Describe your foundation rock tone...

[telecaster911]

...by artist(s).

For example. I’d say mine falls between Malcolm Young and Rudolph Schenker. Or more simply AC/DC and The Scorpions.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Somewhere between Tony Iommi, Warren Haynes, and Gary Louris.

 

[Psychotronic]

A cross between Mick Taylor 1969-1973, Jimmy Page ca. 1973, and early EVH. Some Schenker thrown in, too.

 

[Jbird]

I try and get that heavier '80s metal tone. Metallica, Iced Earth, etc.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

Cobain had good tone.

 

[dmn23]

Gary Louris.

Fucking love his tone. I've seen the Jayhawks a few times but seeing them from the front row in a small club (with mostly stage volume from that angle) made me a believer.

 

[Dexter Inferno]

Hmmm...

I'd say a combo of Adrian Smith, David Gilmour (80s/90s), and probably a bit of Iommi.

 

[Mark Wein]

Somewhere between Mike Campbell and Malcolm Young.

 

[mongooz]

kinda depends on what i'm playing, but i guess somewhere between Joe Walsh and Don Felder
(big surprise, huh)

 

[wok]

Depends on what I am playing

 

[dmn23]

If I'm not playing with anyone else and I'm just sitting on the couch then my tone is mostly clean with just the slightest bit of hair to it.

 

[Knox in Box]

Basic rock tone is about Joe Walsh Rocky Mountain Way tone for me.

 

[micwalt]

Definitely depends on what I'm playing. That said, my main toanz for the rock cover band stuff is somewhere between John Sykes and Neal Schon.

 

[jp_nyc]

Something like Matt Pike, Wata & Takeshi, or Buckingham era Electric Wizard. A fuzz in front of a huge amp that’s cranked to overdrive so you get a crackling attack followed by a wall of noise. Kind of late Hendrix or Iommi on Volume 4.

 

[Guitar Heel]

Farts.

 

[Denverdave]

Depends on the song of course.....

But generally my tone is probably close to Tom Petty's rhythm tone, Glen Phillips electric playing (Toad the Wet Sprocket), with a touch of Noel Gallagher thrown in.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Farts.

Wouldn't that be queefs?

Fucking love his tone. I've seen the Jayhawks a few times but seeing them from the front row in a small club (with mostly stage volume from that angle) made me a believer.

 

[Peen Simmons]

Some kinda cross between Pete Townshend, Robert Smith, and Billy Corgan.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

Farts.

Dog farts.

 

[12Pack]

Somewhere between a 12 year old with a First Act and Gary playing the banjo.