Let's Talk Lead Tones.

[Bludave]

Re: Let's Talk Lead Tones.

I use two different amps. A Marshall 900 DR combo and a Fender Super Reverb. My preference is to run the guitar straight in, but in the Fender I use a TS9 mainly for a little more sustain, and a slight volume boost. In the Marshall straight in and if I want to send it over the edge I have a Marshall BB pedal in front, but only when I want it to really scream!! The difference that guitars makes is amazing. I have a 335, LP, and SG, as well as Tele's and Strats. Each instrument really gives me a very different tone. So the choice of guitars is really what makes the difference in the lead tone!

 

[Scott_F]

Re: Let's Talk Lead Tones.

For that classic fendery tone, the tweed deluxe is the bomb. I'm going to build a tweed super and with an aby pedal, that ought to be a nice rig for small clubs and the like.

Then there's the bad cat. Nuff said? naw. AC30 with verb and trem. now. nuff said.

I would like to find a pedal that can give me a bit more of the carlton/ford dumbly tone. Any suggestions?

 

[brinton]

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Guitar (rhythm/neck pickup) into wah pedal (not used for wah-ing usually, as much as set to a middle position as a tone filter), into high-gain amp... that's my current anyway.

Yeah I forgot to put that, I ALWAYS have my wah right after the guitar :smack:

 

[jeremy]

Re: Let's Talk Lead Tones.

i have a few favorites.

hamer daytona aps2 neck and middle, twangbanger bridge into my blues jr with all the knobs on 12. killer blues solo tones

les paul with antiquitys into my jcm 800, neck pup is killer for allmans style stuff. the bridge pup with a voodoo lab super fuzz is a great high gain rock lead tone.

one of my guitars (chambered alder/maple top teleish thing with a pearly gates set) into my twin cranked up to about 7 with a vox valvetone (with or without rotosphere)

 

[dystrust]

Re: Let's Talk Lead Tones.

I did a little knob tweaking on my 2555 and couldn't believe the tone I was getting. I was running my LP into a Maxon OD-9 into the amp, set like:

Presence: 5
Bass: 8
Middle: 8
Treble: 6.5
Output Master: LOUD
Lead Master: 10
Input Gain: 10

I have the OD volume all the way up, gain at 10 o'clock, and tone at 11 o'clock. Very impressive singing gain, I loved the tone I was getting playing "For the Love of God" on the neck pup of the LP.