All sculpture in the Rock Iconz series are limited editions and the Malcolm Young AC/DC figure is very exclusive with only 3000 pieces slated for production. This is an officially licensed product from AC/DC.Standing 8 inches tall, this limited edition figure is cast in poly-resin and hand-painted in fine detail. Each sculpture in the Rock Iconz series is hand-numbered and displayed on an attractive wooden base.5. Distortion - What is distortion? Why is it important in the equation of getting good rock guitar tone? Well, distortion is the crackling of sound. You probably know that, but just in case, the question now becomes, what is a 'good' crackling of sound. The secret is in the ear of the beholder, so really only you can decide what good distortion is. Try lots of pedals and different amps and try to figure out what kind of distortion makes you sound best. Some people like bluesy, overdriven type of distortion, while some people like total chaos, fire-breathing inferno distortion, and let me tell you, if you are looking for it, it is out there, in some strange colored pedal. Distortion helps us cover up our mistakes, but not only that, but it makes you feel cooler inside, sustain notes and make them breathe, and much more. Try to do some research on guitarist that you like their tone, and see if you can find what kind of pedal and amps they use.
3. Humbuckers - You want humbuckers on your guitar for a couple reasons. The main one is that is produces more sounds, it is 2 magnets, not just 1, so there is more sustain, tone, and most of all, when pushed, create more distortion... hoo ray! We love distortion here! Another thing that makes humbuckers cooler than single coils is that they are quite. Don't you hate how single coils buzz? Isn't it really annoying when you think there is someone in the room with you, but it is just the buzz of your neck pickup? I know you have... admit it... anyways, humbuckers are quite, produce more sound, more distortion, killer sustain and most of all look cool! Go out and get some humbuckers for your axe today. It's ok, you won't be dissapointed. Even the cool mini humbuckers that fit into a single coil slot sound great and if you really don't want to miss your single coil twang, you can get a coil splitter or a push-pull volume or tone control to switch your mini humbucker into a single coil. Aren't humbuckers great?
6 Essential Elements To Getting The Best Rock Guitar Tone
6. Feeling - If there is one thing that you need have to get the best rock guitar tone you are capable of, it is to put all your feeling, attention and focus on what you are doing. Once, back when I was in music school, a well respected musician said to me, was "Once you are done learning all that stuff, you have to learn to forget it and then the magic starts to happen!" So, feel the music, feel it in your heart... take everything you know and touch the celestial, play the things you really want to, let the music take control and just give it all your energy letting the spirit of music flow through row body, into the strings, through the cord, into the amp and making the speakers wail! Feeling... it is a beautiful thing
4. Locking Tremolo System (aka Floyd Rose) - Why do you need a locking tremolo system? You need it because to do all the cool airplane whammy divebombs, kitten purrs, and extreme harmonic divebombs you need a locking tremolo system. Why? because they do 2 things, the first is stay in tune during all this chaos and abuse you put your poor guitar through, but also because these systems are the only ones designed for these kind of advanced guitar, and musical maneuvers, attempted by many, but successful and perfected by few. If you want to see some cool stuff on guitar divebomb whammy's check out Van Halen, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani or some unknown guys on YouTube who are really great! Go have a ball going crazy on your new locking tremolo system equipped guitar, and have a smile on your face after because your beauty if still in tune, ready to rock on... wherever you take it!
2. Big Strings - Big strings are essential to big rock guitar tone because they contain the more mass, therefore move more air, creating a larger magnetic field, resulting in the speakers moving more, in essence, rocking more! Big, fat, juicy strings bring out the lows of the guitar and also make your high's more precise, louder and evenly balanced in volume to the other strings. Bigger strings also give you more grip, allowing you more control and manipulation over the guitar strings. Big strings are even more essential on guitars that are de-tuned... once you de-tune a guitar, the strings slack a lot and when you strike the strings hard they go out of tune, so most rock guys who de-tune most of the time; like down to D, C, B, A should use some pretty heavy strings. My recommendation is use at least 13's if you are tuning down crazy low. However, if you are a regular or Eb tuner, try to use 10's or 11's on your guitar, they won't rip your hands apart and will give you much better tone. For your info, Stevie Ray Vaughan used 13's and it is said he used to have to super glue his fingertips on after shows... that's rocking!
Getting awesome rock guitar tone is not hard. I have heard professional players play through low-quality, out-of-tune, distorted equipment and it sounded great! This says 2 things; one - your tone is in your hands, two - distortion is a good thing and on your side! In most history of the speaker, the goal was to be crystal clear, not until some rocker decided to turn his amp up too loud and distort the sound,real rock guitar tone was born. As an added fact, I forget who, but some famous guitarist actually used to buy radio brand shack speakers (because they sounded the worst), and then cut them with razor blades to get the sound they were looking for... beautiful. Ok, let's move on to the 7 essential elements to getting the best rock guitar tone.
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