Funny how many of us are chasing classic marshall tones.....

[Digital Jams]

but one can argue the best tone ever caught on tape during the 80s was a MK III Coli slaved into a Boogie 400 watt mother fucker.

Interesting.

 

[Badronald]

One could argue.

 

[mikehickey]

I am just trying to get the same tone I had on my first Marshall 100 when I was 14

I think it was good

 

[Nico]

Love classic Marshall tones!

 

[marvcus]

One could argue.

+1

 

[skoora]

I wouldn't call MOP a classic Marshall tone by any means

Now RTK and KEA, that's some Marshall goodness right there. I'm not much of a Boogie guy but I agree that the '87 Whitesnake album sounds incredible.

 

[Digital Jams]

but one can argue the best tone ever caught on tape during the 80s was a MK III Coli slaved into a Boogie 400 watt mother fucker.

Interesting.

One could argue that the best tone was the Mark IIC+ preamp run into the loop of a Marshall JCM800. Master of Puppets....

IMO that is what made the 80s so cool, they just did not have the stuff we have today and had to experiement and do some crazy stuff.

 

[philb]

I used to love Marshall but now Mesa is the reference for me now.

 

[Gainfreak]

but one can argue the best tone ever caught on tape during the 80s was a MK III Coli slaved into a Boogie 400 watt mother fucker.

Interesting.

The really wacked out thing for me is that Ive always loved hot rodded/unique tones. When people say classic Marshall tones I automatically think about old cream and the likes and that type of sound was never for me. When the 70's and 80's hit and you had all these guys experimenting with stuff, that's when I was like hell yeah

 

[Digital Jams]

but one can argue the best tone ever caught on tape during the 80s was a MK III Coli slaved into a Boogie 400 watt mother fucker.

Interesting.

The really wacked out thing for me is that Ive always loved hot rodded/unique tones. When people say classic Marshall tones I automatically think about old cream and the likes and that type of sound was never for me. When the 70's and 80's hit and you had all these guys experimenting with stuff, that's when I was like hell yeah

My wife had WS 87 in the SUV last weekend so I had it blasting while going to the dump and was thinking holy shit this kind of sustain and tone was just not really around that I am aware of at that time. I am sure Curt or Sah5150 will remind me of something though Vai had it a few years later with the Deeper the Love solo but that tone was missing the girth and bite.

 

[Shiny_Surface]

IMO that is what made the 80s so cool, they just did not have the stuff we have today and had to experiement and do some crazy stuff.

I agree, some of the best tones I've gotten come from going back to the basics and mixing/matching misc stuff to concoct a tone.

Like being a mad scientist , these days it's just canned/out of the box but alot of players want that now.

 

[kasperjensen]

Interesting.

I just finished a song for the first time is quite a while. And it's also the most basic.

I set rules before I even started thinking about the song or sound or anything.

I decided, that I was not allowed to use virtual instruments in Logic or guitar amplifiers. They are the main cause of stress and obsessing over tiny things when I am trying to compose something. And also adding for the sake of adding.
I find that sometimes I would just add stuff because I liked the sound, and not because it had something musical to say. So in the end you are left with a big mess.

So I started finding things around my studio, and my house... I started recording sneakers being smacked onto a couch, beer cans opening, sprays, rattles, hand claps... etc.
I trimmed it all up and loaded the recordings into Ultrabeat... I started playing around with some ideas, and 20 minutes later the song was basically finished. Mostly acoustic guitars (very worn nylon strings, and only 5 of them).

Here is the point...

It really helped me focus, and concentrate on the music and moving forward rather than trying too many things an obsessing over stupid things. It made me a ton more creative than I normally am.

 

[Gainzilla]

but one can argue the best tone ever caught on tape during the 80s was a MK III Coli slaved into a Boogie 400 watt mother fucker.

Interesting.

The really wacked out thing for me is that Ive always loved hot rodded/unique tones. When people say classic Marshall tones I automatically think about old cream and the likes and that type of sound was never for me. When the 70's and 80's hit and you had all these guys experimenting with stuff, that's when I was like hell yeah

Same here but along with the modded/rodded/unique tones, I was good with a JCM800 cranked with a tubescreamer/OD and some wetness.... I used to think the same as you on the Classic Marshall label but It depends on whose saying it...

Kage

 

[Shawn Lutz]

83 JCM800 2203 w/6550's with an SD-1 and GE-7 in front with volume at 7 does it for me...still have that amp and pedals just never play on 7 anymore as I don't live in an earthquake safe house here in the Dallas area

 

[Greazygeo]

but one can argue the best tone ever caught on tape during the 80s was a MK III Coli slaved into a Boogie 400 watt mother fucker.

Interesting.

Nope that is a horrid tone! He just used so many fx you could barely hear any tone.

 

[kasperjensen]

but one can argue the best tone ever caught on tape during the 80s was a MK III Coli slaved into a Boogie 400 watt mother fucker.

Interesting.

Nope that is a horrid tone! He just used so many fx you could barely hear any tone.

For us who aren't in the know... Who are we talking about? And what album?

 

[Blackie08]

but one can argue the best tone ever caught on tape during the 80s was a MK III Coli slaved into a Boogie 400 watt mother fucker.

Interesting.

Nope that is a horrid tone! He just used so many fx you could barely hear any tone.

For us who aren't in the know... Who are we talking about? And what album?

Jon Sykes on the 1987 Whitesnake album

 

[Les Zombie]

but one can argue the best tone ever caught on tape during the 80s was a MK III Coli slaved into a Boogie 400 watt mother fucker.

Interesting.

Nope that is a horrid tone! He just used so many fx you could barely hear any tone.

For us who aren't in the know... Who are we talking about? And what album?

Jon Sykes on the 1987 Whitesnake album

great album and fantastic tone, one of my all time fav tones.

 

[70strathead]

but one can argue the best tone ever caught on tape during the 80s was a MK III Coli slaved into a Boogie 400 watt mother fucker.

Interesting.

Nope that is a horrid tone! He just used so many fx you could barely hear any tone.

I have to agree. I love Sykes/Whitesnake, but I actually prefered the Slide it In tone over that 87' album. Just not my cup of tea, i'd rather hear Pat travers/Thrall swirly chorused out tone than that. which was cool actuallly.

 

[King Crimson]

BS!!!