I don't think it's a single event. I think he has a clear sound in his head, and he can hear how every item in the chain modifies or adds to it. He uses a lot of low mids, and he carefully curates every step of his rig.
He is also very conscious of the frequency spectrum in a band...
He is a really great guy, too. Easygoing, generous, and knows everything you would ever want to know about tone. We must have talked for 45 minutes straight about gear last time we spoke.
On Saturday, October 14th, Chris Poland (ex-Megadeth/Ohm) will be in Woodinville (just outside of Seattle) for a Clinic/Performance/Q&A.
My band, The Janitors of Chaos, will again be backing him up. Here we are (from the last performance we did together) playing an Ohm tune, "Davinci"...
Modern 7 string, "Amphibian Burst". Black hardware, roasted maple neck (indian rosewood for the fingerboard), maple top on basswood.
16" radius on the neck.
Pick a chord shape with your left hand, place the ebow on the strings over whatever pickup you have selected (neck is a good choice). Make a sweeping motion up or down from one extreme to the other. As long as you keep the eBow over the selected pickup, and keep the eBow touching strings, it...
If you have powertab or guitarpro there are several on ultimate-guitar.com. I haven't checked the powertab, but the Morse tabs are usually just copied from the book. The books are generally fairly accurate. I have the book for Southern Steel, and aside from a few engraving errors, and some...