Alex Lifeson Moving Pictures Tone Test

[lll]

(have a newer backing track version)

This is a tricky tone to emulate.

Tom Sawyer (w/ original backing track; I've played it different at times so you can hear it's just my guitar)

https://soundcloud.com/lefty-lounge-lizard/lll-alex-lifeson-tom-sawyer-test-backing

YYZ (w/ original backing track; I've played it different at times so you can hear it's just my guitar)

https://soundcloud.com/lefty-lounge-lizard/lll-alex-lifeson-yyz-test-backing

 

[petejt]

Nice! Needs a lot more chorus though. Doesn't swirl and swoosh enough.


Hear this for an example:

 

[lll]

Nice! Needs a lot more chorus though. Doesn't swirl and swoosh enough.


Hear this for an example:

Yeah that iso'd track was one of the research items I used.

However, while that iso'd guitar tone in general sounds authentic as to being original, it sounds much harsher than
the actual song's guitar tone; at least to my ears. Seems like the signal was clipping. Could've been whomever "snaked" it printed it too hot, etc...

It prolly could use a little more chorus... using a VST BOSS CE-1.

The interesting thing with this tone is there are 3 tracks of guitars (at least 2 of them stereo w/ CE-1 chorus)... per Alex in the studio on the Rush Classic Albums Blu-ray. So yeah, triple tracked... and from what my ears can tell, a dirty, a semi-dirty and a clean amp.