Songs with God Level Guitar Tone

[jdgladw]

@jdgladw - Tar - talk about a “deep dusty”

I got to live in Chicago for some years back in the 90s and got to see them a lot (Empty Bottle, Lounge Ax, Metro, etc.). Always loved their shows. Over and Out, their final album, came out when I was living there and it, along with Shellac's At Action Park and the two seven inches, Silkworm's Firewater, and U.S. Maple's Long Hair in Three Stages wired my brain for a certain guitar sound. It's the sound of a strong fundamental note surrounded by an agitated, metalic swarm, both parts being distinct but working in tandum. It is still the kind of electric guitar sound i'm chasing today.

 

[Derrick]

These are but a few of my all time benchmarks of tone:

One of my all time favorites comes form these old Hiwatt amps.



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When Eric goes to the "A" chord at the chorus, it just gets me every time. All the chorus chords really. The verses sound like the speakers are about to rip which is also so cool... I will sometimes turn the balance on my stereo over to the full left to hear mainly the guitar. Wow.



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There are just so many great Hendrix tones, and though I tend to like the earlier germanium Fuzz Face tones over the later silicon best, there is something about this mix and performance that I can't get enough of.

 

[Gaylord Amsterdam]

Yes! I love Junior Brown!

 

[KC Clem]

Rich at 4:16. I haven't got that tone out of any of my Tele's yet.

 

[brookdalebill]

Clem Clempson’s tone on Humble Pie’s 30 Days In The Hole, and Ronnie Wood’s tone on I’m Losing You by the Faces I both perfectly fit the songs.

 

[Arfage]

Hendrix at Berkeley Community Theater, Blackmore on Made in Japan. Clapton, live part of Wheels Of Fire. Johnny Winter on Let Me In album. Mark Knopfler on making Movies Album. Justin Hayward on Lovely to See You.

 

[Chino]

Rich at 4:16. I haven't got that tone out of any of my Tele's yet.

Is there fuzz on that? Has that late 60s sound. I like it.

 

[posttoastie]

 

[richiek65]

The tone on this intro has been stuck in my head since I first heard it at the age of 12:

I always thought this sounded similar tonewise, and it came out way before MFN

 

[MilwMark]

So essentially everything ever played on guitar then, skimming the thread?

I'm actually pretty comfortable with that.

 

[Engine Swap]

 

[SixStringSlinger]

So essentially everything ever played on guitar then, skimming the thread?

I'm actually pretty comfortable with that.

Guitars just sound good, man.

I'm sure once I post this I'll be flooded with counterexamples, but I really believe it's difficult-to-impossible to come up with a crap, piss-poor, bad guitar tone.

Context will change that, but on its own? Guitars always sound awesome.

 

[danielreid27]

 

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[Bruxist]

Great thing about this one is that there are SO MANY great guitar tones on this song.

 

[robinrockus]

What songs have the best guitar tone in your opinion, I'm talking song specific Epic God Level Tone. Here's my list in no particular order:

Dazed And Confused | Jimmy Page live MSG
Working Man | Alex Lifeson
Iron Man | Tony Iommi
Spirit In The Sky | Norm Greenbaum
Killing In The Name Of | Tom Morrello
Today | Billy Corgan
Crossroads | Eric Clapton
Oh Well | Peter Green
Shout At The Devil | Mick Mars
Classical Gas | Mason Williams
Stop | Mike Bloomfield

What songs are on your list?

I Want You To Want Me -Cheap Trick
No Matter What- Badfinger
Hey Joe-Jimi Hendrix
Back In The Saddle- Aerosmith
Won’t Get Fooled Again-The Who
Saturday Night’s Alright- Elton John

 

[robinrockus]

Couple more:
Stones/Keith’s Tele:Brown Sugar, Honky Tonk Woman; Start Me Up
Mark Knopfler- So Far Away
Prince: Purple Rain
Led Zeppelin: Hot Dog (Likely a Tele)
Fleetwood Mac /Lindsey Buckingham: Never Going Back Again

 

[HootOwlDude]

There are tons—but I gotta think, man! Right off, though, this comes to mind, as does just about anything with Green on pedal steel.