LGK_Dude Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I know you can "play anything with anything," but I need some recommendations for tone. I write Progressive Rock (example below) and the Guitars I'm interested in either have Gibson 57's or Gibson 490r/498t's in them. http://www.fieldsfaraway.com/jon/RoundV2.8.1.mp3 (Skip to about 2:30min into the song for more guitar) Since we write in such a variety of styles, variety of tone is really important to me. However, the most important is getting a nice good hard rock sound. Has anyone been able to pull off a good Hard Rock sound with Gibson 57 pickups? Have you been able to push it into Metal territory? Or would it be better to go 490r/498t? Guitar sounds I like are from bands like Rush, Dream Theater, or that really warm Bush guitar sound. But then again, I'm also interested in a more "modern sound"... Thanks in advance for your help! edit: would still love user opinions, but for those wanting to dig deeper I found this great article from gibson about their different pickups! http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/tone-hunting-0309-2011/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Hi and welcome... As always, some of the tone is in the fingers Alex-Rush uses a 335 as is well known, so '57 type tones are well usable A hard-rock OD can work wonders...as can OD+EQ to taste... The amp can also be pivotal to great tone... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 This guitar has a set of 57's in it. You can decide it it's metal enough. I think them because they will do just about any style you can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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