Randy Rhoads tone improvement on Blizzard

Beyond Black said:
He was using Altecs on Tribute and his tone absolutely killed.
Same tones he had on the albums, the only difference being the production.
RR knew exactly what he was doing with his gear choices and utilization of it.
All of this negativity about his tone is absolutely overblown and ridiculous.
His tone was unique af and ripped, and anybody with one good ear can hear past the production.
I guarantee nobody bitched about his tone until guitar forum critics came along.
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Yep. People read shit on the internet and then repeat it as if it will make them appear like they know what the fuck they're talking about. The ONLY place I have ever heard anyone say his tone sucked was on the internet.
 
fek said:
I have Blizzard, Diary, BATM, and The Ultimate Sin on vinyl. Bought back when they came out. Too bad I don't have a turntable to play them on.
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I had Ultimate Sin on vinyl from high school and looked for it the other day and couldn't find it. Great album!

I heard Killer of Giants on the radio the other day and hadnt hear it in years. Such a great song and better than I remember.
 
Floyd Eye said:
Yep. People read shit on the internet and then repeat it as if it will make them appear like they know what the fuck they're talking about. The ONLY place I have ever heard anyone say his tone sucked was on the internet.
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And let’s not forget that he was getting his tone/gain from pedals into NMV Marshalls. No easy feat.
 
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Beyond Black said:
He was using Altecs on Tribute and his tone absolutely killed.
Same tones he had on the albums, the only difference being the production.
RR knew exactly what he was doing with his gear choices and utilization of it.
All of this negativity about his tone is absolutely overblown and ridiculous.
His tone was unique af and ripped, and anybody with one good ear can hear past the production.
I guarantee nobody bitched about his tone until guitar forum critics came along.
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His tone cuts through anything. For example, I remember watching an NFL game one day. While the announcers were talking in the booth, I can hear the audio bleed of the arena in the background. I can tell Crazy Train was playing even though I couldn't hear any drums or vocals or even melody. Just the guitar. I just picked up on the tonal qualities of Randy's guitar because it cut through like a knife.
 
What’s better ? Original
FLUXX said:
No Bone Movies is one of my favorite songs by Ozzy/Randy.
Randy brings some of his Quiet Riot style to the band.

Also, I LOVE Randy's tone on Blizzard and Diary.
He was changing the world of guitar playing, and had his own sound.

Remember that the longest Delay available to Randy was only 401ms long.
Dial up a 401ms delay and see how that feels. It's not great.
Kudos to Randy for making it timeless
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i like all the songs deep down .
 
jabps said:
Jake got paid for Ultimate Sin i.e. songwriting royalties. For Bark, she gave him an ultimatum, sign over all your rights or we'll just have someone copy your guitar parts and send you on your way.

At that point Jake could have taken the crumbs or go back to nothing in LA. If you think about it he really had no choice, have a career or be known as the guy who couldn't cut it as Rhoads replacement because that is certainly how Sharon and Ozzy would have spun it. Jake also only made about $500 a week on tour. Hell Vivian Campbell got paid even less, he was making $100 dollars a week.

Further Jake wasn't a family friend, he just said in his most recent interview he hadn't spoke with Ozzy in 40 years until his final show.
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It amazing no one has shot her. I know of three local general contractors who were shot, and or killed, all of whom were known to be deadbeats like her.
 
njshred said:
It amazing no one has shot her. I know of three local general contractors who were shot, and or killed, all of whom were known to be deadbeats like her.
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Hey, some dude rolling around here looking to buy something off you.
 
Beyond Black said:
He was using Altecs on Tribute and his tone absolutely killed.
Same tones he had on the albums, the only difference being the production.
RR knew exactly what he was doing with his gear choices and utilization of it.
All of this negativity about his tone is absolutely overblown and ridiculous.
His tone was unique af and ripped, and anybody with one good ear can hear past the production.
I guarantee nobody bitched about his tone until guitar forum critics came along.
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I've said for years, at that time it was happening nobody or better stated people like us, complained or even discussed tone. That all happened as we got deeper into the 80's and there was an onslaught of new players and the switch flipped for EVH's tone being the benchmark. Now tone is almost as important as to whether you can play or not. Crazy.

Growing up in that era you'd drop the needle on Rush, Journey, Lizzy, VH or whomever and they all had vastly different tones and everything was judged on the song first and then, could the guy play - it either rocked or it didn't.
 
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