Vede
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Hi gang,
John Sykes has one of my all-time favorite guitar tones, and I want to steal it from him. Help!
One of its key characteristics is that crazy-yet-fairly-subtle "sizzle" John gets, which is particularly audible in solos like "Is This Love". Old solid state Randall amps used to pull-off that particular sound really well, but I'm having a heck of a time recreating it in the Axe.
I already know a lot about what amps Sykes played and the effects he used during his Whitesnake and Blue Murder days, but no matter how close I get to the core of his tone, it's always missing that top-end rawness. What I get is too smooth.
I play through a Matrix power amp and Mesa oversized recto cab, and I realize that cab is probably smoothing out the top end quite a bit. But, even so, I don't think I've ever heard an AxeFX recording where that specific type of rawness was fully recreated.
Suggestions on amps/effects/settings?
Thanks in advance!
John Sykes has one of my all-time favorite guitar tones, and I want to steal it from him. Help!
One of its key characteristics is that crazy-yet-fairly-subtle "sizzle" John gets, which is particularly audible in solos like "Is This Love". Old solid state Randall amps used to pull-off that particular sound really well, but I'm having a heck of a time recreating it in the Axe.
I already know a lot about what amps Sykes played and the effects he used during his Whitesnake and Blue Murder days, but no matter how close I get to the core of his tone, it's always missing that top-end rawness. What I get is too smooth.
I play through a Matrix power amp and Mesa oversized recto cab, and I realize that cab is probably smoothing out the top end quite a bit. But, even so, I don't think I've ever heard an AxeFX recording where that specific type of rawness was fully recreated.
Suggestions on amps/effects/settings?
Thanks in advance!