Tone you love, even if it's not really "good"

[Jenesis]

Malmsteen. Awful, amazing tone.

[slash-ed]

Many would disagree with me, but I don't find Slash's tone on appetite particularly nice, but it works great for that record.

Yeah, I've often though that too. Like if there wasn't the association with the great songs, would his tone stand up by itself? Probably not. It's quite bland really. As much as people like to bag him, he really was one hell of a guitarist in his GnR days.

Double agreement. I've never thought the "Appetite" tone was something to chase. I always thought the UYI tones sounded way huger. The Appetite "sound" of the album, and the band in general, was about being raw and unpolished, really, for me.

Slash's tone - at least with GnR - stands out for me as one I really really dislike intensely, and cannot fathom why anyone likes it. It's scratchy and thin and fizzy/buzzy, and ...

... bit like Satriani then?

[thehenderson]

I used to make things and break things and Jesus I was evil

[Ironbird13]

I used to make things and break things and Jesus I was evil

yeah, love that tone, so raw

[thehenderson]

Yeah man! Also some Billy Corgan tone works so well in the songs but is so harsh in a similar way.

[rocklander]

listened to cult of personality on the radio this morning... that tone is total @rse, but works for vernon...

[Hot_Grits]

listened to cult of personality on the radio this morning... that tone is total @rse, but works for vernon...

true dat.

I really liked Soundgarden, but I have no desire to plug a Guild S100 into a Peavey VTM any time soon.

[dayl]

Yeah, Vernon Reid for me... I wouldn't call it bad but the greater majority of Tone Bandits prob would.

[thehenderson]

Sounds like a valvestate to me. Not bad, just not valve

[The Scarecrow]

Most of the Seattle bands I loved had horrible tones, left over from their days of playing metal in the garage. Cobain was a classic example of this, but it was more about his songs over his sound. Alice In Chains and Soundgarden had some pretty grim tones earlier on and Smashing Pumpkins sounded like everything was just cranked up to 10 and beyond. I found PJ and STP, who arguably used a bit less gain, to be much more pleasant sounding on the ears.