This lead tone? how!

[Triscore]

Ok!

This is a question that I suppose a lot of people have done but I propose to you if you can get this tone...You know what they used to do this lead tone?, what pickup, neck or bridge position, what amp, what effects, what cab, what mic?....etc, a lot of questions but I believe in all of you and I´m sure that someone can do. If you want to do some audio test to try would be amazing!!, please, help me to get "similar" tone of the lead, it´s amazing for my taste, sounds like a keyboard sometimes.

Here the sound, you all knows, in the part 1:27



Cheers and all the comments are appreciated!

Tris.

 

[bryan_kilco]

I've been a huge fan of that lead tone as well. Reminds me of Dream Theater or something....almost "abstract" sounding, if that makes sense.

I, too, would like some info on this.

 

[Loki Laufeyiarson]

For starters: he's switching between bridge and neck pick-up (judging by a quick listen of the first few seconds in).

 

[storming heaven]

less gain then you probably think, lots of delay and reverb, and raw, low mid rangey eq. I'm guessing you wouldn't want to use this tone as an rhythm tone cause it would be too boxy.

 

[Tommy Gun]

If I'm not mistaken, the head and cab were both ENGL, the head being the 1st generation Powerball. And a lot of this tone is coming from Nordstrom's micing technique. He may have been leaning a little more toward the off-axis mic for this tone. I'm not sure about delay. I think you're hearing the little bit of reflection from the reverb he used. I'm also pretty sure that it's all neck pickup.

 

[professorlamp]

the first 3 or 4 notes sound like the bridge pickup to me then it smoothes out

 

[Triscore]

Hey people!!

Amazing answers, really appreciate it!. thanks a lot to all, I will try to do something to get the tone but I know that I not going to get hahahaha.

 

[The Unavoidable]

I actually met the guy who played that solo a few years back, I'm kicking myself for not asking him about the gear!