Engadine Music Blog

That sparkly, glassy, full yet clean tone…found in the playing of Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, John Frusciante, Jimi Hendrix, SRV, John Mayer and more.
It is almost a clean tone, and certainly by some standards it is, but has plenty of body and sustain.
So how do we create it?

Ah the 80s! A time when clean, shimmering guitar tones were found in pop, rock, metal and everything in between! Andy Summers of The Police fame is one of the players who helped define the guitar tones of the era,...