How do I get this tone?

[tendiss]

Dear members,

 

I am a fairly new guitar player, only playing for self-entertainment but been interested in various tones. This one is really effect related and I am inexperienced with effects.

 

This is the song in question:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-1zb4TDQwU

 

No matter how hard I try, I cannot even come close to the tone he uses. To be honest I have not the faintest idea.

I am particularly interested in the trilling part around 3:40 where the trilling has some kind of fat sound, but ends with a huge squeal. As far as I know that is pinch harmonics, but I couldnt ever make my guitar scream like that.

 

I use Epiphone Les Paul Custom Alpine White, a KORG AX10G multieffect an Artec Analog Delay and a Harley Benton 20G combo.

The closest tone I could get was with relatively high distortion, lot of gain, some reverb, some delay and filter. But its still far far away and the squeals are nowhere near like that. I tried pinching from every possible position on that Les Paul without getting a similar squeal.

 

I would greatly appreciate any help from anyone, especially effect-whores

 

Thank you in advance!

[Twiz]

I'm totally guessing here, so I apologize if this doesn't help.

 

Hmmm, you're definitely the right track with a bit of a delay. There's a ton of reverb as well. The tone to me doesn't really sound overly distorted. I'd recommend maybe just a slight overdrive of some kind. For that part around 3:40, it sounds to me like he's using his neck pickup. Towards the end, it sounds like there's maybe a slight flange, or something? I dunno. I heard a whooshy kind of airplane taking off sound. Mainly, I think reverb and an overdrive should get you close. As for the squeals, that's probably just a combination of the guitar and his fingers. Try a lighter gauge set of strings. -That might help with those pesky pinch-harmonics.

[GIANTRobOT420]

Heres a list of the gear he uses. It might help your journey

[ZenKen]

Keep in mind that tone doesn't come merely from the equipment and settings. It comes, to a large degree, from the player's fingers. And while you can never be sure what went on in the studio, I don't think BH was playing Gibbys back then and what we here on this recording may even be coming from single coils.

[deepblue]

The signal is so heavily processed. I think we need an enigma machine to decipher the code.

[GIANTRobOT420]

The signal is so heavily processed. I think we need an enigma machine to decipher the code.

[deepblue]

 

I have no idea what the picture represents? lol

[Flight959]

Hmmmmmm, Is your pick guard on or off??? :)

[ChanMan]

That particular riff doesn't sound that hard, so I'd say just practice.

 

 

Also, try changing where you pick when you do your harmonics; you can change the tone you get.

 

Good luck!

[duane v]

I can get that tone all day out of my VOX AC50[confused] ..... But of course BH has mojo in those fingers of his, which is tough to account for.