Jake E Lee tone
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TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
Re: Jake E Lee tone
Jake used old Charvels originally, which you can now get exact replicas made of by Wayne Charvel himself (Wayne Rock Legend). I have one and it nails the old Jake E Lee/Warren DiMartini tone excellently. Later he was using a signature ESP model. For the Badlands stuff, Jake was using a Budda 1/2 stack.
If you like Jake E Lee, check out the Rush tribute CD on Magna Carta, which he plays on, and definitely check out his solo album "A Fine Pink Mist".
Jake used old Charvels originally, which you can now get exact replicas made of by Wayne Charvel himself (Wayne Rock Legend). I have one and it nails the old Jake E Lee/Warren DiMartini tone excellently. Later he was using a signature ESP model. For the Badlands stuff, Jake was using a Budda 1/2 stack.
If you like Jake E Lee, check out the Rush tribute CD on Magna Carta, which he plays on, and definitely check out his solo album "A Fine Pink Mist".
superpete
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Re: Jake E Lee tone
Yeah, there was a guy who posted here who worked at SD and said that Jake has always used a JB. But I've seen it written many places that claim he used a prototype Holdsworth pickup.
RG 2570 said:according to the Email i got from him he always used a JB exclusivley in his strats from day one
Yeah, there was a guy who posted here who worked at SD and said that Jake has always used a JB. But I've seen it written many places that claim he used a prototype Holdsworth pickup.
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: Jake E Lee tone
Thanks again, ShredDog, for burning me all those Jake CD's. I've been listening to that stuff in my truck for the past 2 weeks. I've been paying a lot of attention to his tone, and what the ingredients are for it. I'm not sure, but I hear a lot of JCM 800 and what sounds like Budda SD 30 or 80. One thing I like about his tone is how wide open and raw it sounds. His sound is articulate but has a lot of greasy grind on the low end. Maybe it's just me, but I don't care a lot for the sound of his guitars, themselves. I think his tone would work better with humbuckers into wood, not on a pickguard, but that's just my personal opinion. One thing I love about Jake E Lee is that his chord work is almost more recognizeable than his solos, which is a good thing, considering that most "guitar heros" are just the opposite.
Did you guys ever notice that Ray Gillen uses the phrase "my way" in almost every song? "Come my way" "Go my way" etc. LOL
Thanks again, ShredDog, for burning me all those Jake CD's. I've been listening to that stuff in my truck for the past 2 weeks. I've been paying a lot of attention to his tone, and what the ingredients are for it. I'm not sure, but I hear a lot of JCM 800 and what sounds like Budda SD 30 or 80. One thing I like about his tone is how wide open and raw it sounds. His sound is articulate but has a lot of greasy grind on the low end. Maybe it's just me, but I don't care a lot for the sound of his guitars, themselves. I think his tone would work better with humbuckers into wood, not on a pickguard, but that's just my personal opinion. One thing I love about Jake E Lee is that his chord work is almost more recognizeable than his solos, which is a good thing, considering that most "guitar heros" are just the opposite.
Did you guys ever notice that Ray Gillen uses the phrase "my way" in almost every song? "Come my way" "Go my way" etc. LOL
JumpMarine
18 watts of Mayhemologist
Re: Jake E Lee tone
I love his tone in Badlands, I listen to the albums at least a couple of times a month. Never gets old for me.
I love his tone in Badlands, I listen to the albums at least a couple of times a month. Never gets old for me.
TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
Re: Jake E Lee tone
My favourite Gillen lyric is from Dusk:
'My brother John, loves the needle and the spoon
Cigarette hangs from his lips
Everybody thinks he's so crazy
But, he's really not that cool
I know the reason why ...'
Great stuff. I know, I know
fftopic: Couldn't help myself!
Anyway, It's a Marshall on the 1st Badlands and a Budda on Voodoo Highway and Dusk ...
Gearjoneser said:
My favourite Gillen lyric is from Dusk:
'My brother John, loves the needle and the spoon
Cigarette hangs from his lips
Everybody thinks he's so crazy
But, he's really not that cool
I know the reason why ...'
Great stuff. I know, I know
fftopic: Couldn't help myself!Anyway, It's a Marshall on the 1st Badlands and a Budda on Voodoo Highway and Dusk ...
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Lewguitar
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Re: Jake E Lee tone
He also used a hardtail Strat...not one with a vibrato. Without the vibrato a Strat starts to sound more like a Tele. As in: better!
Lew
He also used a hardtail Strat...not one with a vibrato. Without the vibrato a Strat starts to sound more like a Tele. As in: better!
Lew
cheezemaster
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Re: Jake E Lee tone
In the "Shot in the Dark" video, he's playing an SG Junior... but then again it's only a video. Maybe he just thought it looked cool. heheh.
In the "Shot in the Dark" video, he's playing an SG Junior... but then again it's only a video. Maybe he just thought it looked cool. heheh.
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