Compressed sounds vs. Dynamic Sounds

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Ok, I think I've got an idea of what compressed and uncompressed amps sound like. I know that vintage Fenders like a '65 Twin Reverb are about as uncompressed as you can get. For the higher gain stuff, VHT seems to be the most uncompressed sounding. My question is this - name some of the guitar heroes that we all know, and rate their tone on a 1-5 scale where 1 is totally uncompressed and 5 is extreme squish. Start with the familiar guitar gods, but get into some lesser known people too.

Jimi?
SRV?
EVH?
Paul Gibert?
Pat Metheny?
Mike Stern?
Steve Vai?
 
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well jimi used a strat with an early marshall, but he did have a lot of feedback to compress his tone, so i'll give him a 3

EVH 35 - listen to eruption, he does solo, tap, double tap, and all of his notes are exaclty the same volume.

slow hand 5 - when I first heard some of creams stuff I thought he was playing a violin. big old lester neck pup no treble on guitar knobs, huge stacks of 100 watters dimed.

jimmy page 2 - he used a good amount of distortion, but songs like stairway and black dog range from some good compression to biting single notes in his chords on clean.
 
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kneadmomunny said:
well jimi used a strat with an early marshall, but he did have a lot of feedback to compress his tone, so i'll give him a 3
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Not to mention that he was also a big user of fuzz... itself a form of compression.

That said, Jimi also knew how to work his guitar volume and played alot of clean stuff as well.... so a 3 is probably fair since he covers both ends of the spectrum quite well.
 
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Frank Gambale -- 4. He squished it kinda hard.
Al DiMeola (fusion era) -- 4. Screaming to the cheap seats.
John McLaughlin (fusion era) -- 3. Subtlety underneath, but he stood on it when the need arose.
Yngvie -- inf + 5. Sweet J#$~$, his ax was almost as loud as his ego... or his hair.
SRV -- 3.5. He stayed just at the speed limit 'til the edge of town, then he burned rubber all the way to the border.
cry$tal's cousin, Pat Meth(eny)? (minus)1. I've never heard him screaming, just that damm Lexicon chorus swirling around.
 
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That said, Jimi also knew how to work his guitar volume and played alot of clean stuff as well.... so a 3 is probably fair since he covers both ends of the spectrum quite well.
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I think 3 is good to because while maybe it should be a compressed tone his playing is very dynamic.
 
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Alex Lifeson - 2 - Extremely BALLSY edgy crunchy crunch (Working Man is a great example)

YJM - 5 - Just liquid, sweet smooth tone, awesome aswell.

Angus Young - 1 - what can I say, its just pure ROUGH.


I guess the diff between Angus and YJM is THE difference
 
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