-- Sam Ash is pleased to be releasing a new guide detailing how musicians can achieve the perfect doom metal guitar tone. This informative resource provides specific equipment, setting, and style recommendations to help players capture the genre's characteristic sound, joining a growing wealth of online resources developed for both beginner and professional players.
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Sam Ash's guide examines the fundamental elements of doom metal guitar tone, describing it as heavy, fuzzy, and slightly "scooped" in mid-range frequencies. It identifies Tony Iommi's sound on Black Sabbath's "Master of Reality" album as a blueprint for the genre, which was later developed by bands like Candlemass, Pentagram, Saint Vitus, Sleep, and Electric Wizard.
For instruments, the guide recommends guitars with humbuckers or P90 pickups to provide the necessary output and tonal characteristics. Suggested models include the Gibson SG Special, Gibson SG Standard, Gibson Les Paul Special, Gibson Les Paul Standard '60s, Epiphone SG Modern, and several ESP LTD options, including the BB-600, EC-401, and Phoenix 1000.
The guide also notes that lower tunings are common in doom metal, sometimes down to drop B or B standard, with extended scale length guitars beneficial for these lower tunings.
On amplification, the guide favors tube-driven amps over solid-state models, with Orange Amplification cited as particularly effective for doom metal. Specific Orange models recommended include the Rockerverb 50 MK III, Dark Terror, Super Crush 100, and OR15H. Other suggested amps include the Marshall DSL40CR, Hughes & Kettner Grandmeister, and PRS Mark Tremonti MT-15. The guide indicates a preference for amps using EL34 power tubes rather than 6L6 tubes.
The effects section of Sam Ash's guide covers various distortion approaches, from using overdrive pedals to boost tube amps to employing fuzz pedals for more extreme sounds. Overdrive recommendations include the Boss BD-2W Blues Driver, Wampler Pinnacle, and Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer. For distortion, the guide suggests the Boss DS-1 Distortion, MXR M104 Distortion+, and ProCo Rat 2. Fuzz options include the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, Boss FZ-5 Fuzz, and Dunlop Fuzz Face Mini.
The guide also addresses supplementary effects like reverb, phaser, and flanger while noting that simpler setups often produce better results. Suggested modulation and atmospheric effects include the Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress, MXR M290 Phase 95, Boss RV-6 Digital Reverb, and Wampler Faux Tape Echo.
Sam Ash has been serving musicians since 1924, offering instruments ranging from electric guitars to synthesizers. The company provides technical advice to both hobbyists and professional musicians and offers over-the-phone support for all purchases.
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