You say nobody gives a fuck about the tone but I disagree. I think they were VERY particular about their tone. It was that a) the motivation and end-goal was completely different, and b) there was about 5% of the options that there are today, so you had to find all kinds of work-arounds.
For the most part, what was being used then is still very desirable and held in high regard today (basically JCM800s and Mesa Mark series). I'm someone who will take that stuff any day over what's current.
I think also engineering has moved on. There were techniques at play here that just arent desirable today because we've collectively figured out how to get better tones from 30+ years of trial and error.
Does that mean those tones were bad? Hell no.
Does Dave Mustaines tone suck even in the context of the era?
Yes.
Yes it does.
Edit: jacksonplayer basically beat me to it :lol:
For the most part, what was being used then is still very desirable and held in high regard today (basically JCM800s and Mesa Mark series). I'm someone who will take that stuff any day over what's current.
I think also engineering has moved on. There were techniques at play here that just arent desirable today because we've collectively figured out how to get better tones from 30+ years of trial and error.
Does that mean those tones were bad? Hell no.
Does Dave Mustaines tone suck even in the context of the era?
Yes.
Yes it does.
Edit: jacksonplayer basically beat me to it :lol: