How Do I Get That Sweet Slash Overdriven Tone? |
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May 7 2011, 10:41 PM
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Do you want to setup to sound like Slash's tone or have Slash's tone? What guitar / effect pedals are you using?
Slash already has signature Axe, Effects, and AMP setup to sound like him, but most of the time you would just want a tone and stick with what your already got. If you want to get closer to Slash’s amp sound, I great place to start is with a Marshall AMP. Preferably a JCM Slash, a Silver Jubilee or a JCM 800. Hopefully your amp will do fine. EQ amp settings: Bass 7 / Mid 7 / Treble lower to 4 1/2 Boost up the lead master as high as possible without becoming deaf. Slash loves his ’87 Les Paul Gibson with: Mahogany body/neck, rosewood fingerboard and 3-piece maple top Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups Ernie Ball .011-.048 strings Dunlop 6105 frets Gibson Nashville Tune-o-matic bridge Luthier the fingerboard radius and high Dunlop 6105 frets makes for easy string bending. The string height at the nut is kept very low – about 1/64″ above the first fret. Raise the tailpiece 1/4″ off the body, which lowers the string tension over the bridge and helps to minimize string breakage. The tuning machines have been swapped out for newer vintage-style Gibsons (with a screw-in top ferrule, not the press-in type), and the bridge has been changed to a Gibson Nashville Tune-o-matic. Slash doesn't use too many effects, but has delay (800ms) and sometimes uses Wah. Anyone want a Slash tone for the Pod HD500, just ask. This post has been edited by Azzaboi: May 7 2011, 10:42 PM --------------------  Play Games Arcade Take a break, Play Games! Play the best free online flash games at Aaron's Game Zone like Bloons Tower Defense 4! |
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May 7 2011, 10:48 PM
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actually i was trying to play don't cry solo and wanted a good sound, since im new with guitar i just got a 15watt marshall amp and a standard LP
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May 8 2011, 10:45 PM
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Try this:
Put some overdrive on your amp, like these settings: Drive: 7 Bass: 4 Mids: 7 Treble: 5 Then take a guitar, and put the treble pickup on and roll off the tone knob a bit. What do you think? 
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May 10 2011, 08:17 AM
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Stop tailpieces adjustment should normally just be until the strings clear the back of the bridge body. Many players go beyond this point and tighten the stop-bar snug against the body to increase sustain, but it's not proven that this works most the time. It seems that every guitar has a perfect tailpiece height at which the strings and action have the best feel and tone. Raise your tailpiece up and down until you find that sweet spot. It's best to get a professional to do all this setup as a lot of things relate to each other. A good way to test is checking your harmonic sweet spots are still correctly placed. Any intonation fine tuning goes right out the window if you readjust the string height and will have to be done again.
Knocking on Heavens Door, I've got a good tone for as well. Yes, use the neck pickup, also Slash adds a subtle delay when soloing to add dimesion. Hard to hear but makes a differences. Add some reverb and roll the tone knob down half. Tube amp with "bright" setting and Les Paul with Humbuckers is probably is best. Play sustain notes from your own skills/practice, something Slash is famous for! I'm a bit off timing still with playing and oops one bad note! Still fun song to play POD HD I'm using fakes the tube amp feeling on a solid state amp, it's a nice result I think. This post has been edited by Azzaboi: May 10 2011, 08:54 AM -------------------- Play Games Arcade Take a break, Play Games! Play the best free online flash games at Aaron's Game Zone like Bloons Tower Defense 4! |
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May 10 2011, 10:17 AM
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Both advices are great, neck pickup can be used too. Bridge humbucker is what I like to use when the solo kicks in, I find often that neck pickup doesn't have too much cut through the mix when the tone knob is rolled off.
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