Guitar slinger Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 I'm just copying the thread they started at the Les Paul section. It doesn't have to be one person alone. And you are freely to say: "I do have the best SG tone". So to start I'm gonna quote RichCI there on the Lester's thread: Me. Really' date=' and I'm not bragging or trying to be a smartass or anything. If I liked someone else's tone better, I'd probably be trying to sound more like them (although I'll admit to having some similarities to Billy Gibbon' tone...). [/quote'] In my case I think I almost got there. And the similarities, in my case, are to Thom Yorke' tone. Now my life is in danger. Enjoy yourselves.
hbomb76 Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 I think for sheer power and purity Angus Young. Like him or not, his SG has the biggest balls of them all. Others get interesting variations on it, but his tone slams you and squeezes you where you like it. Runners-up: "Leeds" Pete Townshend tone and Steve Marriott H-Bomb
freddairy Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Clapton. I don't know what happened to him, but I've heard bootlegs of Cream where as far as power and pure tone no one could touch him.
Kurt Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Angus Young! He has one of the best guitar tones in general. Because it´s just a good guitar through a good amp. And nothing else. Angus once said in an interview that the only effect between the guitar and the amp is him. B.t.w. I´m not an AC/DC Fan. Didn´t buy any of their stuff since Brian took over.
dem00n Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Its not a guitar but Cream's bass player (forgot his name) has a real nice sounds and use a SG bass.
Guitar slinger Posted February 26, 2009 Author Posted February 26, 2009 Its not a guitar but Cream's bass player (forgot his name) has a real nice sounds and use a SG bass. Indeed. Jack Bruce's tone was sorta overdriven and fuzzy. And he was stylish =)
MI_Canuck Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Todd Lewis from the Toadies, especially on the latest album (No Deliverance)... sweet tone... saw them live a few months ago...
duane v Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Barry Goudreau had a very healthy tone with his SG on the first two Boston albums.
Kiwi Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Angus, obviously, being the huge fan I am. As you might've guessed he was one of the reasons I bought an SG let alone started playing the guitar. I really like it because it's so simple and pure, yet so great. I guess it really shows how much you can do with just your fingers, a guitar, a cord and an amp One of my own pictures from last friday, when I saw them live at the Stockholm Globe Arena
Kurt Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Yep!! That´s guitar playing. No gimmicks, no bull, just the man and his guitar. His sound is reference.
dickey Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Dave Gurley from Big Brother, on the "Cheap Thrills" album. Listen to the intro to "Ball & Chain". The playing is mediocre,but that tone is unsurpassed!
SGman94 Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Angus Young and Toni Iommi have, hands down, the greatest tones to ever come out of SG's IMO
Guitar slinger Posted February 26, 2009 Author Posted February 26, 2009 Tony Iommi on Black Sabbath's second album Paranoid
rustycage Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Mick Box - Uriah Heep "Demons and Wizards"... love the tones on that record.
heymisterk Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Absolutely the "Live at Leeds"-era WHO, which I realize is more P-90s than SG. That's the reason I own my Classic and got rid of my Standard. My Guild S-100 with the JB/59 set-up did a much better Sabbath than my '95 Standard.
MI_Canuck Posted February 27, 2009 Posted February 27, 2009 Absolutely the "Live at Leeds"-era WHO' date=' which I realize is more P-90s than SG. That's the reason I own my Classic and got rid of my Standard. My Guild S-100 with the JB/59 set-up did a much better Sabbath than my '95 Standard.[/quote'] Townsend - yes! I actually think the Isle of Wight performance of Young Man Blues was better... Talk about TONE!!!! Between around the 4:00 and 5:00 mark Pete is absolutely on fire!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqRytQospMA
ssgfowler Posted February 27, 2009 Posted February 27, 2009 This guy. The reason I picked up a guitar in 1983 in the first place. (BTW, I didn't make that photo, the guy sitting 2 seats left of me did, 01/31/09, Nashville, Tennessee. Loudest, greatest concert I've ever seen!)
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