killertone Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 99.9% of all Death MetalJudas Priest Painkiller (my fave album by them but the tone blows!! Digitech Legend anyone!!)Al DiMeola Elegant Gypsy (unreal album but the dist tone sux!!)I'm sure ya'll will come up withs some more!!
savethematches Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 This will probably tick someone off, but Revolution by The Beatles has a very abrasive guitar tone that grates on my nerves.Also, I think nearly everything I've ever recorded has crappy tone. I don't what it is, but I just can't seem to get it right on tape.
wgarces Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Oh yeah? How about that crappy guitar and amp combo that Esteban is peddling on HSN? Dude! Talk about a crappy distorted tone! After he demo'ed it on t.v. I got nauseous and actually threw up a little in my mouth! Also...you guys gotta remember when DiMeola and The Beatles recorded their albums the production techniques that are around today weren't around back then. Al D. played a Les Paul through a Marshall and he's an amazing player. Can you make that combo sound better than he can? Seriously now..... You wanna hear crappy distortion? Listen to anything by Venom or get an Esteban amp and guitar combo!
killertone Posted October 3, 2005 Author Posted October 3, 2005 What do you mean man...according to Esteban that is "studio quality" whatever the hell that is!!!! Ha ha!!
KeyOfZ Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Beverly Hills 90210 Theme (sickening)Slash's tone in Black or White with Michael Jackson (nasal city)
princeofdarkness56 Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Pretty much anything Rush has done after the first Album. That first one was killer. After that, they pretty much lost me and their rock vibe.
Guest Mike Lee Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Ritchie Sambora had the worst tone in the 80's on the Slippery When Wet album. Did he really use those KMD amps he pimped in the ads?
killertone Posted October 3, 2005 Author Posted October 3, 2005 Ritchie Sambora had the worst tone in the 80's on the Slippery When Wet album. Did he really use those KMD amps he pimped in the ads? I forgot about that!! Those things were beyond crap!
wgarces Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Pretty much anything Rush has done after the first Album. That first one was killer. After that, they pretty much lost me and their rock vibe. WHAT? Dude, Alex Lifeson always gets amazing tones. Always.
pesocaster Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Other than Cinamon Girl... pretty much everything from Neil Young.... Most of Mike McCready's (Pearl Jam) lead tone....Slash's tone in general......I wouldn't say they are "crappy" ... just not the tones I would ever chose....
wgarces Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Slash's tone in general......I wouldn't say they are "crappy" ... just not the tones I would ever chose....I'd kill for the tone he had on "November Rain".
killertone Posted October 3, 2005 Author Posted October 3, 2005 Does the lead tone on Sympathy For The Devil annoy anyone? Maybe it's so crappy it's good...
El Kabong Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 'American Woman', 'Magic Carpet Ride' and 'Saint Elmo's Fire' are my top 3 in songs to exfoliate excessive butt hair with.
wgarces Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 "Saint Elmo's Fire"? I'd rather be hung upside down by my toe nails.I'd get intimate with a Grizzly before I listen to that song!
wgarces Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 What do you mean man...according to Esteban that is "studio quality" whatever the hell that is!!!! Ha ha!! By saying "studio quality" Esteban probably means the guitar is good enough to smash into splinters and use the splinters to stir your coffee in the studio! At least that's why I think he means. Could he mean something else.....?
billhart22 Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Esteban is a pimp! For $99.50, a guitar with an amp and distortion.......come on you know better than that! His hat and sunglasses are worth more. HSN's best deal are the pots and pans! The 500 degree ones that nothing sticks to...I own a bunch and love them!Bill
wgarces Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Esteban is a pimp! For $99.50, a guitar with an amp and distortion.......come on you know better than that! His hat and sunglasses are worth more. HSN's best deal are the pots and pans! The 500 degree ones that nothing sticks to...I own a bunch and love them!Bill Hey Bill, you're a riot! With that hat and those glasses.....you're right, that's a pimp! I saw how he was checking out the broad on the show! I'll keep an eye out for the pots and pans!
Brownsound Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Lets see, all of Nirvana, tone from the whacked out of there mind set. Just about anything drop D.
Disturber Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Jimi Hendrix (ducks and takes cover).Fact is I love Jimi but his overdriven strattone often just sucked. Especially live.Still love to listen to him though.Stevie Ray Vaugh as well. Sometimesa good tone. Sometimes just crap.
The Hellion Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Grr, Painkiller ... Ok, hmm, what was that band... Dragonforce! oh yeah, some people say their guitarists are very good but I just hate their sound, it's not playing at all... you know, just like radio when you try to search for the channels... hideous, yough!
polara Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Ah, tastes differ. I liked Cobain's sounds (um, Butch Vig's and Steve Albini's sounds) on Nevermind and In Utero. And loved Hendrix's sounds most of the time.I've enver heard a distorted tone as thin and whiny as Reggie (sp) Wooten. If you see the Wooten Brothers you'll have fun, and they all have chops to spare, but he plays this Kramer into a Peavey practice amp and he either uses a broken speaker or some sort of rig with bumblebees in a tin can for his distortion. Amazing.
Brooks Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Pretty much anything Rush has done after the first Album. That first one was killer. After that, they pretty much lost me and their rock vibe. WHAT? Dude, Alex Lifeson always gets amazing tones. Always. i'm gonna disagree w/ BOTH of y'all on alex lifeson;his tone is good to great on ALL the 70's stuff,but when he switched to stratoids and soilid state amps sometime after "signals", his tone got sucky. i lost interestaround then, but i noticed that his tone on the"rush in rio" dvd is good, tho.here's one that truly sucks; mark farner from grand funk.i like most of grand funk's tunes and singing, but his tone, ewwwww.tony iommi's tone went from good to shite between "sabbath bloody sabbath" (good to great)and "sabotage" (raspy thin, too much gain), and sucked up 'til his switch to marshalls and mesason "heaven & hell". i lost interest after "mob rules".
Disturber Posted October 3, 2005 Posted October 3, 2005 Another crappy tone I came to thinkof is Eric Clapton's participation on THE LAST WALTZwith the Band.Robbie has great tone and so does everyoneelse that comes up on that stage. Then - Enter Eric.WTF, talk about a lousy guitar tone. Total crap.No punch, no nothing. It's so embarassing and lamei can´t watch that part of the film. Always skip that song.
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