5 Minute Tones - Whitesnake 1987

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[@jameyrichardson8967]

That is the closest I've heard ANYONE get to Sykes tone. GREAT JOB!!!!

[@1977raider]

So crazy how Coverdale fired him and the entire band after recoding that album - head scratcher

[@The73mp73]

@@1977raider That period was weird. They had Vai come in when AV was injured too, correct?

[@johnfritzenjr.1240]

Absolutely agree

[@megaduck7965]

@@1977raider n hired guitarist who couldn’t match the size of his sound even with two of them there . Until Doug Aldrich , and Reb Beech joined

[@1977raider]

I was listening to "Is this love" on the local radio & the that solo John just nailed.....It has more sustain than any solo that I can remember very smooth

[@mindcrime11]

Let's be completely honest, we're all here to hear Leon's riffs. If the topic is interesting it is a bonus. :)

[@skubadoobie]

My favorite thing really is to hear other guitar players just riff/jam/woodshed. Love seeing great players just play, not perform, just wank around. Naturally in person jamming with others is great hearing first hand people noodling.

[@brandonproctor3639]

Omg that sounds so beefy and juicy! You’re the best at getting those over the top beautiful tones! Great playing as always mate!

[@LeonTodd]

Thanks mate! If it's worth doing it's worth overdoing, right?

[@r.llynch4124]

By FAR the best on youtube for AX3 . Awesome job Leon, Thanks

[@diocan7710]

Oh yeah John Sykes again, thanks Leonn on this.

[@addicted2tone349]

I always thought the Duncan SH6 was one of the keys to the Sykes tone so I put one in my Les Paul but I was proven wrong here with PAFs. Great video! This is what I feel defines the 80s guitar tone. To me it's the best tone of the 80s hair metal bands..

[@totc6196]

I think he used sticky fingers from bob rocks memory

[@waylong25]

@@totc6196 Dirty Fingers?

[@paulevans6925]

@@totc6196 “Dirty Fingers” pickups

[@totc6196]

@@paulevans6925 dirty haha thanks brain fart I want to try a set but I hear the voicing is different now. I think James hetfield used them on puppets as well.

[@SergioGarcia-hp3nw]

Damn you are a machine!! I just need the clean sound of Is this love and that would be it, I have done this configuration on the Valeton GP200 and I loved the result... Great sound... really thank you very much John Sykes is my favorite guitarist

[@Horrorfreak106]

I always put some chorus and delay even in the rythm tone, but nonetheless it sounds great!

[@theonlyredspecial]

Sykes tone on that album was epic you got it close man 🧨

[@LeonTodd]

Thankyou!

[@luisfgd100]

Your tips for the Mesa Boogie Mark series are the best. Thank you Leon 🤘

[@tlingen1]

Awesome Axe III sounds Leon and of coarse killer playing!!

[@1977raider]

David Coverdale fired the entire band after recording of that album :/ weird should have at least kept John Sykes he was awesome

[@TinusTegenlicht]

Coverdale robbed himself and us from another great WS album. Slip of the tongue wasn't bad, but with Sykes it would be much juicier and heavier and I dare say better.

[@connann84]

Leon Todd, you are a blessing!

[@robbievalentine8239]

this is really cool for those axe fx guys

[@Smittefar1]

That is the first I have ever heard anybody using "Discombobulating" in a sentence. Turns out, I have been discombobulating many times :) Great video, I was inspired by Michael Nielsen's recent Sykes video, so I also (re-)watched yours :) Great stuff

[@gallettiguitartones]

Great guitar tone ! Super tight and 80’s ! I was suprised when I saw their main tone comes from a Mesa mark amp... I always thought they used Marshall heads. Again great work ! Would that IR work on my AX8?

[@andreslaurito9031]

Awesome!! Video!! Thank you Leon! For your efforts.. And you answered my questions about the pickups on that sweet looking LP!

[@stevenmgyori3826]

I was just replaying last night's live stream as I missed the first hour. That was a fun one! Thanks Leon! Be Well and Thanks for Sharing Brother!

