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AnonymousGuitarist

PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:19 pm


I have been studying and looking at many artists that i like (i like metal) and in particular my favorite is Alexi Laiho. His style of playing is amazing and i love his tone. For a long time i thought he had a thick distortion tone but i can't tell anymore because now people have been saying he plays in a crunch tone.
If someone could help and tell me the difference as well as tell me which he plays that would be great. I am trying to get his tone and eventually of course develop my own. By next year i'm going to get his guitar as well as a couple of pedals so i would like to know if i should get a crunch pedal.
PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:23 pm


Thick and crunch are just different ways of describing distortion.
Here is a quick description of his equipment, if it helps.

Slappy the Ninja


AnonymousGuitarist

PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:24 pm


That helps but i'm still kinda confused on what i should do to get his tone. I have a line 6 III spider amp...i don't know whether crunch or metal would be the right channel. Plus i probably will get a better amp and buy a pedal...but thats my question... what should i get crunch or distortion.
PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:10 pm


I just did a couple minutes of studying, and played a few Laiho riffs on my Line 6 Spider III 15, and the Metal channel sounded closer.

PunkRockFaces


AnonymousGuitarist

PostPosted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:45 pm


Thanks
PostPosted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:34 am


Have you looked on Line 6's website to see if there is a patch or setting that you can download? I know for the spider valve someone on the Line 6 forums created a spreadsheet that was modifiable and people were uploading their patches. Can't download them but it's easy enough to twiddle the knobs on my amp.

hylianhero27
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guitarlegend32

PostPosted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:24 am


i dont think dont really need to buy any pedels besides maybe a Wah-Wah beacuse the line-6 amps have pretty much every thing u need also the tone u are lookin for is metal on ur amp
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