What guitar tone blew you away?

[Demanic]

This was 30 years ago. And live. In East Berlin.
https://youtu.be/IIYIUEw1EbI

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[Mincer]

Always loved Steve Morse's tone on this tune (and his crazy picking during the solo):

 

[Erlend_G]

I remember when I first heard Satriani's "Surfing with the Alien", and how he made the guitar sing, in a vocal manner.

It has been a major influence and inspiration for me, until this day.

-I've written, maybe 40 complete "songs", but only two of them have lyrics- the rest are instrumentals. Where i try to achieve the same "singing guitar" that Satriani did.

Erlend ♪ =)

 

[Butch Snyder]

I saw Al Dimeola on Don Kershner's rock concert, and my life was changed.

For me, it wasn't Al's tone, so much as it was what he played. I was a total Metal and Prog guy in the early 80s. Saw Al on the back of a Guitar Player magazine. My friend said, "I heard he plays stuff like LaVilla Strangiato". I bought "Land Of The Midnight Sun". Blew me away.

As far as tones, it would be:
1. Boston - Don't Look Back
2. Larry Carlton - Song For Katie (solo on his ES-335)
3. Larry Carlton - All In Good Time
4. Albert Lee - Country Boy
5. Brent Mason - all his Alan Jackson tunes

 

[Mincer]

Al is mostly playing acoustic these days, but still sounds great.

 

[Butch Snyder]

Al is mostly playing acoustic these days, but still sounds great.

Yes, mostly nylon string. He kind of lost me after "Electric Rendezvous". It was like he was trying to do the Pat Metheny GR and Sinclavier thing. That said, "Kiss My Axe" wasn't too awful.

 

[Mincer]

Yes, mostly nylon string. He kind of lost me after "Electric Rendezvous". It was like he was trying to do the Pat Metheny GR and Sinclavier thing. That said, "Kiss My Axe" wasn't too awful.

Saw him on the Kiss My Axe tour. Saw him on his most recent tour, too, with an Indian tabla player and a Latin percussionist. All on nylon string (with a pick, of course).

 

[El Dunco]

Can we mention any of our own tones if they were on a published work that blew us away when we “found” it or on playback?

 

[justFred]

Bloomfield!!!

 

[Artie]

Neal Schon on Escape

Also, Neal's solo on "Lights." It pretty much the only Journey song I listen to.

Chris Rea - Nothing to Fear

Pretty much anything by Chris R.

 

[solspirit]

I forgot Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall
... actually all the tones on all of them, but specially the solo tone on part 2.

My family used to take the p**s as I sang "Dogs and cats are in the classroom
Teacher leave them kids alone."

But at 4 I was hardly too familiar with dark sarcasm.

Hahaha. I just went into the third grade and already I was on my way to the principles office. It was playing in the hall and I was singing that part as loud as I could.

 

[PFDarkside]

Money for Nothing!

 

[LLL]

As far as hard rock tones go, this remains the grail:

You'll appreciate the ISO'd guitar here:

 

[NegativeEase]

I love David Pajo's tones on most things from Slint to Tortoise to Zwan etc

good example at 2:40

 

[Ascension]

I remember when I first heard Satriani's "Surfing with the Alien", and how he made the guitar sing, in a vocal manner.

It has been a major influence and inspiration for me, until this day.

-I've written, maybe 40 complete "songs", but only two of them have lyrics- the rest are instrumentals. Where i try to achieve the same "singing guitar" that Satriani did.

Erlend ♪ =)

I understand Satch got me also. However one of the absolute best player of singing melodies is Neil Zaza. Met Neil in the late 1980's while he was doing clinics for Hamer. I was working fr a dealer and we had a clinic. Over the next couple years he and the Hamer Rep dropped by and hung out with us a few times while passing through headed to Nashville. Neil absolutely floored me with his sheer joy of playing, technical ability and also his sense of fluid melody. Great guy to just hang with and a VERY inspiring player!!
Neil is now one of the Carvin /Kiesel guys and we still keep in touch.

 

[Mincer]

Always loved this Strat tone...and the dynamics in his playing:

 

[Top-L]

The first ten years of playing guitar, there wasn't a specific tone that made me want to play. Early headbangers ball, modded marshalls, were the sound, and the songs/hooks/solos were what I liked.

Tone quest only comes years later when you find out you don't sound like the record.

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

I forgot to soundbyte a tone.

 

[75lespaul]

Yeah, I was pretty blown away the first time I heard Boston. Great tone. Not the tone I personally go for but great rock tone nonetheless.

Exactly! I could never really USE that tone, unless I was covering Boston, but OMG, what a tone.

 

[Ascension]

One tone was Eric Stekel since he went to Mezabarbara Mzero amps. The tones are just jaw dropping now!! Only had a chance to play through one Mezabarbara am a little 18 watt single channel combo. Amp absolutely floored me and I made an offer on it on the spot. Was at my local guitar center and is still the best small single 12 combo I have ever heard. Like the best blackfaced pre CBS Fender Deluxe you ever heard but more.
Check this out live with the Mezabarbara