[@SLAMSTERDAMN]

I took a MB-C300 for a drive in ‘90; that monster 1/2 stack was so juicy on it’s own, it just didn’t need anything, besides my usual reverse delay habit. Amazing monster.

[@griiseknoen]

Man, I *LOOOOOVE* this stuff !!! ❤️ If I was to die *right now* , this very moment, it would take the coroner *several hours* just to get the SMILE off my face... 😄

[@LegionDe75]

Hell Yeah!! Awesome start to a morning! Sounds great as usual.

[@chrismitlyng1411]

Amazing stuff Leon. Such amazing sounds from that unit and thanks again for sharing them!

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Man that sounds epic. John does have great tone. When I saw him with blue murder I think he was using a rectumfrier amp..😂 I believe, but I may be wrong. God what a great guitar player. Leon. Please learn the Thin Lizzy song " Suicide" and use on one of your demos, which John did live at least and was also a killer killer song. It's just an epic song.. Great stuff man. That LP has the best flame, and that burst is just cool, and it reminds me of seeing Kiss and he had one if the Dimarzio super distortion pickups in that creme color like you. I never forgot that. He of course had a fake pickup in his LP custom with 3 pickups that had a smoke bomb in it. 😂😂😂 Have you ever thought about doing a vid of how your cats interupt when playing 😂😂 Mine love to lay on my computer / laptop, or my guitar gig bags, or cab when I had my 2 x 12. They just have to be around to cause mischievousness. 😂😂 Love it. 😂👍💝👍 Well, you've motivated me to play a little this AM after next coffee. Still on first cup. Coffee is the God drink for us normal humans. 😂... Take care sir. Hope you and your's are well. 💝👍💝👍

[@chrismitlyng1411]

Love the LT intro Leon!

[@chadaaron]

You are good! Always loved Whitesnake tone. Love this topic!

[@PaulLaScola]

i ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS TONE....I added it to my rig and added the 5150 blue amp in parallel and mixed the blue in just to add some bottom for me. I'm going from my Axe FX iii to a carvin 1000 watt stereo amp into (2) Mesa 4x12 cabs! It is my live scene set up now. PERFECT!

[@LeonTodd]

Very nice!

[@gordontubbs]

YESSSSSS. More album-inspired guitar tones!

[@kodiak1966]

You make it look so easy..lol I can only wish I could play like you do. Great vids. cheers

[@MarkPritchardGuitar]

Nothing but love for this video!

[@charvel1apm]

Hello from Mexico Leon.. new to your channel let me tell you the tone you got from the Fractal is impressive! I've always been a tube amp and 4x12 guy but at 50 I am looking at modelers. Still undecided (Kemper,Fractal,Helix) but this demo gives de Axe FX a 👍🏼 Great playing too!! Cheers mate 🎸💥

[@TrebbienGuitar]

Gonna try this on the AX8 for sure!🤟🏼

[@courtney2018]

That sounded incredible!

[@AliKiani7887]

Nice tone, awesome job, thanx Leon for this video

[@mikemccourt6225]

Nice - I've been on a bit of a John Sykes kick lately, so this is perfect. BTW, love the taped headstock

[@d-mack7053]

Adrian Brandenburg really laid it down on that album. Whitesnake was was here in Detroit 3 times for the tour of that album. Once at Cobo Arena and twice next door at Joe Louis Arena ("The Joe") Happy to say I was all 3 shows.

[@paulevans6925]

Adrian Vandenberg didn’t play on the album, only the solo for Here i go again which was added later.

[@Thee.Instigator]

Awesome Leon🤘

[@aaaargl]

Sounds so juicy! Diggin' those frequent uploads Leon.

[@patrickdevlin3552]

MAGIC!! Anything like this for HX Stomp?

