Who has your favorite tone (Please Share)

[sniffyduke]

Which Professional Guitarist or Band has your favorite guitar tone.

Please Share. I'm sure there will be some great disscusions : )

Lets make it fun (You can only pick three)

Mine are,

David Gilmore
Oasis, New Oasis Not the old stuff.
Counting Crows

[FrankieSixxxgun]

Mike Ness
Reverend Horton Heat
Jim McCarty

[SkipTracer]

Neil Young.

If it wasn't for him and his tone/sound I probably wouldn't have picked up the guitar in the first place. This may sound weird, but whether he plays acoustic or electric, his tone sounds somehow the same to me. I prefer the electric stuff though, especially with Crazy Horse.

[Spudman]

Roine Stolt - The Flower Kings, Transatlantic, Kaipa, The Tangent

[zzmoore]

Ulysses from TGP is awesome.
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=410085

Also Warren Haynes and the girl that played for Natalie Merchant on Tiger Lily. I think her name is Jennifer Turner. There are so many, you could pick a new one everyday.

[hvymtl939]

Slipknot-Heavy distortion tone (before I forget, blister exists)
Andy Timmons-Medium gain (electric gypsy)
SRV-Clean (Little wing cover)

[tonemandan]

Ulysses from TGP is awesome.
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=410085

Also Warren Haynes and the girl that played for Natalie Merchant on Tiger Lily. I think her name is Jennifer Turner. There are so many, you could pick a new one everyday.


I thought I was the only one who dug that tone. The guitar tone on "Carnival" is the perfect "on the edge of distortion" tone. Do you know what amp she was using by chance? I read that she was playing a PRS.

Dan

[stratzrus]

Each for what they do:

George Benson/Wes Montgomery
Jimmy Nolen
Hendrix
John McLaughlin (Inner Mounting Flame/My Goal's Beyond)
Van Halen
Dr. Know
Jerry Cantrell (AIC"s Dirt)
SRV

[Jet Age Eric]

Adam Franklin (Swervedriver, Magnetic Morning, Solo)
Pete Townshend
David Gedge manages to make a Strat work for me, as does Doug Martsch
David Kilgour (solo, the Clean)
Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo)
Nels Cline

Y'know, almost all of those guys play Jazzmasters ... -E

[lukeII]

Jimmy Page on "How the west was won", Marc Ford and Rich Robinson on "Shake your money maker"John Mayer on "Continuum"Mark Knopfler anything from "Brother in Arms" onwardsDavid Gilmour "Echoes" to "Wish you were here"

[pbradt]

Vince Gill.

[mc2]

Sonny Landreth
Daniel Lanois

[Rocked Star]

Eric Gales
Ty Tabor
Neal Schon
SRV

[derekd]

Larry Carlton for Rock/Pop/Blues

Joe Pass for Jazz

[Plague Dog]

Somewhere between Joe Bonamassa and Slipknot.

[skhan007]

I cannot do only three, so here a few:

Angus Young (everything)
Malcolm Young (everything)
Joe Bonamassa (everything)
Billy Gibbons (Tres Hombres)
Ace Frehley (Alive & solo album)
Dave Murray/Adrian Smith (Powerslave)

[steadygarcia]

Ahh jeez, too many to mention, but a few are:
Frank Black (Black Francis) -- a bit of a chamelon but always the perfect tone for the song
Johnny Marr
Mark Ribot
Pete Townsend
Dave Davies (especially early Kinks)
Richard Lloyd

[MikeyG]

Joe Bonamassa is my number one tone guy these days.

[Bikedude]

I loved the tone on the latest 2 albums from Steely Dan. Sadowsky Guitars, Bogner and Guytron amps I believe. I also like the tone Henry Garza got on the Live @ Austin LLB's, using a Marshall Head thru a Bogner 2X12 Cab, Mexican Strat, Tube Screamer and Wah.

[Birdy]

+1 Mike Ness

sickboy79 turned me on to his tone/playing a few years ago.
Definitly one of, if not the most underated players/songwriters around.

[Melodic Dreamer]

Michael Landau
Eric Johnson
Scott Henderson
Jimi Hendrix

[patfarlow]

kurt rosenwinkel is my current idol

[Buddy Boy]

Charley Christian,Ritchie Blackmore,Michael Bloomfield,Albert King,Jimmy Vaughan,Jeff Beck,SRV

[padavis]

Another vote here for Sonny Landreth and Joe Bonnamass and my third is something a little off for this site, Cody Kilby.

[Knuckles]

Mike Ness and Johnny TwoBags of Social D. ( Johnny is responsible for my current Satellite Amps obsession).
Daniel Rey on Joey Ramone's solo album.
Hetfield
Setzer
Slash
Gatton
Buchanan

yep...all over the board.

[photios]

Malcolm Young is the god of guitar tone

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o20/doctor_monkee/89-18501-sm.jpg

[RichieRich]

Somewhere between Joe Bonamassa and Slipknot.

best post. ever.

[FrankieSixxxgun]

+1 Mike Ness

sickboy79 turned me on to his tone/playing a few years ago.
Definitly one of, if not the most underated players/songwriters around.

Seriously! I saw him live and his little Bassman head on top of that 4x12 was screaming! It was tone city.

[Frankee]

Mick Taylor...
Marr
Neri
Knopfler

[disguiseglasses]

Greg Hill- Mutemath
(especially on the "Reset" EP)
Nick Zinner- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
(especially on everything)
Nels Cline- no introduction necessary.
Feist
(crappy tone never sounded so good...)
cheers.

