Favorite NON-Tele Tone?

andrew · August 4th, 2004, 11:19 PM

Who/what is your favorite tone from someone who is NOT playing a Tele? I think for me it has to be ANYTHING Slash does. His tone from the G-n-R days is my idea of what a Les Paul-rock tone should be, and I can listen to it all day long. The cool thing is that his tone really has not changed in the new Velvet Revolver band he has. I do admit VR isn't my FAVORITE band, but that tone he has is great I think.

Andrew

trag-o-caster · August 5th, 2004, 12:05 AM

My favorite non-Tele tone comes from the P90 equipped SG Jr. as played by Mick Clarke in the band Killing Floor in the late 60's. His tone on their first album just KILLED me when I was a kid. I don't know what his amp was, but it didn't sound like a Marshall at all. More Fender-ish.

Mick Clarke is still around fronting the Mick Clarke Band. He has several CD's out under his own name. He still plays SG's too, but with two 'buckers.

TheGoodTexan · August 5th, 2004, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by andrew

Who/what is your favorite tone from someone who is NOT playing a Tele? I think for me it has to be ANYTHING Slash does. His tone from the G-n-R days is my idea of what a Les Paul-rock tone should be, and I can listen to it all day long. The cool thing is that his tone really has not changed in the new Velvet Revolver band he has. I do admit VR isn't my FAVORITE band, but that tone he has is great I think.

Andrew

Slash is obviously known as an LP player, but he used a Tele quite a bit too, even on Appetite. I don't know exactly which tunes and such.

Favorite non-Tele tone, huh? I'd have to go with EVH I guess.

Jakedog · August 5th, 2004, 07:33 AM

I'm gonna be an egotist, and say my tone, when I plug in my P-90 loaded Guild Bluesbird. Sorry for loving myself, but when I hear it, I can't even believe it's me playing it. It just sounds so freakin' good I could cry.

Jake

lobotomyactivist · August 5th, 2004, 08:29 AM

I like the darkened tone of the SG neck PUP...

eryque · August 5th, 2004, 08:35 AM

BB King's tone on his recent albums knocks me out. Fat, clean, warm, it's like the love of a good woman washing over you.

After that is EVH's tone from the 5150/OU812 era.

Poppatwang · August 5th, 2004, 08:36 AM

TV Jones Filtertrons. Yummmmm.

e-merlin · August 5th, 2004, 11:55 AM

Mark Knopfler's Strat stuff.

mrobins@equilease.com · August 5th, 2004, 12:00 PM

oh! just got a band name idea
"The Tele Tones"

i digress , Neil Young 's Black Beauty LP
simply love that crunchy microphinic wall of sound.
i;e Powder Finger.

Angus of AC/DC love his Tone and Vibrato.

Slash is definitly a good Guitarist, however IMO
i find him a little cheeze-o-fromage if you know what i mean.

MR

Mik · August 5th, 2004, 01:21 PM

The exhaust note of my Norton-ized BMW R90S (straight through glasspack peashooter pipes). My gas mileage has gone to hell, can't stay off throttlin' hard up through that sweet midrange,
Mik

Dana · August 5th, 2004, 02:19 PM

Brian May's tone with Queen. His really HEAVY tone!

jidai · August 5th, 2004, 02:24 PM

My friend's got this single pickup coil-tapped humbucker SG-X that's very pretty in Brown and Black and sounds great, not to mention it has like 26 or so frets on it! Very nice sounding and fun to play.

Bob Mc · August 5th, 2004, 03:16 PM

Ry Cooder on that Oahu loaded Strat
Keef on a P90 loaded 335 (as heard in the 80s)
David Lindley on a Dano

TB72 · August 5th, 2004, 03:35 PM

I'm a sucker for Gretsches with Filtertrons. Whether it's clean-ish 50's rockabilly, all those great tones that George Harrison got out of them, the primal crunch of Malcom Young, to the over-the-top psychobilly of the Reverend Horton Heat, I dig the whole spectrum of sounds that this combination produces.

Later...

