Joe Walsh Tones
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bungalowbill
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Re: Joe Walsh Tones
Turn To Stone definitely has a phase shifter on it...probably an old Maestro.
Walsh is hard to pin down tone wise, he uses all sorts of gear.
Turn To Stone definitely has a phase shifter on it...probably an old Maestro.
Walsh is hard to pin down tone wise, he uses all sorts of gear.
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Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: Joe Walsh Tones
A Pro Co rat will get you some very Walsh approved tones...
A Pro Co rat will get you some very Walsh approved tones...
thespricket
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yes, although some of his best tones are easily acheived with a strat or les paul into a dirty tube amp. Most of his james gang stuff sounds about that way. I can nearly nail Funk #49 with my setup.
yes, although some of his best tones are easily acheived with a strat or les paul into a dirty tube amp. Most of his james gang stuff sounds about that way. I can nearly nail Funk #49 with my setup.
Rich_S
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Joe Walsh was a big LEslie user back in those days. I'm pretty sure Turn to Stone WAS a Leslie, and not a phase shifter. Of course it could have been both. He was heavily into experimenting with gear back in tose days.
Bit o' trivia: Joe Walsh was on the cover of the very first Guitar Player mag I ever saw, back in what, 1975? He was talking about different effects orders and opening up his Fender amps and moving components around - ideas I'd never heard of before. Probably damaged me for life.
Joe Walsh was a big LEslie user back in those days. I'm pretty sure Turn to Stone WAS a Leslie, and not a phase shifter. Of course it could have been both. He was heavily into experimenting with gear back in tose days.
Bit o' trivia: Joe Walsh was on the cover of the very first Guitar Player mag I ever saw, back in what, 1975? He was talking about different effects orders and opening up his Fender amps and moving components around - ideas I'd never heard of before. Probably damaged me for life.
bungalowbill
Luckybastidologist
Re: Joe Walsh Tones
You are probably right about the Leslie, Rich.....My old Maestro phase shifter would nail the Turn To Stone tone.
I miss that old pedal.
You are probably right about the Leslie, Rich.....My old Maestro phase shifter would nail the Turn To Stone tone.
I miss that old pedal.
FAC
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Joe has some of the coolest tones and licks ever. Whenever he's brought up in conversation, I still cannot believe he was left off Rolling Stones 100 best guitarists of all time...
Joe has some of the coolest tones and licks ever. Whenever he's brought up in conversation, I still cannot believe he was left off Rolling Stones 100 best guitarists of all time...
Kosh Naranek
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Joe is a great song writer too. The cool tones just compliment the great songs he writes.
A lot of rock bands in the 70's used Leslies in unconventional ways. Yes and Led Zeppelin have tunes with vocals run through a Leslie. There are a lot of 70's tunes with guitars played through Leslies too.
Walsh's uneffected tone - a Les Paul through an old loud Marshall - is classic. It's the quintessential 70s rock tone. Crunchy and punchy, with a smoother high end than the sizzle that became the norm in the 80's. That Marshall woof and thump are there, but the tone of the guitar and its vintage humbuckers comes through moreso than the with chunky, higher gain tones that prevailed in the 80's.
Joe is a great song writer too. The cool tones just compliment the great songs he writes.
A lot of rock bands in the 70's used Leslies in unconventional ways. Yes and Led Zeppelin have tunes with vocals run through a Leslie. There are a lot of 70's tunes with guitars played through Leslies too.
Walsh's uneffected tone - a Les Paul through an old loud Marshall - is classic. It's the quintessential 70s rock tone. Crunchy and punchy, with a smoother high end than the sizzle that became the norm in the 80's. That Marshall woof and thump are there, but the tone of the guitar and its vintage humbuckers comes through moreso than the with chunky, higher gain tones that prevailed in the 80's.
Re: Joe Walsh Tones
i hear Joe still has and uses that LP but in the 70's it had it's neck broken... the guy repaired it with a new hand made neck and Joe never liked it as much...
i hear Joe still has and uses that LP but in the 70's it had it's neck broken... the guy repaired it with a new hand made neck and Joe never liked it as much...
J Moose
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That ain't a Les Paul on Funk#49 and a lot of the James Gang though... I'd be shocked. Sounds like a Tele to me... would love to know what amp he played through, probably an old Marshall or something.
Doesn't matter much...
Joe Walsh is great.
That ain't a Les Paul on Funk#49 and a lot of the James Gang though... I'd be shocked. Sounds like a Tele to me... would love to know what amp he played through, probably an old Marshall or something.
Doesn't matter much...
Joe Walsh is great.
thespricket
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Re: Joe Walsh Tones
To my ears it sounds more like a strat, its what he plays now when he does it live.
To my ears it sounds more like a strat, its what he plays now when he does it live.
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