OT: the best in guitar distortion-who you got?
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I would also like to throw tom morello into the ring.
Those are good. Chronologically, let me start with Foxy Lady by Hendrix.
Chronologically, I’ll stay with you, and since there was that other thread about the Guess Who…I’ll say “American Woman”.
I love it! Ain’t talking bout love is one of those VH songs that just sounds right…regardless if it’s Sammy or Dave.
No doubt. I love the sound and i consider myself one of the earliest pumpkin fans. it’s why Silversun Pickups are a fav of mine.
And Voodoo Child. Most Hendrix songs really.
You can subsequently add Ironman and most early Black Sabbath songs.
EVH definitely brought the distortion and the wah wah pedal to the fore front .
I especially appreciated Hendrix and Trower ..
But the list goes on and on ...
Edit: I remember in the 70's my mom who worked a Kmart bought me an electric guitar and this plastic amp . Not too long after I saved enough from my paper route to buy an MXR distortion pedal and it changed my musical life . Mum wasn't too happy but man ...
I especially appreciated Hendrix and Trower ..
But the list goes on and on ...
Edit: I remember in the 70's my mom who worked a Kmart bought me an electric guitar and this plastic amp . Not too long after I saved enough from my paper route to buy an MXR distortion pedal and it changed my musical life . Mum wasn't too happy but man ...
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I should also add that I see Girlfriend as one of the truly great underrated albums of the last few decades. It defined and redefined PowerPop at the time.
Also Jimi H. had a killer rendition of our “Star Spangled Banner”.
Love silversun. Hit heavier than people think. Great live act.
Pumpkins...I have seen SP/Corgan solo/Zwan/Pumpkins in plainsong over 50 times live. Some might say I have a problem
Very underrated era/genre of music because the Seattle bands get all the play and longevity. Lithium on XM is playing the top 50 videos of that era and these songs were part of it. Owts 120 minutes thread last week sent me down a rabbit hole.
It’s a good one. There are songs that were distinctly either Sammy or Dave, and that’s one that could have been either. Sammy can also sing all of Dave’s but Dave couldn’t sing Sammy’s…nor would he want to even if he could. Lol. Weird dude.
My wife get annoyed because I'm like "this is my favorite pumpkins song" and she's like you said that for like 20 other songs. Mayo is up there though....can anyone hear me.......
There is definitely flange in the intro, so he is using some type of pedal. If, instead of distortion, he found a guitar/amp overdrive combo setting that mimics distortion do much so that another professional musician assumed he used distortion, well, fair enough.
A number of responses cite the greatness of Jimi Hendrix. So let's trust his own opinion... and I thus cite Wm F Gibbons. Billy Gibbons. ZZ Top and the greatest guitarist in my humble opinion
Any Sonic Youth song, it the Smith’s classic How soon is now.
Ahhhh… The shoe gazing days…
Ahhhh… The shoe gazing days…
Wow! Thanks everyone.
What a way to end my longloop weekend, so many great song- memories. Sadly I don't get to enjoy music as much as I use to. As far as guitars goes always enjoyed this. Hope i got this link right, all legends and Prince just kills it then walks the f of stage. Strange dude but taledented as hell.
What a way to end my longloop weekend, so many great song- memories. Sadly I don't get to enjoy music as much as I use to. As far as guitars goes always enjoyed this. Hope i got this link right, all legends and Prince just kills it then walks the f of stage. Strange dude but taledented as hell.
The intro to Sabotage is bass. But you could be talking about the actual guitar in the song so I dont say that as trolling
Or I could be talking about a bass guitar. Lol.
Oddly when doing a yahoo search tonight on the greatest Distortion guitar songs of all time, the very first article that the search pulled up had Sabotage as the #1 guitar distortion song of all time.
The Top 10 Songs With Distortion in Guitar History
The fuzzy 60s popularized the fuzz distortion pedal, which is why we've rounded up the best songs with distortion in this piece.
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