DADGAD · August 5th, 2004, 04:19 PM

Strat front PUP & tube amp for blues (many artists)
SG w/P90s Santana & Who
LP & The reverend Billy Gibbons

kickz28 · August 5th, 2004, 07:45 PM

Brian May

skip62 · August 5th, 2004, 08:20 PM

Hey Dana, that album cover is great. Moote the Hoople, brings back memories. Anyone ever hear of Tommy Bolin?

The Bone2 · August 5th, 2004, 10:39 PM

Hands down 8)

Oster · August 6th, 2004, 12:07 AM

Robbie Krieger's SG work, both studio and live. That's a great sound.

Also, I agree with the Gretsch vote and extend it to the sound of a early '60s Harmony Rocket or Meteor with gold indox dearmonds playing through a '60s Ampeg Jet.

PraiseCaster · August 6th, 2004, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by TheGoodTexan

Slash is obviously known as an LP player, but he used a Tele quite a bit too, even on Appetite. I don't know exactly which tunes and such.

I could be wrong (wouldnt be the first time), but I beleive all of the Tele work, on Appetite for Destruction, was Izzy Stradlin. Izzy would use a wide array of guitars, that didnt sound at all like a Les Paul, but his favorite then, was a Tele.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheGoodTexan

Favorite non-Tele tone, huh? I'd have to go with EVH I guess.

Yeah Baby! Go Brown Sound!

Another tone I just love too hear, and yeah, he copped alot of it from Albert King, but added a little more Overdrive and Gain too it, was SRV's. Just a gorgeous sound!

Another guy who's sound I just love, Dean Deleo, from Stone Temple Pilots. I just go nuts, when I hear that bright, jangly, crunchy, gainey, overdriven sound he coax's outta his rig! It almost sounds like he has it barely reigned in, at the threshold of uncontrollable feedback!

edit: I'm an idiot! Called Dean Deleo, Doug. Sometimes I can be a bone-head!

Colo Springs E · August 6th, 2004, 06:50 AM

blowtorch · August 6th, 2004, 07:39 AM

Probably Scotty Moore, and I'll take either the Sun-era recordings or the more refined RCA stuff. Either way.

blowtorch · August 6th, 2004, 07:39 AM

Probably Scotty Moore, and I'll take either the Sun-era recordings or the more refined RCA stuff. Either way.

JJ · August 6th, 2004, 08:10 AM

Mark Knopfler's 335 tone

Bonneville Bruce · August 6th, 2004, 09:39 AM

John Fogarty on the Rics, a player much maligned for his simple riffs, but those simple riffs, king-snake tones and perfectly crafted songs knocked from the charts the Beatles, the Stones, Hendrix, Allman Brothers Band, Neil Young and all other comers in their prime years from 1967 to 1970. Check it out, Creedence had more hits during that period than any two of the others I mentioned, even though hits don't necessarily mean that a band/artist was good. In this case, it did. John's tones were to die for, and his Tele tones are Tele-defining as well.

Duane Allman, RIP, a towering tone mavin with slide and fingers. His tone was clean and pure as was his playing techniques.

Buddy Guy, soul-deep tones. Everyone on this list who ever made money playing guitar should send Buddy some of their next paycheck just to acknowledge his contributions to the art of guitar playing, and laying the foundations for the rest of us.

Warren Haynes, hardest woking guy in show business, who has assimilated all the craft of those before him and made it speak to our hearts.

Doyal Bramhall, III, a one-off upside-down lefty tone vocabulary, a real blues machine.

I'm very big on the subltle craftsman/artist tones of Buddy Miller on any of the instruments he plays, (acoustic flat top, mandocello, Fender bass, mandolin, Les Paul) even those Italian Rococco triple bucker guitars he so abely puts throgh his Vox AC/TB 30s. It is an extra treat to see him play behind Emmylou Harris, beauty is as beauty does.

... and, well, you know, the regulars who perhaps get named too much, but deserve it anyway, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Neil Young, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Freddy King, B.B. King.

Bruce
Pining for clean-bell-like tones in Caldwell, Idaho.

