Red Mosquito

George's guitar solo at about 0:45 of this:

Excellent thread.

I've always loved the lead guitar's tone on this gem (right after Kim sings "and I looked up...) Things get absolutely beatific towards the climax. It's possibly my favorite guitar line of all time.



Also, how convenient is this particular youtube clip? It cuts right to the chase with WM, beginning almost exactly at the moment where the song transcends itself.

surface the north wrote:Excellent thread.

I've always loved the lead guitar's tone on this gem (right after Kim sings "and I looked up...) Things get absolutely beatific towards the climax. It's possibly my favorite guitar line of all time.



Also, how convenient is this particular youtube clip? It cuts right to the chase with WM, beginning almost exactly at the moment where the song transcends itself.

That's the spirit!

Is that Thurston or Lee?

I really have no idea. I can't keep their styles straight. I'd guess Lee, though. It just feels like something he'd come up with.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

I was hoping this was Rival when I clicked on it. The tone in this song is viscous. The darkhorse for its MVP though may just be the jangling piano.

The entire albums of Thickfreakness and Marque Moon.

I'm not longer a big metallica fan but I love how their guitars sound on Ride the Lightning

Everything 70's Brian May. The solo in Its Late is a great example.

david gilmour and jack white usually stand out to me

The first few sections feature Fripp simply cracking his knuckles before he rips his guitar wide open with his bare hands. This solo just wouldn't sound as impressive if the tone wasn't so mechanical.

warehouse wrote:david gilmour and jack white usually stand out to me

Gilmour is without a doubt the king


White always comes up with some cool stuff for the studio, but he can be pretty hit and miss live to me.


Page-so many great tones from the studio work and the live early years, through about 73 love the RAH sound

Adam Jones-so thick and unique and so much texture

Rich Robinson-alway great no matter what

Neil-the old Les Paul into the cranked Fenders mixed with his simplistic emotion driven style...mmmmm

Dean Deleo-all that jangle mix with all that crunch

Slash during Appetite-can lead guitar sound better?

Brian May-such great singing tone, alot of it coming from a mostly homemade rig, gotta give him props

On the beach

Neil Young and Sonic Youth records (especially the 90s-00s work of the latter) are an embarrassment of riches in regards to great guitar tones. Gilmour, absolutely, especially in the late 60s to mid 70s.

Pearl Jam have always had serviceable guitar tones (at best) for me. Binaural is especially poor in regards to tone, I think the guitars on Rival sound awful.

I love the overdrive crunch in this...


For me, Trey Anastasio and Dean DeLeo are two guitarists who've always had distinct and amazing sounds. I dunno if I've ever been knocked out by a Pearl Jam guitar sound. Maybe the Immortality jam from SVT or the distorted guitars at the beginning of Corduroy on Vitalogy.