Name a guitarist with a signature tone

[jpgray]

Bob Mould

[GOPisEvil]

1. Dick Dale

[Zomby Woof]

2. David Gilmour

[maveric]

3. Carlos Santana

You can aways pick him out of a crowd.

[dolo amber]

4. Brian May

[Joe Fields]

5. Robin Trower

[grannylib]

77. Yes indeed...and so underrated! Trower - very distinctive.

[samplegirl]

6. Gary Moore

[WCGreen]

7. Brian Setzer

[LadyoftheRabbits]

8. Nick Drake

[XNASA]

9. John Lee Hooker

[XNASA]

And of course, Jeff Beck.

[DanCa]

29. So many Blues Men have a great sound

We could be here all day. Note don't get me started on B.B. King though. :D

[Floogeldy]

10. That is a great question.

:)

I'm gonna say Neil Young.

[asthmaticeog]

11. Steve Albini

[CanuckAmok]

42. Beating one of Urge Overkill with a guitar is not a "signature tone"

Hmmm... on second thought, maybe it is.

[hippywife]

12. Stevie Ray Vaughn, of course! n/t

[Literate Tar Heel]

13. Robert Cray

Bob Mould's a good one too

[Joe Fields]

14. Keith Richards

[Throd]

15. Eddie Van Halen

[BrotherBuzz]

16. Charlie Deal

[TN al]

17. Mark Knopfler

[NashVegas]

18. Marc Ribot

..

[NashVegas]

19. The Edge

..

[leftofthedial]

20. Willie Nelson

[NashVegas]

21. Bonnie Raitt

..

[NashVegas]

22. Chris Whitley

..

[DanCa]

23. Bo Diddley.

Great sound. Bo knows how to play guitar.

[greendog]

24. Tony Rice

~

[Bake]

74. Yeah! Another TR fan!

You just instantly know it when it's Tony playing The Bone. Nobody else has that tone.

Bake

[swag]

25. Jon Spencer

"you play the rhythm
and i'll play the bass
come on everybody, right now
let's fuck up the place."

[Tikki]

26. East Bay Ray........n/t

[deucemagnet]

27. Duane Eddy

[two gun sid]

28. Jerry Garcia

[Taverner]

83. I was just going to say that

I just need to hear one note and I know it's Jerry

[Rabrrrrrr]

30. Zappa, Fripp, Page, Vai, Beck, Belew, Lifeson, Gilmour, Atkins, Metheny

Moore, Hendix, Vaughan, Les Paul, BB King, Roy Clark, Andres Segovia, Christopher Parkening, Gypsy Kings, Charo, Leadbelly, T Bone Walker, Satriani, Van Halen, Malmsteen, Johnny Winter, John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Garcia, Knopfler, Steve Howe, and, of course, one could not do this list without another mention of Pat Metheny.

[sendero]

56. Pretty much...

... any guitarist that's any good :)

[johnnie]

31. Johnnie Eckert

It always sounds like :puke:

[Fenris]

32. Link Wray

Actually, to be fair, he had several.

[judaspriestess]

33. AL DIMEOLA

[judaspriestess]

34. Yngwie Malmsteen

[Magrittes Pipe]

35. Craig Scanlon

Not really.

[HughBeaumont]

36. Justin K Broadrick

Bill Steer
Matt Pike

[catbert836]

37. Syd Barrett

[NNadir]

38. John Abercrombie.

For my money he's the greatest electric guitarist ever.

[tuvor]

39. Pete Townsend

Surprised he's not mentioned yet, and I'm not even a Who fan.

[Floogeldy]

43. Um . . . he never had a constant tone. It always changed.

His tones were originally dictated by cheap amps the band found for him to destroy on stage. Same for the guitars, which were smashed.

You just jumped in and named a "famous guitarist" without thinking about signature tones.

[Bat Boy]

45. Oh really? Marshalls and Hiwatts were cheap?

Hiwatts have never been cheap. Marshalls have never been cheap. Nor were Rickenbackers, SG's, Les Paul's or any other hapless guitar that I ever saw the man destroy.

Here's someplace you might want to check out before you decide to discount Townsend with facts that you got...hell, I don't know where you got that.

http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipment.htm

Look through that and tell me where you got the idea he was playing cheap shit, 'cause I'm dying to know.

Or was this thread about guitarists who sound the same all the damn time, never evolving, never moving out of their crib and maturing?

Oh...then Clapton. Without a doubt. Clapton. Clapton is God! (sleep next to the pod...it won't hurt you...join us...)

[CanuckAmok]

46. Buh?

Usually you're quite clever, insightful and on-the-mark, but this time you're way off.

If you can't "name that tune in two notes" when it's Pete Townsend's guitar, you've been living on Neptume until just recently. Of course he has a signature tone. Not just in the "power" Who of the 70s, but in the early days, as well. Even his solo album Broken Glass was distinctively Pete Townshend, and with that album, there was no mistaking "signature tone" with the familiarity of a rock anthem.


Come to think of it, you're never clever, insightful and on-the-mark :hi: .

[Susang]

47. ...

:spray:

[FredScuttle]

40. Ritchie Blackmore

[electron_blue]

41. Eric Clapton

[TrogL]

44. Peter Frampton

[ghostsofgiants]

48. John Frusciante, I think.

[Richard Steele]

49. Lester William Polsfuss, of course.

[judaspriestess]

50. Joe Satriani

[bicentennial_baby]

51. Adam Jones

:)

[enigmatic]

52. Greg Sage of The Wipers

When he plays at his most ear-shattering, the sound doesn't get louder, it gets thicker...

[Magrittes Pipe]

65. You better watch out

And you better beware
'cause they're comin' from all sides of the country
And you better beware

[SoyCat]

53. Eric Johnson and Sonny Landreth

[Stardust]

54. Carlos Santana

[zauberflote]

55. Jimi Hendrix

Hate to be so obvious, but no one's mentioned him yet.

[vi5]

57. Matt Pike

[driver8]

58. Kim Mitchell

Formerly of the band "Max Webster" then out on his own. This guy can play!

[outofbounds]

59. Dimebag, Tom Morello, Steve Via, John Petrucci,Nuno

Bettencourt All great guitarist. RIP Dime! :yourock:

[malta blue]

60. Ottmar Leibert...eom

[bridgit]

61. Eric Johnson...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA-0K6QtLQ4 :headbang:

[Crankie Avalon]

62. Django Reinhardt. n/t

[bridgit]

63. Joe Pass...

[gr8dane_daddy]

64. Stevie Ray Vaughn

[HuskerDU]

66. Wow friend. You took my answer with the original post!

Bob Mould!

[Richardo]

67. Lowell George

[grannylib]

78. Lowell George was pure genius

[Phillycat]

68. Santana, The Edge

[smtpgirl]

69. Michael Fath & Will Landrum

[datasuspect]

70. brian may - queen

[Hand]

71. John Fahey

[southpaw]

72. Lindsay Buckingham

Craig Chaquico
Buck Dharma

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

73. Ali Farka Touré

[hippywife]

75. Don Conoscenti

www.doncon.com

[lildreamer316]

76. Neil Schon

Can't mistake it.

[bridgit]

79. leo kottke...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0NnHPlg7A4

[Richardo]

80. Terry Kath

Proto-grunge. Plus, the animating soul of Chicago.

[arenean]

81. Mike Oldfield

sounds a bit like bagpipes....!

[B3Nut]

82. I really haven't yet heard more than snippets of his stuff,

but I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Peter Green, seeing as his tone is legend amongst guitarists.

Todd in Beerbratistan