Poll: Rate this tone (David Grissom content)

[John Hurtt]

Badcat Panther on this clip, sounds great! But, Big Mike is right the McCarty is a little more focused IMO. Loved the old Ely live cd, great tone happening there. I've seen (once) a Austin City Limits show of Storyville from years ago where he sounded killin'. Anybody have that recorded somewhere?

 

[big mike]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gvHma8MhdE

 

[John Hurtt]

Point:

i would get down on my knees and thank (insert my choice or not of deity here) If I could play/sound like EITHER of these guys daily.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCEFNRYf44s

Wow, what a band when David Holt is the "2nd guitarist" in the band.

 

[big mike]

Badcat Panther on this clip, sounds great! But, Big Mike is right the McCarty is a little more focused IMO. Loved the old Ely live cd, great tone happening there. I've seen (once) a Austin City Limits show of Storyville from years ago where he sounded killin'. Anybody have that recorded somewhere?

Could be I'm liking the marshall more than the badcat in the mix too...more mids.

 

[big mike]

Wow, what a band when David Holt is the "2nd guitarist" in the band.

Yeah no ****.

both those guys make me wanna burn all my stuff and just run sound.

 

[Sparky6string]

IDK...so many play Marshalls. I dig his Matchless and Bad Cat sounds.

 

[cg]

Point:

i would get down on my knees and thank (insert my choice or not of deity here) If I could play/sound like EITHER of these guys daily.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCEFNRYf44s

That is so great! The thing I love about Audley Freed, David Grissom, Warren Haynes and Mark Knopfler is their phrasing and patience. They never rush anything. They don't blow by you with a flurry of notes. They are masters at crafting incredibly beautiful, melodic music.

In an attempt to get better at that myself, I have been practicing playing solos on only one or two strings to get out of my terrible rut of playing scales. I am trying to think melody first.

 

[GuitarsFromMars]

Yeah no ****.

both those guys make me wanna burn all my stuff and just run sound.

want some lighter fluid?

 

[cr8z4life]

Nice, dark, thick, smokey.......great tone for what they're doin......Dont think I would like it on everything.......but for that its perfect.......that tone would sound great for slide work too!! Loved it!

 

[OldSchool]

I gave it a 10 without even thinking about it. Hollowbodies rock. Hollowbodies played by DG are Godlike.

 

[Big White Tele]

Well, Im getting my Badcat Panther tommorrow, Hmmm.

 

[RCCola]

Loved that tone in the OP. 9 out of 10.

 

[GAT]

Love it! That has every frequency and harmonic in the universe!

 

[radcliff]

Judging on only tone, I gave it a 7.

It wasn't as dynamic as I was hoping, it seemed very fuzzed out. Like he couldn't get clean out of it if he wanted to.

 

[JPenn]

Watch the videos witchita has up with DG. I don't think the amps have as much to do with his current tone as the pedals.

 

[mosesblues]

DG and Storyville.

Any time I need to recalibrate my compass for tone and playing the rights notes in the groove, I just pop in a Storyville CD and let it roll.

I like the solidbody tone a little more as it is more mid focused, but have to give this a 9 for all the freqs he pulls out of it.

Thanks for sharing.!

Moses

 

[SgtThump]

The DVD and CD of this are fantastic. The harmonics are jumping out everywhere. Curious what y'all think. Very close to perfection IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eImmcNGaSE

I think the tone he's getting in this video has more to do with the guitar he's using (hollow body) than the amp. I bet his tone would be VERY similar using that same guitar through a nice Marshall.

 

[big mike]

It ain't the gear folks.

Dave's tone was pretty damn close to that with a mahogany PRS through a Hiwatt back with Ely.


It's in his hands. That said, his tone is a bit more scooped with the badcat.

Definitely my tonal compass.

 

[robelinda2]

Fantastic stuff, I missed this thread before! Great playing and cool classy phrasing.

 

[69strat]

Wow !!!