Members bluesguitar65 Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 Which guitar in this video has a better tone for the accompanied backing track? 5sxZyjwUu4k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 some very nice playing! Having said that...all the guitars were too distorted sounding. I'd back of the dirt to tighten it up a bit. Tone is an opinion....and in mine the nicest sounds you were getting were coming from the strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cymro#1 Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 Great playing. Although I'm a huge strat fan.....I think the Les Paul had the most compatible tone for that style of blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crimson_Raven Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 I have to say Les Paul. Very sharp, biting tone without too much defenition to the bite. The Schecters sounded a bit too close to a heavy metal sound for a bluesy playing, and I've never been a bit fan of strats personally. I have to agree with soundcreation though, I think you had a bit too much dirt on those babies. Obviously, if that's how you want it, go for it, but I personally would dial it back a bit for my blues playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scuzzo Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 smoking playing... great stuff..!! i would say the les paul first..second is the Strat.. but a bit too much gain but its a youtube so the sound is squashed and all.. so that is a youtube thing.. great playing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GCDEF Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 The Les Paul, but I'm going to go with the too much distortion gang. At least the distortion was too buzzy sounding. It could have been the recording I guess, but that needed more of a Larry Carlton smooth sound. Nice chops though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesguitar65 Posted June 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 Thanks all! I appriciate all your tips and opinions. I'm a big Gary Moore fan, and I try to mimic his tone, a bit in the distorted tone I guess. However, I have a slow blues video. How is this one?RbGoE0kc4a0 B0nKJFVVoYM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalheadUK Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 I own this ACTUAL guitar, the actual Heritage in this vid is sitting just behind me. It's still got Gary Moores DNA on it (leastways, I HOPE it's his DNA...it's a bit sticky....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GCDEF Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 I own this ACTUAL guitar, the actual Heritage in this vid is sitting just behind me. It's still got Gary Moores DNA on it (leastways, I HOPE it's his DNA...it's a bit sticky....) The downside to owning a guitar like that is that is when you can't make it do what he makes it do, you can't blame the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EADGBE Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 Tie between the Lester and strat. I would have loved to have heard what that Les Paul would sound like with a super distortion at the bridge. I'm thinking it would have been awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesguitar65 Posted June 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 I own this ACTUAL guitar, the actual Heritage in this vid is sitting just behind me. It's still got Gary Moores DNA on it (leastways, I HOPE it's his DNA...it's a bit sticky....) Is the Heritage guitar still made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members giantbaba Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 Strat and Tempest sounded best to me. IMO, the Metal Zone is not the best choice of pedals for that style. That C1 has a gorgeous finish, do you have any pics of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesguitar65 Posted June 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 Strat and Tempest sounded best to me. IMO, the Metal Zone is not the best choice of pedals for that style. That C1 has a gorgeous finish, do you have any pics of it? Yup. Here is my C1+. I'm trying to get that thick tone Gary Moore gets. I read that he often uses heavy distortion pedals like the DS-1, Marshall Govenor, and the Boss Metal Zone, and Metal Core in his pedalboard. Check out his tone on this video. B0nKJFVVoYM By bluesguitar65 at 2010-06-01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HanSolo Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 Strat was best sounding. Amazing how it holds its own against the LP-style guitars. The Schecter Tempest was a close 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members m90guy Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 Strat sounded by far the best out of all. Just had that nice round ballsy tone and dynamics that I expect from a strat. LP had that smoother more leisurely tone. All of it sounded good though. Your playing was really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GCDEF Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 Yup. Here is my C1+. I'm trying to get that thick tone Gary Moore gets. I read that he often uses heavy distortion pedals like the DS-1, Marshall Govenor, and the Boss Metal Zone, and Metal Core in his pedalboard. Check out his tone on this video. He was using the Marshall Guv'nor for Still got the blues. I can cop his tone pretty closely with a LP into a tube screamer into a cranked Marshall too. Even though he uses a lot of distortion is tone is pretty smooth. I don't think you'd want a pedal with "metal" in the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members giantbaba Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 To my ears, that video sounds like a pretty much cranked amp. Maybe hot pickups and/or and vintagey overdrive in addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members normh Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 With the distortion level used, tweaking the tone controls a little would have made any of the guitars sound the same as any other. Must be my bias for the LP style as I liked it the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members liko Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 Which guitar in this video has a better tone for the accompanied backing track? Overall: Too much gain for the genre. Back off the heat a little and all of these would fit much better. 1st Gibby: a little too loose-sounding and fuzzy for what you were doing with it. Schecter C1 - I'm not a Schecter fan but that was some niceness. Dirty yet tight, with some personality to it without being too grungy or loose. Schecter Tempest - Too 80's metal. Sterile and "clean"-sounding, no personality. Second Gibby: Much better. Little less treble and you'd have Santana cold, which would work well with that track. I think overall this was my favorite sound, though the C1 would be a close second. Strat: This one would be good if it weren't so high-gain. You were getting some SRV-ness and personality out of it at times, but other times the Strat's character was totally blown away by the gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members liko Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 Thanks all! I appriciate all your tips and opinions. I'm a big Gary Moore fan, and I try to mimic his tone, a bit in the distorted tone I guess. However, I have a slow blues video. How is this one? Your vid was excellent. Maybe a drop more reverb, but that's how a Strat should sound in this genre. Gary Moore's tone in his vid is all about the gain. I doubt there is an electric on the market that you couldn't get very close with. I think if you took your second Gibby sound from the OP, and turned down the tone another notch or two, you'd be pretty pleased comparing it to this vid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted June 8, 2010 Members Share Posted June 8, 2010 Strat sounded by far the best out of all. Just had that nice round ballsy tone and dynamics that I expect from a strat. +1 the strat fit the backing track the best for sure. Nice job man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesguitar65 Posted June 9, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 9, 2010 Thanks all!! I'm getting some really great tips and advice here, and I appreciate it very much. Still learning through trail and error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metalrulez Posted June 9, 2010 Members Share Posted June 9, 2010 The Heritage no longer makes the Gary Moore model but they make other great guitars. If you have never played one of their instruments it is well worth the time and effort of going out of your way to track one down and them out check out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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