Gary Moore’s ‘Edge’ Tone
Like all good tone-chasers, Gary Moore has been all over the map, albeit a fairly narrow map. I won’t pretend to know a lot about Gary Moore — he’s from one of those islands over yonder, right? — but I do know WoodyTone when my ears hear it. And killer playing.
Today I was listening to one of my favorite internet radio stations, hardrockin80s.com, and I hear this ripping intro to a tune — same tune I heard a few days ago, same station. Sounded even better the second time, so I thought I’d bring it to your attention.
The tune is called End of the World, which I take it is on the Corridors of Power CD, originally released in ’82 — yes, around the time the entire guitar world was rushing around trying to be Edward Van Halen. Before the Moore-lovers out there jump on my case, I’m not saying Moore didn’t have his own thing going on — but there’s definitely some Ed in that intro.
Still, Gary Moore was one of the few who could shred and still sound like himself. In other words, he had his own style. Still does, I imagine (dang it, I need to buy more CDs!).
Check out the tone clip below, which to my ears was surprisingly close to the studio cut. To my ears, that sounds one hell of a lot like a Strat straight through a cranked, everything on 10, Marshall plexi or 2203 (plus some delay), but you be the judge.
According to the Dinosaur Rock website (can’t vouch for it’s accuracy), he was using a 1960 Strat through an “early ’70s Marshall 100-watt” on the album. That Strat is red — the one in the YouTube clip is white. Both have rosewood boards. Either way, the tone is Woody!
Category: Gary Moore, Marshall, Strat
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