the best tone of the 90s

[Robostyle]

My 90's pick would either be just about anything by STP or Rich Ward's tone on Stuck Mojo's Rising album

I saw Stuck Mojo live, thought they were good.

 

[Robostyle]

I always loved Clutch- self titled/elephant riders/jam room. Their early stuff too,

 

[Bxlxaxkxe]

yeah it did

Single best live STP video on youtube. Love it

 

[Subclavian2]

For me that first chord in Alice In Chains “sludge factory” is just sick sounding.

Zakks tone in No More Tears gets the honorable mention

 

[stephen sawall]

I like this guitar sound. I think it's a Boss DS-1.

 

[RevDrucifer]

Petrucci’s Awake tones, Dual Rec and a IIC+.
Vai’s Alien Love Secrets Bogner tones
Cantrel’s Dirt tones
Dime’s Official Live 101 tone
EJ’s Venus Isle tones
Dino’s tone on Fear Factory’s Obsolete, preceded the djent kids by over a decade.
Gilmour on The Division Bell/PULSE
Ed’s Balance tone

Notable mention- Live’s Throwing Copper album in its entirety is one of the best sounding albums I’ve ever heard. Every instrument sounds fucking great and Tom Lord Alge should get far more credit than his brother for that album alone.

 

[erniecaster]

American Idiot by Green Day.

 

[NorCal_Val]

Some of my nominations for best tone(s) of the 90s:

 

[Floyd Eye]

American Idiot by Green Day.

Oh wait. You’re serious ?

 

[Elams1894]

Anything by Alice (not Cooper) or The Cult.

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

I always loved Clutch- self titled/elephant riders/jam room. Their early stuff too,

I love their early stuff, but Blast Tyrant I think is their best album for bad ass guitar tones.

 

[sandman]

i gotta go with this

 

[GreatRedDragon]

For me it's gotta be Zakk on No More Tears. EVH on F.U.C.K./Balance and Slash on UYI are runner-ups.

 

[psychodave]

Don't know if anyone posted this, but I say Savatage. Edge of Thorns Album is incredible.

 

[Techdeth]

This is such a good thread

 

[Reverend Bow]

Pretty much anything from Sykes in the 90's



Marc Ford's solo tone on that is just tits

 

[paulyc]

Silverchair's debut was a JCM900, and a Soldano Hot Rod for most subsequent projects. This is first hand from Daniel - I engineered the band's fourth album and some of his later solo work.

Here's a pic of us circa 2014:

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So YOURE responsible ??? idk if I’d admit that !!!

 

[DISTORT6]

 

[Reverend Bow]

This tone is just....



Loud... A lot of volume behind that

 

[Robostyle]

I love their early stuff, but Blast Tyrant I think is their best album for bad ass guitar tones.

Blast Tyrant is definitely good too!