George Lynch tone?
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Techdeth
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Love feels and blood
Christ, that pickup looks like it came from the 1890’s. What gives?
Quite a random thread bump from the way back too.
tallcoolone
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I see the exact opposite. Usually the people that say this are the people who have you tube channels, post clips, are in bands. And pros. These are the people who have owned dozens and dozens of amps and have finally realized that they sound pretty much the same through all of them.
romanianreaper
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I know I'm going to sound old but in the 80s you could sing the solos and riffs. I barely know song lyrics to this day but I can tell you that when Lynch playing "It's Not Love" and hits that high note and ends with finger tapping, it sounds amazing.
Bands don't have that anymore. I guess we were all pretty lucky as guitarists because we got a feast in the 80s. DeMartini, Lee, Lynch, etc and tons more and were all trying to blow people away with a memorable solo. Look at Steve Lynch's solo on "Turn Up the Radio" and the dudes in Night Ranger on "You Can Still Rock in America".
Bands don't have that anymore. I guess we were all pretty lucky as guitarists because we got a feast in the 80s. DeMartini, Lee, Lynch, etc and tons more and were all trying to blow people away with a memorable solo. Look at Steve Lynch's solo on "Turn Up the Radio" and the dudes in Night Ranger on "You Can Still Rock in America".
Wow, never heard that before . Good info. Funny how he thought the basswood bodied guitar really sucked , I thought the one guitar I had that was all basswood sucked also .
I wonder if the guitars with a full maple body are Big Leaf Western Maple or Eastern Sugar Maple? There's a considerable difference between the two .
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Awesome! Those old Super Distortions are great pickups.
I had an old Dean baby Z from 81 or 82 that had an SD in it and it was such a great sound.
I bet your guitar sounds great. I’d love to feel that neck.
jchrisf
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I heard they even mic'd an amp in the bathroom to get those crazy acoustics.
dcburn
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I don't know...
Seems to me, tone and dynamics sort of run parallel?
As in, dynamics are part of the tone chemistry.
Dynamics come from the fingers, IME.
How heavy I down pick, or how hard or soft I pull up on the strings with my middle and ring fingers.
How heavy/light is my grip on the neck?
You can have all of GL's gear and learn his parts note for note, doesn't mean you are going to sound like GL...
EDIT: Sorry I forgot you didn't want to hear it was in the fingers, lol.
Seems to me, tone and dynamics sort of run parallel?
As in, dynamics are part of the tone chemistry.
Dynamics come from the fingers, IME.
How heavy I down pick, or how hard or soft I pull up on the strings with my middle and ring fingers.
How heavy/light is my grip on the neck?
You can have all of GL's gear and learn his parts note for note, doesn't mean you are going to sound like GL...
EDIT: Sorry I forgot you didn't want to hear it was in the fingers, lol.
Kapo_Polenton
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I love how in the rig rundown, he has these Lee Jackson modded Marshalls yet he still uses a TS and GE-7 to boost, tighten, and shape the front end. It's like all these guys trick out their amps but end up dialing back the gain and just using boosts anyway because it is tight and punches through.
The real secret sauce to Lynch's tone is TREBLE and PRESENCE back in the day. He used to cut through with his rythms. Some how in the Lynch Mob days, he started gravitating towards " fat" and "warm". Wicked Sensation is special though but the hey day tones cut.
The real secret sauce to Lynch's tone is TREBLE and PRESENCE back in the day. He used to cut through with his rythms. Some how in the Lynch Mob days, he started gravitating towards " fat" and "warm". Wicked Sensation is special though but the hey day tones cut.