TheGoodTexan · August 6th, 2004, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Bonneville Bruce

August 4th, 2004, 11:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
andrew Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2003 Location: Valley Ranch, TX Posts: 799 5 Photos	Favorite NON-Tele Tone? Who/what is your favorite tone from someone who is NOT playing a Tele? I think for me it has to be ANYTHING Slash does. His tone from the G-n-R days is my idea of what a Les Paul-rock tone should be, and I can listen to it all day long. The cool thing is that his tone really has not changed in the new Velvet Revolver band he has. I do admit VR isn't my FAVORITE band, but that tone he has is great I think. Andrew

August 5th, 2004, 12:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
trag-o-caster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Flushing, Michigan Posts: 4,438	My favorite non-Tele tone comes from the P90 equipped SG Jr. as played by Mick Clarke in the band Killing Floor in the late 60's. His tone on their first album just KILLED me when I was a kid. I don't know what his amp was, but it didn't sound like a Marshall at all. More Fender-ish. Mick Clarke is still around fronting the Mick Clarke Band. He has several CD's out under his own name. He still plays SG's too, but with two 'buckers. __________________ Timothy Jon Lamb

August 5th, 2004, 07:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jakedog Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cleveland,OH But my heart's still in TE Posts: 2,899	I'm gonna be an egotist, and say my tone, when I plug in my P-90 loaded Guild Bluesbird. Sorry for loving myself, but when I hear it, I can't even believe it's me playing it. It just sounds so freakin' good I could cry. Jake __________________ "Them that don't know him won't like him, and them that do sometimes won't know how to take him..."

August 5th, 2004, 08:29 AM	#5 (permalink)
lobotomyactivist Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Doylestown, PA Posts: 1,316 1 Photos	hmm I like the darkened tone of the SG neck PUP... __________________ Back again!

August 5th, 2004, 08:36 AM	#7 (permalink)
Poppatwang Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 1,853 13 Photos	That Great Gretsch Sound TV Jones Filtertrons. Yummmmm. __________________ The Dieselfitters http://www.dieselfitters.com Roy Hubbs http://www.royhubbs.com

August 5th, 2004, 08:35 AM	#6 (permalink)
eryque Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: albany, ny [not chicago] Posts: 6,928 44 Photos	BB King's tone on his recent albums knocks me out. Fat, clean, warm, it's like the love of a good woman washing over you. After that is EVH's tone from the 5150/OU812 era.

August 5th, 2004, 12:00 PM	#9 (permalink)
mrobins@equilease.com Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 126	Non Tele Tone oh! just got a band name idea "The Tele Tones" i digress , Neil Young 's Black Beauty LP simply love that crunchy microphinic wall of sound. i;e Powder Finger. Angus of AC/DC love his Tone and Vibrato. Slash is definitly a good Guitarist, however IMO i find him a little cheeze-o-fromage if you know what i mean. MR

August 5th, 2004, 01:21 PM	#10 (permalink)
Mik Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,416	The exhaust note of my Norton-ized BMW R90S (straight through glasspack peashooter pipes). My gas mileage has gone to hell, can't stay off throttlin' hard up through that sweet midrange, Mik __________________ a "motor-bike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocations, to excess."-T.E. Lawrence

August 5th, 2004, 02:19 PM	#11 (permalink)
Dana Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ashland, Ma Posts: 1,693 11 Photos	Brian May's tone with Queen. His really HEAVY tone!

August 5th, 2004, 02:24 PM	#12 (permalink)
jidai Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 175	My friend's got this single pickup coil-tapped humbucker SG-X that's very pretty in Brown and Black and sounds great, not to mention it has like 26 or so frets on it! Very nice sounding and fun to play. __________________ Current Equipment: Squier Partscaster w/ Texas Specials Peavey Limited EXP HB '79 Roland Jazz Chorus 120 Russian EH Big Muff Roland SDE-2500 Digital Delay Various Boss Pedals...

