Successful Rockers That Were Tone Deficient

[Bobby Mahogany]

@ LeftyF2003: FWIW, The MXR Distortion pedal was an ear tearier...

Friend of mine had one. It sounded bad.

 

[madaxeman]

I personally never cared for the tones of Vai and Satch. I reckon some of the tricks players use to aid in speed or perceived speed - compression, saturation, distortion, ceramic p'ups etc.. they have a detrimental affect on tone.
Most of it is in the fingers though so they say, but good tone is subjective as well they say...so it's all a load of bollocks really.

 

[OldBenKenobi]

Here's a breakdown of what is probably his last rig

He was wearing to Zakk Wylde in that post.

 

[LeftyF2003]

He was wearing to Zakk Wylde in that post.

Oh - opps!

 

[DHBucker]

I think you are insane or deaf.

Or perhaps poking fun/playing devil's advocate.

 

[DHBucker]

I will,

I love James Burton's playing and classic tele tone..........awesome....

Scotty Moore had the tonez and the rockabilly swagger and made a badass 50's Elvis a badass musically.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Not available on iPad... Probably a good thing...

You, sir, are my favorite rednecky ear-plugger.

Listen to the goddamned thing already ... if you guys have discovered desktops yet.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I hate SRV's abuse of the inbetween Strat tones, too. Fuggin' annoying to my ears. I hate it for the never ending throngs of horrible imitators, too.

Okay, I liked your last post before this, even though I'm an EJ fan, but goddamn, this is horseshit. Stevie Ray used neck p'up most of the time anyways -- and who the hell asked a SoCal guy about blues tones?!

I love you, Dub, but goddamn, you have stepped.over.the.line.

 

[EasyAce]

-- and who the hell asked a SoCal guy about blues tones?!

Well, I the hell have asked (figuratively speaking) these gentlemen about California blues tones . . .

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrJy5cCOIdY]Lowell Fulson (Okie born, transplanted to SoCal in the 1940s), "Black Nights"[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lIG-Ilc-bk]Canned Heat (Los Angeles), "When Things Go Wrong (It Hurts Me Too)"[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQdlO0zgh1E]Pee Wee Crayton (L.A. and San Francisco), "Rockin' the Blues"[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdTgyyUcAYQ]Johnny "Guitar" Watson (moved to LA at 15 and stayed West Coast), "A Real Mother For Ya"[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQYowFNPci8]Junior Watson (SoCal), "Blues After Hours"[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_mpf9IyPGI]Joe Louis Walker (San Francisco, and Mike Bloomfield's longtime house mate), "Hornet's Nest"[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y7qrkPOLd8]Sonny Rhodes (texas born, stayed in California after his 1950s hitch in the Navy), "If the Blues Fits, Wear It"[/ame]

And, anyway, our friend mdubya hails from Oakland, Maryland . . .

 

[jonas335]

I've always been a fan of Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton but it's not easy to listen to those God-awful piercing tones. Maybe they were both going deaf from too much tele-tone and just kept cranking the treble...PS - I love Teles...

 

[Joeydego]

I always dug SRV tone I dunno.

 

[edro]

You, sir, are my favorite rednecky ear-plugger.

Listen to the goddamned thing already ... if you guys have discovered desktops yet.

Well, I guess I'll listen on my other machine later since you asked so damn nicely...

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Well, I the hell have asked (figuratively speaking) these gentlemen about California blues tones . . .

Lowell Fulson (Okie born, transplanted to SoCal in the 1940s), "Black Nights"

Canned Heat (Los Angeles), "When Things Go Wrong (It Hurts Me Too)"

Pee Wee Crayton (L.A. and San Francisco), "Rockin' the Blues"

Johnny "Guitar" Watson (moved to LA at 15 and stayed West Coast), "A Real Mother For Ya"

Junior Watson (SoCal), "Blues After Hours"

Joe Louis Walker (San Francisco, and Mike Bloomfield's longtime house mate), "Hornet's Nest"

Sonny Rhodes (texas born, stayed in California after his 1950s hitch in the Navy), "If the Blues Fits, Wear It"

And, anyway, our friend mdubya hails from Oakland, Maryland . . .

Tin can and a bit o' scratch, anyone?

 

[mdubya]

And, anyway, our friend mdubya hails from Oakland, Maryland . . .

 

[Mordor]

So you are making uniformed comments....of course you are it is MLPF. Sounds like you only listen to LZ when they come up on the classic rock station

I didn't name two obscure songs. Just ones had you listened would have been clear they were completely different guitar tones...thus, easily disproving your point.

Well, they are different. No argument there. If I said anything else, sorry for causing a misunderstanding, my bad. But you still can't make me like them

 

[LeftyF2003]

The bottom line is guitar tone is incredibly subjective.

So it seems like no one has mentioned Jerry Garcia yet. Holy crap, the guy had all those beautiful custom guitars and amps and the biggest PA in the history of live bands and his sound was - well, mostly complete crap. I think he had some chops and apparently a lot of people don't agree with me but I seriously can't stand more than a few bars of most Dead tunes without escaping to the nearest exit. So that's me...

 

[WolfeMacleod]

You guys want to hear bad tone? Start listening to multitracks. Until you do, you don't really know what you're hearing.

Here's somne good examples... download and open. If it's a MOGG file, use Audacity.

Ramble On

Smoke on the Water -

China Grove

Layla

All Right Now

American Band (Since someone mentioned Grand Funk)

Rock and Roll is Dead (Someone mentioend Kravitz)

Rockin in the Free World (SOmeone mentioned Young.. awful, awful tone)

Pride and Joy

Crazy Train

Runnign with the Devil



enjoy.....

 

[WolfeMacleod]

The bottom line is guitar tone is incredibly subjective.

So it seems like no one has mentioned Jerry Garcia yet.

Just for you...open with Audacity.

Casey Jones
CHina Cat Sunflower
Sugar Magnolia
Truckin




It amazes me when someone emails or calls and says "I want to sound like" .... and the only thing I want to say as a legitimate response is "Are you sure?"

 

[MikeyTheCat]

+10 on Garcia. Never has so much gone into such a crappy tone.

 

[parts]

Never was a Dead head..and Garcia just did nothing I liked..

We all have different ears though..