Songs with God Level Guitar Tone
- Thread starter Gaylord Amsterdam
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widefault
Tele-Meister
For that Fuzz
I was going to post this, but you beat me too it! I’d say pretty much anything ever recoded by Knopfler has amazing guitar tone.
Wyzsard
Poster Extraordinaire
I like Leslie's sound here..
Bruxist
Poster Extraordinaire
danielreid27
Tele-Afflicted
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danielreid27
Tele-Afflicted
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aging_rocker
Poster Extraordinaire
Never a huge fan of Tull, but I've always got time for the sweet tone of Martin Lancelot Barre.
Spoilt occasionally by the geezer with the piccolo...
Spoilt occasionally by the geezer with the piccolo...
There's Billy Gibbons, Robben Ford, and Mark Knopfler.
There's a lot of honorable mentions, but that's it.
Edit: And from a Tele guy of all things, but Knopfler knows how to make a Tele sound like a Tele.
There's a lot of honorable mentions, but that's it.
Edit: And from a Tele guy of all things, but Knopfler knows how to make a Tele sound like a Tele.
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Weazel
Friend of Leo's
Apologies if this has been posted already, but dagnabbit:
Slip Kid
Tele-Afflicted
I nominate the entire “Axis: Bold As Love” and “Jimi Plays Monterey” albums! They contain my all time favorite Strat tones.
Also, Billy Gibbons on the “Deguello” album
posttoastie
Poster Extraordinaire
Fun stuff hearing the variety of tones that strike the collective God bone of the TDPRI. Inspiring too!
For my money, Elmore James' Coming Home is the earliest known recording of God Level electric guitar tone. Elmore's guitar prit' near always had a sound that shook the heavens, but this one blasts a hole in the sky. And for some reason he never sounded like this on any other recording, even songs apparently from the same session. Due to a recent heart attack, he was under doctor's orders to not play guitar and sing at the same time--one or the other was fine, but not both! He went ahead and did both on this song and maybe figured he better give it all he had in case he dropped dead.
For my money, Elmore James' Coming Home is the earliest known recording of God Level electric guitar tone. Elmore's guitar prit' near always had a sound that shook the heavens, but this one blasts a hole in the sky. And for some reason he never sounded like this on any other recording, even songs apparently from the same session. Due to a recent heart attack, he was under doctor's orders to not play guitar and sing at the same time--one or the other was fine, but not both! He went ahead and did both on this song and maybe figured he better give it all he had in case he dropped dead.
