Guitar sounds

Some that spring instantly to mind are 'Kissability' by Sonic Youth off the Daydream Nation album - that is IMHO one of the best solos ever. Wire's 'Fly in the ointment' has a fabulous ringing and metalic sound that I cant figure how the hell they did. There are bits of the first Rage against the machine album that are really cool, I love the stuff the guitarist does with having one pickup off and the other on and using the switch to rhythmically cut the output whilst hammering on with the fretboard hand - really cool. Can's Mother Sky really freaks out nicely at the end guitar noise wise, and Floyds 'Interstellar overdrive' is a classic guitar racket.

I will probably have to come back with some more later...

Tony.

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they could have built their career on Madonna songs and still be a legend. Scrrreeechhhh !

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great post, Cheese. That really gave me a good laugh. Of course, donw under ACDC will continue to make a good living if only from the royalties provided by Karaoke discs spun in the pubs of Australia.

Indeed, Angus seems to have a distinct edge on the old SG.

Ahh, memories of polyester-suited salesmen cranking out "high-hhhh-way to hell".

Rico - SM/Mullet Audio

I'm far from being an expert on this sort of thing, but I think the guitar playing on some of the tracks on All About Eve's first two albums [All About Eve and Scarlet and Other Stories] has an emotional power and intensity that compares favourably with a lot of much "rockier" freak-out type of stuff, if you know what I mean. The tracks that particularly spring to mind are Shelter from the Rain and In the Meadow from the first album and December from the second.

If it's any help, AAE's music is classified by some as "folk metal." I'm not sure how meaningful such a classification is but it gives you some idea, perhaps, if you haven't heard them...

Don't trust my unsupported opinion, though, I'm just too ignorant about rock for my opinion to be reliable for others.

JD

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Remember, it must sound EVIL

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Sorry, but you should have named this thread "evil guitar sounds" if you wanted that ... Good idea, though!

I suppose that, in general, a mixture of "gear sound" and "finger sound" is crucial to "good sound". Yes, Angus and Malcolm are quite the masters in that respect. Mostly finger sound.

For something more refined, check out anything by producer/guitarist John Leventhal. You may not like the music, but his sound and solos are unimitable and very tasteful - even if you can play the notes, you'll never sound like him. Never. Two thirds finger sound.

Then there's David Lindley. How emotive. And his buddy Ry Cooder, but you knew that. Both are mostly finger sound.

Oh yeah, Michael Landau (Karizma, with Vinnie Colaiuta, James Taylor, himself). Reminiscent of the human voice. Two thirds finger sound.

Linkin Park? 90% gear sound, I'd say. When they get older, they might chuck the gear and start playing REAL guitar ...

Thomas

Thomas: Linkin Park? 90% gear sound, I'd say. When they get older, they might chuck the gear and start playing REAL guitar ...

You mean turn into a real rock band? I sincerely hope not!

However, I'm sure they'll soon sound radically different from the way they sound now.

JD

You mentioned the sounds of Angus's SG.

Tony Ioomi also had a killer sound with his SG too.

How 'bout Greens Green Manalishi sound?

With a two pronged crown.....

Listening to it now....

Yeah man

P

The guitar sound in "Red Light Fever" on Venom's Welcome To Hell record. Chainsaw Guitar at its best. Pure evil. This is the perfect record to play on 10 when the Jehovas Witnesses are knocking at your door.

Ron The Mon,
Needle-Freak

Ron The Mon,
Arch Kan defender and wall driller.

For Evil guitar sounds you could do a lot worse than the various bits of Frippery on Bowie's "Scary Monsters", or of course numerous bits of King Crimson...

Pete.

Cheap Sunglasses.

Particularly the OGWT live version.

Paul

Surf music-based (of all things) metal. Look for "With No Definite Future and No Purpose..." and "Scalp Salad" from the album "A Glorious Lethal Euphoria". Glorious, fat sound.

Of course, one could go to the source: Dick Dale's "Miserlou" (now known as the song that starts out "Pulp Fiction").

Cheers

Keith.

Playing Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, from the album Wired

Cheers

Martin

Listen to "More Songs..." by Big Black or any of his stuff with Shellac for all out agression in playing and sound.

It's not pretty - he uses so much top end and distortion he isn't going to win any prizes for understatement ("chainsaw" guitar, anyone?). For all out raw energy, amphetamine fuelled and whatever other adjectives you want to apply to guitar music, he takes some beating.

Also for the "evil" bit, he did a song with Big Black called "Jordan, Minnesota" which IIRC is about a case of ritual child abuse (he never has been one to shy away from difficult subject matter). This is one scary song, especially the live version, with the aforementioned guitar sound and stacks of feedback at the end.

What a cool (and blokey) thread

You could check out John McLaughlin's playing on the Mahavishnu Orchestra album "Birds of Fire". This is really dense, HARD fusion.

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Johnny Winter plays a pretty nasty guitar. JW has many albums but several to check out are a compilation "White Hot Blues" and "Captured Live"

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An album called "Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers" This is a Chicago south side blues power trio and its pretty raw.


All of the above needs to be played LOUD

There are some pretty cool guitar sounds on Death In Vegas' "Dead Elvis". I guess they're fresh in my mind - was playing it this am, pre-work.

For great guitar sounds, surely anything by Stevie Ray Vaughan? The intro to "Cold Shot" sends shivers.

Rico - SM/Mullet Audio

Nick Drake could play guitar. I dont know a huge amount about playing instruments, but the sounds that Nick Drake could make on an acoustic guitar have so much more emotion, rythem soul, whtatever you want to call it, than so much harsh loud electric noise that some people call music.

Dont get me wrong, I do appreciate some more thrashy music from time to time, but dont forget Nick and his rather delicate and nimble fingers, dancing over the fret board.


Simon