Who’s style - tone do you chase?

[rickenbacker198]

Inquiring minds want to know,
I don’t care if you’re a rock legend, all of us look up to someone and strive to do it like they did.
Which band/player and album are the holy grail for you?

 

[Ben Waylin]

Early VH
Early Nuno

 

[saxxamafone]

for me it's:

The machine-like attack of Malcom Young
The melody of Billy Howerdel
The lead feels of Mick Mars
The carefree (i'll do it my way) attitude of Steph Carpenter

 

[RaceU4her]

geez, i could name a million of them, id have to say dime was the complete package though.

 

[Smash]

Vogg, frankhouser, guitarist from morbid angel, lamb of god, soreption, gojira, sepultra, obviously dime

 

[PDC]

Early VH
Early Nuno

I’m stealing this.

occasionally I tumble backwards down the Sykes rabbit hole, too

 

[mooncobra]

Bro!!!!’ Whoa!! I forge my own path, the path of epic tone that no man has walked before me! It all starts with an amp so rare, so god damned glorious, and so god damned epic it physically pains me to think of losing it one day!

What, you ask, could ever achieve this type of tone. Only one amp.

And this guy recognizes the tonal excellence and his price reflects it’s true worth.


https://reverb.com/p/peavey-backsta...P2xcoXFLSmLst7zXyhUPajqPVSw4j7j0aAsnAEALw_wcB

 

[Fret-Shredder]

Tone chases this beast!!!

 

[turtlefingers]

Richie Sambora.
Slash.
Early Zakk.

 

[JF Scarfi]

The usual suspects…
Early VH
Lynch
Nuno

 

[paulyc]

Lynch, DeMartini, EVH, Nuno, and the other usuals. Also, really digging Doug Rappoport lately. That guy is sick !

 

[BenPerkins]

John Mayall & Cream era Clapton, a little Iommi on the side. I also enjoy Yardbirds era Beck and Steve Marrriott (Small Faces).

 

[Steinmetzify]

Kirk Windstein and Pepper Keenan doing the first Down album.

Sammy Duet doing the Acid Bath stuff.

And Dime.

 

[riffsfordaze]

Cheech & Chong and a D11 Cat

 

[Deleted member 16554]

Hetfield
DeMartini
Billy Blades

 

[Deleted member 16554]

Cheech & Chong and a D11 Cat

Soundgarden covered it better but this is original goodness

 

[angelspade]

There are many...As a rhythm player, wish I could cop the combined respective styles / tones of Hetfield, Cantrell and Adam Jones.

 

[marshallmel]

Michael Schenker
Wolf Hoffman
Doug Aldrich
EVH

 

[Anxiety Serum]

for me it's:

The melody of Billy Howerdel

The above and
The growling riffs of Adam Jones (Tool)
The energic punk of Zach Blair and Tim McIlrath (Rise Against)
The grungy harmony of all three guitar players in early Radiohead
The simple chimey riffs of the Dessner twins (The National)

 

[anomaly]

Kirk Windstein and Pepper Keenan doing the first Down album.

Sammy Duet doing the Acid Bath stuff.

And Dime.

I'm a big fan of Kirk Windstein and Pepper Keenan. Nola is such a classic, as well as many of the Crowbar and COC albums.