I was asked this question in another thread and I thought it was an interesting topic for discussion.
for a long while I've stopped listening to general music that's being played out there.
the radio programs were no longer appealing to listen to in anyway. some quote about being 'different' but after 40 years of their version of music it's become formula music and they don't play stuff outside their typical pattern.
I almost stopped hearing new bands in about 2000. I know there's lots of music I've no idea about.
I've heard lots of tones and lived them for many years, but now I'm very selective about what I spend time listening too.
so right now, i've been listening to Dokken era george lynch, and noticing how BIG his notes actually are. and the type of distortion in his sounds.
what he's done is very impressive.
Even his Namm demos on youtube sound real impressive and are inspireing.
there's lots of VH sounds that I've studied over the years and I like them all BUT, there's times when I'm not excited about the particular tone and I'm noticing I actually don't want to play the style of some of the music.
I've been getting through the task I set myself to make sure all my gear is working as the maker / celebrity was intending it to be used.
cause I've bought some S/H gear, and I've since realised the electrical internals are all over the place.
so I've finished the task as of 2 days ago and now I'm onto playing different tones with songs. previously I've been finding the sounds.
I've had a lot of success matching sounds.
but then I went onto make smaller versions of 'the sounds' too.
to me the sound was 'the sameish' just a darker version or a brighter version.
the controls opperated the tones in the same manner.
I've gone beyond having tuning problems with matching tones.
I'm into miss matching celebrity type of tones. so I hear were tones are different.
the tones are having an influence on playing, thats for sure.
so that fact has a bearing on what I think is a good tone.
I've played with some tones which caused me to loose some chops as a player.
that's not good.
that made me go further into what makes up celebrity sounds cause it wasn't as simple as you might think.
hearing the actual gear as opposed to the recorded sound is way better for you.
george lynch has the right concept. the tone is making him a much better player.
that tone is also writting the songs. it's something that VH lost for a while there in history.
BUT when i started looking into tones, I thought these guys sounds were abit all fame and lacked substance. easy to make sounds which lacked any real search for tones.
but I've realised these guys went way beyond what you'd think they had done and REALLY DID go searching for tones. and they delivered!
that's impressive!
we really should buy their products cause they are unique.
the other sound which I now think has been shamelessly exployted (it seems that way to me) is Mr Rhoads. there's many ways of looking at his sounds, once you know what I've experienced and I'm sorta cringeing at some companies we all know out there (non marshall of course) you'll endup being abit shy of some sounds you can easily make with gear.
but randy's sound is a true classic and it's got that magic touch of inspireing the player who has a version of it, to keep playing and play with a certain style too.
the songs got played that way cause the tone pushed him over the edge.
you could put in extra notes and it works out great for the song.
a tone like malmsteens means you approach the fingerboard differently and play songs in a different way.
my kramer carrera guitar is pushing me to play songs in a different way than I'm use to playing them. It's totally expanded my tone range for a song.
I do think that some of what made eddie do nothing for 10 years had to do with his electric tone he had and wasn't happy with.
so don't let tone rule over you, if it's not working out, put it away and play something else. go back to that problem tone much later, maybe years later.
if it's a good tone it will still blow you away. if it really was rubbish then you'll hear it straight away, once you've had time away from it.
for a long while I've stopped listening to general music that's being played out there.
the radio programs were no longer appealing to listen to in anyway. some quote about being 'different' but after 40 years of their version of music it's become formula music and they don't play stuff outside their typical pattern.
I almost stopped hearing new bands in about 2000. I know there's lots of music I've no idea about.
I've heard lots of tones and lived them for many years, but now I'm very selective about what I spend time listening too.
so right now, i've been listening to Dokken era george lynch, and noticing how BIG his notes actually are. and the type of distortion in his sounds.
what he's done is very impressive.
Even his Namm demos on youtube sound real impressive and are inspireing.
there's lots of VH sounds that I've studied over the years and I like them all BUT, there's times when I'm not excited about the particular tone and I'm noticing I actually don't want to play the style of some of the music.
I've been getting through the task I set myself to make sure all my gear is working as the maker / celebrity was intending it to be used.
cause I've bought some S/H gear, and I've since realised the electrical internals are all over the place.
so I've finished the task as of 2 days ago and now I'm onto playing different tones with songs. previously I've been finding the sounds.
I've had a lot of success matching sounds.
but then I went onto make smaller versions of 'the sounds' too.
to me the sound was 'the sameish' just a darker version or a brighter version.
the controls opperated the tones in the same manner.
I've gone beyond having tuning problems with matching tones.
I'm into miss matching celebrity type of tones. so I hear were tones are different.
the tones are having an influence on playing, thats for sure.
so that fact has a bearing on what I think is a good tone.
I've played with some tones which caused me to loose some chops as a player.
that's not good.
that made me go further into what makes up celebrity sounds cause it wasn't as simple as you might think.
hearing the actual gear as opposed to the recorded sound is way better for you.
george lynch has the right concept. the tone is making him a much better player.
that tone is also writting the songs. it's something that VH lost for a while there in history.
BUT when i started looking into tones, I thought these guys sounds were abit all fame and lacked substance. easy to make sounds which lacked any real search for tones.
but I've realised these guys went way beyond what you'd think they had done and REALLY DID go searching for tones. and they delivered!
that's impressive!
we really should buy their products cause they are unique.
the other sound which I now think has been shamelessly exployted (it seems that way to me) is Mr Rhoads. there's many ways of looking at his sounds, once you know what I've experienced and I'm sorta cringeing at some companies we all know out there (non marshall of course) you'll endup being abit shy of some sounds you can easily make with gear.
but randy's sound is a true classic and it's got that magic touch of inspireing the player who has a version of it, to keep playing and play with a certain style too.
the songs got played that way cause the tone pushed him over the edge.
you could put in extra notes and it works out great for the song.
a tone like malmsteens means you approach the fingerboard differently and play songs in a different way.
my kramer carrera guitar is pushing me to play songs in a different way than I'm use to playing them. It's totally expanded my tone range for a song.
I do think that some of what made eddie do nothing for 10 years had to do with his electric tone he had and wasn't happy with.
so don't let tone rule over you, if it's not working out, put it away and play something else. go back to that problem tone much later, maybe years later.
if it's a good tone it will still blow you away. if it really was rubbish then you'll hear it straight away, once you've had time away from it.
