darthbuttchin Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Hi Guys, First off, sorry if this has been said before. I did search, but couldn't find anything. Also, sorry if this is in the wrong place, I'm new and this section seemed the best. Basically, I'm not fond of the sound of Jimmy's Guitar in recent years. It sounds like he's putting a load of distortion on it, and it just sounds wrong to me? Examples would be the couple of songs he did with the Foo Fighters a few years back, and there are points in It Might Get Loud where it's evident too - in the deleted scenes is a bit on Kashmir, and it's here particularly that it shows on the film. Other times, he's fine and sounds like he normally does (to me). Thoughts? p.s. I should note, I haven't seen Celebration Day - missed it in cinemas and getting it for Xmas. Have seen some stuff from the O2 on youtube, but the stuff i've seen has been low quality recording, so I couldn't really tell what his guitar sounded lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecongo Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Dude, Jimmy is raw, always has been always will be. He just likes a ratty ass tone, it's very edgy and rock and roll. I like it. That is part of why Jimmy is so endearing. He understands rock should be rude and nasty, just like his guitar tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Knebs Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 his tone is attitude for miles- love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in_the_evening Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Given the massive size of the Foo Fighters gig, I am not sure we can draw much from that. You had to be VERY loud to be heard in a crowd that size. I loved his sound at the Foo concert! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackers Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Page does have a new sound so to speak as we most likely won't be hearing much from him anymore. As for his amps and so on he's still using the Marshall stacks and Orange's but the sound is much more raw than normal. I do agree its a Page trademark however you can hear a difference from his previous live shows per Zeppelin. The Firm years were extremely loud and crunchy but still the Zeppelin years Page was at the nobs much more as you got many varied tones/sounds from him from show to show but I agree the O2 sounded the same throughout no question. Listen to the Shep Studio Rehersals in terms of listening to the guitar alone and not considering the quality of the recordings its all the same sounding. Its exact in its playing time and close to the running order of the show to come at the time, they were being sure no mistakes were to be made, but again that the reason for rehearsals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Knebs Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 differentiate between harmonics and disortion- almost zero distortion. The best example is the boots of STH at the O2 were laden and sopping wet with harmonics. Yet on the CD/Blu-Ray.... WTH? No wth, he ran two lines out, one direct to the recording deck and the second to his cab array- the Orange head brought the fuzz pre-gain before his Plexi and cabs which the second line (mic) ran to the recording deck. On the official release its perfect. On the boots and live it was dripping and sassy which I didn't mind one bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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