as well.

In the video from Pompei, Gilmour explains his signal path…fuzz to wah to flanger to delay to chorus is my best recollection

Have that video. Love it, but I don't recall Gilmour talking about his signal path. You sure that's from Live at Pompeii?

- Keith