I have been watching the 12/30/2010 show that was posted on youtube by Skriddler and Treys tone is very thin sounding. Any idea why Trey went from an even loud sound to a thinner sound?
Hey Brian, I was at the NYE Run and I thought it sounded pretty standard this past fall tour. It might have been just because I was at the show in the venue but I thought it was damn good. What songs in particular do think sounded thin?
I guess all of them did. It sounded like his Treble was more pronounced then from the past. His clean tone is very weak sounding. Maybe its just a lower Volume on his amps
I don't think YouTube is a good place to judge tone in general.
I agree. I should enjoy the vids posted anyways. Phishows is an awesome website that a friend of mine told me about.
I agree on Phishows being a great site, but I really haven't been there much since Phish forced them to take down the streaming option. It was much easier to just stream the shows instead of having to d/l them. Or are they streaming again?
Still Download which is fine by me since i listen to whole shows anyways.
Check out HarpuaFSB on youtube, I'm pretty sure he's the guy filming by the soundboard. AMAZING!
I just saw them in ATL (first night). I have to say I agree. I think it's by design and works well with newer songs like Kill Devil Falls, Ocelot, Keif covers, the Little Feat album, etc. It doesn't work at all on a lot of old Phish classics though. If this new, trebly, non-compressed sound is what he's really looking for, he'd probably be better suited with a simple Telecaster.
I have never understood a person using a Guitar equipped with Humbuckers as a single coil guitar. Why not just buy a Strat. I have a Mid 80's Peavey Milestone and it sounds like shit when you split the coils but sounds amazing with those Humbuckers.
I split my hums sometimes if I'm playing rythm and want to fade back a little behind our vocalist/acoustic player. Also I like how it sounds split with the wah, a lil more funky sounding.
I think Treys tone is incredible right now.