Tony Macalpine tone

[jgcable]

Anybody here know how to get it? It has a very fluid violin type tone that is very fat. Its not doubled although its that fat. It sounds like there is a fair amount of reverb and delay at times.

[Wayniac]

Re: Tony Macalpine tone

John -
I'll have to find the artcile I saw on his rig.. whcih CD/era are you talking about?
On edge of Insanity, he was using a Peavey Butcher amp, and I "think" a Roland SDE (was the 3000 around then) and/or a DEP 5 for a stereo chorus effect to fatten it up. I also believe at one point he was using an Alesis Quadraverb

[diablomozart]

Re: Tony Macalpine tone

he also used a lot of rockman gear as well...d.m.

[LRGman]

Re: Tony Macalpine tone

I thought he use to use Peavy VTM's too

[jgcable]

Re: Tony Macalpine tone

I am talking about his early stuff. I though he was using Hughes and Kettner. He has a very processed tone at times. Similar at times to Vai, Satriani and Lynch. Clear, fat and really smooth. Sometimes you can hear his actual pick hitting the strings very clearly and other times you can't hear it at all.

[diablomozart]

Re: Tony Macalpine tone

the early stuff was all rockman...he used rockman stuff up to and including the m.a.r.s. project driver record...d.m.

[jgcable]

Re: Tony Macalpine tone

Thanks DM. The Rockman is probably the only thing I never tried to nail Tony's early tone. I will break mine out tonight and give it a shot.

[NickCormier]

Re: Tony Macalpine tone

I love his tone! Esp on his instructional vhs.. Lonely pony blues! hah.. If anyone has a PODxt tone of that, upload!