Vinnie's warm tone

[Streetbeat]

How is it achieved ? Why other guitarists hasnt copied it ?
its very special and you can inmediately tell that's Vinnie vincent on guitar
it does sounds like its going thru a tube or something and i love it
I have a crush on LIU this week and his sound on the solos are just amazing !!!

[doublev]

i thought his RR Jackson was warmer tone, but to be honest i don't know what I am talking about. It must be his amp over the guitar I would say because maple isn't noted to be a warm tone wood, maybe mid to slightly high.

[doublev]

maybe its in the playing also. I think its possible to play your tone.. if i am sounding like an idiot.. excuse me!

[Genebaby]

I love the guitar tone on LIU too, it's great. I think it's the amps and how they are miked. Makes all the difference.

[doublev]

warm mics are a good start. I got the mics Pink Floyd mic'd their amps with.. silk crunch and warm.

[doublev]

maybe give credit to the engineer (And or Producer and of course VV).

[TJMonster]

I was able to mimic it quite well with a governor pedal. Distortion on like 3 over my crunch channel on my Hughes and kettner.

[eddiepagechicago]

maybe its in the playing also. I think its possible to play your tone.. if i am sounding like an idiot.. excuse me!

you are correct!!!

[poserboy71]

maybe its in the playing also. I think its possible to play your tone.. if i am sounding like an idiot.. excuse me!

You are correct. i never thought this was true until I witnessed a buddy of mine play another friend's amp and pedals and told him to roll the knobs. My buddy's sound shined through : creamy mid-range. **no joke intended.

[doublev]

reb beech said that george lynch sounded like lynch even when not plugged in, so this kind of what i was basing this on.

[TJMonster]

Then you have people like satchel who can mimic their tone and style. That's what I'm after with my playing. I don't find it to be copying, I see it as having more colors to paint with.

[Shred4hire]

Then you have people like satchel who can mimic their tone and style. That's what I'm after with my playing. I don't find it to be copying, I see it as having more colors to paint with.

agreed!

[shramiac]

I've got Vai playing through a 15 watt Laney with a Boss OD1 on a CD from a British guitar mag from 10 or so years ago. Sounds like Vai!!! Poses the question. why does he need all that gear???? LOL

[TJMonster]

That's probably the pedal he uses when recording. Very popular pedal.

[poserboy71]

Vai actually swears by the orange colored DS-1 Distortion pedal by Boss.

[Genebaby]

A mate I used to jam with in the early 90's when we both started playing guitar had on of those orange pedals.

I was using a Digitech Twin Tube and I could not stand the sound of his guitar. Ugh!

I have a yellow Boss Overdrive modded to be a TS1 but I don't use any pedals so haven't used it.

[poserboy71]

One of my favorite Boss pedals is the yellow distortion /overdrive pedal. It's a normal sized pedal that allows one to have the best of both worlds and utilize both .