[DGDGBD]

Late 60's Townsend (SG+Hiwatt)
Early 70's stones - les paul into ampeg tone
Both Allmann and Betts' tone on Live at the Fillmore East (I count that as one).

I find it hard not to list SRV-Lenny but I've become too much of a humbucker fan lately.

(No one has said Clapton-Beano yet?)

[Bikedude]

And OH YEA, Buddy Whittington with his Dr. Z'ZZZZZZZZ!

[katuna]

Craig Scanlon
Karl Precoda
George Brigman
Dan Melchior

[HandOfTheHost]

Strictly for tone (but their songs are awesome too.):

Luna
Radiohead
AC/DC

[NeilYoungFan]

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm278/iliasmasav/weld-dvd-from-ld-2.jpg

[84Bravo]

Roy, first and second albums.

[CharAznable]

Freddie King.
Clapton in Beano.
Luther Allison
Angus Young
Robert Fripp

[shredtrash]

Audley Freed
Brian Setzer
Gary Moore

[Julia343]

Somewhere between Melissa Etheridge (on her Ovation) and Alexi Laiho. :D

[2manygtrs]

Doyle Bramhall 2 (Jellycream, Welcome)
John Frusciante (BSSM)
Mike Landau (Burning Water, Raging Honkies etc...)
Marc Ford and Rich Robinson (Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, the solo on Sometimes Salvation has been killing me for years!)
David Ryan Harris (Brand New Immortals, also plays in some other band John Mayer or something like that...)
Kendall Jones and John Bigham (Fishbone albums Reality of My Surroundings and Give a Monkey a Brain, Kendall on all the previous)
Jerry Cantrell (anything)
SRV and Hendrix of course
Mike Campbell (Petty)
George Harrison (and Clapton for While My Guitar Gently Weeps)
David Gilmour of course
Andy Summers
Wayne Perkins for the Concrete Jungle solo (best reggae solo EVER!)
Ziggy Marley for his incredible reggae rhythm guitar (check out is album Joy and Blues)
Catfish Collins and anyone else who played in James Browns band over the years
Jimmy Paige
Nile Rogers
Plenty others but these are most of my favorites. I'm sure I'll think of more later...

[Fifthstone]

Jimmy Page's solo on No Quarter in Song Remains the Same.
Mark Knopfer pre Les Paul (e.g. Communique, Making Movies, Eponymous)
Jimi Hendrix on Wind Cries Mary and Little Wing

[mrt]

I cannot do only three, so here a few:

Angus Young (everything)
Malcolm Young (everything)
Joe Bonamassa (everything)
Billy Gibbons (Tres Hombres)
Ace Frehley (Alive & solo album)
Dave Murray/Adrian Smith (Powerslave)



thats about mine outside of Ace. :AOK

[pattste]

Three very different guitar tones:

Bill Frisell (Perhaps the best tone I've ever heard Live, also on Nashville)
Larry Carlton (especially on the live album Last Nite, probably my favorite guitar album)
Sonny Greenwich (on Standard Idioms, superb classic jazz tone)

[steevo124]

John Mayer
John Mayer
John Mayer
SRV
B.B. King
Kenny Wayne Shepherd (Deja Voodoo)
Did I mention John Mayer?

[Eliguitar]

Michael Landau
Eric Johnson
Scott Henderson
Jimi Hendrix


We have similar taste in tone :BEER

[jim lavender]

Knopfler.

[sniffyduke]

I thought I was the only one who dug that tone. The guitar tone on "Carnival" is the perfect "on the edge of distortion" tone. Do you know what amp she was using by chance? I read that she was playing a PRS.

Dan

Thanks For all Your responses awesome stuff.

But this by far is the most interesting I got to Check Out this "Carnival"

Do you know what she was using?

[geetarman]

If I had to pick one it would be David Gilmour.

[ukslinger]

SRV-Leave my Girl Alone, Little Wing, Voodoo, and Texas Flood
Slash-Sweet Child and Get in the Ring
Jimi-Too many to list
Page-Ocean and Good Times Bad Times
Gilmour-Too many to list

[bdab_rock]

David Gilmour's Pompeii Tones
Nick McCabe of the Verve
Johnny Greenwood
Ed O'Brian
Cody from As Cities Burn

[SOcular]

My three completely subjective and personal favorite "tone moments" are:

Any of the harmonized leads by Duane Allman and Dickie Betts on the Atlanta Pop Festival recording--Fillmore's great but for some reason the tone on this album sounds just a little sweeter;

The twangy yet ambient guitar fills on "She Came in Through the Bedroom Window" from Abby Road (I believe this was Harrison); and

This may sound strange, but the best country tone I've heard is the lead guitar on "Mama Tried" by Merle Haggard--I can't remember the guitarist's name. Simple yet perfect.

My three general favorites are Duane Allman, Hendrix (either Axis or Electric Ladyland depending on my mood), and um...Mick Ronson? No wait, early Young brothers from AC/DC, or EVH on VH1? It's so hard to pick three...

Non-rock runners-up would be Grant Green (especially Green Street), Don Rich of Buck Owens fame, and Albert King.

Not into much modern music, but I have found myself attracted to the quirkiness of Barthelemy Attisso from Orchestra Baobab (a Senegal band), and the guys from Dr. Dog, especially from Easy Beat (not so hot production quality, but cool guitar sounds).

