SOT: Best Def-Leppard riffs/tracks?

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skoora":d94b9 said:
You might be having trouble if you're not working with vocals. If it's just guitars you might be trying to fill in the melodic gaps too much with busy rhythms etc. Some of the best rock songs ever are two, three chords tops but the vocal just makes it. Imagine trying to sing over what you play and you'll find it's much easier to come up with melodies when the guitar is simpler.

Perfect example of this is AC/DC. Bad Co. is another good example. Also Kiss.

A lot of times when you figure out a classic song you'll be surprised that the actual part doesn't have notes/chords in it that you were positive existed. It's because between the bass, drummer and vocals a lot can be suggested that actually isn't there.
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This is a very interesting point. This is honestly my first attempt at writing, and I havent considered vocals at all, I just thought we could make them fit to the material. Back to the drawing board i guess!
 
+1 for High and Dry and also for On Through the Night.
Great fucking albums!!
Rock Brigade
Rocks off
Wasted
Answer to the Master

Let it Go
Another Hit And Run
High n Dry
Bringing on the Heartbreak/Switch 625
Lady Strange
On Through the Night
No No No

I'm gonna have to listen to some def leppard when I get home!
Good stuff!! :thumbsup:
 
Also off the High n Dry album, a tune to check out is:
Mirror-Mirror
 
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Scott Ians Beard":e736c said:
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This is a very interesting point. This is honestly my first attempt at writing, and I havent considered vocals at all, I just thought we could make them fit to the material. Back to the drawing board i guess!
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It took me years to figure that one out. I have scads of original material that if I was to put vocals on it would all need to be re-worked for melodies to have room. Right now a singer would feel pretty compelled to follow the guitars too much and the less fatiguing, more musical approach is when you get counterpoint going on between a simple guitar and a vocal line. When the guitars get simple it's literally like melodies just fall from the sky in your lap.
 
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guitar_god123456":62167 said:
what amps do def leppard use?
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I understand that on High 'n' Dry, Steve Clark used a wah, and a Boss OD-1 in front of a Marshall JCM 800 2203 into a Marshall 4x12 cab. No idea what speakers were in it. Pete Willis went directly into the same head with nothing in front of it.

No idea what they're using now. Oh and apparently Hysteria's sound was mostly a modified Scholtz Rockman. :doh:
 
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