lamradio Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 David Gilmour- so good oh so good! Yeah, in my opinion the best Rock N Roll guitar tone ever.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattZ Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Trey's tone (and playing) on the studio Limb By Limb from Story of the Ghost is pretty great. damn Moe. At your suggestion, I just put this on and got whiplash from being transported back to summer 1997. I will never forget when they started debuting this tune. Or, when I started hearing it. (I think it debuted in summer 97). Great song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoodoo Man Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 So many great tones have already been mentioned so I'll try to go a little off the beaten path: Brian Setzer - The Dirty Boogie (whole album, not just title song) I just recently pulled this one out and the whole album is beautifully produced and mixed. His tone just goes from sweet to nasty without ever seeming out of place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evol79 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Also came on here to give props to the RAT. Awesome pedal. The Big Muff is superb as well. One of my favorite tones? The electric guitar part in "Guitar Town" by Steve Earle. Just sounds like a dusty highway! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Actually, Jimmy Page's guitar tone in the solo to Stairway to Heaven is nice, I think I heard it was done on a Tele. Neil Young gets some great Acoustic guitar tones as well. I also really like Andy Gill's tone, at least it works really well for his style. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 How about the laser-beam intensity of Robert Fripp and his sustain pedal? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Tony Iommi on Planet Caravan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moe_Syzlak Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 damn Moe. At your suggestion, I just put this on and got whiplash from being transported back to summer 1997. I will never forget when they started debuting this tune. Or, when I started hearing it. (I think it debuted in summer 97). Great song.I much prefer the studio LXL to live. I love the tight solo and the fact that trey solos over the chorus changes instead of just jamming on and on over the verse changes. That LXL might be my favorite Phish studio track. The Wedge is another great studio track. So is Billy Breathes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 How about the laser-beam intensity of Robert Fripp and his sustain pedal? love fripp...crimson is tough to take thought. for you guitar players out there, if you tune to his guitar craft tuning, everything you play will sound like a crimson song. pretty fun for about 10 minutes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dondoboy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Paul Westerberg's tone on "Pleased To Meet Me" is pretty awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakey Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 N. YoungMike Henderson - listen to drunk sound on "Edge of Night" - Frisell is in another world, I mean c'monS. StillsD. Hidalgo Pete Anderson (Dwight Yoakam) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 from one extreme to the other: jimmy page on the rocking tunes on Physical graffiti (eg, sick again & the rover) mississippi john hurt (virtually everything). he makes it sound so effortless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stooka Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Agree with Frank Zappa, Hendrix & Jimmy Page. Add: Jeff Beck, when he doesn't sound like a wasp farting. (see - Heart Full Of Soul)Link WrayJunior BrownCliff Gallup Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 i really like JJ Cale too. even though he's kind of a one trick pony. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardwood floor Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 love fripp...crimson is tough to take thought. agree for the most part about crimson, but Red is absolutely listenable & fripp's guitar tone is breathtaking other than that ... agree on methany, knopfler and jerry and have to add doug gillard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cooperissup3r Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 kenny burrell is pretty money. duane allman might be my favorite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned willie yet but no one can cop his tone or technique. I would also argue that jj cale is not a one trick pony. His stuff on 5 is prob my favorite. I've never heard anything like mascis live. ever. I frankly love jeff's tone over the past couple of years. Such great use of different boxes and guitar volumes. the tone in the opening "eminence front" solo is so tight. chris whitley would have to be way up there for me--mostly live, although his work on god thing is transcendent. Young wins the best amp award hands down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Also, Tom Verlaine's stuff with Television on the Marquee Moon record is epic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 i've alway been amzed with Ed Kuepper... through a console, he can turn his guitar into any instrument from that its meant to be, to a keyboard, to banjo. one of his songs were recorded with him tapping a pen/screwdriver against the strings instead of strumming! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cusacker Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I'm surprised Eric Clapton hasn't been mentioned thus far. I think he has one of the most distinguishable guitar tones out there (for better or worse)... I can tune into the middle of a guitar solo and know that it is Clapton immediately. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dagwave Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 jerry, j, verlaineyesyesyes. gotta mention Larry campbelland doug martch, too. great thread, makes me want to soundcheck every entry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mountainbike Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 John Frusciante Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 agree for the most part about crimson, but Red is absolutely listenable & fripp's guitar tone is breathtaking other than that ... agree on methany, knopfler and jerry and have to add doug gillard yeah, red, starless, and larks are the most listenable and rockin' . the 80s stuff has some good songs, but just too slick. then he decided to become just some other neoprog dude with that bombastic production with the most recent releases. love this thread. making me check out some folks i haven't before. i also want to add bob weir. he's no lead player, but he is the most inventive rhythm guitar player ever. i can listen to the dead and just focus on him if i want and be totally enthralled. i would say my style of rhythm/lead is mostly influenced by jerry and bob. (with many dashes of neil) also have to second the mention of tweedy. his tone on AGIB is so warm and awesome!! craig Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Peter BuckMike Campbell (Tom Petty)Jack WhiteJonny Greenwood/Ed O'BrienJay FarrarJeff TweedyGary LourisGeorge Harrison Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjpuczko Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 John Frusciante damn, another one i forgot! good call clapton was mentioned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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