The best sound I ever heard

[kotornut]

Can you nail down the best tone you ever heard to the specific song, I can: John Petrucci on A Change of Seasons playing Achillies Last Stand during the solo. It's the best to me.

What was he using at this time? Pickups, guitar amps? Anyone know? What kind of pickup could I use to achieve this type of sound?

Please, share your ultimate tone down to the song and section if you want.

[HeavyMetal4Ever]

I really love the tones on Joe's Crystal planet album, but if I had to narrow it down, i'd say that the solo tone on House Full of Bullets is as close to perfection as I have heard imho.

The ironic thing is that when I look for tones when i'm playing, I like using a more old school metal sound myself. If I tried for that sort of tone, it just wouldn't be "me".

Rock on!

[dannymills]

Guthrie Govan in his 'Fives' video on YouTube, I'd say.

[rob777vdy]

i love zakk wyldes tone on no more tears album.paul gilberts tone is awsome aswell

[andy7jem]

I love Vai's tone on the opening riff of Sex and Religion (the song, not the whole album). Thick'n'creamy

Of course....the tone on Bad Horsie ain't too shabby either

Or Die To Live

[John01W]

John Sykes...on the Whitesnake 87 or Blue Murder albums.....it gets no better IMO....Sykes!

[andy7jem]

Oh yeah....i've always been quite partial to Pagey's tone on Heartbreaker too

[David McCarroll]

Anything by Eric Johnson ..... Andy Summers on, well, just about anything The Police recorded.........

[Fretrunnr]

Any solo Petrucci did with a triaxis .

[rob777vdy]

Originally Posted by John01W

John Sykes...on the Whitesnake 87 or Blue Murder albums.....it gets no better IMO....Sykes!

ahhhhh i forgot about that.1987 album was awsome,steve vai described it as guitar players paridse.im pretty sure jon sykes used mesa boogie amps on this album.

[Eggy]

I really love this tone http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KE4HGlmtOcg

It just sounds (to me) really Earthy and....well, Mahogany.

[moebius]

I dig the wah sound on Satch's "Love thing."

[CosmicDebris]

My wife makes some cool sounds

[Eggy]

^ You're right, she does. I'm pretty sure she doesn't want us to talk about it over the internet though.




(You walked into that one Cosmic.)

[shawn7v]

van halen I............end of story