If you had to pick the best guitar tone you've ever heard......

shaunm

I will go......

A5D5E5

Not saying "best" because there will be dozens I have forgotten, but one that immediately leaps to mind is "Brothers in Arms".

guitarfishbay

Not sure about best but even after being ripped from presumably a VHS and uploaded to YouTube this still sounds awesome to me. (Live version of Kings X - Dogman)  

 

close2u

My first thought was something / anything by Mark Knopfler.

Moe_Zambeek

Ty Tabor has always had a pretty unique tone, heavy yet not metal sounding.

I wonder what impact Dug's 12 string bass has on the overall sound of the band. Can't really discern it on that clip.

spacecadet

Heavy = Nuno on Pornograffitti 

Tasty = Anything from Eagles Hell Freezes Over

mudslide73

In person probably Robin Trower. He was using 2 JCM800s in stereo with the univibe. Eric Johnson's was great too but not as good as Trower's.

On record I've always liked Billy Gibbons sounds. Off the top of my head I'll go for the first album and the solo to "It's only love" on Tejas. EVH on "Women in love" for my best recorded rhythm tone I think.

ICBM

There are many, but this is always the first that springs to mind…

Babones

This sort of thing.

Nunogilberto

Gary Moore at the Phil Lynott Tribute - Dublin, 2005. The juiciest, heaviest Les Paul tone...

RocknRollDave

Pretty much anything Warren Haynes does


Also Marc Ford and Luther Dickinson both had some lovely sounds with Black Crowes

Phil_aka_Pip

Depends on what you're in the mood for. Sometimes it's El Clappo on the Beano EllPee, sometimes it's Andy Latimer on any Camel EllPee, sometimes it's Barney Kessel ... might even be Hank. Picking just one is not possible.

Paul_C

Though there are hundreds, all for different reasons, my first thought was this one - particularly the solo @ 1:42

JohnPerry

@babones that second Greg clip is sublime. God knows how many times i have watched that over the years. Makes me want a tweed again, but he also has that cranked to neighbour-threatening volume. And is a genius of course

streethawk

Hendrix's clean tone. Obviously...

Always liked this too. Simple but effective.

robinbowes

This does it for me.

Stevepage

Just amazing.

And while I HATE his tone on recordings, Paul Gilbert. I saw him at a clinic in Letchworth a number of years ago and his tone was amazing. He had that full on, in your face distortion that you can only seem to get with a cranked up amp. I have no idea why his recorded tone is horrid.

robinbowes

Also this. In fact, pretty much anything from that performance (Live at Ronnie Scott's)

robinbowes

robinbowes said:

Also this. In fact, pretty much anything from that performance (Live at Ronnie Scott's)

And that bass solo - wow!

Bellycaster

Too many great tones, but I keep coming back to this.

Sweet and sublime. I love how his playing accentuates the tone so well between 3:37 and 3:43.

robinbowes

Bellycaster said:

Too many great tones, but I keep coming back to this.

Sweet and sublime. I love how his playing accentuates the tone so well between 3:37 and 3:43.

Good call.

R.