saturn Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 It's funny I've seen a few people mention Aldo Nova. I thought I was the only one to remember him. He did have a great tone on the albums, but I saw him live twice. Once opening for B.O.C. (my first concert) and once opening for Rainbow. He was horrible both times. It just sounded like a bunch of noise with no melody and you couldn't even hear the vocals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avidn Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 The greatest is up to interpretation. One person may prefer blondes, another brunettes, another redheads. No wrong or right answer here. Overlooked so far; Jeff Beck .... Blow by Blow~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson CS Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 PAGE's live sound after that, probably ACE, Randy Rhodes, or maybe daune eddy thoose guys have the sounds that please me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Gibson LP 1) Randy Rhodes 2) Alex Lifeson 3) Zack Wilde 4/5) Axe 4/5) Thundergod 100) Me (still trying to find MY tone) Gibson SG 1) Tony Iommi 2) Angus Young Sorry about the SG listing, but they are truly worth mentioning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlekenny Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 alright, I think I need to update my list and add ace frehley to it. I just spent the last half hour or so listening to mainly Frehley's Comet and man, I never really listened to him (kiss or his solo stuff) that much before but he has a very nice tone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 +1 for Gibbons... listen to the Fandango album side A (the live side)... still one of my favorite live Les Paul recordings ever. So fat! +1 Paul Kossoff - was listening to the Free box set today - full of live and rare tracks. Man, he consistently had it goin on. Sweet and warm. What more could you ask for. Haven't seen the Allman Brothers mentioned yet in this thread - Dickey and Duane still give me shivers on the Fillmore recordings. Warren Haynes ain't bad either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 One person may prefer blondes' date=' another brunettes, another redheads. No wrong or right answer here.[/quote']Hair on their head, yeah. Elsewhere it doesn't matter to me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Page's tone was not done with LP and Marshalll, that was only live. Recording he would use Tele's and Guilds and lots and lots of overdubs. And that legendary rumored Super O at least for the first two records. http://pyzeppelin.free.fr/photos/page/jim68_telecaster.jpg And slash used modded Marshalls, for mid shaping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eitoip Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Eric Clapton in John Mayall's BLuesbreakers, and early Cream. Most of Fresh Cream was recorded on a LP and just listen to that sound he gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooperoni Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Yup' date=' Billy Gibbons, I gotta wonder if he's using a Lester in the song "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide", that IS the quintessential "'Top tune"...and the noise that guitar's making is quite pleasing to my ear.[/quote'] Not on the lead track, he used a custom made, half size, short scaled guitar tuned to G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaker Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I am with Eitoip. Eric Clapton in the Bluesbreakers days. "Hideaway" and "All of your love" in the Beano album really say it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Ultimate tone for me is; Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Tony Iommi.... I guess you can tell I'm old school... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi13ts Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Gary Moore. And the guy AXE posted a pic of... a close third would be me. Exactly! Gary Moore is unbeatable in terms of tone and soul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Page's tone was not done with LP and Marshalll' date=' that was only live. Recording he would use Tele's and Guilds and lots and lots of overdubs. [/quote']Years ago I read somewhere that the solo to Stairway was done with a Tele thru a little Champ or Supro. Realized that the little lunch box amps were the most widely used in the studio by everybody. All the Marshalls sat in a warehouse waiting to be loaded into a truck for the tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FennRx Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Years ago I read somewhere that the solo to Stairway was done with a Tele thru a little Champ or Supro. Realized that the little lunch box amps were the most widely used in the studio by everybody. All the Marshalls sat in a warehouse waiting to be loaded into a truck for the tour. he used hiwatts i believe up till 71 for live stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffmeister76 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Slash's sound is awesome. Its not the kinda sound I'd want to dial up but when I listen to the solo IN Sweet child I think that his sound is soooooooooooo Les Paul yet has his own twist. Its gold. Zakk get's a great heavy sound and JP gets a great raw vintage LP sound. Its outta those 3 for me as the best LP sounds around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffmeister76 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 P,S. I love the Les Paul tone on The Darkness - permission to Land ( 1st album ) Havent heard it? get on it. Great LP sound reference. You can really hear the difference between LP into marshall and LP into Boogie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porschemunkey Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Burn me in effigy, but I like the sounds the guitarist for the Bullet Boys used to get from his Les Pauls. "Talk to your Daughers" and "Smooth Up in Ya" have great sounds. I like the work he does with the volume knob to vary the sound throughout those songs. Also Cinderella's guitarist had a good rock sound in "Nobody's Fool". Early Def Leppard has some great rythym playing through Steve's Les Pauls too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Early Def Leppard has some great rythym playing through Steve's Les Pauls too. Surprised he hasn't been mentioned in the wear-it-low-thread also. He's got the same strap length as Slash I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mety Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I'm pretty sure that he's only used SG's (most are Gibsons' date=' but there are other makers he uses, too) and a few strats.[/quote'] This surprised me - Paranoid was played on a Les Paul! Q. Your choice of an SG was also a little bit off the beaten path inasmuch as everybody else was playing Les Pauls and Stratocasters. A. Yeah, that’s right. I could never use a Les Paul because it was too big for me, too bulky in the back. It never felt comfortable. But I did use a white Les Paul. I did “Paranoid” on a Les Paul, an old one. And I used a black Les Paul, a Black Beauty, just to try something different than the SG. But that was the first and last time I used a Les Paul. I could never get the hang of it; I always wanted to but I could never do it. I could never get that sound that everybody else used to get. I remember there was this kid who used to jam with us around that time and he used one of my Les Pauls and plugged into my amp and he got that Les Paul sound. I thought, “Bloody hell!” I used to use a Fender. I actually started the first album with a Strat. We worked on “Wicked World” but it went wrong and I had this SG, which I had never used. It was just sitting there and I thought, “Oh, I’d rather use this.” The full interview is here: http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/Features/tonyiommionearlyblacksabb/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.L.E. Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Hubert Sumlin. His coaxed some really gritty tones out of the LP Goldtop. Take a listen "to Moanin' at Midnight," (Hubert played with Howlin' Wolf) and you'll here what I'm talking about. There ain't too many sounds prettier than a finger-picked Les Paul playing the Blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Hubert Sumlin. His coaxed some really gritty tones out of the LP Goldtop. Take a listen "to Moanin' at Midnight' date='"(Hubert played with Howlin' Wolf) and you'll here what I'm talking about. There ain't too many sounds prettier than a finger-picked Les Paul playing the Blues.[/quote'] +1 on Mr. Sumlin! A lot of his riffs with Wolf sound killer with a more modern tone too. Learn 'em, play em, it's great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RONNIESIZE Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 i'll have to go with Warren haynes of govt mule - i like his tone and feel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradmeister Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Oooohh, "Smooth Up in Ya" does have a great groove. I second Clark in Def Leppard. You can't go wrong with Tonemaster Gibbons -- he is the master. I do have to admit, though, that some of my favorite guitar tones/sounds are NOT LPs. I loved Mike Turner in Our Lady Peace -- his sound was so raw. The boys in Catherine Wheel had a great sound, too -- that sharp, wall of guitars coming at you. -Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson CS Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 For me' date=' I have to say that it's Page and Slash; my two biggest influences/heroes.[/quote'] I love Led Zeppelin but I don't know if Page is one of my heroes, he was WAY sloppy live. I think that if a band (or guitarist) is bad live then I don't care if they have the best studio recording in the world. Slash on the other hand, get in the studio, great live. My biggest hero. But don't take this the wrong way I'm not tryin to diss you, like I said, I love Led Zeppelin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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