Guitar Tone Competition IV! ROUND 5

[ahjteam]

It is time to vote for your favorite guitar tone. The winners of the 8 rounds advance to the finals. All finalists get a special LSD drum package and the winner of the whole competition wins a Wolfe Amplification Stinger amp.

If you recognise your own work, please keep it to yourself. Usernames will be made public in the end. Please place your vote and write constructive criticism or comments about all the submissions.

All uploaded files are 320kbps mp3s.

51: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338211/GTC4mp3/51.mp3
52: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338211/GTC4mp3/52.mp3
53: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338211/GTC4mp3/53.mp3
54: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338211/GTC4mp3/54.mp3
55: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338211/GTC4mp3/55.mp3

To next round: http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/...964-guitar-tone-competition-iv-round-6-a.html

FYI also for potential voters to read - do not make multiple accounts to be able to vote more than once etc. - your votes will be disqualified. Same for posting on other sites saying "just go vote for me" etc.

Haven't seen any issues yet, but just posting due to past issues with voting competitions like this.

 

[ttrentt]

This was the bright round. 54 was smoothest out of all. The others (minus 55) seem like amp sims with the bass knob on zero. 55 just had too much delay/reverb going on for me, made the leads overbearing

 

[Soundlurker]

51 - too forward and loud
52 - a bit too much 620 but otherwise nice
53 - ouch...harsh
54 - too much 480hz stuff but otherwise not too bad
55 - something a bit wrong with the mids

 

[jipchen]

I liked 52 and 54 best here, with 54 having a tad too much body imho.. they're pretty close though, curious to see if they were the same amp.

 

[t0n3d34f]

54 hands down 4 me. well-balanced.

i liked 55 too.

 

[if6was9]

51 here. Thought it was trebley but not too fizzy. Didn't like the delay/verb on 55 but thought the tone was decent.

 

[ahjteam]

My comments on these:

51: Always a big plus being creative on the boring intro part. The rhythm guitars are a bit scratchy sounding, but I kinda dig it, but not on the lead guitar. The bass could've been a bit louder, but otherwise it's pretty good overall
52: The guitars sound really undergained and the bass is barely audible, but after you get used to it, it's actually kinda cool
53: The lead tone is a bit telephoney, but otherwise I kinda dig this
54: Seriously good tone, I hard hard time not voting for this.
55: I voted for this. I really like this overall better than 54, but I like something that sticks out more than something is "just" good. I like the delays on the pauses and modulation in the beginning and I really like the lead tone. The rhythm tones are not taking the attention away from the lead guitar, but they might be just a bit too dark too, but it's a matter of taste really.

 

[RaNk]

51: Guitars are a little too loud for me.

52: A little more gain on the rhythm would have worked better I think, though it sounds nice in the mix.

53: Sounds too harsh/thin to me.

54: Best balance to me, and a nice (punchy) vibe to me. I picked this one the winner because of the overal sound.

55: Interesting mix, the most creative so far. Close to win because of that.

Had to almost flip a coin to choose between 54 and 55.

 

[ahjteam]

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