Izzy Stradlin tone AFD

schreckmusic · Dec 13th 2016

My 1st profile using the Kemper DI box and creating an IR. It was really nice to be in control of the amp and how its gain staged and EQed. Keep in mind I never play live and only record. Chances are if you're playing live it will not sound as intended. This is a tone that is from an already mastered track. Its bright as hell and meant to cut through in a recorded mix.

MXR EQ - front of amp
Phaez Jube
Modded MXR EQ - in the loop
Kemper DI box

Tone matched IR to AFD IZZY Welcome to the Jungle

Please excuse my horrible playing! Les paul Pure PAF

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dpeters95 · Dec 13th 2016

Very nice! Thank you...

skoczy · Dec 13th 2016

Thanks.

schreckmusic · Dec 13th 2016

I never imagined an iconic song had such brittle guitars. The profile is in the ballpark of Izzys. Of course there are differences as I slightly boosted the amp too hard and there's a bump between 2-4k that I am not able to recreate yet. (I ordered a parametric EQ which I think will help with tone shaping). Post EQ does not work. It needs to come from the amp. IMO

AFD has huge drums and bass. Rhythm guitars are brittle, leads are all mids. But it works when all together.

paults · Dec 13th 2016

Thanks!

waraba · Dec 13th 2016

Thx for this, listening to the recording , is pretty much that, all britlle & mids but as you noticed, it's sitting very well on a mix.

FI, I also made an Izzy rig in my commercial Hollow body pack , but it's mandatory to use a semi or full hollow with mine. I had do tweak quite a bit to get the right results, bright, crunchy and driven just enough, not that easy ! I think the trick is careful control of the vol pot on the guitar.

crunch.Izzy : the fantastic tone from Izzy Stradlin on AFD album, roll of guitar volume to 3 for rhythm and crank it up to heavy and lead tone. Use one of the 2 available stomps for better mix cutting tones on live or recording.

Yeah I know it's the free forum here, but it's still interesting to talk about a specific tone.

schreckmusic · Dec 13th 2016

I'm lazy and setup the tone with the volume on the guitar all the way up. Which is why it's probably over saturated. When my parametric EQ arrives I'll work on it again and lower the guitar volume.

I have another Phaez head coming in soon and it's his AFD model. There's a few clips on YouTube. Pretty excited to get my hands on this one.

whippinpost91850 · Dec 14th 2016

Thanks, very cool

Monkey_Man · Dec 14th 2016

Thank you, and well done, AntMan!

ashtweth · Dec 16th 2016

Guess Which band's first album inspired a particularly unique guitarist to play guitar....
Who ? ..Gun's and Rose;s
Who was Dat dood?

Andy James MOFO........Nicky likes "old mate" Andy..(like me)
Ant is a Rocker and likes AFD's....like Gunners like Andy like Nicky like me and like YOU....

So we are all connected some how..

Ash

Monkey_Man · Dec 17th 2016

My brother took up guitar 'cause of Slash, Ash. He quickly became very good at that style. He now buys Slash's latest stuff and learns the whole album in 2 days, lead breaks 'n all. Bloody smart ass.

There he is, half my age, and I can barely play a note. Doesn't stop me from lovin' Andy 'though! I can listen to him shred all day long, as I'm sure you can too. Amazing how nobody I know (which is nobody these days) has even heard of him.

Embarrassingly, even 'though I've seen the acronym around for years, I always thought AFD was an amp, one that Slash used (a Marshall variant or custom build?), but seeing the way it's been used in this thread, now I'm not so sure. Wassup with AFD then, man?

CJGOMEZ · Dec 17th 2016

Thanks a lot

paults · Dec 17th 2016

@Monkey_Man

AFD = "Appetite For Destruction"

Monkey_Man · Dec 17th 2016

D'Oh! I knew it'd be something so blindingly-obvious it'd be embarrassing, and sure enough, it is!

Thanks matey.

waraba · Dec 17th 2016

Nicky, AFD also stands for Endorsed marshall amp like the one Top Jimi and Andy did profile : Marshall AFD 100, There was a very special marshall for recording AFD album, but AFD amps were made much later.

check this link

P3t3rB · Dec 17th 2016

Thanks, great work.

Monkey_Man · Dec 18th 2016

Quote from Monkey_Man

I always thought AFD was an amp, one that Slash used (a Marshall variant or custom build?)

Quote from waraba

Nicky, AFD also stands for Endorsed marshall amp like the one Top Jimi and Andy did profile : Marshall AFD 100, There was a very special marshall for recording AFD album, but AFD amps were made much later.

check this link

A-ha! Thank you for clarifying, Renaud!

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