Who has the worst TONE?

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maestro_dmc

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Okay everybody talks about great tone, who has the absolute worst tone that you just can't stand?

The voting booth is now open.
 
Whoopysnorp said:
Any nu-metal jackass who scoops his mids. DON'T SCOOP YOUR MIDS, ASSHOLES!
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Scooping out your mids doesn't mean you're into nu metal OR an asshole....

I dont like nu metal, I'm into old metal, whatever that means, and progressive melodic metal, hard rock, classic rock etc...
And I scoop my mids cuz I like the sound, I like the thick sustained sound...

Whats so fucking great about midrange sounding guitar?...

Its all a personal preference...

Making a statement like yours makes you sound like the asshole....

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it all depends on you perspective and what "you" think is good or bad.....better or worse....ya know?
there is no universally definitive "best" or "worse" tone.........
all the pros make money at what they do so.........somebody must like it....









ok.....mine would be Tiny Tim R.I.P. :D
 
I am guilty of starting best and worst threads in the past and the problem with them is that they are so subjective and personal. It starts off asking about TONE and then someone says Gary Moore is like a parody of the blues??? To me that is getting outside of the question...oh and by the way Gary Moore could KICK YOUR A** WITH BOTH OF HIS HANDS TIED BEHIND HIS BACK!!! Jimistone says that Chuck Berry's tone sux, but look at the tools that were available to him at the time. They stuck one mic in a room and you expect the whole spectrum to sound great?? It is really the producer and the engineers job to get the tone to sound right before they put in on tape. What sounds good while you are jamming in your bedroom is not gonna sound the same way in a club or a church or a stadium or whatever...there is no right answer to this question.
 
I can't sit through much of the Randy Rhoads era Ozzy, mainly because of that horrid boxy tone he has. I blame the producer and engineer of the albums though. It sounds like they mixed using consumer grade stereo speakers, because the mids are emphasized to clausterphobic proportion.

Cy
 
Cyrokk said:
I can't sit through much of the Randy Rhoads era Ozzy, mainly because of that horrid boxy tone he has. I blame the producer and engineer of the albums though. It sounds like they mixed using consumer grade stereo speakers, because the mids are emphasized to clausterphobic proportion.

Cy
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Did you ever listen to the live Tribute CD? Totally different story IMO. The studio soun was just like you said. 800-1K pinned to the red. LOL. But the live recording I think had a really good balance. I think they over-processed his sound in the studio too. I doubt very much that it was his idea. Producer indeed.
 
Randy Rhoads didnt even need good tone to become a legend. His technique was awesome. Just like EVH, that Phase 90 was all over his first album but his playing is what makes it what it is. Jimmy Page's tone sounds like crap on Whole Lotta Love.
 
"Jimistone says that Chuck Berry's tone sux, but look at the tools that were available to him at the time. They stuck one mic in a room and you expect the whole spectrum to sound great?? "


thats the same way they recorded albert king (the tone master)
 
Now when I think of Chuck Berry, tone is not the first thing that comes to mind. But, his original Chess recordings are cool. Johnny B Goode has a pretty cutting tone. By the end of the 50's and in the 60's his tone got really thin. Now if you want to talk about original 1950's rock and roll tone...Buddy Holly had that classic clean Fender sound DOWN!!!
 
all those porn movie guitar sounds with loads of reverb and a ridiculous saturated sound. Tony Macalpine and Steve Vai come to mind.
 
One tone I have always HATED was the tone The Beatles got on Revolution. Not the White Album version but that other one. That direct to the console distorted tone...too muddy for my taste.
 
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