Purplestrats
Inspired
One of my projects is a cover band that plays a lot of old school rock and metal. We have a discussion going about guitar tones and if they should be as close to the record as possible. It is of course possible to get picture perfect album tones out of my Axe 3, but I usually choose to use more modern tones even for the classic tunes. (Like Dio, Iron Maiden etc). My attitude is that I love the songs, but I've never been too enamored with heavy metal guitar tones from decades past. I would rather play with a modern "idealized" version of the same type of sound, and go easy on the effects such as detune and plate reverb. I'm curious to hear what you guys think about it.