[Rocked Star]

Doyle Bramhall 2 (Jellycream, Welcome)
John Frusciante (BSSM)
Mike Landau (Burning Water, Raging Honkies etc...)
Marc Ford and Rich Robinson (Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, the solo on Sometimes Salvation has been killing me for years!)
David Ryan Harris (Brand New Immortals, also plays in some other band John Mayer or something like that...)
Kendall Jones and John Bigham (Fishbone albums Reality of My Surroundings and Give a Monkey a Brain, Kendall on all the previous)
Jerry Cantrell (anything)
SRV and Hendrix of course
Mike Campbell (Petty)
George Harrison (and Clapton for While My Guitar Gently Weeps)
David Gilmour of course
Andy Summers
Wayne Perkins for the Concrete Jungle solo (best reggae solo EVER!)
Ziggy Marley for his incredible reggae rhythm guitar (check out is album Joy and Blues)
Catfish Collins and anyone else who played in James Browns band over the years
Jimmy Paige
Nile Rogers
Plenty others but these are most of my favorites. I'm sure I'll think of more later...

Wayne Perkins will tell you that his solo on Concrete Jungle was the best solo he has EVER recorded. Wayne is the man! Gotta love his solo on his solo effort in the song Diva Down.

Also, I can't believe I forgot Scott Henderson. I love his tone!

[Original_Fire]

For me, it'd probably have to go something like:

Mayer
Frusciante
Einziger

Many guitarists inspire me, their tone included, but something happens when I hear those 3 and their tone that makes me just wish I could hear elements of what they have going on shine through my own playing. More and more I'm getting turned on to Hendrix's tone. And as many have mentioned, SRV was a tonal beast.

[justabubba]

Derek Trucks
Joe Bonamassa
Jimmy Thackery

[TwoTubMan]

1969 era Jorma Kaukonen.

[fabulusfab777]

Derek Trucks
Joe Bonamassa
Jimmy Thackery


+ 1000 for Derek Trucks, i just recently started to listen to this guy and man........monster player and monster tone.:bow

[jota]

Jim campilongo
Peter Stroud
The Black Crowes

[Dave Bacon]

Mark Knopfler (anything)
John Mayer (trio and continum)
Joe Bonamassa (new live album especially)
Matt Schofield (first note in the Middle Ground solo kills me)
SRV

[Baby Evil]

70's Gilmour
70's Fripp
Jim Matheos on the first OSI album
Reeves Gabrels on pretty much everything
Neil Young
Zappa at the time of Baby Snakes

Jan

[soldano16]

Hendrix
Dickey Betts
Jimmy Page

[philraumi]

For me, it'd probably have to go something like:

Mayer
Frusciante
Einziger



+1 Billion for Michael Einziger!!!!!!!!
That guy made me wanna have a huge pedalboard!!!!!

Besides that i have to mention the solo in Thank You fom the BBC Sessions. Jimmy Page Rules!

[MartinC]

Matt Schofield. Plays a strat, tele and Tokai 335. Gets great tone with them all, but the strat tone is my pick.

Loving Ronnie Earl's strat tone too right now

[Blue Strat]

Duane Allman on the Fillmore album.

[John Coloccia]

Charlie Baty (i.e. Little Charlie). It's sounds like a cranked twin but really smoothed out. I think he plays through a Vero, but I'm not sure.

It's not the tone I want for myself but still, it's fantastic.

[bluesbreaker59]

Well it really depends on the genre:

Blues:

Willie Johnson (old Wolf stuff)
Hollywood Fats
Jimmy Vaughan (love all his tones, but prefer the T-birds first 2)
Albert Collins
BB King (Live at the Regal)
Freddy King (all of it, but I really love the early stuff with the Goldtop)
Elmore James
Ry Cooder
John Lee Hooker

Rock:

Duane at the Fillmore
Dickey at the Fillmore
Angus and Malcolm (during the Bon era)
Keef
Mick Taylor (classic Stones era stuff Exile and Sticky Fingers)
Brian Setzer
Doug Pettibone on Lucinda's Live at the Fillmore
Bo Ramsey
Marc Ford
Rich Robinson
David Grissom (Live at Liberty Lunch)
Scotty Moore
Neil Young (electric stuff
Billy Gibbons (1st 4 albums)
Ronnie Wood (Faces stuff)

Country:

Pete Anderson
Don Rich (Buck Owens)
Roy Nichols (Haggard)
Luther Perkins (Johnny Cash)
Redd Volkaert
Chet Atkins
Brad Paisley (sometimes, not always)
Junior Barnard (Bob Wills)

I just like SO MANY tones, they all seem perfect for what they're doing, or what they WERE doing. I generally prefer older tones, over newer ones.

[slowhandjr]

Current Clapton through the 57 twin with no effects! The amp is a little monster, I just bought one its amazing.

[Matt Jones]

Still Dann Huff after all these years.

matt

[Shredmonster]

Michael Schenker period.

[Millo 3.1]

Not necessarily in any particular order:

Allan Holdsworth-IOU album
Def Leppard-High N' Dry
AC/DC-Back in Black
Soundgarden-Badmotorfinger
Robben Ford-Blue Line album
Beatles-first few albums
Wes Montgomery-Boss Guitar
Rush/Lifeson-A Show of Hands
Deerhoof-Friend Opportunity
Metallica-Ride the Lightning & Master of Puppets
Jimi Hendrix-Lil' Wing
Jinny Page-Since I've Been Lovin' You (studio)... The Ocean on Song Remains the Same (if I'm not mistaken)
John Frusciante-Blood Sugar Sex Magik album
Santana on that tune he did w/ Herbie Hancock a few years ago... (not too crazy about most Santana tones)
BB King- Live at the Regal

[Millo 3.1]

...some Brad Paisley, some Michael Schenker. Eric Johnson on Trademark (studio version).

