Tone Adjectives

[justmund]

What adjectives do you use to describe tone, good or bad?

I like my tone to be warm, full, round and clear.

I don't like fizzy, muddy or sharp.

Colours, flavours etc all count too. Have fun!

 

[Mikegarveyblues]

Warm, muddy, full, bell like, chimey, cheese grater, ice pick, trebly, hollow, buttery, sweet, dull, creamy.

Possibly more but that's what comes to mind.

 

[László]

Cutting, slicing, biting, rich, funky, hollow, bassy, trebly, distorted, overdriven, pushed, compressed, twangy, stringy, woody, chocolate, vanilla, spicy, swirling, thuddy, tinny, metallic, good, bad, WTF-were-you-thinking, resonant, reverberant, ramped-up, ramped-down, percussive, mushy, floating, airy, sparkling, fat, thin...

 

[t.shamone]

It's funny because a lot of the "bad" adjectives might be the perfect sound for a recording or band situation. :dontknow:

 

[László]

It's funny because a lot of the "bad" adjectives might be the perfect sound for a recording or band situation. :dontknow:

You bet.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

You bet.

Yup.

 

[prsrocker1988]

My favorite is "Chewy"... VERY, very, very few amps/pedals produce this tone... It is most associated with old Tweed combo amps that had a beautiful midrange and a "chewy" tone.. My '55 5E3 does this.

 

[slang05]

my personal favorite is "thick".

That's what she said!!!

Sorry I couldn't control myself!

 

[Egads]

Sorry I couldn't control myself!

That's what he said!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

My old studio partner and I always joked about labeling a piece of equipment with a "warm" knob and a "punchy" knob. It would be configured in the same way as the "artist" knob was: not connected.