August 5th, 2004, 03:16 PM	#13 (permalink)
Bob Mc Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mo'town NJ Posts: 1,577	couple for me Ry Cooder on that Oahu loaded Strat Keef on a P90 loaded 335 (as heard in the 80s) David Lindley on a Dano __________________ All of us contain Music & Truth, but most of us can't get it out. Mark Twain

August 5th, 2004, 03:35 PM	#14 (permalink)
TB72 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ottawa Canada Posts: 473	Always been a fan.... I'm a sucker for Gretsches with Filtertrons. Whether it's clean-ish 50's rockabilly, all those great tones that George Harrison got out of them, the primal crunch of Malcom Young, to the over-the-top psychobilly of the Reverend Horton Heat, I dig the whole spectrum of sounds that this combination produces. Later... __________________ Why is easy-listening music so hard to listen to?

August 5th, 2004, 04:19 PM	#15 (permalink)
DADGAD Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Palmdale, CA Posts: 764	Strat front PUP & tube amp for blues (many artists) SG w/P90s Santana & Who LP & The reverend Billy Gibbons __________________ "I need to learn some new scales and stop obsessing about this stuff." http://www.myspace.com/slickshoes

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kickz28 Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Gaspe, Quebec, Canada Age: 23 Posts: 747 1 Photos	Brian May

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skip62 Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 337	Hey Dana, that album cover is great. Moote the Hoople, brings back memories. Anyone ever hear of Tommy Bolin?

August 6th, 2004, 06:50 AM	#21 (permalink)
Colo Springs E Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 5,023 5 Photos	That would be this... __________________ "Are those live rounds?" "Seven six two millimeter... full metal jacket."

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The Bone2 Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sacratomato Age: 43 Posts: 642	Freddie King Hands down 8)

August 6th, 2004, 12:07 AM	#19 (permalink)
Oster Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2003 Location: Melonville, Ontario Age: 38 Posts: 2,491	Robbie Krieger's SG work, both studio and live. That's a great sound. Also, I agree with the Gretsch vote and extend it to the sound of a early '60s Harmony Rocket or Meteor with gold indox dearmonds playing through a '60s Ampeg Jet. __________________ "The secret of success is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake those, you've got it made." - Groucho Marx Songbuktu!

August 6th, 2004, 07:39 AM	#22 (permalink)
blowtorch TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 55	Probably Scotty Moore, and I'll take either the Sun-era recordings or the more refined RCA stuff. Either way.

August 6th, 2004, 07:39 AM	#23 (permalink)
blowtorch TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 55	Probably Scotty Moore, and I'll take either the Sun-era recordings or the more refined RCA stuff. Either way.

August 6th, 2004, 08:10 AM	#24 (permalink)
JJ Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 344	Mark Knopfler's 335 tone

August 6th, 2004, 09:39 AM	#25 (permalink)
Bonneville Bruce Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Caldwell, Idaho Posts: 543	Non-Tele Tone John Fogarty on the Rics, a player much maligned for his simple riffs, but those simple riffs, king-snake tones and perfectly crafted songs knocked from the charts the Beatles, the Stones, Hendrix, Allman Brothers Band, Neil Young and all other comers in their prime years from 1967 to 1970. Check it out, Creedence had more hits during that period than any two of the others I mentioned, even though hits don't necessarily mean that a band/artist was good. In this case, it did. John's tones were to die for, and his Tele tones are Tele-defining as well. Duane Allman, RIP, a towering tone mavin with slide and fingers. His tone was clean and pure as was his playing techniques. Buddy Guy, soul-deep tones. Everyone on this list who ever made money playing guitar should send Buddy some of their next paycheck just to acknowledge his contributions to the art of guitar playing, and laying the foundations for the rest of us. Warren Haynes, hardest woking guy in show business, who has assimilated all the craft of those before him and made it speak to our hearts. Doyal Bramhall, III, a one-off upside-down lefty tone vocabulary, a real blues machine. I'm very big on the subltle craftsman/artist tones of Buddy Miller on any of the instruments he plays, (acoustic flat top, mandocello, Fender bass, mandolin, Les Paul) even those Italian Rococco triple bucker guitars he so abely puts throgh his Vox AC/TB 30s. It is an extra treat to see him play behind Emmylou Harris, beauty is as beauty does. ... and, well, you know, the regulars who perhaps get named too much, but deserve it anyway, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Neil Young, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Freddy King, B.B. King. Bruce Pining for clean-bell-like tones in Caldwell, Idaho.