[Melodic Dreamer]

We have similar taste in tone :BEER

Ah, I see another man of good taste. lol

[Dr Git]

Larry Carlton
Michael Schenker
Robben Ford
Eric Johnson
Uli Roth
Al Dimeola
Carlos Santana
John Petrucci
Peter Frampton
Martin Barre
Joquin Leviqano
David Gilmour
Jeff Beck
Brian May
Gary Moore

I could go on and on....

[DejavuDave]

Scott Henderson
Oz Noy
Carl Verheyen

[indravayu]

There are a ton of guitarists whose tones I love, but my top three - the ones who have most inspired me on my own tone quest - are:
Jimmy Page
Tony Iommi
Brian May

- Chris

[Plague Dog]

The chick that lives in the apt in front has great tone.

[vintage66]

Billy Gibbons
Warren Haynes
Duane Allman
Robin Trower
Jimmy Page live
Early Van Halen
SRV/John Mayer/Ian Moore/strat neck with tube screamer-still a great sound
Hendrix Star Spangled Banner/Villanova Junction/Like a Rolling Stone
Too hard to pick just one

[EJW]

Kenny Burrell

[guitarman_nebr]

i really dig Martin Barre (Jethro Tull). i think that is his name.

there are some live recordings that get some airplay. his tone on Aqualung in this live set is pretty outstanding. it has that mid bumped grind that is what defines what i think of when i think "boutique" amp tone.

[sidneymg]

Roy Buchanan and Nancy

[crifasta]

Jeff Beck. Duh. :bow

[GearOnTheBrain]

My biggest influences:
The Edge
Radiohead

For Blues&Rock:

Hendrix
SRV

[Jan]

Only three? How about four?

Chet Atkins
George Harrison
Jorma Kaukonen
Mark Knopfler

and the girl that played for Natalie Merchant on Tiger Lily. I think her name is Jennifer Turner.

Yes, that was Jennifer Turner, currently playing in Joseph Arthur's band. Here is a link to her with Natalie Merchant on SNL doing Wonder.

http://vlaze.com/18517/

[brett336]

These are all some impressive picks for guitar sounds - can't disagree with any.

I was 4th row center for STP on Monday night and Dean Deleo's sound blew me away!

But then again, it was probably his choice of chord voicings that really blew me away!

[bluesjunior]

Current Clapton through the 57 twin with no effects! The amp is a little monster, I just bought one its amazing.

+1 on Eric Claptons tone lately easily as good as some of his best sound. My numbers two and three would go to the following "Louisiana Red around the 1980's," and "Magic Slim around 2002/3."

[Baby Evil]

i really dig Martin Barre (Jethro Tull). i think that is his name.

there are some live recordings that get some airplay. his tone on Aqualung in this live set is pretty outstanding. it has that mid bumped grind that is what defines what i think of when i think "boutique" amp tone.

Good call

Jan

[bikerdude2]

It just kills me! Perfect! I saw AIC with Velvet Revolver, and although Slash's tone sounded good, Jerry's tone just KILLED!:D

[Aslan]

Doyle Dykes of Omar and the Howlers
Robert Cray

[AstroStrat89]

Besides the well known Hendrix, SRV, Young bros, etc here are a few

Lindsey Buckingham - pretty unique tone overall
Jack Johnson "Hope" tone, not know for electric but that just nails a good blues tone to me
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass tones were awesome
Jack White
Black Crowes - stuff is always good
Andy Summers - invented the 80's chorus tone, but nobody else got it right
The Pretenders - was great stuff when everyone else was trying to cop Andy Summers in the 80s
Keith Richards
The Edge
Brian May - many different great tones

[Metalheart]

Akira Takasaki
Wolf Hoffmann
James from Metallica!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah...Malcom Young :)

[rockindog]

Duane Allman.........Filmore East Live

[Bulldog]

Each one of these players really does things I like tonally:

Mark Knopfler
Michael Ward
Doug Pettibone
Jay Bennett
Mike Campbell

[fuzzyguitars]

blues saraceno comes to mind!

[Mattbedrock]

Duane Allman (Plexi 1986x)
Clapton (beano and Cream era - Gibson + Marshall)
Jeff Beck (esp on his Oxblood on Blow by Blow)

[BigPapiFan]

Derek Trucks
Steve Kimock
Wes Montegomery
Jorma Kaukonen
Carlos Santana

[bugman]

warren haynes,derek trucks

[dewman]

Doyle Bramhall II
Marc Ford/ Rich Robinson
Audley Freed
Alvin Youngblood Hart
David Gilmour
Joe Bonamassa
Duane Allman/Dickey Betts
Malcolm Young
Pete Townsend

[snacker]

nels cline
the dude from cake
daniel lanois
steven malkmus
barney kessel
tuck andress

[stingrey1978]

Trey Anastasio
Derek Trucks
David Grissom

[GenoBluzGtr]

My alltime favorite tone is from two specific songs from Eric Clapton in the 80s... (believe it or not, not everyone's favorite Clapton era...).

They were from the "Another Ticket" album.

"Blow Wind Blow" (can't find an online cut of this one) and "Floating Bridge" listen here.... ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYORZTsYJcM ). The deepest, most lush and rich cleans I can imagine! He takes the Muddy Waters classic (Blow wind blow) and slows it down a touch, and really makes it sing with the clean chord runs and lead riffs. On Floating Bridge, it's a true slow-blues masterpiece. Those cleans are just on the edge of overdriving, but still as a clean tone, it's what I aspire to emulate.

