Members mike squires Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 Name a band that is not widely known that had good tone. I'm sure you have heard of these guys but they are not commercially famous... Faster Pussycat-I love me some Faster Pussycat. Very underrated IMOHUM Champaign local band that went on to do some good stuff, Sonically solid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xrleroyx Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 Check out The Splendour and even though they've had moderate success: The Rosewood Theives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members photon9 Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 Gentle Giant comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kevman Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 Big Head Todd has awesome tone IMO and I never hear about him and the Monsters any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fu2jobu Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 If you are talking recorded music there were tons from the 80's and 90's. When record companies used to have money to throw around, you know from album sales, there were tons of bands that had polished recordings of crap. Good tone, bad songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gas Hed Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 DISHWALLA BABY!!! [video=youtube;ecQRpmFzbKc] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meowy Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 Although not obscure and even had one huge release with "No Rain", I'll add Blind Melon [video=youtube;NISeJCeKUgs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NISeJCeKUgs&feature=related [video=youtube;nf4WLpEpeuI] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Josh S Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 My band ...In all seriousness, though, Jellyfish comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members streetknight Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 King's X Here's the original Over My Head video from the late 80's and then one from the NAMM show a couple weeks ago (music starts about 2 minutes of the second vid) [video=youtube;J2SYPzKzD94] [video=youtube;UIiRQmgrXZo] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kevman Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 Ty's tone is pretty special. In all of it's incarnations. The current rig sounds like his best rigs through the years and the model he uses above is the one that is supposed to sound like his old LAB series setup, love that lead tone. The new DVD is awesome (used Marshall cabs instead of Egnaters or his old mesas) and is a great way to appreciate how great the band is. My all time faves. I didn't mention Ty because I am in denial about them being unpopular. Everyone I hang with knows them and digs them (probably because of me). Go tell someone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members streetknight Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 Ty's tone is pretty special. In all of it's incarnations. The current rig sounds like his best rigs through the years and the model he uses above is the one that is supposed to sound like his old LAB series setup, love that lead tone. The new DVD is awesome (used Marshall cabs instead of Egnaters or his old mesas) and is a great way to appreciate how great the band is. My all time faves.I didn't mention Ty because I am in denial about them being unpopular. Everyone I hang with knows them and digs them (probably because of me). Go tell someone! I hate to think of the "Unpopular" too...Underrated, Hell Yes!.....I always take advantage of threads like these to "Go Tell Somebody" If I could afford the plane tickets, I'd go see them in Europe in April, hope they come back to the states this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 all these bands are HUGE Lyle Workman on Frank Blacks albums is a tone tour de force (lol did I just write that?)I say Starcrunch on the first 2 Is it Man or Astroman? albums has amazing gretsch tone nobody ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members diceman1000 Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 Cross Canadian Ragweed and The Mike McClure Band both come to mind for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members curseoftruth Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 Dozer comes to mind, killer band that sounds great just not well known outside of certain circles. Another is Lowrider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 Spoon has some great rock tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tartanphantom Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 Even though the phrase "good tone" is incredibly subjective and somewhat hackneyed, I'd say that Dexter Romweber/Dex Romweber Duo/Flat Duo Jets comes to mind-- Guitar, Cable, Amp. The rest is in his fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members noisebloom Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 Most of you won't know this, but I thought Last Crack (a Canadian band, I think) had a killer guitar sound on their first album, ca. 1990. I always suspected it was like an ES-335 into a Marshall Plexi, but I never got to see them live, so I may never know the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alden97 Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 DoubleDrive comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tubefox Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 Electric Wizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Markdude Posted January 27, 2011 Members Share Posted January 27, 2011 Spoon has some great rock tones. +1 [video=youtube;Ron1PSGI6GI] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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