New Katatonia Guitar Tone

[The Incision]

Does anyone out there have any ideas or cluesof how to get the guitar tone Katatonia gets out of the new stuff. It seems to be alot more full alot more toneful than all there otherstuffm any suggestions as of why or of how it is possible to get that Katatonia guitar tone? Thanks

 

[the-lull]

Here's what anders had told about it:

"Getting into details, I could mention that an overall upbeat pace has been applied to the main songs, we've dropped tuning from D# to C"

 

[The Incision]

Im just curious as to where you heard that from Anders? I am really looking for info or facts as to Anders guitar playing &/or his equipment. Thanks

 

[my dying groom]

Originally posted by The Incision
Im just curious as to where you heard that from Anders? I am really looking for info or facts as to Anders guitar playing &/or his equipment. Thanks

You can still find that statement in the news section of www.katatonia.com . As for equipment details, just take a look at the member profiles in the band section

 

[Nebularus]

According to a recent Dan Swano interview, they were trying to get a guitar sound similar to the one Mudvayne used on their latest album.

 

[The Incision]

really?

 

[Nebularus]

Yup. I'm not joking. The interview is in the latest issue of LotFP weekly (it has a messageboard here at Ultimatemetal)

 

[The Incision]

Wow, well I new alot of the guys liked the new mudvayne cd but its kind of suprising to imagine katatonia with mudvaynes guitar sound. Aren't most of Katatonia's songs tuned in standard tuning? Almost all tabs I've read all the way back to Discouraged Ones are, but well hell, they could be wrong.

 

[yourdeadgroom]

Katatonia's previous stuff is in E flat, I think (I have suddenly forgotten, it's either that or E). On the new one, they tune to C

 

[Hobo]

on a totaly not regarding katatonia or anything we have discussed here earlier sidenote...
my band once recorded a demo in F tuning....

 

[The Incision]

well ok, you know anywhere I can get some decent abs for katatonia songs?

 

[The Incision]

wow high or low f

 

[my dying groom]

http://metaltabs.com/band/10/

 

[discouraged1]

Brave Murder Day and Discouraged Ones are in D#
Tonight's Decision and LFDGD are in C#(though I think The Future of Speech has 6th string dropped in B)
Viva Emptiness is in C

Enjoy D-tuning and C-tuning your guitars

 

[Ghost Tears]

C-tunning as in C-G-C-F-A-D? i personally think they should have stayed in E-flat.

 

[Hobo]

wow high or low f

high one...
we are the only band i know that actualy have a recording played tuned up instead of down

 

[Ghost Tears]

LFDGD and TD are tuned in E-flat or D# which is the same thing. Surely if you have ever played a Katatonia song on guitar or seen them play live you would realise that. But yea Evidence sounds like it is in C

 

[discouraged1]

LFDGD and TD are tuned in E-flat or D# which is the same thing. Surely if you have ever played a Katatonia song on guitar or seen them play live you would realise that. But yea Evidence sounds like it is in C

I think you have mistaken about this1. I'm pretty sure that Tonight's Decision guitar tunings are in C#.
Just listen to the intro chords to For My Demons(when the distortion comes in):
the first chord is B (played in C# tuning, which sounds like G# in standard, E tuning); the 2nd chord is A, and, most importantly, the third1 is open E (which sounds like C# in C# tuning), so it has to be C# tuning, as the open chord sounds like C#.

Hope this haven't confused you, but I can't explain this in another way.

cheerz

 

[golgotha85]

I've heard the new Katatonia album throughly and I refuse to believe that the guitar tone is supposed to sound like that of Mudvayne! There's a big difference... Mudvayne is terrible and Katatonia is one of the greatest bands ever! How can it be? AHHH!!!

By the way, sense my sarcasm, please... I still HATE Mudvayne though...