I also really like tones from:

Robert Cray
Buddy Whittington
Coco Montoya
Albert Collins
Some Hendrix (the cleaner stuff)
Derek Trucks

[datriani]

Favorite Tones

Eric Johnson
John Mayer in his Trio group
Vai on his Tender Surrender song
David Gilmour

[guitrr]

Jon Herrington (Steely Dan)
Hershel Yatovitz (Chris Issak's band)
Duke Levine

[m@2]

hendrix
mayer
Marr

[RevolutionMan]

Malcolm Young
Elliot Easton
Billy Squier

[Saluki84]

Peter Green (FM era)
Johnny Ramone every single downstroked barr chord he ever played!

[Tito83]

Warren Haynes
Scott Henderson
Robben Ford
The Edge
Brian May
Tommy Emmanuel for acoustic

[Joseph Hanna]

Drew Zing

[rockster12]

Phil Brown
Micheal Burks
Coco Montoya
Jimmy Page on "Since I've Been Loving You"
John Mayer Live tone on "Gavity" Crossroads festival.
Henry Garza's live tone is pretty good as well.
Oh and Gilmour

[wsaraceni]

clean - john mayer
rock - warren haynes
heavier - porcupine tree

[jetydosa]

Eddie Van Halen - W&C First album especially. Also Drop Dead Legs is incredible.
Eric Johnson - Always good, esp Ah Via Musicom
Stevie Ray Vaughn - In Step, esp solo to Tightrope
David Grissom - Anything but I esp like his John Mellencamp
Zakk Wylde - BLS stuff, very distorted but I like it

[archives]

cult of luna, EITS, mouth of the architect, russian circles, and mono all get great tones.

[TubeeTuberton]

SRV - The Things That I Used To Do
John Mayer - Out Of My Mind
Incbus - Fungus Among Us album, as well as A Crow Left of the Murder Scene album
Tom Morello/Audioslave - Like a Stone

Loads more!

[HeeHaw]

David Gilmore and Robin Trower are my two heros as far as tone goes.:dude

[surfshack]

billy gibbons
jimmy page
george thorogood
brian setzer

i like good raunchy LP tones!

[slider313]

Duane&Dickey: Live at The Fillmore East/Eat a Peach
Frampton&Marriott: Performance Rockin' the Fillmore
Johnny Winter: Still Alive&Well,Johnny Winter And,Hwy.61@Dylan's 50th
Rick Derringer:Edgar Winter's White Trash; Roadwork
Peter Green: John Mayall's Bluesbreakers; A Hard Road
Michael Bloomfield: Super Sessions
Mick Taylor: Rolling Stones "Get Yer Ya Ya's Out" slide on Love in Vain.

[deeval]

Chris Cain:)

[stratcat62]

My 3 Favorite Tones:
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Look at Little Sister at Mann Music Center June 30, 1987
Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train a Comin' from Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues*
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood from Texas Flood

*I believe this to be the single greatest act of guitar playing ever in history.

[hitch]

Neil Young
John Scofield
Bill Frisell
Marc Ribot
George Harrison
Jeff Tweedy
Wes Montgomery
Grant Green

[scott757]

Edge
J Mascis
Collin (I don't know his last name but he plays with Kathleen Edwards)

[Tonefish]

tone that's caught me lately has been recent Clapton and Mayer, but I rarely listen to either. I don't get it either...I guess I'm locked into that type of tone....still. SRV tone was my aim for a long, long, time too.

[mistercoffee1]

Malcolm
Angus
SRV

[pfflam]

(I read this whole thread)

in order of current tone-listening-influence:

Robyn Hitchcock
Dallas and Travis Good (The Sadies)

Perennial influences:
Niel Young
Hendrix
George Harrison
Bern Nix/Charlie Ellerbee (Ornette - 70-80s era Prime Time)

Sax players -
Later Coltrane
David Murray
Johny Hodges

[M Hossa]

Ritchie Blackmore
Jimi Hendrix
M/A Young

[Strung Up]

Billie Holiday.

[arfalax]

Most of the above and my man: Jimmy Herring (apologies if I missed him)

Same with David Lindley

[paulscape]

Evh

[slegros]

Most have already stated most of my favourites but here are few guitarists, and songs which are characteristic of their sound, whose tones I really like.

James Wilsey-Chris Isaak-Wicked Game
Albert King-Ill play the blues for you
Chris Rea-Road to hell
Mike Oldfield-Moonlight Shadow
Robbie Blunt-Robert Plant-Big log
Phil Manzanera-Roxy Music-my only love

[Zootallures]

Gary Moore- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWp-Mazmf88
Andy Timmons- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaVVZYOvMFY
John Sykes- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqb5EcU65IQ&feature=related
George Lynch- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWntxpcq9FI
Eric Johnson- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL8aeeSTthQ&feature=related
Doug Aldrich- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4PL45M1f-8
Joe Satriani- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEzIcm6BeBQ&feature=related
(Early) EVH- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_lwocmL9dQ

[SG John]

For me, it's these guys:

Rory Gallagher
Frank Marino
Buck Dharma
Robin Trower
Buddy Guy
Dickie Betts
Frank Zappa

I'm sure I'm leaving some out,but these are some of my favs.

[musicmann]

Mike Campbell
Dave Gilmour
Jimmy Page

[musicdoc]

Anyone ever watch the tv show "MY BOYS". It has some of the coolest blues tones music I've ever heard!

[Sparky6string]

I guess it's Jonny Greenwood, but that was after I realized that the great tone I was getting sounded like his, so in a way it's mine. =/

[madscientist]

Warren Haynes and John Mayer

[myway]

The top three
1. Buck Dharma on B.O.C.s' Spectres album. I have always wanted that tone so bad, but in a combo amp. Any suggestions?
2. Alex Lifeson
3. Perry/Whitford on the early Aerosmith albums. Rocks just oozed with that atmospheric dark tone.

