How would you get this sound?

axisus

I have an original AxeFx, and I'd really like to get a specific stratty sound but I'm not getting close at the moment so I'm looking for tips from people better than I at analysing guitar tones!

How would one go about getting this sort of guitar tone - Mateus Asato from 1.30 in this video?

Sassafras

Practice.

RandallFlagg

To me it sounds like a typical bright Strat neck pickup into a Marshall type amp or a Bluesbreaker style overdrive into any type of cleanish amp.

poopot

He’s using a fender super reverb. Get one of those...

RandallFlagg

Here's a gear rundown with him from 2018:

boogieman

It just sounds like a generic Strat tone to me. The amp is probably the most important part to his tone....a pretty clean amp but pushed, I reckon he’s got the volume turned way up. 

merciful-evans

Neck pickup of course.

p90fool

You can get that kind of clean sounding drive with good low string definition from pretty well any setup which gives you the option of a bit of upper mid/treble boost before the distortion. 

That's pretty much the key to emulating that pushed Fender/SRV thing, ie, treble before amp/reduce treble ON amp. 

I've never used an AxeFX, but try setting up a warm Marshall tone with medium drive and bung a graphic EQ in front of it with about a 6dB lift at around 2.5k. 

Fez

What guitar are you using?

axisus

Fez said:

What guitar are you using?

a strat, unsurprisingly! Suhr V70 N+M pickups, oil city bridge.

axisus

p90fool said:

You can get that kind of clean sounding drive with good low string definition from pretty well any setup which gives you the option of a bit of upper mid/treble boost before the distortion. 

That's pretty much the key to emulating that pushed Fender/SRV thing, ie, treble before amp/reduce treble ON amp. 

I've never used an AxeFX, but try setting up a warm Marshall tone with medium drive and bung a graphic EQ in front of it with about a 6dB lift at around 2.5k. 

Thanks, I'll see what I can make of that!

Jimbro66

poopot said:

He’s using a fender super reverb. Get one of those...

There’s truth in that. I used a Fender 4x10 Super for several years with a Tele that had a stacked Strat neck pickup and bridge humbucker with a treble boost pedal in front of the amp and got sounds very much like those heard in that video.