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Clapton's playing and songwriting is obviously deservedly praised. His set at Knebworth '90, and the rest of the gig with other bands on it my parents recorded, is what got me into guitar when I was 8 (His Soldano years there too). Buuuut... his tone on Cream studio records and the Derek...

I.... didn't understand any of that! I'll take your word for it ;) That Major of yours beats most amps around imo.

Wow, never knew that. That just with the Major or other types of Plexis too?

I should also add that it's just that sound you demo'd, I'm sure you can get loads more tones from your rig, I'm not trying to be mean or anything!

If you're putting up a clip there might not always be people, like myself, who like it. Imo you've spent thousands and not really ended up with something that great, but of course others might disagree. (No-one has actually commented on the sound you get itself though if you notice). Here's my...

Excellent tone and playing, that particular Major really is a special amp! How does it sound with a nice OD pedal in front of it out of interest?

The whole "going right up to the crowd and playing in their face for ages" thing? Not so much for me; makes me REALLY uncomfortable when guitarists do that! Very authentic guitar sound though! :thumbsup:

What is it you like about their tones on the classic albums for example? Just trying to understand it as I don't hear it! That Wickerman clip was ok, maybe it sounds a lot beefier live?

Don't take this the wrong way, but both of these examples sound like something you could EASILY get out of a Boss or Digitech floor pedal.

I defended Operation Mindcrime above, but someone mentioned the lead tones and I'll agree with that - weak link there for sure; way too fizzy! I've NEVER heard an Iron Maiden album with a tone I like, studio or live; it's just not heavy enough for a "heavy metal" band, too muddy, no definition...

I know EXACTLY what you mean! There's a similar one in Sinner's Swing at the "Soon you'll see my silouette...." breakdown bit at about 2.09 which I think is probably the best chord ever recorded haha!

I think the production of that album was very divisive at the time? I like it, it's "modern" and cold which matches the story well and I'm sure was intentional. Sounds great cranked in a car I think! Someone mentioned they liked Ozzy's "No Rest..." in the "Best 80's tone" thread and I couldn't...

Very interesting album! Not a fan of his singing at all though, the track with Devin on it is brilliant.

Also, great tone as well I should add :rock:

Vai's Eat 'Em and Smile tone was pretty tasty.

That Little Wing clip was awesome, the guy on the blue Strat played some fairly tasty stuff too! Exemplifies why Lane was SO good - even when he played fast it still sounds great and not like Michael Angelo, for example, just playing mechanically. For me, he's one of the absolute greats. The...

That's always been their kinda thing though, so no surprise there. I saw them a few years ago with Whitesnake opening and they blew them off stage for me. Whitesnake were good, but Leppard are the best example of a band making music FOR huge shows and you can definitely tell the difference.

It's just something that I've been wondering about - basically how Ed replicated his no.1 Marshall sound in a live setting. I suppose if his no.1 was stock but variac'd, or with different transformers it wouldn't be too hard to do that with the live amps?

Saw some pics of Eddie's fav Marshall and wall of Marshalls in loads of other pics etc... from back in the day, but I was wondering if anyone knows what the setup with the amps was? I suppose he wouldn't have taken his fav on the road so would every amp be variac'd live? Was the wall of cabs a...

Wow, that was AWFUL haha! The Scorpions one wasn't much better. 80's rock is my favourite genre, but when they cover older rock songs it just never works for me. Lynch Mob's "Tie Your Mother Down" is another horrible example.