Guitarists With The Best Sound?

[GuitarHack]

Sticking to current stuff, Andy Timmons and John Mayer

 

[aníbalsantander]

danny gatton

 

[Sticky1973]

Had a night to think; some guys have got there first:

1) Trevor Rabin
2) Talk
3) Custom Strat/Alvarez/Ampeg (Magical)

1) John Petrucci
2) Train of Thought
3) Musicman/DiMarzio/Boogie (Awesome)

1) Mark Tremonti
2) Blackbird
3) PRS/Boogie/Bogner (Uber!)

1) Brad Paisley
2) Time Well Wasted
3) Crook/Adder/Dr.Z (Thumping)

1) Emppu Vuorinen
2) Dark Passion Play
3) ESP/Seymour Duncan/Mesa/Marshall (Sweetness)

 

[Spudmurphy]

danny gatton

oh for sure - he was kinda like Les Paul - what with experimenting with sounds and gizmos.

A sad loss was Mr Gatton.

 

[robelinda2]

Forgot about Brad Paisley, he is just great.

 

[roburado]

Nuno Bettencourt - Cynical from Waiting for the Punchline

Back around the time that came out, I was shopping for a CD player head for my car stereo. The main test was how that song sounded.

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Brian May's tone is amazing - especially when you realise its a home made guitar, weird pickups, a treble booster that hisses like a pissed off snake and Vox AC30's!

EVH - Anything pre Peavey Wolfgang, his tone is amazing. I love the sound on all the Roth stuff and even up to Balance its great.

SRV - THE Strat sound. Nuff said!

Slim from the Hamsters - I would imagine that hardly anyone has heard of him, but his sound is fantastic! Fills a huge sonic space for a sole guitar player.

 

[Onzabar]

There are many great guitar tones out there. My favorites are EVH, David Gilmour, Jerry Cantrell, John Petrucci, Billy Gibbons, and John Frusciante. If these choice seem all over the place, it's because they are.

 

[DaveB]

...how did I forget Jerry Cantrell?

I listened to Dirt all the way through in the car the other day - that album hasnt aged at all.

Dave

 

[Owen]

Luke (+ Larry C) - No Substitutions

Robben Ford - 'Politician' on Mystic Mile (probably my favourite)

Eric Johnson - Desert Rose

David Gilmour - anything!

Mark Knopfler - Shangri La album

Joe Bonamassa - New Live album

SRV - Riviera Paradise/Lenny/Life Without You

Doyle Bramhall II - Arc Angels

Pete Townshend - recent live stuff, simple..Strat into a Boss O/D and a Fender amp - huge!

 

[straycat113]

Wow I am shocked no one mentioned Santana one of the greatest tones. Other faves-Gary Moore-Brian May-Vanhalen-SRV-Gilmour-Clapton-Beck. There are a lot more as we know the thing about the ones I mentioned is I really only have to hear one note to know who is playing.

 

[Eilif]

Trevor Rabin

EVH

SRV

Steve Howe

Brian May

 

[Gear]

A few unknown/never got the credit they deserved players with GREAT tone...
Pat Thrall
Robbie Blunt - The Strat tone
Jerry Riggs (Riggs LP, Heavy Metal Soundtrack and with Pat Travers 84-93)

Neal Schon - 70's stuff with an old E.H. Hot Tubes pedal and Echoplex driving the hell out of a Marshall...

 

[ShaneV]

EVH, Billy Gibbons, Nuno, Warren DiMartini, George Lynch, Jerry Cantrell, Leslie West. I could do specific songs, but they all have tons of examples of awesome tonage.

 

[DaPatrooch]

John Petrucci/ his tone is great on every album with Mesas- it always changes from album to album but it all sounds great, especially on the new album with the BFRs

EVH- every album up to and including For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Jerry Cantrell/ Dirt/ idk but I know he used EBMM EVHs at one point, at least on the road. His sound is so powerful. I've been learning some of the songs off Dirt and the rhythm tones are great.

David Gilmour/anything from his more recent live DVDs and albums/ Strats and other stuff

Alex Lifeson/ Rush in Rio and Rush R30/ PRS and Hughes & Kettner amps. His tone on Snakes & Arrows live is great but I prefer the tone of the PRSs to the Les Pauls he's using now.

 

[Dizzy]

This Guy

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eTeuwLqr4U"]YouTube - Mayones Competition - Rumpy[/ame]

 

[Slingy]

Best tone ever!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTD1QW3SM60"]YouTube - Rush - Xanadu ( Exit Stage Left )[/ame]

 

[Stratty316]

Mine are along the lines of most of the people here on the forum but here goes....
Top 3, no order...

EVH- DLR Years: 1984 (Top Jimmy) -Marshall Plexi
Sammy Years: Balance (Don't Tell me) MM EVH/5150

Jimmy Page/Zeppelin: Zeppelin 1 & 2= Tele + Princeton Reverb... the paul and the Marshall were featured starting in the 3rd album... but the early tone has something amazing to it. (its why I got the Princeton Reverb)

David Gilmour: really it is that wet, delayed sound that he gets... think of just about any Floyd or the On an Island CD... 1 note and you know who it is.

Other important people

SRV: Just a big, fat strat sound played clean. You all know what Im talking about.

Robin Trower: Bridge of Sighs... that old dirty marshall through a single coil strat

Boston: sure, a little over produced and a ton of synth... but if you could get that sound live...

other people that help shape tone are Hendrix, The Edge (see Gilmour) Larry LaLond (Primus), Luke, and a ton of others...

Now, if only BP could create one guitar that could do all of this!!! hahahaha..

 

[ScoobySteve]

1. Eric Johnson
2. Anything from Tones or Venus Isle
3. He uses 2x Amp set up (Dry/Wet combo) with his Marshall JCM800's. Or 2x Fender Twin Reverb. His entire set up is available at his website.

1. John Petrucci
2. Suspended Animation Octavarium, SC, or BCSL
3. 2x Mesa/Boogie Mark IV's, and Lonestar for Cleans, plus tons of rack gear, his set up is also available online.

1. Joe Bonamassa
2. India/Mountain Time (Live, this is important!) Asking Around for You, Sloe Gin, If Heartaches Were Nickels, Etc.
3. 2x Stereo Dry/Wet set up designed by Eric Johnson (He admits this during his Hollywood GC Clinic) but has 4 amps in his set up that change often. Marshall Silver Jubilee (is always on), Van Wheelden Superlead, Two-Rock ODS, Fuchs ODS just to name a few.

1. SRV, Larry Carlton
2. Everything.
3. He used a custom Dumble I believe and I think Larry Carlton used one at some point too.

 

[marduke]

This Guy

YouTube - Mayones Competition - Rumpy

haha.. oh gosh... that hurt!!

for me Gilmour has my fav tones. then Petrucci.