Alas! And My Tone Escapes Me:

Inspector #20

Inspector #20

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So, I am still no closer to finding my ideal tone....but not because I have not attempted to capture it....20170124_223925.jpg

Note the marks on my fingertips as the elusive tone slips through my grasp....
 
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Good luck brave warrior!!
 
DonP said:
Is there such a thing? I find my tone changes during the day - it is certainly very different at night. And playing at highish volume in a small gig, it doesn't even matter. Nobody cares.
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Well....I think its the product of years of playing on other people's recordings...striving for a certain tone that was being asked for, as opposed to developing my own.

I can hear it in my head, Don...
 
DonP said:
Is there such a thing? I find my tone changes during the day - it is certainly very different at night. And playing at highish volume in a small gig, it doesn't even matter. Nobody cares.
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I see your point, Sir....but I have to love my tone....
 
Robert Herndon said:
I see your point, Sir....but I have to love my tone....
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Sure, sometimes tone is really important to me too - particularly if the gig isn't loud and I'm playing a real melody. Most everyone here has probably already heard this, but it is a recording of me at a company Christmas party - straight off the board, so no ambience - sorry. Anyway, it is the Concierto de Aranjuez, by Rodrigo, played straight for the first verse, then ad lib for the second. I think the tone hit the spot....

http://www.soundthoughts.co.uk/listen/Aranjuez.mp3

Accompaniment was found on the Internet during the party - this was by way of a challenge to me. What could I do with a tune I was familiar with, but hadn't played before? This was my Epiphone G400, which I think acquitted itself pretty well.
 
DonP said:
Sure, sometimes tone is really important to me too - particularly if the gig isn't loud and I'm playing a real melody. Most everyone here has probably already heard this, but it is a recording of me at a company Christmas party - straight off the board, so no ambience - sorry. Anyway, it is the Concierto de Aranjuez, by Rodrigo, played straight for the first verse, then ad lib for the second. I think the tone hit the spot....

http://www.soundthoughts.co.uk/listen/Aranjuez.mp3

Accompaniment was found on the Internet during the party - this was by way of a challenge to me. What could I do with a tune I was familiar with, but hadn't played before? This was my Epiphone G400, which I think acquitted itself pretty well.
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Nice work, Don....

Back in the day (as we like to say) I think my best tone was with my 1987 Straocaster, with a 10.8k Virtual Vintage Solo in the bridge, played through a Marshall JTM-45 Full Stack through a GE-7 with mids and bass boosted. The tone was so thick and heavy, yet with a distinct, high end growl, that people could not believe it was a fender. It was unreal loud, yet controllable and quiet with no shrillness, even on the b & e strings. You could feel the air blowing on you 3 feet from the cabinets.

Over the years, I kind of got away from that tone and have been in search of a more traditional Gibson PAF style tone.....
 
Robert Herndon said:
Nice work, Don....

Back in the day (as we like to say) I think my best tone was with my 1987 Straocaster, with a 10.8k Virtual Vintage Solo in the bridge, played through a Marshall JTM-45 Full Stack through a GE-7 with mids and bass boosted. The tone was so thick and heavy, yet with a distinct, high end growl, that people could not believe it was a fender. It was unreal loud, yet controllable and quiet with no shrillness, even on the b & e strings. You could feel the air blowing on you 3 feet from the cabinets.

Over the years, I kind of got away from that tone and have been in search of a more traditional Gibson PAF style tone.....
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I too had a JTM-45, but my speaker was that tall 8x10 cab. It was as tall as a full stack, but all in one box. It sounded good, but it was really unwieldy. It took up half the space in the old Transit van all by itself. Once the drum kit was in, that was pretty much it. Back then my two guitars were a Melody Maker (which I still have) and a P90 SG junior. So both single coil. It was a happy day when I discovered the humbucker. I still have Strats, and I love them, but my favourite sounds all come from Gibson and PRS.
 
DonP said:
I too had a JTM-45, but my speaker was that tall 8x10 cab. It was as tall as a full stack, but all in one box. It sounded good, but it was really unwieldy. It took up half the space in the old Transit van all by itself. Once the drum kit was in, that was pretty much it. Back then my two guitars were a Melody Maker (which I still have) and a P90 SG junior. So both single coil. It was a happy day when I discovered the humbucker. I still have Strats, and I love them, but my favourite sounds all come from Gibson and PRS.
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Amen!

I downsized from my Marshall stacks....Here is what I run now...Schecter & Amps X2.jpg
 
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