Guitarists with Great/Bad tone

demonrail666 · 08.04.2007, 10:05 AM

I can't play the guitar for shit, but love to listen. Anyway, which guitarists do you think have the best and worst tone?

Savage Clone · 08.04.2007, 10:18 AM

Great:
Iommi
J. Osborne of Electric Wizard
Birdmen of Alkatraz
Wayne Rogers

MellySingsDoom · 08.04.2007, 10:25 AM

I like the sound Roy Harper gets on hs acoustic guitar, and as for the electric, you can't go wrong with Tom G Warrior from Celtic Frost.

Onani Nic · 08.04.2007, 10:30 AM

Matt Pike of Sleep/High on Fire comes to mind.
Link Wray
Jay Reatard

MellySingsDoom · 08.04.2007, 10:34 AM

Hot:

Greg Ginn in his prime i.e. before his playing got derailed by John McLauglin-style jazz-fusion-metal nonsense.
Keith Richards / Mick Taylor circa "Exile on Main Street"

Not:

The inevitable Malmsteen / Satriani /Vai axis of widdle.
Much Flea-style jazz-rock-funk bass fusionry.
Paul Weller's sub-Steve Marriot sweaty rock clumping of recent years.
Me.

Washing Machine · 08.04.2007, 11:52 AM

The guitar tone on the old Smashing Pumpkins albums (Gish,Siamese Dream) is amazing...so gotta go for Billy Corgan

Thurston and Lee's tone has to be my favourite

SynthethicalY · 08.04.2007, 11:54 AM

Has anyne said Tom Morello as being bad? If not that is my pick.

Torn Curtain · 08.04.2007, 01:37 PM

Great:
Tom Verlaine
Lee Underwood
Nick Drake
Jeff Buckley
Jeff Beck (when his music is worth a listen)
Johnny Marr
David Bowie & Tim Buckley on 12-string acoustic guitar
John McGeoch (when he played with Siouxsie)
Mick Taylor
Markus Acher from the Notwist
David Gilmour
Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond
Will Sergeant
Of course Thurston and Lee

Dead-Air · 08.04.2007, 02:23 PM

Jandek rules in both categories at once!

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 08.04.2007, 02:42 PM

i have bad tone.
cant ever get the sound I want.
Im getting close though.

pbradley · 08.04.2007, 03:47 PM

Steve Albini, king of tone

finding nobody · 08.04.2007, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pbradley

Steve Albini, king of tone

You can always tell it's his guitar when you hear it. I've never heard a guitar sound anything like his

atsonicpark · 08.04.2007, 06:19 PM

good tones:
polvo people
jesu/godflesh j. broaderick tones
steve albini
napalm death guitarist
dude from unsane/cutthroats 9
alex newport
trey spruance (really, the best guitarist around, period..)
paul leary
dudes from neurosis
wes borland
dude from deftones
dude from jawbreaker
fucking champs guys!!!!!!!!
deerhoof peeps
ponytail peeps
johnny marr
helios creed (no shit, eh?)
early misfits guitar (so fuzzy!)
man or astroman
dick dale
fripp (usually)
erase errata (until nightlife...)

not-so-good tone:
dude from phish (every song i've heard has the same shitty tone)
dude from system of a down (too dry)
sun city girls dude (though he is an amazing guitarist; it's probably the production is what usually makes his guitar tone kinda lack)
...
uh... That's about it. Most "professional" bands have good guitar tones and good drummers, if nothing else.

Savage Clone · 08.04.2007, 07:15 PM

The Fucking Champs' tone is godawful glassy techy ickiness.

atsonicpark · 08.04.2007, 08:23 PM

Nah, it's awesome and beautiful. Highly melodic. A metal band with neoclassical aspirations? Perfect.

Speaking of which, I forgot to mention the dude from Necrophagist.. he has a similiar tone on his solos.. amazing.

Savage Clone · 08.04.2007, 08:26 PM

Zebulon Pike>The Fucking Champs

ZEROpumpkins · 08.04.2007, 11:44 PM

T and Lee

Phlegmscope · 08.05.2007, 04:07 AM

I agree with ´clone abouy Jus Oborn.
Also Tim Cedar of Part Chimp and Rowland S. Howard of The Birthday Party

raging_nelly · 08.05.2007, 04:14 AM

Ryan Jarman
Jack White
Kurt Cobain
Thurston Moore

(all good)

atsonicpark · 08.05.2007, 06:56 AM

kurt cobain?! huh?

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MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	Hot: Greg Ginn in his prime i.e. before his playing got derailed by John McLauglin-style jazz-fusion-metal nonsense. Keith Richards / Mick Taylor circa "Exile on Main Street" Not: The inevitable Malmsteen / Satriani /Vai axis of widdle. Much Flea-style jazz-rock-funk bass fusionry. Paul Weller's sub-Steve Marriot sweaty rock clumping of recent years. Me. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	The guitar tone on the old Smashing Pumpkins albums (Gish,Siamese Dream) is amazing...so gotta go for Billy Corgan Thurston and Lee's tone has to be my favourite __________________ ....Of Course its some kinda cosmic payback for being too ironic!
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Steve Albini, king of tone
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	good tones: polvo people jesu/godflesh j. broaderick tones steve albini napalm death guitarist dude from unsane/cutthroats 9 alex newport trey spruance (really, the best guitarist around, period..) paul leary dudes from neurosis wes borland dude from deftones dude from jawbreaker fucking champs guys!!!!!!!! deerhoof peeps ponytail peeps johnny marr helios creed (no shit, eh?) early misfits guitar (so fuzzy!) man or astroman dick dale fripp (usually) erase errata (until nightlife...) not-so-good tone: dude from phish (every song i've heard has the same shitty tone) dude from system of a down (too dry) sun city girls dude (though he is an amazing guitarist; it's probably the production is what usually makes his guitar tone kinda lack) ... uh... That's about it. Most "professional" bands have good guitar tones and good drummers, if nothing else. __________________
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Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	The Fucking Champs' tone is godawful glassy techy ickiness.
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08.04.2007, 08:23 PM	#15
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Nah, it's awesome and beautiful. Highly melodic. A metal band with neoclassical aspirations? Perfect. Speaking of which, I forgot to mention the dude from Necrophagist.. he has a similiar tone on his solos.. amazing. __________________
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Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	Zebulon Pike>The Fucking Champs
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ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	T and Lee __________________
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Phlegmscope expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 1,246	I agree with ´clone abouy Jus Oborn. Also Tim Cedar of Part Chimp and Rowland S. Howard of The Birthday Party
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