Albums With Impeccable Guitar Tone: Siamese Dream… #shorts

[uticacrib]

I hadn't picked up a guitar for years and years. I used to play bass, but didn't mess with the six. But recently I decided I'm going to learn Cherub Rock. And now I'm back into music with a passion. Siamese Dream is a life saver.

[ericgardner]

David Gilmours tone on the wish you were hear album is probably the greatest thing my ears have ever heard.

[mtamech]

What I like about Billy is his ability to experiment and not give a rat's left nut what people think. He's a pioneer and an explorer and doesn't work with what's popular. He's said many times he could do another SD but he doesn't rehash ideas like everyone else.

[ineedjesus]

The whistle/harmonic sound you’re talking about is actually from a cheap stratocaster Billy was using at the time, he said something like how it was so cheap that when the gain was cranked so high it created that whistling sound as feedback when he would mute the guitar, so he incorporated it into the song

[adnap]

The notes you’re hearing in between stops aren’t harmonics at all. It’s feedback from having so much gain with cheap pickups. You’ll hear alot of that from the 90’s, but one of the biggest showcases of that is a Smashing Pumpkins song called "Drown.” It’s a B-side that was featured on the Singles soundtrack, and I recommend giving it a listen. I remember hearing it in the 90’s and being utterly fascinated, having never heard anything like it.

Also, on a side note, If "ALBUMS WITH IMPECCABLE TONE.” is a series, I would have to give an honorable mention to Peter Svensson’s tone on the song, “A Good Horse” by the Cardigans on their album Long Gone Before Daylight. I’ve never heard a Tele crunch like that and have always been chasing something close to it. It’s sick. HAVE A LISTEN. Thanks!

[ericwoodard]

This whole album inspired the way I approach playing guitar and writing guitar riffs. It enabled me to be creative in my own way. God bless Siamese dream and the pumpkins

[Mandeazy]

Siamese Dream’s tone (Mayonaise specifically) is like if a guitar was also a warm blanket

[michaelmyers]

I couldn't agree more! As a teen, when this album came out, i had never heard anything like it before as well.

[skamau]

Mayonnaise, by The Smashing Pumpkins is my kyptonite and my popeye spinach! The tone, the lyrics the drums, the hidden a parts and the heard. Equal the best tune, tone ever! Subliminally thee best tune ever not heard, just felt!

[jasonpettitt]

Just got the tab for my birthday. One of the best guitar albums of all time ❤

[danielalv]

Awesome!
I am interested in your take on these songs.

Devin Townsend Project - Deadhead (live at Royal Albert Hall)

Loathe - A Sad Cartoon

[oli]

My favourite would be downward is heavenward by hum

[inblue]

It was a cheap guitar from a pawn shop (or some shit) that would feedback every time you muted it.

[johnutah]

I just started playing guitar again because of the pumpkins

[peiwei]

Ah the big muff. You should do a nin or u2 special. Or britt/modern rock!

[jotacalvo]

It’s funny how people miss the double entendre and completely ignore the full name of the pedal…
It’s Big Muff Pi. That’s what it’s called. Not Big Muff.

[ElonMusket]

The whistle was from a defective guitar if i remember correctly

[michelvondenhoff]

For me it would be Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd, One Size Fits All The Mothers of Invention, Buena Vista Social Club Ry Cooder.

And probably another 100 albums 😅

[morrisoy]

buddy, if you liked Siamese Dream then wait till you listen to Loveless by My Bloody Valentine. billy literally based all of SD off of that album lmao

[sethboutilier]

Bro called smashing pumpkins "heavier guitar" ☠️