How many of you take the "easy way out" ?

[toddstaples]

Dime didn't have time to worry about getting the right combination. He was more concerned with his awesome wardrobe.

:ROTF::ROTF::ROTF:

[FastJunkie]

That was a crap statement from the late great Dimebag. He absolutely took the easy way out in regards to amps and guitars. The majority of his tone came from his fingers. There was nothing magical about his tone. The magic was in his playing and his writing and his passion for all that is metal

Umm, I think his fingers only played a minor, minor, minute part in his tone.

[jgcable]

Umm, I think his fingers only played a minor, minor, minute part in his tone.

wrong bro.
Somebody said that EVH could play out of a transitor radio speaker with a Fender Squire and you could instantly tell it was him. Same thing with Dimebag and many other of the greats.

[thetroy]

I'm guessing (hoping?) that he was going for sarcasm there

[guitarsjb]

Jackson RR5 or RR1, Crate Blue Voodoo 120. That's me.

[FastJunkie]

wrong bro.
Somebody said that EVH could play out of a transitor radio speaker with a Fender Squire and you could instantly tell it was him. Same thing with Dimebag and many other of the greats.

You don't honestly believe that do you? No offense but that sounds ridiculosly stupid. Whoever said that was full of shit....

[åron]

I think it's called hyperbole.

[GTarman68]

Honestly, Dime would sound good thru any decent rig. I, however, need all the help I can get!

+1 Dime would sound like Dime w/ any rig.

For me it's either my First year SRV and a Hot Rod Deville w/ 2 12's for the Bluesy stuff
or
any of my Charvel/Jacksons or a Les Paul and an 86 JCM800 w/ a Vintage Tweed Cab
for the Metal

[j2379]

i used to play BCRichs or charvel thru a randall RGT100 tube halfstack. it was modded for more gain but basically stock.
i bought that amp new, i remember going in to buy a RG100 solid state after i tried the tube head i was sold, bought it on the spot. its the only amp i ever bought new. its still collecting dust somewhere in my parents basement.

[javert]

Vid 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnBLRAdvm34

vid 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5BnhrfUTeM

LOL! That's great. Playing that thing live would show some real balls, though

[Norton]

I have the most unique setup EVER.


Neck Thru Jackson => ADA MP1=> Indian MAde 15 watt Marshall(thru the CD In jack)

[Thrust]

My take on this:

For music to be appealing to a lay (i.e., normal) audience the tone has to be as good, if not better than the playing. A great player can be hampered from an inferior tone, while a mediocre player can sound astounding through a good rig. While Gilmour is a great player (no shredder) part of his ability to control an audience with his instrument is in his ability to NAIL a superb tone.

Now, since I suck I have to have a great tone

Les Paul(s) -------> Marshall Silver Jubilee (2555)

[AfterForever]

offtopic:

Awesome RD does it still have the stock pickup in the vid?

[horns666]

wrong bro.
Somebody said that EVH could play out of a transitor radio speaker with a Fender Squire and you could instantly tell it was him. Same thing with Dimebag and many other of the greats.

+ a gagillion

[chrisolson]

Now, since I suck I have to have a great tone

We are eerily the same...