Author Topic: Favorite Guitar tone in a song and Great albums (Read 808 times)

echo008 · « **on:** November 18, 2006, 09:21:08 PM »

Just listening to some stuff I have not heard in a while ....
for example, I just listened to Steeley Dan's Katy Lied The tone/solos on Black Friday are just blowing me away not to mention songs like Bad Sneakers Rose Darling Any World Etc!!!! I cant believe how raw and delicious the sound is. One of my all time favorite albums all together.

When Black Friday comes
I'm gonna dig myself a hole
Gonna lay down in it 'til
I satisfy my soul
Gonna let the world pass by me
The Archbishop's gonna sanctify me
And if he don't come across
I'm gonna let it roll

Come and share some of your favorite albums and songs I really want to know what you are listening to these days?

- Tom

hieronymous · « **Reply #1 on:** November 18, 2006, 09:56:02 PM »

I've been getting off on some of the crazy sounds Frank Zappa had in the early '70s. Like the Willie the Pimp solo on Fillmore East, June 1971 - sounds like it was split with one kind of clean and one with an envelope filter and distortion - easier to hear on headphones. Oh, and recently I picked up the original vinyl release which has more of the solo - Frank severely edited it when he remastered it for CD.

And the solo stuff on the Son of Orange County - Trouble Every Day medley on Roxy & Elsewhere too. Great tone, tweaked playing. The rest of the album isn't bad either...

Well I'm about to get sick, from watchin' my T.V.

inthelows · « **Reply #2 on:** November 18, 2006, 10:10:11 PM »

Steeley Dan = Skunk Baxter! They've used other guitarists but he jams on an awful lot of tunes SD has done. I like the combination of Steve Morse and Andy West of the Dixie Dregs.
Ever hear of Monk Montgomery. Bassist from the 70's and 80's that had some very pioneering sounds like on Bass Oddessy.
As far as sounds Randy Roades, Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Satriani, or go the other direction to SRV, Hendrix, BB King,Doc Watson.
I like it all!
NLP

echo008 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 18, 2006, 10:17:19 PM »

I must say that I keep coming back to Katy Lied for some reason. Mostly I like the old stuff... alot of Stevie Wonder back in the Master Blaster days and Songs in the Key of Life... right now though I have Attics of my Life turned up Way loud!!! Dead til I die!

yes I like it all to

robbiebassepic · « **Reply #4 on:** November 18, 2006, 10:20:37 PM »

Willie the pimp - Architypal track - Big Zappa Fan
Anyone into Stevie Ray Vaughn's version - also an amazing track!

echo008 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 18, 2006, 10:29:23 PM »

I actually just got a SRV box set a little while back, have not really had the chance to sit down with it yet but off the top .... Lenny/Texas Flood/ Pride and Joy and Couldn't stand the weather.... WOW!

jazzyvee · « **Reply #6 on:** November 19, 2006, 01:57:31 AM »

I love Carlos Santana's tone. Especially on the Moonflower album. There are some amazingly warm and sweet and melodic sounding solo's on that album.

Also his solo album, the name evades me at the moment the name Onenesscomes to mind but not sure.

But I remember a track on the album with the lyric or name of Life is just a passing parade, the guitar tone on that solo on there is incredible.

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jazzyvee · « **Reply #7 on:** November 19, 2006, 02:03:24 AM »

Carlos Rios has an incredible guitar tone on the track Cool Weasel Boogie on the first Chick Corea Elektric band album.

keavin · « **Reply #8 on:** November 19, 2006, 02:37:16 AM »

I'm listening to old school stuff like GCS (larry graham)tower of power,old steely Dan,lot's of Classic rock mostly, 70's & I keep my radio tuned to the old school stations at all times!

dnburgess · « **Reply #9 on:** November 19, 2006, 04:05:19 AM »

Probably my all time favourite guitar tone is Robin Trower on Bridge of Sighs.

olieoliver · « **Reply #10 on:** November 19, 2006, 06:30:34 AM »

I'd have to say my favorite single song for guitar tone would have to be, Europa. Carlos Santana has an incredible sound on that tune.

Of course anything by SRV or the Allman Bros are great raw guitar sounds.

Now for compressed to the max, 42 different effects loops patched in, I my take some heat for this one, Boston's first album. Tom Shultz's sound turned a few guitar ears.

lbpesq · « **Reply #11 on:** November 19, 2006, 07:28:36 AM »

Olie:

I just logged on to this thread to add Santana's Europa, and then saw your post! Great minds, etc!

Also, Jerry on St. Stephen/The Eleven from Live/Dead.

Bill, tgo

echo008 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 19, 2006, 07:31:28 AM »

OOPs Double Post
- Tom

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echo008 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 19, 2006, 07:34:16 AM »

I have to mention Los Lobos, they seem to be under rated... Colossal Head is a fantastic album. Great warm raw tones coming from them Gibsons

I have not yet picked up there latest, but I had a chance to see them this summer at an outdoor show and they are the sh*t.

- Tom

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #14 on:** November 19, 2006, 09:11:39 AM »

I never go too long without listening to the Dead, but always have other things I'm stuck on - the Dead is a constant, the others change every few weeks. Right now I'm interspersing their 8-8-82 show at Alpine Valley (John Cipollina and Zakir Hussain sat in - I was there, and it was great) with a lot of Danny Gatton (mostly Portraits & Unfinished Business), and Junior Brown (Semi Crazy & Guit With It)- completely different, but all phenomonal.

Peter

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