TONE - A SUBJECTIVE ISSUE
Moderator: ned


By the way , I saw Peter Frampton last Saturday at an outdoor festival in Dallas. He's still got it, and a great guy! Got to meet him after the show hanging out with his family at my friends restaurant. I don't consider him a guilty pleasure, I know his past in Brittan with The Herd, but I love Humble Pie and the "Framptons Camel" record. "Rockin The Fillmore" the contrast between him and Steve soloing was what made the band, Clemson sounded too much like Marriott and they lost the fire! My Humble Opinion! I could be wrong!
TG



SHANGALANG!!!
Barry
Wow Amos Garrett! Where's that gig? If you get to speak to him, ask him if he still has that tasty Ibanez Artist they made for him back in the 70's. The guys on the Ibanez Collectors World site would love to know a little about that guitar and where it is now.
Not sure what Big Jim is up to these days.
TG
In my opinion, Glen Hughes has the best voice in Rock and the next best voice to Michael McDonald. Both TONE masters you might say.
Speaking of Purple/Trapeze, how do you rate the late and great Tommy Bolin's TONE?
Barry
Wow Amos Garrett! Where's that gig? If you get to speak to him, ask him if he still has that tasty Ibanez Artist they made for him back in the 70's. The guys on the Ibanez Collectors World site would love to know a little about that guitar and where it is now.
Not sure what Big Jim is up to these days.
TG
In my opinion, Glen Hughes has the best voice in Rock and the next best voice to Michael McDonald. Both TONE masters you might say.
Speaking of Purple/Trapeze, how do you rate the late and great Tommy Bolin's TONE?
Tommy Bolin! Yeah thats another! Saw him the night he died in Miami, opened for Jeff Beck. Billy Cobham's "Spectrum" is my favorite TB record then "Gang Bang" by the James Gang. I saw a CD yesterday a compilation with TB playing a vintage Les Paul, never saw him play one. The Strat and Explorer were the ones I remember. Was not much of a fan of his solo stuff, he needed other great players to make him shine. I'm so old I saw him with his Colorado band Zepher and one time as Albert Kings second guitar player. And we are still on the topic of tone! Nice Thread!
TG

Interesting
What about Tony Peluso's ground breaking fuzz solo on the Carpenters 'Goodbye to Love' and the similar fuzz tone solo that was used on 'Boogie Oogie Oogie' by A Taste of Honey (or was that a Bass). Incidently, that solo has a nice bum note near the end that I still include when we play the song just to make it sound more authentic
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Speaking of which nobodys perfect, including my hero Mr. Lukather who perfectly demonstrates the art of playing a great bum note near the end of his 16 bar solo in the Bozz Scaggs song 'Break Down Dead Ahead'. Great TONE though and one of the mans best solos.
What about Tony Peluso's ground breaking fuzz solo on the Carpenters 'Goodbye to Love' and the similar fuzz tone solo that was used on 'Boogie Oogie Oogie' by A Taste of Honey (or was that a Bass). Incidently, that solo has a nice bum note near the end that I still include when we play the song just to make it sound more authentic

Speaking of which nobodys perfect, including my hero Mr. Lukather who perfectly demonstrates the art of playing a great bum note near the end of his 16 bar solo in the Bozz Scaggs song 'Break Down Dead Ahead'. Great TONE though and one of the mans best solos.


Another dodgy sound came from the solo in the middle of Lionel Richie's "Easy".
NG's solo in "Wonderwall" has a similar tizz to it.
Gary Moore's "G-Force" album was full of what sounded like DI straight into the mixing desk sounds. I kind of liked it at the time and in the long run his playing on the record certainly made up for it.
NG's solo in "Wonderwall" has a similar tizz to it.
Gary Moore's "G-Force" album was full of what sounded like DI straight into the mixing desk sounds. I kind of liked it at the time and in the long run his playing on the record certainly made up for it.