ReflectedLight Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Every guitarist has their own tone but I'm kind of curious how Alex would sound playing with Van Halen's tone, who has a loud unique tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Barchetta Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Nah. Alex plays tons of rhythm guitar; so him using Van Halen's tone, "The Brown Sound" as it's called, would result in a sort of muddy mess. It's perfect for fat leads like Eddie can pull off. Personally, a tone that i'd like to see Alex play with is Pete Townshend's Live At Leeds tone: Example: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReflectedLight Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 QUOTE (Ted Barchetta @ Sep 11 2010, 07:50 PM) Nah. Alex plays tons of rhythm guitar; so him using Van Halen's tone, "The Brown Sound" as it's called, would result in a sort of muddy mess. It's perfect for fat leads like Eddie can pull off. Personally, a tone that i'd like to see Alex play with is Pete Townshend's Live At Leeds tone: Example: The Who - Heaven And Hell (Live at Leeds) that townsend tone would work well with him. maybe vh's tone is too much distortion for the type of style he plays but i know alex has said he likes the eddie's marshall stacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Like what others mentioned it would sound too muffled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 He would sound like a chainsaw-not that that is bad. It worked fr EVH back in the day. I don't think that it would work for Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Krinkle Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 I'd rather hear Alex with his old A Farewell To Kings or Permanent Waves tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kugel Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 QUOTE (ReflectedLight @ Sep 11 2010, 07:59 PM) QUOTE (Ted Barchetta @ Sep 11 2010, 07:50 PM)Personally, a tone that i'd like to see Alex play with is Pete Townshend's Live At Leeds tone: Example: The Who - Heaven And Hell (Live at Leeds) Pete and Alex are both soundscape makers, and focus a lot more on that than on flashy solos. This was true of Alex even before he took the solo hiatus on VT. I think it's a huge part of why they're both unacceptably underrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlyJeff Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 There's a reason that Geddy and Neil have room to play and most rock rhythm sections are reduced to supporting the lead guitar. That's not a slight against EVH- what he does he does VERY well- but what Alex does requires more than just chops, and finding the proper tone to support the music is a lot of what Alex does so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReflectedLight Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 QUOTE (SlyJeff @ Sep 12 2010, 11:35 AM) There's a reason that Geddy and Neil have room to play and most rock rhythm sections are reduced to supporting the lead guitar. That's not a slight against EVH- what he does he does VERY well- but what Alex does requires more than just chops, and finding the proper tone to support the music is a lot of what Alex does so well. i guess so but once in a while i wouldn't mind alex saying what the hell, max out the amp, and just go all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Necromancer_77 Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 QUOTE (Ted Barchetta @ Sep 11 2010, 05:50 PM) Nah. Alex plays tons of rhythm guitar; so him using Van Halen's tone, "The Brown Sound" as it's called, would result in a sort of muddy mess. It's perfect for fat leads like Eddie can pull off. Personally, a tone that i'd like to see Alex play with is Pete Townshend's Live At Leeds tone: Example: The Who - Heaven And Hell (Live at Leeds) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3strukt Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Hahaha! Heaven and Hell. Always makes me think of Black Sabbath's epic. Oh no......now I am reminded that Dio is dead...... /sadface. Actually, this is the first time i've listened to this song. It's really good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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