The Tone Thread

[rayc]

James - sounds more like a Tele which is fine.
Minerman - classic rock tones with the effects guitar added.

[JD01]

Everyone mentioned before when I posted my first tone with the telecaster that there was way too much gain on it - I used my normal tone that I'd use for the bridge pickup of my Crimson (did I mention I had a Crimson and its the best guitar in the world?)

Jdude, I'm sure you know this, but I didn't mean anything by my remark about using too much gain dude...I was just wanting to hear the character of your new guitar...I like a lot of gain too, but after a certain point, it's hard for me to distinguish one from another...

Anyway, this is the bridge pup of my tele into the SD1 with the level maxed and the drive on zero into the clean channel of my H&K.

Starts with the bridge pup which is actually quite crunchy and then onto the neck pup which is really clean.

There's a touch of Paul Gilbert reverb from the HoF on it as I always have a touch of verb when I'm just playing to myself.

Cleanish Tele Tone.mp3

I think this sounds great myself dude, just the right amount of dirt to sound pushed, but it's still got the guitar's character...

The first part (bridge p'up) is almost an old-school AC/DC tone man...Well done...

BTW, I think I've asked you before, but what are the dimensions of your 2x12??? Lemme know...

no worries Miner - its always good to get advice on tones.

This is the cab, mate
https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton ... 2a07ab1ac8

Housing made of 16 mm plywood
Dimensions in mm (H x W x D): 520 x 742 x 300
Weight: 25 kg

[JD01]

Miner those tones sound great in that mix for the most part.
The talkbox is a bit loud/verby and separate to everything else to me, but that's a mix thing not a tone thing.

[rayc]

I want to buy a Tonman/HB Ricky 12 clone as they sound GOOOD but delivery blows the deal out of the water!

[JD01]

How do Thomann do it with the HB stuff? Design it in Germany, build it all in China then send it back to Germany for QA/QC?

[Minerman]

This is the cab, mate
https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton ... 2a07ab1ac8

Housing made of 16 mm plywood
Dimensions in mm (H x W x D): 520 x 742 x 300
Weight: 25 kg

Thanks Jdude...I've been wanting to go with 2x12's for quite a while, but I don't want to get a cab that sounds small...I don't see any other amps in my future but I'd love to have a 2061 style for the Chupa & a 2x12 cab for the Mini Jubilee...

Miner those tones sound great in that mix for the most part.
The talkbox is a bit loud/verby and separate to everything else to me, but that's a mix thing not a tone thing.

Thanks man, I suppose I got a bit carried away with the effects on the talkbox...

I want to buy a Tonman/HB Ricky 12 clone as they sound GOOOD but delivery blows the deal out of the water!

Ray, I personally think the way things are priced for you guys down under is just highway robbery man...

[WhiskeyJack]

Ok dudes, here's a little mix clip of the Chupacabra ran through the ISO cab...Lots of guitars & fx, so I'm not gonna post any settings, but the signal chain is:

strat > Chupa > Greenback ISO cab > i5

There are 5 guitars on this:
dirty L/R, strat bridge humbucker
clean L/R strat bridge split
"effects" guitar bridge humbucker

Chupa Mix 9-2-2-18.mp3

Lemme know what you guys think...

All miner tone all day long. I quite like this. It really is your sound man. Much more so than the EVH. It just feels like a miner jam.

Everyone mentioned before when I posted my first tone with the telecaster that there was way too much gain on it - I used my normal tone that I'd use for the bridge pickup of my Crimson (did I mention I had a Crimson and its the best guitar in the world?)

Anyway, this is the bridge pup of my tele into the SD1 with the level maxed and the drive on zero into the clean channel of my H&K.

Starts with the bridge pup which is actually quite crunchy and then onto the neck pup which is really clean.

There's a touch of Paul Gilbert reverb from the HoF on it as I always have a touch of verb when I'm just playing to myself.

Cleanish Tele Tone.mp3

Sounds really good man. I much prefer this stuff to the one's a page ago. I think you could could safely push your tele to an inbetween of the first group of tones and this one. But lean it a little more towards this one. The first bunch seemed to really compress the life that is a tele sound right out of it. While i can hear that cool chimey sound in this one.

