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Originally Posted by Blues4U
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That last Clapton clip was great. That's sort of classic strat blues tone. I just feel his current tone is just a little tweak away from being good. A little too much lows and a little light on the treble and it's really too compressed and mushy at the same time if that is possible. It's just sort of weird for me to describe what I don't like about it but I know what I don't like about it when I hear.
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That pretty much sums up my feelings on Clapton's tone. I don't mind the Strat through Fender tone at all, but he usually sounds so vanilla through that rig.
I've never been much of a Rolling Stones fan (like the Beatles, their music may just be too ubiquitous for me to appreciate), but Keith Richards has almost always been a really solid player with a great tone. Not the flashiest player, but he gets the job done.
I agree with whoever mentioned Stone Gossard and Mike McCready from Pearl Jam, although their tone has always been hit or miss. I did like a lot of McCready's stuff on the Mad Season album. Strat + Phase 90 + Marshall =
