DrNewcenstein
He Did the Monster Mash
Re: Some Commentary About Classic Guitar Tones
When I got my first real Gibson SG, it sounded more like Judas Priest and Black Sabbath than the Les Paul copy I had been using, probably due more to the Gibson pickups, and because I knew both used an SG.
My 2008 Charvel USA SoCal with the original DiMarzio humbuckers in it sounded closer to vintage Iron Maiden than my Jackson Dinky with Duncans.
My old MexiStrat with the stock pickups sounded closer to SRV and Hendrix and Trower than my USA LP Standard did.
A friend of mine played the solo to Diary of a Madman on my old bolt-on LP copy with the stock covered pickups through my BOSS SuperOD and MXR Dist+ into a 20w Gorilla amp and it sounded identical to the recorded tone coming through my stereo.
It ain't the arrow, it's the Indian.
When I got my first real Gibson SG, it sounded more like Judas Priest and Black Sabbath than the Les Paul copy I had been using, probably due more to the Gibson pickups, and because I knew both used an SG.
My 2008 Charvel USA SoCal with the original DiMarzio humbuckers in it sounded closer to vintage Iron Maiden than my Jackson Dinky with Duncans.
My old MexiStrat with the stock pickups sounded closer to SRV and Hendrix and Trower than my USA LP Standard did.
A friend of mine played the solo to Diary of a Madman on my old bolt-on LP copy with the stock covered pickups through my BOSS SuperOD and MXR Dist+ into a 20w Gorilla amp and it sounded identical to the recorded tone coming through my stereo.
It ain't the arrow, it's the Indian.