Trey's tone thin

Brian27 · February 07, 2011, 02:53:35 PM

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?

PlayItLeo17 · February 07, 2011, 09:09:27 PM

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?

Brian27 · February 08, 2011, 08:57:48 AM

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

picture_of_nectar · February 08, 2011, 11:55:50 AM

I don't think YouTube is a good place to judge tone in general.

Brian27 · February 08, 2011, 04:38:13 PM

I agree. I should enjoy the vids posted anyways. Phishows is an awesome website that a friend of mine told me about.

IamWILSON · February 08, 2011, 11:34:35 PM

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?

Brian27 · February 09, 2011, 08:18:22 AM

Still Download which is fine by me since i listen to whole shows anyways.

fulltone1989 · May 13, 2011, 02:40:23 PM

Check out HarpuaFSB on youtube, I'm pretty sure he's the guy filming by the soundboard. AMAZING!

Phabulous · July 01, 2011, 04:10:45 PM

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.

Brian27 · July 01, 2011, 10:59:47 PM

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.

picture_of_nectar · July 05, 2011, 11:42:34 AM

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.