Albums with the best guitar sound

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Well?

Definitely the best guitar sound ever I think is on Vinnie Vincent Invasion. The rhythm sound is so thick and distorted and hard edged, and the lead sound is so screaming and ear piercing! I have no idea how he got that sound, I've never heard anything like it.

Other faves:

Judas Priest - Painkiller ... more screaming guitars!
Megadeth - So Far So Good .... HEAVY HEAVY distortion!
Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy .... killer rhythm guitar crunch!
Dokken - Back For The Attack... not really the rhythm guitar sound, but the lead sound is amazing!
Van Halen - Van Halen .... can't believe this was recorded in 1978! What a great distortion for the '70s! And the lead sound... PHWOAR!!! I can just imagine the reactions back then when people heard Eruption and I'm The One, etc... these huge screaming flashy solos with massive reverb everywhere would've sounded so new.

 

[Spiff]

Why do I get the feeling Troops typed all that with one hand?

 

[spawn]

Burnt Offerings - Iced Earth (Absolutely crushing!)
The first 2 Machinehead albums
The Gather...

Oh just look at my list in the drum thread, its the same ones

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

What do you mean Spiffy?

 

[Icarus]

BEST: Guitar sound on my air guitar album...its killer

 

[Jage]

any maiden albums, and iced earth:Smokin:

 

[Mark]

Whitesnake - 1987

 

[Southy]

Pantera's Vulgar Display and Reinventing the steel have pretty good Guitar sounds

 

[spawn]

Originally posted by Mark
Whitesnake - 1987

Good call!

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Originally posted by spawn
Good call!

Killer guitar sound!

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings - Heavy.
Judas Priest - Painkiller - Wailing.
Megadeth - So Far, So Good...So What! - Thrashy.
Metallica - Master Of Puppets - Metal.

Honerable mentions:

Halford - Live Insurrection
Dungeon - A Rise To Power
Blaze - Tenth Dimension
Grave Digger - The Grave Digger
anything Jon Petrucci plays on.
Vivian Campbell's stuff with Dio.

 

[Gavin]

I reckon Megadeth Countdown has wicked guitar sound

 

[Seventh Son]

Originally posted by Gavin
I reckon Megadeth Countdown has wicked guitar sound

I concur

I'd have to also add:
Steve Vai - Alien Love Secrets (So much grunt and yet so clean)
Joe Satriani - SBM (so warm and clean)
Symphony X - The Odyssey (Kick Arse!!)
Carcass - Heartwork

 

[ShaneBarnes1982]

Burnt Offerings is getting a lot of recognition, but I don't see it, unless the remaster/remixed DG is really that killer. Horror Show has a deadly guitar sound, Jon has godly tone!

Some albums with a guitar tone I would kill for are...
In Flames - Colony
Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper, what a killer lead tone. *droool*
Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges
Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio
Falconer - Falconer
Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done

 

[spawn]

Originally posted by ShaneBarnes1982
Burnt Offerings is getting a lot of recognition, but I don't see it, unless the remaster/remixed DG is really that killer. Horror Show has a deadly guitar sound, Jon has godly tone!

Yep, it really is that good!

 

[ShaneBarnes1982]

I need to get Dark Genesis!!!