[Minerman]

All miner tone all day long. I quite like this. It really is your sound man. Much more so than the EVH. It just feels like a miner jam.

Thanks Shan...The EVH LBX is a good little amp, but it just has way too much gain, even for me...The Chupacabra is a much better fit for what I do, & I simply love it...

The volume on the amp was around "8" or so on the dial, using a single 25w Greenback speaker...That's about as far as I'd push it because I don't wanna blow that speaker...I've had it for quite a while (IIRC, I've had it for about 5 years ) & it's broken in really well...I like all the speakers I have, but the Greenback is my favorite...

[Greg_L]

Everyone mentioned before when I posted my first tone with the telecaster that there was way too much gain on it - I used my normal tone that I'd use for the bridge pickup of my Crimson (did I mention I had a Crimson and its the best guitar in the world?)

Anyway, this is the bridge pup of my tele into the SD1 with the level maxed and the drive on zero into the clean channel of my H&K.

Starts with the bridge pup which is actually quite crunchy and then onto the neck pup which is really clean.

There's a touch of Paul Gilbert reverb from the HoF on it as I always have a touch of verb when I'm just playing to myself.

Cleanish Tele Tone.mp3

Yeah that definitely sounds better than the high gain tones with the Tele. Try it without the boost and some natural amp crunch.

Check this dude's punk rock Tele tones out. Almost shreddy. Tele + JCM 800.
[BBvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yboUUmKZlxM[/BBvideo]

Ok dudes, here's a little mix clip of the Chupacabra ran through the ISO cab...Lots of guitars & fx, so I'm not gonna post any settings, but the signal chain is:

strat > Chupa > Greenback ISO cab > i5

There are 5 guitars on this:
dirty L/R, strat bridge humbucker
clean L/R strat bridge split
"effects" guitar bridge humbucker

Chupa Mix 9-2-2-18.mp3

Lemme know what you guys think...

That's really good. Pro sounding tones all around. That Chupa is definitely the amp for you.

[JD01]

Yeah that definitely sounds better than the high gain tones with the Tele. Try it without the boost and some natural amp crunch.

Check this dude's punk rock Tele tones out. Almost shreddy. Tele + JCM 800.
[BBvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yboUUmKZlxM[/BBvideo]

LOL - neo-classical punk metal! My clean channel has a master and gain knob. I might try cranking the gain all the way on that to see what happens - than should get me to a mild crunch. Either that or just turn the gain way down on my crunch channel.

Was just thinking as I was typing this. I've barely explored the clean channel on my amp. All the knobs are on about 12 O'clock and I've been happy with it.

[rayc]

Most musically accomplished and least rock'n'roll modern version of Toccata ever... most "cred" in the band is the bass player who played the bass on Walk On The Wild Side... the rest of 'em, not so much.
[BBvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgbgUrp1a70[/BBvideo]

John Williamson had a fair bit of classical guitar cred. I saw Sky at the Opera House in the 80s - it was a free ticket - they were talented et al BUT there was no FRONT to the band - no interaction - just their arrangements of pleasant stuff and it was a soporific after a while.

[rayc]

It's no surprise that a section sounds like it came from Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds with Herbie on board! The specs the drummer is wearing are clearly a lifestyle and taste choice.

[Greg_L]

Signal generator + my home-built Deluxe Retard =

spacelol.mp3

[WhiskeyJack]

Signal generator + my home-built Deluxe Retard =

spacelol.mp3

[rayc]

That space signal is too sophisticated and cool for Plan 9.
They'd not have been able to afford the down to go with the up.

[Greg_L]

Lol. I don't know but I sure do like it.

[JD01]

haha, that's brilliant. Sounds like something off a 50s sci fi. You gotta try and incorporate that into a song.

[WhiskeyJack]

That space signal is too sophisticated and cool for Plan 9.
They'd not have been able to afford the down to go with the up.

Plan 9 was fantastic though wasn't it.

[Greg_L]

You could use that to do a punk version of the Dr. Who theme. I know you probably don't know what that is, but it's fairly iconic piece of music.

I know what Dr Who is, but I've never watched a second of it.

[rayc]

That space signal is too sophisticated and cool for Plan 9.
They'd not have been able to afford the down to go with the up.

Plan 9 was fantastic though wasn't it.

Brilliantly bad. i love it.