Judge With Your Ears

Iamnobody

Not sure where a post like this should sit in the forum but at the end of the day it's about guitars so here goes...

OK a little disclaimer first -this is my first attempt at recording on my laptop, and I'm a little disappointed with my playing it's a bit sterile and sloppy in places. Still I've never claimed to be the world's best player and see myself as equal parts player & collector/enthusiast!

What I've done is recorded the same passage thrice (a speeded up/murdered Need Your Love So Badish intro) using three different guitars.

The guitars are:

'79 SG Standard  - SD 59's

Gibson Les Paul Classic - stock pickups

Epiphone Les Paul 60's Tribute - stock pickups

Your challenge is to spot the guitar! If we call the above guitars 1,2 & 3 just guess the order they are played in.

I know this type of thing has been done before but why not have another go? Amp sim settings all the same through a Yammy TRH10 and all guitars on neck pickup. 

Cheers

zenzeypher

is 3 the epi?

i'd love to hear some chords and less echo.

Iamnobody

zenzeypher;165610" said:

is 3 the epi?



i'd love to hear some chords and less echo.

Ok I've recorded some chords dry and clean using the inbetween pickup selector position. Again excuse the playing. Different order this time...

ICBM

In the first clip I would say 1 is the SG, 2 is the Epiphone and 3 is the Gibson Les Paul.

In the second I would say 1 is the Epi, 2 is the SG and 3 is the Gibson LP.

They do all sound quite similar, but if I'm right - or even if I'm not! - 1 in the overdriven clip and 2 in the clean clip are the best-sounding, to me. (These will now turn out to be the Epiphone .)

tbm

1 - epi, 2 - SG, 3 - LP Classic

stickyfiddle

Without reading his post before listening, I agree with ICBM. 

guitargeek62

stickyfiddle said:

Without reading his post before listening, I agree with ICBM. 

As would I

RocknRollDave

I had written down: "SG, Epiphone, Gibson".

Babones

From the first one, i'd say:

Epiphone, 79 SG, Gibson LP

57Deluxe

Hit me - I'm all ears...

Iamnobody

Afternoon gents. Cheers for playing along! 

I can reveal that the NYLSB type intros were: 

Classic - SG- Epi ( 2, 1, 3)

And the CiTS style progressions were:

SG - Epi - Classic (1, 3, 2)

A quick scan above suggests that nobody got it 100% right...although Rock and Roll Dave might have? And Zenzeypher spotted the Epi from the first clip.

So what might we learn from this...

• A shit player can make a good guitar sound shit!
• An Epiphone with decent USA pickups sounds right?
• An SG can get close to LP tones certainly with the SD's in?
• The ceramics in the Classic make it sound like an Epiphone?

I think one thing that might separate them is some clips with a more driven sound. If anyone wants me to a could try something different later. 

Interesting and worthwhile? For me yes.

zenzeypher

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I'm not one to gloat but

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

AHAH you're not a shit player at all..The only difference a cap makes is its tolerance.. it doesnt effect tone unless of course the tolerance is different and with cheaper caps they can vary all over the place.. same with pots.

Goes to show tho' as with every guitar even same brand/model can also have different voices. I recognised the epi because for me with stock wiring has more mids.

BOO YAA!

horse

I think the Classic sounds more muddy in both clips

Iamnobody

zenzeypher;165917" said:

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!



I'm not one to gloat but



WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!



AHAH you're not a shit player at all..The only difference a cap makes is its tolerance.. it doesnt effect tone unless of course the tolerance is different and with cheaper caps they can vary all over the place.. same with pots.



Goes to show tho' as with every guitar even same brand/model can also have different voices. I recognised the epi because for me with stock wiring has more mids.



BOO YAA!

Really? Well done!

Iamnobody

horse;165920" said:

I think the Classic sounds more muddy in both clips

It doesn't clean up as nice as the other two. Although arguably better for what I played with the chords?

Rocker

TBH my friend I could detect very little difference and my entry would be total guessess..  [Your playing is fine, nothing to be ashamed of.]  Maybe there is actually very little between the guitars sound wise, playing them might be a different experience....

underdog

Was about to say how a guitar sounds is only part of the reason we buy it, honestly I think feel is most important and of course looks