To What Are Yee Listenin' Right Now?
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Good God!!!
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chilipeppermaniac
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This guy doin THAT GUY a solid. At 9:08+ this is why I love guitars so much. They don't always have to sound the same, and even within the same player, they can vary so much.
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chilipeppermaniac
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chilipeppermaniac
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Phenomenal!!!!! One of my all time favorites!!!!!!
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
Interesting...I tend to lock on to a sound I like/dig and "break off the knob" so to speak, even if that sound happens to be clean.
The intro to this song is a good example of my "clean" tone. Fake Les Paul, Planet Tone Afterburner/Special 59 played middle position, 180° out of phase with no FX other than reverb or delay.
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Ask @Mitch Pearrow SJMP, as he was present often at our marathon rehearsals at Primo Rehearsal Studios in Riverside, I could switch through my 4 guitars (H-H Squire, 2 Les Paul's and a DoubleNeck) and nobody could tell a difference in tone in a live band setting.
@Mitch Pearrow SJMP was present at Primo when this image was taken:
To me, there are very, very slight differences in guitars when compared in a similar format, such as H-H configuration being compared to H-H, etc.
Now, sitting in a bedroom, or with headphones on, you might hear detectable differences, but you won't hear them in a live mix.
I feel like it's easy to go down "the rabbit hole" of straining to hear some subtle nuance, or spending money trying to capture something you will only hear with headphones. I myself have been the biggest offender.
To me, I'd rather spend my time playing and work with a "coarse tuner approach" as opposed to a "fine tuner approach" with regard to my own tone. There certainly isn't anything wrong with tone chasing as a hobby, but to think that practice will produce a tangible result is just a real waste of practice/performance time, IMHO.
For example, my HSS YelloStrat sounds like a Gibson Les Paul on the bridge (@Amp Mad Scientist was the first to post that distinction) with its 16.5k AlNico9 44AWG DiMarzio Neanderthal. There'sno Fender "quack" present, but it sounds amazingly Stratocaster-Like when I play on the custom Middle/Neck hum canceling single coils, and yet there is no scale length change.
At the music academy where I instruct, we have impromptu workshops where I demonstrate how your subtle nuances vanish once the band kicks in.
Now, with Randy Rhoads, there's another thing happening. One of the reasons Randy sounded so different on DOAM is he had started playing in the middle position, 180° out of phase (OOP), and this topic has been detailed in a number of threads, both here and in other forums.
Running OOP will significantly alter your tone and it will be noticeable, even with a full band playing.
In this audio clip, I am.playing the so on my DoubleNeck in the middle position, 180° out of phase. It has a very pronounced, "cocked wah" effect that jumps out because the effect boosts the midrange.
Skip to the solo @ 2:53
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At the music academy, we have not only school-owned guitars (including an old Gibson Les Paul Jr.,) but the students bring in all manner of high dollar instruments. I can play an uber-expensive PRS Artist Series through my rig, followed by an Indonesian Jackson and nobody can pick out which guitar is which on a recording with a full band.
In that context, I would say focus on enjoying the journey.
If noodling with new bits of gear and picking out the tonal subtleties brings you joy, then that's awesome, Man!!!
But try to avoid the trap of buying gear thinking that any of it is some kind of "Holy Grail Of Tone." Good gear is great, but keep your tone chasing in perspective.
Most of you guys here have better gear than I have ever used.
The only true "Holy Grail" I have ever found is called a Tip Jar.
Keep Rockin'
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I've always thought the holy grail was to find a few people who you could connect with on a cerebral level where nothing in the universe existed other than the music that was being created at the time. Every now and then it does happen. It's better than any drugs or sex. Honestly, if the bass player I'm playing with for the past several years could hook us up with more time, and we could get a regular drummer, he's one of the best I've ever played with. Better than I'll ever be. We've been having some good jams that need to be put to tape. He locks up well with his old drummer, and our regular drummer is really good, and an exceptional singer. I can't wait for him to heal up from his hip and knee replacements. I wouldn't care if I gigged again if we could play consistently once a week. If we could get paying gigs doing what we're doing, that would be a bonus. But it's not the primary goal.