Sick guitar tone >.<

[Erkan]

Vildhjarta <- Listen to first song, "Traces"

Seriously, this guitar tone... wtf is up with it? The guitars are growling fiercely! Especially from 0:21 - 0:50, there is this "thing" they do which just sounds... heavy.

Does anyone have any general pointers to what they might've done to get that sound? Not that I believe I would ever be able to even get close to it, but I just want to gain some knowledge about it.

Edit: I meant to focus on those "things" they do between 0:21 - 0:50, not the actual guitar tone throughout the whole song.

 

[Temps]

Sounds like the guitar is being doubled with a synth to me.. those notes are noticeably thicker than the rest and unusually punchy.

 

[xFkx]

methinks it's a pod, especialy judging from their rehersal vids

 

[AeternusEternus]

Behringer V-Amp 2, I think.

They sound a lot like my buddy Josh Travis's tones, and he uses those in When Knives Go Skyward.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=323779033

 

[zvish]

this guy is on their gallery

omg omg, i love this guitar waah: i saw this photo on 7strings org, i want something like this !!!

 

[abyssofdreams]

POD

 

[zvish]

Vildhjarta <- Listen to first song, "Traces"

Seriously, this guitar tone... wtf is up with it? The guitars are growling fiercely! Especially from 0:21 - 0:50, there is this "thing" they do which just sounds... heavy.

Does anyone have any general pointers to what they might've done to get that sound? Not that I believe I would ever be able to even get close to it, but I just want to gain some knowledge about it.

their bassist (?) i see is modrator on guitar amp modeling forum, he write a lot about using spider2 and some savage impulses, maybe that we hear, you can write to them, or to him, on this forum

 

[Erkan]

their bassist (?) i see is modrator on guitar amp modeling forum, he write a lot about using spider2 and some savage impulses, maybe that we hear, you can write to them, or to him, on this forum

Hey, cooool! Thanks for the tip man, will do!

 

[Erkan]

Behringer V-Amp 2, I think.

They sound a lot like my buddy Josh Travis's tones, and he uses those in When Knives Go Skyward.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=323779033

Seriously, V-Amp? I always thought they were low budget, crappy crap crap stuff. Do people use V-Amps in a serious manner? (Forgive my ignorance, but I always believed V-Amps were frowned upon).

methinks it's a pod, especialy judging from their rehersal vids

Wow if a POD is what they use for (a big part of) the tone, I might consider getting one in the future... could also come in handy at home while writing stuff!

 

[Erkan]

Sounds like the guitar is being doubled with a synth to me.. those notes are noticeably thicker than the rest and unusually punchy.

Now, this is really interesting! Damn, why did I never think of this... this opens up a whole new door in composing music! Even if they didn't use this technique, I imagine it would be a really cool idea to run a pass through the guitars and see where you can compliment it with a synth, not to just spice it up, but to actually reinforce the guitars in an extreme way.

Really, even if this is not what they did, I thank you for the tip! I will definately give it a try when I get some songs together.

 

[Let it burn...]

wow, that chugging at 1.20 is insane!

 

[Notuern]

Sounds like a typical solid state sound to me.
Thats why i like ssamps by the way, more attack and growl! >;D

 

[abyssofdreams]

I'm 99% sure that is a POD tone.

Plus nothing special too. The bass and lowend is everything.

Guitars are VERY scooped on the lowmids which let's the bass/kick shine through. There's just some synths in the background, nothing doubled with the guitars I'm afraid.

 

[-Noodles-]

I'm 99% sure that is a POD tone.

Plus nothing special too. The bass and lowend is everything.

Guitars are VERY scooped on the lowmids which let's the bass/kick shine through. There's just some synths in the background, nothing doubled with the guitars I'm afraid.

sounds a lot like the Meshuggah tone.. which is done on Line-6 stuff.
I guess it'd be hard to get that kind of low end on a tube amp..

 

[AudioPhile777]

ok. serisouly. fuck them and their ginormous myspace techno graphic.

 

[xFkx]

I think them beeing great players defines a part of the tone. The picking is machine-like in precision

 

[Rupturemetal]

Really? That tone does nothing for me. Sounds like a cheap version of suga's tone. It is a real good song though

 

[JonWormwood]

ok. serisouly. fuck them and their ginormous myspace techno graphic.

Really? That tone does nothing for me. Sounds like a cheap version of suga's tone. It is a real good song though

These.

 

[Erkan]

Really? That tone does nothing for me. Sounds like a cheap version of suga's tone. It is a real good song though

That's what I thought the very first time I heard it too, but after a while, I started getting used to it. Then I kinda liked it, but still, it's those "things" between 0:21 and 0:50 that really "does it" for me it just sounds "chuga chuga chuga chuga BAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWW chugga chugga" etc, it's huge!

 

[cobhc]

Sounds thin and harsh to me, like has already been said, it's a cheap version of Meshuggah's tone. Why is everybody copying Meshuggah these days?