Non-metal bands that have great tone/sound?

[Doug N]

Gary Moore

Current-era Opeth

 

[ArtDecade]

Graham Coxon - Blur

 

[M3CHK1LLA]

i got to agree with the ppl who have mentioned the smashing pumpkins...

...some huge sounds from one guy.

 

[ArtDecade]

i got to agree with the ppl who have mentioned the smashing pumpkins...

...some huge sounds from one guy.

 

[johnny_ace]

with this id have too add




Chevelle

 

[M3CHK1LLA]

always thought the eagles had a great sound.

 

[SP1N3SPL1TT3R]

Muse. Dick Dale. The Ventures.

 

[flexkill]

Anything BLUES SARACENO touches is gold!

 

[GatherTheArsenal]

I just went down my entire iTunes list because this thread actually made really curious if i do in fact listen to anything that has guitars other than metal.

Nope.....

The few that I found might be debatable but here they are anyway:

Radiohead - Electioneering - YouTube

Steve Vai / Building The Church / - YouTube

Motörhead - Damage Case (Live At Gampel Wallis 2002) - YouTube

BB KING Best Solo Guitar King of Blues - YouTube

Jane's Addiction - Just Because - YouTube ..... don't judge me

 

[Tang]

holy shit that clean tone.

 

[Gitte]

Listen to anything Karnivool released!! Freaking Beautiful!!! I've Seen them live twice!! Soooo gooood!!!

 

[Jzbass25]

SRV had some great tone, also if you consider vai to be non-metal his tone is pretty good. Vai's tone live is 10/10 in my book

 

[sear]

Adam Jones from Tool is one of the best and most innovative rock guitar players ever, in my opinion, and the tones he gets from all his amps, guitars and effects boxes are nuts.

 

[Aztec]

John Mayer

 

[troyguitar]

Whitesnake 1987

Blue Murder 1989

 

[petereanima]

That record:



It haz all teh toanz.

 

[will_shred]

I think he uses a bass cab for this...

 

[Hemi-Powered Drone]

I've always admired John Frusciante's tone. Especially how good he is with distortion. He seems to use just the right amount and only when it's appropriate.



And Derek Truck's tone is just beautiful, especially for sliding.

 

[blaaargh]

Brand New has some amazing tones that cover a huge variety of sonic territory. Go listen to Welcome to Bangkok and tell me that's not the craziest shit you've heard today. Their album Daisy is just perfect tonally.
The Angelic Process also has the heaviest tone I've heard, though they could be considered metal depending on how broadly you view the term.

 

[BotchStank]

I'll probably get shitted on for this but I love Tom Delonge's tone, the guitarist from Blink-182. Even the bass tones on their TOYPAJ album was awesome(IMO). Blink 182 Anthem Part 2 with lyrics (Take Off Your Pants And Jacket) - YouTube Blink 182 - Dont tell me its over - YouTube , Aside from the actual song am I the only one that digs those palmmutes? I love Blinks palm mute tone.