[Julia343]

Rhythm == Lynch
Leads == SRV, Trower, Page, Laiho, Morello, Wylde

[big mike]

David Grissom - Good Day for the Blues from Storyville's piece of your soul album
Dickey Betts - Blue Sky - Allman Bros Band
Paul Kossoff - Mr. Big - Free

[HeeHaw]

Stone Temple Pilots Plush, crush or whatever it's called. I also dig the tone on David Bowie's Suffregette City.

[bilbal]

I love must all of Bob Weir's tones with the Grateful Dead. His tone these days is much different and seem to have an autowah on most. I would like to have that tone in my "bag of tricks" but I don't know if I would use it exclusively like he seems to lately. I still love everything about Bobby though!!

b

[Cussion]

Greeny (on Shrine '69)
Mike Bloomfield (some of the best Tele, Les Paul, Strat tones Ever..!)
Albert King (Live Wire/Blues Power)
Hendrix (Band of Gypsies era, tone for days)
Richard Thompson
Mick Taylor
Richard Lloyd (first two Television albums blows me away)
B.B King
Bill Connors (Now he had a MEAN Les Paul Custom tone!)
CLAPTON (Mayall,Cream)

[DIN]

Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd on Marquee Moon. And, of course, JIM CAMPILONGO!

[soldano16]

I love the tones of all the classic Les Paul players, Mike Bloomfield, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Duane Allman, Dickie Betts.

I play a Les Paul and a plexi. Any wonder?

[zhivago]

Neil Young
Alan Sparhawk
Angus Young
Keith Richards

in that order :)

[Jason Carter]

Billy Gibbons - First Three Albums

[anoobis]

Any good player with a good Marshall and Les Paul. That's what overdriven guitar should sound like. IMO.

Any good classical player with a good classical guitar. That's what the pure guitar tone should sound like. IMO.

[Bulldog]

Mike Campbell - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers


It's all in the hands!

You only have to see their ever changing list of tour gear to know, Mike Campbell makes almost anything sound good. Right now, it's a blackface fender deluxe and princeton, driven by whatever guitar he likes that day. =)

[G-delay]

All the above (Billy Gibbons this morning) but Terje Rydal's rainy day distorted volume swells always get me. I could never get anything close with my strat and Vox but its all in the hands.

[Thwap]

Trower.

[oldmanmetal]

Muhammed Sucimez (Necrophagist)
Larry Carlton
Michael Landau
Hendrix (Electric Ladyland)
Billy Gibbons (early stuff)
Bugs Henderson
Robert Fripp
Adrian Belew

Worst tone ever:

Neil Young

[oldmanmetal]

Oh yea, favorite acoustic:

Phil Keaggy

[carbz]

My two favs:

Early EVH brown sound #1
Gary Moore corridors/victims era

Honorable mentions:

Scorps... Mathias era
Loudness..Akira Takasaki
Y J. Malmsteen
AC/DC.... young bros
Billy gibbons
Brian May
STP

[MrBoZiffer]

Ry Cooder

[fyrwyr]

Steve Morse on Southern Steel, Coast to Coast and Split Decision

Kerry Livgren on Leftoverture ("Carry On wayward son") and on Monolith ("On the other side")

Thick juicy tones from these two very gifted guys;)

[TNJ]

Carlton for SURE. Probably my #1.
Robben Ford...Jing Chi tone, specifically.
Mike Miller...Outsidemen tone...PHAT and SMOOTH.
Bill Frisell's clean tones.
Perry/Whitford (or was it Wagner/Hunter?)...you know...THAT 'Get your Wings' tone.
Billy Gibbons...'DeGuello', 'Fandango' or 'Tres Hombres' eras.
Derek Trucks...best slide tone ever.

Too many more,
S.
j

[Dale]

BB King
Billy Gibbons
Young Brothers

[69mojostrat]

Adam Jones - Tool
Greg Edwards - Autolux
John Frusciante - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Blood Sugar Sex Magic)

[dividedsky]

Clean tones -

Steve Kimock
Eric Johnson
Trey Anastasio

Driven tones -

Billy Corgan
Angus Young
Billy Gibbons

[m@2]

George Harrison
black crows
mazzy star
audioslave
johnny marr
J. Mayer
Fleetwood Mac

[Bottle_Rocket]

Jeff Beck
SRV
Robin Ford

[dumbell78]

EVH
SRV
Malcolm Young

But I have so many more......

[Bob Arbogast]

But this by far is the most interesting I got to Check Out this "Carnival."
Jennifer Turner's tone on Carnival, and elsewhere on Tiger Lily, has been a tonal benchmark for me for years. Great tone that fits the song seamlessly.

Bob Arbogast

[FFTT]

Generally speaking this occurs right about the time your voice coils begin to fry. :cool:

[PUCKBOY99]

Brian Blush of the Refreshments

LP into a Matchless HC-30 into an unk type Fender cab.... :drool

[KmannW]

Robin Trower from the 1976 live album
Warren Haynes on the first Govt Mule album
Jimmy Page on Moby Dick

[brettk7]

Bloc Party
Circa Survive

[bgood]

derek trucks, gilmore, dude from los lonley boys, warren haynes.

