Lead guitar tones
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Nuno Filipe
You talkin' to me?
schust
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nice! very diverse, clean. perfect listening for my morning cup o' joe. how is it i've been playing guitar for three decades and never heard of this guy?
Uros
Sonic Incision
AntonioPetrole
Brootz
3:27 has always been my favorite lead, I'm pretty sure its more about how much i enjoy the song though
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Rex Rocker
Call me Hugo!
Maybe I'm a bit on the tacky side here, but I must admit I've always been partial to Zakk Wylde's chorus-effected Marshall lead tone, lol.
Gotta love those crazy stupid wide vibratos.
Gotta love those crazy stupid wide vibratos.
That whole album has "weird" leads, some kind of synth-y sound. Love the lead on December flower though!
Both Gus and Marios have great skills and feel, Marios vibrato is insane! The lead sound itself is only half of the equation..
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Audio quality sucks but most of you would have heard it before right?
Audio quality sucks but most of you would have heard it before right?
lol I was going to post that one, but I think these synth-y sounding leads just sound so amazingly textured.
LeSedna
Mat or Mateo
That's because December Flower's leads were played by another guy, either one of their guitar tracking engineers or a local guitarist. Loved his second solo particularly, one of my favourites ever !
That said, I love most of that era's in flames sound. I love how they got a quite distorted sound that doesn't sound aggressive, and blends in the mix well. I can listen to a whole album relax this way, while many new modern productions make me tired after 15mn
Orianthi's lead tone sounds so PRS to me. Was it tracked with that PRS or is it my eyes talking to my ears ?
Paul Gilbert's lead tones are tasty too. I remember taking a shit in the Hellfest last year, while he was starting his first song. I didn't know he was playing, nor that he was even programmed. In the beginning I was "again a boring guitarist satisfying his ego on stage", and at the end of my shit I wanted to go out and check who the hell was that tremendous guitarist. He had the best lead tone I've ever heard live, and he played so flawlessly, it was such a pleasure after half the dozen of random shitty metal bands I could hear from my tent.
LeSedna
Mat or Mateo
Hell yeah, I didn't know him, I checked some of his videos... Love his playing. Still can't listen to shred music but he definitely has something else that I like.
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Given that both of these are by far the best lead amps I own, that would make total sense.
Gregor Mackintosh of Paradise lost has the best lead sound in my book. Shades of god, Icon, Draconian times... nothing can compare to that.
He plays Marshall now, but his best tones, at least for me, are from his Laney era.
His tone is the perfect example of Laney amps (VH-GH series).
He plays Marshall now, but his best tones, at least for me, are from his Laney era.
His tone is the perfect example of Laney amps (VH-GH series).
MG-Chris
80's Thrash > *
Not really a full production mix, but this is one of my favorite tones these days.
It certainly doesn't hurt to have Marco's chops, either.
It certainly doesn't hurt to have Marco's chops, either.
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rispsira
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Lots of great talent and nice tones. but couldnt agree with you more on this one.
Ola Englund
Only gay in the village
I have always, ALWAYS had a major problem with my lead sound. I have the worst lead sound ever and I can't help it. Sucks when you can put out decent rhythm tones and the song gets ruined by the shitty lead.
Firaxis
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I prefer a little less distortion on leads than a lot of people, I think it adds more 'guitar' to the guitar, sounds more woody I guess. EVH, Lynch and Gus G always have great tones.
Guthrie Govan is a master, how many people would kill to be able to play like that? I think he displays that tone is in the fingers. No matter what amp he plays through it sounds like him, same with the others too.
Ola I actually quite like your lead tones!
Guthrie Govan is a master, how many people would kill to be able to play like that? I think he displays that tone is in the fingers. No matter what amp he plays through it sounds like him, same with the others too.
Ola I actually quite like your lead tones!
