Members UstadKhanAli Posted June 26, 2012 Members Share Posted June 26, 2012 Distorted, clean, any genre, what do you think are the greatest recordings of the electric guitar ever made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A. Einstein Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 why do you ask such question, you would not hear what great music is when it walked into your office in red female underware !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ronan Murphy Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 Hard to say what would make one the best, but I have a strong memory of the 1985 album "Indifference" by the Boston band The Proletariat being one of the first time I was completely engaged by the sound of the guitar through a whole album, so I will always have a real soft spot for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 By "greatest recordings", do you mean the performance? Or the technical aspect of capturing the sound of the guitar onto the recording? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A. Einstein Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mercuryseven/ and you criticize an album I did for an Italian record company in 2001... even my cat Mizzy makes better music by walking over a synth keyboard then the shiiit you wanna sell on CD Baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedmich Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 This one has always pretty much said it all for mewN2sIKpSu10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted June 27, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 By "greatest recordings", do you mean the performance? Or the technical aspect of capturing the sound of the guitar onto the recording? More the latter, but to do that, it'd help greatly to have the former, I would think. But no, it doesn't have to be a technically amazing sort of performance. I'm more thinking about the overall sound captured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A. Einstein Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 But no, it doesn't have to be a technically amazing sort of performance. I'm more thinking about the overall sound captured. It is enough for Ken to play one note in the guitar solo, as on Ken's 22th Centrury music album where the dog pushes down one key on a synth randomly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 If the focus is on the recording....Knopfler's recorded sound on Dire Straits albums was always good from the first one, but he was able to improve and enrich his tone album after album. I recall reading comments from him somewhere that tone always was a challenge for him since he plays lead without a pick - I can understand since I also play electric without a pick (you want to pull off every note to get some twang and beef into the tone, but that doesn't work.) IMHO he totally conquered that issue - the last DS album - On Every Street - is a reference point to me for a fabulous recorded tone. 6lJdPSahN-4 nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alndln2 Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 Hands down for distorted electric guitar. For clean slide blues stuff I lean toward Ry Cooders recordings, or Jerry Douglass and associated modern bluegrass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 Theres so many I wouldnt know where to start. I guess I'd have to go with some of my first albums that still sound great when I play them. I cant be real objective about them because its a combination of performance, technology of the day, and the fact I learned all the songs note for note. Funny thing is many of them are live albums or have live tracks. Humble Pie - Rocking the Filmore. Edgar Winter - RoadworkJohnny Winter And - Live Almond Brothers - Eat A PeachHendrix - Band of Gypsies For studio stuff I lean a bit towards the jazz blues stuff. Robert Cray, George Benson, Larry Carlton. For all around Composer, Studio and Live ShowI'd definately have to go with Todd Rundgren. He was just so far ahead of the pack isn so may waysTechnology wise, show wise, Musical variety, and he was a killer guitarist aw well. I think he has been highly under rated with his playing talent both solo and with his bands. I've seen allot of bands in 45 years of playing. His one show with Utopia (out of the 8 shows of his I saw)was the only show I actually had to leave the building for awhile because the band was so intence. I never saw a bad show with him either. All were different and all were outstanding. Along with his studio work and experimental mixing techniques I classify him as a Musician's Musicianas well as a gifted audio engineer who has produced many major acts including Hall and Oats, The Tubes, Patty Smith, Rick Derringer, and many others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted June 27, 2012 Moderators Share Posted June 27, 2012 I still think Page's solo on Stairway to Heaven is the pinnacle. The performance, both technically and artistically, are incredible. With regards to its capture and post processing, all I know is whatever they did, they did it right. They didn't eff it up. Sounds like tape delay into a plate. Whenever that solo occurs... everything stops and I focus on digging it. I know the word "soaring" is kind of an in joke but... that solo soars. They cranked up the soar on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted June 27, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 Lee, what do you think of the sound and performance of his solo on the live version of "Stairway to Heaven"? I have always liked that version of his solo quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ggm1960 Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 There is one guitar sound I've always wished I could emulate. It's the lead guitar section in Grand Funk's cover of Locomotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted June 27, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 Of course, now that I've asked this question about what is the greatest recorded electric guitars, I kinda go blank. I had more ideas, but oh well. Led Zeppelin "Ten Years Gone": I really love the orchestration and layering as well as obviously the performance, so this has got to be up there for me. Innocence Mission "Glow": That's right, the whole album. Beautiful chimey guitars. Rolling Stones "Beast of Burden": Just love the sound of those as well as obviously what they're all playing. Fantastic fantastic sound. More later... It's of course impossible to completely separate great recordings from the performance, but that's what it's all about ultimately anyway, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sailorman Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 Hendrix, 'All Along the Watchtower'. Clean, yet powerful sound, and the solos are all beautifully composed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted June 27, 2012 Moderators Share Posted June 27, 2012 Lee, what do you think of the sound and performance of his solo on the live version of "Stairway to Heaven"? I have always liked that version of his solo quite a bit. Where do I find it? Would it be the one from the movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 Two bits from my childhood that I remember loving the way they sounded (the combination of what is played, how it's played and the recording) so much that they inspired me to want to play guitar are Page's guitar during the "and it makes me wonder" sections of Stairway to Heaven and Grand Funk's "I'm Your Captain". Also CCR's "Born on the Bayou". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dparr Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 [video=youtube;0l_x0xH9fLM] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted June 27, 2012 Moderators Share Posted June 27, 2012 I think the guitars on this album changed things at the time. That stone room, panned ambient micing, trashy guitar with clever chord voicings.. Steve Lillywhite at the helm, 1981 XTC... [video=youtube;-I9vQI_JLe4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I9vQI_JLe4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bee3 Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 What he did here... on the solo... I want MORE. [video=youtube;EVxFJXD7rXI] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peanutroad Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 Despite my distaste for the person he's become (and maybe always was), I loved Ted Nugent's guitar on the 'Cat Scratch Fever' album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted June 27, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 Where do I find it? Would it be the one from the movie? Yeah, "The Song Remains The Same". I'd be interested in your take on that. I really love the solo. Super lyrical, just a beautiful solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted June 27, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 Okay, I thought of more while out driving. Van Halen "Van Halen": yeaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!U2 "The Unforgettable Fire" and "Joshua Tree": beautiful, beautiful guitars, with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois recordingEmmylou Harris "Wrecking Ball": another Daniel Lanois production, with him playing guitars. Iron Maiden "Number of the Beast": beautiful intertwining guitarsLowercase Noises "Marshall": this is a very recent release, and I love the way the ambient guitars glow and how they are orchestrated, almost like chamber music. Gorgeous, gorgeous stuff.Neil Young and Crazy Horse "Live Rust": Wow. Now those are some beautifully effed up guitar sounds, especially "Like a Hurricane", which is also one of my favorite guitar solos. I know I should put a David Gilmour mention here somewhere, but I'm not sure which album to cite...but I know I've heard solos and thought how amazing sounding they were, both his execution and how it was recorded and mixed in the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted June 27, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 Despite my distaste for the person he's become (and maybe always was), I loved Ted Nugent's guitar on the 'Cat Scratch Fever' album. Same here. Those guitars sound great, there, and in "Double Live Gonzo". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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