[dead mike]

Neil Young
Billy gibbons
Ira kaplan
Mark Knophler
George Thorogood
Jimmy Page
Brian Setzer
Angus Young
Duane Allman
Dick Dale
Bo Diddley
chuck Berry
East bay ray

too many to type

[elguapo]

1. Rich Robinson - Black Crowes
2. Mike Campbell - Tom Petty
3. Marc Ford - Black Crowes
4. Malcolm Young - AC/DC
5. Billy Gibbons - ZZ Top (Tres Hombres Era)
6. Rolling Stones - (Let it Bleed / Sticky Fingers

[janerogatero]

really no Jerry Garcia? no Trey?
Guitar tone:
1. Jerry Garcia
2. John Scofield
3. Duane Allman
4. Trey Anastasio

Bass tone:
1. Jaco Pastorius (solo)
2. Phil Lesh (early 70s)
3. Les Claypool (that sqaushy tone is brilliant)
4. Bakithi Kumalo (on paul simon's graceland)

[cugel]

EJ
iommi
bonamassa
redd volkaert
young brothers

[LowWatt]

The Sound Hound Lounge (http://www.thegearpage.net/board/forumdisplay.php?f=12)
General discussion about anything related to music.

[Tonemeister69]

Scott Henderson :bow:bow:bow

[Wheeler004]

cliche, but SRV

[huskerjohn]

- Most of Jimi's stuff - Machine Gun and the Live at Filmore East is the best of the bunch.

- Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner on Lou Reed's live Rock and Roll Animal. Intro/Sweet Jane and Heroin still give me goose bumps. If I was limited to one tone for the rest of my life, this would be it.

- Steve Hackett. He is the king of delay, fuzz and volume swells. The solo in Firth of Fifth is what got me into fuzz back in the 70s. Its the tone in my head that I'm still chasing after 30 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW_7YyKawbw

Jimmy Page

Billy Gibbons when I feel like rocking full tilt

Frank Zappa

Jeff Beck

Duane Allman and Dicky Betts. I'd give both my nuts to sound like these guys.

Robin Trower

Jorma Kaukomen

Eric Johnson

Robby Krieger of the Doors

[Spudman]

Roine Stolt (Transatlantic, Kaipa, The Tangent, The Flower Kings)

[SkydogFan81]

Duane Allman
Peter Green
Beano

[Guitar55]

I hate these questions, because I can't pick just one..But...I don't think this name has been mentioned and if you're looking for guitar direct into amp sweetness....Ronnie Earl!

[VisionaryTics]

Stevie Ray Vaughan.

[koa]

Keith Urban

Andy Timmons

John Mayer

[pete692]

Leslie West has my tone. Uli Jon Roth has my chops.

[harmonicator]

SRV (though I'm tried of hearing imitators)
both Ford/Carlton on a 335 (because I can only name 3)
Joe Bonamassa

[ericprsse]

clean - andy timmons
crunch - andy timmons
lead - andy timmons

[splatt]

no-one!
really.
i just dig players who sound like themselves,
and mean it for all its worth.

dt / spltrcl

[Lava Lamp]

Martin Barr

[SantanaMan909]

The Santana Tone (http://www.ultimatesantana.com/Gear-Tone.html) during the '80s was pretty cool: thick and sustaining, without quite as much processing as you hear these days.

Plus, I've gotta say Eric Johnson. He may spend way too much time making albums, but his tones are awesome!

[Kenny D]

Dave Gilmour
EJ
Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramierez

[Nergalled]

Michael Keene's lead tone of The Faceless

Larry Carlton

Billy Gibbons

[hcole]

Other than the usual suspects who've already been mentioned a ton...

David Roback (Mazzy Star)
Dean Deleo (STP)
Jack White
Billy Corgan

[imguitardan]

the 1st 20 seconds of this song is the penultimate rhythm tone...(for me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIP1okixlfE

all of this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlBip8CV1P8

the tone of this solo just kills me (@ 3:02). There used to be (I thought) a live recorded video that was amazing but I can't find it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvqFkVNlWs8

[johndara]

Dickey Betts lead tone on "Southboud" off the Brothers and Sisters Album.

[Broken Cord]

For me, it's these guys:

Rory Gallagher
Frank Marino
Buck Dharma
Robin Trower
Buddy Guy
Dickie Betts
Frank Zappa

I'm sure I'm leaving some out,but these are some of my favs.

Add Steve Stevens, Vinny Moore and John Sykes and I could echo this.:BluesBros

[WILLIEKENDRICK]

2 words--Shawn Lane.

[Loop-Master]

Eric Johnson
Clapton (Cream era)

[HoboMan]

Malcolm Young is the god of guitar tone

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o20/doctor_monkee/89-18501-sm.jpg

I agree.

[ahardmark]

I'm probably forgetting somebody, but these are certainly on my list. No way I can pick just one.

Eric Johnson
Clapton
Derek Trucks
Sonny Landreth
Mike Landau
B.B. King
Brad Paisley

[The Last Rebel]

Some of my favorites come from the guys in The Sword. I think they use Oranges and they get some of the most massive, heavy, awesome sounds I've ever heard.

[Binaural]

SRV
Buddy Guy
Billy Gibbons
Mike McCready
John Mayer
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix

[big mike]

You know, I heard Yellow Ledbetter today for the first time in years. McCready's tone on that is steller. Just fantastic.

[croffeyc]

Marc Ford

[yair2k]

Can't believe in 14 pages i only saw his name mentioned three times but Trey Anastasio hands down. (and i'm mainly a jazz guitar tone guy). Its always surprising to me how little respect he gets in the serious guitar community. I think he's just written off as some hippie thing or grateful dead rip off or something. So far from the truth.

Best rhythm comping sound. Best clean tones, bluesy clean solo tones, and cutting butter overdrive sound. He has it all and will always be my favorite.

