no matter what genre, in your opinion which guitarist has the best tone?

tone is subjective so there is no right answer. im just curious to see what people have to say

eric johnson probably gets my vote

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I like my tone like my women. Full round bottom, sweet and clean but can get as dirty as I desire.

Oh Yeah!

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Hey, Boy Blue is back!

i really like freddie king these days.
of course SRV.
i do like the guy that runs the steviesnacks website, tone.
its very simple but pure and effective.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

For me it's SRV. Honestly I liked his tone before I liked his music. One thing lead to another and now I really like all kinds of blues, but at first it was just Stevie and just his tone. I was into Metalcore at the time and I was amazed that he could get a Strat to sound big like a guitar with humbuckers. I used to just put a bunch of distortion on my Strat and it'd sound like bees in a tin can.

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Me, if I do say so myself.

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You dig?

Me, because it is mine and I am not trying to copy anyone else's! I do admire EC's and Glenn Frey's! They are my main influences.
ABS

haha thats why i started listening to him. i listen to a variety of genres including metal but i have been playing a lot more blues lately because of srv

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I like my tone like my women. Full round bottom, sweet and clean but can get as dirty as I desire.

Brad Paisley gets an tone with a strat (see:She's everything) but I'm gonna go with Rory Gallagher since it sounds perfect for blues yet there's definitely an Irish influence in it.

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Music's the only thing that makes sense anymore, man. Play it loud enough, it keeps the demons at bay.

What's that guy's name... oh yeah Nevin!

Oh I wanna also add the worst tone, can I do that please?? I find that Clapton has one of the worst tones I ever heard on a Strat these days!

i hav to agree with both the nevin and the clapton comments.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

You should start a new thread about Clapton's tone

Gene Simmons from Kiss!

I'm quite happy with my own, thankyewvurrymuch.



Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Great. Now everybody is jumping on the Nevin bandwagon. I guess it was just a matter of time.

I am glad to see that there are others that are in love with their own tone. I enjoy the sound of my rig so much that it is a real pleasure to sit down and play.

+1 Anybody who can get a guitar to sound like a bass is OK in my book.

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Just think of how awesome a guitar player you could have been by now if you had only spent the last 10 years practicing instead of obsessing over pickups and roasted maple necks.