What a FAT......

mrn1989

Tone!!! Love it, makes me wanna buy a boogie Mesa @ICBM

mrn1989

Sore fingers?

guitarfishbay

A great player.  What I like is how he can carry the energy of a piece without needing rhythm guitar parts ...edit on many sections (just realised this has clean overdubs in the slow section, lol - main point still stands though!)

Lew

http://legacy-cdn.smosh.com/smosh-pit/122010/ugly-cat-9.jpg

@lixarto sorry ;-)

mrn1989

@Lew no likey?

Lew

Nah and for some reason I'm being a dick about it.

mrn1989

haha, everyone has there own opinion

Lew

Sounds like a guitarrig plug in to me.

guitarfishbay

He just doesn't have loads of high end in his tone.  Being a 1 guitar band that is probably preferable for the audience, so they don't get their ears battered all night.

His tone was actually probably slightly better on the Laney gear though.

Same piece as the OP, decent audio for what looks like an amateur shot video

Pro shot version of Cry For You playing Laney gear... incredible performance

Dave_Mc

I'd have thought the mesas would sound better... but I prefer the tone of the Laney one too.

I think my ears have gone to pot. )

ThePrettyDamned

Dave_Mc;318927" said:

I'd have thought the mesas would sound better... but I prefer the tone of the Laney one too.



I think my ears have gone to pot. )

I actually agree! Not about your ears, the sound I mean. Very cool.

Lixarto

@Lew - excellent cat

ICBM

Not my thing musically, but a great tone.

That's not a Boogie though. They're Mesas - important difference.

I didn't like the tone with the Laneys - muddy and too compressed, just nowhere near that big open gritty tone he has with the Mesas.

But then I'm biased...

meltedbuzzbox

with this thread title I was expecting at least one mother joke

mrn1989

ICBM said:

That's not a Boogie though. They're Mesas - important difference.

My bad

Yes I prefer the fuller Mesa tone, but the Laney still sounds good

mrn1989

meltedbuzzbox said:

with this thread title I was expecting at least one mother joke

The audience is listening  

guitarfishbay

Vai would you mix up shred references like that?

I like the Mesa tone, I just feel the Laney suits his playing more. The squidgy low end on the power chords doesn't work as well on the Mesa IMO, though the single notes sound fantastic. The Laney is more compressed but I like it with his playing.

Andy favours the Rectifier 2x12, he often uses 2 stacked on top of each other. I've only got 1 so far, but would love to try 2...

ICBM

I thought the Laney made his playing sound too smooth and generic. The Mesa sound was much more interesting and untypical for that playing style, and really brought out the differences in what he was doing.

If I'd heard the Laney clip first I doubt I would have been interested enough to listen to him with the Mesa, to be honest. I didn't play more than a couple of minutes of it, that was enough for me to mentally switch off. No character to it.

Dave_Mc

ThePrettyDamned said:

Dave_Mc;318927" said:

I'd have thought the mesas would sound better... but I prefer the tone of the Laney one too.



I think my ears have gone to pot. )

I actually agree! Not about your ears, the sound I mean. Very cool.

LOL

ICBM said:

I thought the Laney made his playing sound too smooth and generic. The Mesa sound was much more interesting and untypical for that playing style, and really brought out the differences in what he was doing.

If I'd heard the Laney clip first I doubt I would have been interested enough to listen to him with the Mesa, to be honest. I didn't play more than a couple of minutes of it, that was enough for me to mentally switch off. No character to it.

I'd have said that smoother more modern Mesa type of tone is all those types of shredders use these days ) I used to like it, but now I find it a bit smooth and dark...

monquixote

It's a much darker sound than I would use, but it gives him a distinctive voice.

guitarfishbay

Which Shredders? I can't think of anyone new/recent who has a lead tone that fat. It is almost vintage/fuzz sounding with how loose the low end is.