As a second choice i would put McLaughlin's tone circa his "after the rain" album. Such transcendent playing and perfectly dialed in tone.

[wpod]

Jorma Kaukonen on Hot Tuna's America's Choice
Santana on Caravanseri
Steve Hunter on Lou Reed's Rock N' Roll Animal
Billy Zoom with X

[voojo]

You know, I heard Yellow Ledbetter today for the first time in years. McCready's tone on that is steller. Just fantastic.

You know before I really got into guitar I think that's the first song that I heard that made me notice the tone of a guitar, and actually think about how cool it sounded. (What can I say I was only a drummer back then!)

Marc Ford

x10

I also love Doyle Bramhall II's stuff, he's probably my favorite guitarist at the moment. Also love Rich Robinson and most of the Black Crowes stuff.

[russiancrowe]

Keith from around '68 to '78. Specifically Gimme Shelter.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k308/russiancrowe/rock%20pics/mick--keith.jpg
Ronnie Wood with Faces
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k308/russiancrowe/rock%20pics/ron-wood.jpg
Marc Ford
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k308/russiancrowe/crowes4.jpg
Rich Robinson. His tone on the song Virtue And Vice just kills me
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k308/russiancrowe/Black%20Crowes%2007-11-2008%20Sarnia/IMG_1322_edited-1.jpg
Warren Haynes' tone on the song Soulshine is amazing also.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k308/russiancrowe/IMG_1318.jpg

Sorry I couldn't pick only 3.

[ahardmark]

Can't believe in 14 pages i only saw his name mentioned three times but Trey Anastasio hands down. (and i'm mainly a jazz guitar tone guy). Its always surprising to me how little respect he gets in the serious guitar community. I think he's just written off as some hippie thing or grateful dead rip off or something. So far from the truth.

Best rhythm comping sound. Best clean tones, bluesy clean solo tones, and cutting butter overdrive sound. He has it all and will always be my favorite.

+1. I really dig Trey's tone.

[sralquist]

Jerry Garcia
Trey Anastasio

[Lance]

Dumbly tone - Kimock/Robben Ford
Fendery tone - Garcia
Marshally tone - Jimi/EVH
Boogie'esque tone - Scott Henderson
SS Chunk tone - Dimebag
Surfing feedback tone - Jimi/Trey (A close 2nd) Just got me a Teese Wizard and am having a blast with it. First time I've had a wah pedal since the early 90's. Never really missed it until now.

[notpetrucci]

Ryan Adams on guitar.

I still like the sound of a B3 and Leslie a whole shit-ton more than a guitar any day.

-Jon

[ImmortalSix]

John Mayer for single coil tone
Trey Anastasio for humbucker tone
Me for P90 tone

[aroman]

Gibson/Humbucker + Marshall = Angus Young
Strat/Single Coil + Marshall = Hendrix
Gretsh/TV Jones + Fender = Setzer

Honorable mention

Michael Schenker
EVH
Blackmore
Jimmy Page
Billy Gibbons
SRV
George Thorogood
Rick Richards
Jeff Beck
Hank Marvin
Knopfler
Scott Henderson
Cliff Gallup

[NeilYoungFan]

Neil Young.

If it wasn't for him and his tone/sound I probably wouldn't have picked up the guitar in the first place. This may sound weird, but whether he plays acoustic or electric, his tone sounds somehow the same to me. I prefer the electric stuff though, especially with Crazy Horse.

You're my man. Neil Young had/has a great impact on me. He has settled to ONE electric sound, but damn, what a sound!!

[CharlieK]

Rich Robinson. I stood directly in front of those 65 amps last November in Houston and the tones were just great. Open tunings contribute to his tone I think.

[richbon]

Other than many of the guys already mentioned, I was just digging on Steve Lukather's tone on the "No Substitutions" Live in Japan album he did with Larry Carlton. Nice tones from both guys, but I really liked the massive, bassy, liquid tone that SL was getting. Check out the beginning of their cover of "The Pump."

[SouthernShred]

Jimmy Herring
Andy Timmons
Jeff Beck
EVH
Duane Allman
Derek Trucks
Rich Robinson / Marc Ford
Doyle Bramhall II
John Mayer
SRV
Tab Benoit
Scott Holt
Bonamassa

[baseballnolie34]

I'd probably kill myself before settling for just a single tone, so if I had to pick one I'd take Eric Johnson's ACL lead tone.

It's ridiculously versatile. Subtract some echo and add a ES-335 and you've got Cream. Grab an Ibanez and push the Tube Driver harder and you've got Satriani. Fiddle some knobs with a Les Paul and BAM: ZZ-Top. Fiddle some more and grab Joe Bonamassa, some more and snag some Zeppelin tones.

I'm damn near positive EJ's lead sound is considered so amazing because, while it's obviously unique in the way he uses it, it encompasses the sounds of dozens of our favorite guitarists.

It's remarkable that he gets away sounding like himself! lol

[todd richman]

Marc Ford
Mick Taylor
Jimmy Page
Rich Robinson
Paul Kossoff
Lance Keltner
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Greg V
David Gilmour
Jimi Hendrix

[Fred Farkus]

Me. Without a doubt.

[MemphisCR]

I'm surprised that Ronnie Montrose is mentioned more often. Check out his tone on their live version of "Paper Money" from 1974 on the "Midnight Special" The sound quality is not that great but that "59 through the 100 watt Marshall was screaming.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfukIofEDzE

[aftguitar94]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm11kFRz388

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEiyGgWt6no

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVvtIS2YGVI