[@joefrederick5494]

Your videos are epic and research gold. I am looking to invest in an FX-III or whatever they release after NAMM 20 and your videos succinctly provide the information I need to know before I invest in this unit. Keep up the good work. BTW, Sykes is my favorite guitarist and your Whitesnake tones are legit.

[@LeonTodd]

Sykes is one of a kind! Fractal don't do NAMM as they sell direct, so i'd keep my eyes peeled for the FM3 when it hits the market.

[@judaspriestchild]

Them breeding tones! Got full ROCK HARD at 5:42

[@GolfRock70]

Love your stuff. One thought I had when I watched this video... When you have time it would be great if you did the same for this tone for Boss Katana. Keep up the great work. Thx. 🤘🏻💪🏻👍🏻

[@LeonTodd]

Definitely need to do some Katana artist tones!

[@GolfRock70]

Thx for fast reply. Looking forward to it. Really like the Whitesnake tone you did and can’t wait to use it for my Boss Katana. 👍🏻

[@addicted2tone349]

I have the Katana Artist for bedroom jamming. I've nailed this tone with the Brown setting deep resonance a TS, delay and reverb on my Les Paul with a Duncan SH6 and SG with an SH5. It honestly sounds better than my EVH does.. The Katana Artist kicks ass for what it is.. I'm buying the WAZA headphones soon as well.

[@GolfRock70]

Addicted 2 Tone Is there any chance u could share more info on the Katana settings to get Leon’s Whitesnake tone? I love that tone. Thx buddy.

[@1977raider]

Great video man killer tone nailed it

[@dougeakle777]

The USA Lead has become my favorite amp block!

[@LeonTodd]

For this kind of thing it's always a toss up between this and the C++ - the C++ is a bit tighter but this one rules for ultra juicy stuff.

[@2005vinnievincent]

THANKS SO MUCH MAN! PERFECT AND KILLER AS USUAL!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

[@lorenfranke2852]

Nice job Leon

[@juegoperfecto]

Great as always 🤘

[@Fetee]

Hi Leon! I love your playing! And i love Whitesnake 😊👍 would it be possible to dial in a similar john sykes sound on the boss katana?

[@Smith5665jim]

All I have to say is Daaaym!, waited to dial this in when I received my Fm3. This is killer and so glad you shared it. My only question is your pick up selector switch looks to be in the neck pick up position, is this is true I must purchase a set of these pick ups. Please let me know. My man you are the best out there and I always look forward to your vids!!

[@LeonTodd]

The selector is backwards :s

[@saltyapostle44]

What do these settings translate to on my Line 6 Spyder 15 watt combo?

[@GolfRock70]

Great tone dude! 👍🏻

[@mikecarmean6446]

Leon... You Rock 💥💥 🎸💥💥 Thanks

[@edod2a]

Great job man!

[@rickbrunet2559]

Good stuff man. U sound great

[@terryrichardson3054]

Smokin' As usual Leon!!! Now would love to hear a recreation of the earlier 'slide it in' album tone!!! To me, that album is pure rock guitar!

[@LeonTodd]

Love that album!

[@jessemess7598]

Really great video, I love the guitar tone on that album, it is quite unique in my opinion, and it’s nice to know the sound can be replicated. Also even if I didn’t enjoy this video (which I did of course) I’d subscribe and like it anyways just because of your hair 🤘🤘

[@LeonTodd]

😍

[@chase_mosbey2523]

@@LeonToddis this available for AxFX II??

[@mlentwojt]

WTF? Always amazing to watch your playin`

[@marioarodrigues3281]

very nice bro awesome

[@KokoRengifo]

exellent Leon great tone 80ss

[@kenweckhuysen9264]

Sounds great ....Any tips to do the same with the pod go.

[@brucedickinson8993]

you look to be a cool person to be as a friend, if you come to brazil someday i hope to see you

[@michaeljones2480]

that is killer tone brilliant

[@michaeljones2480]

I thinking of getting a axe fx do you run it through computer when demonstrateing whitesnake tone 🤔

[@AliKiani7887]

Please make more videos about how to make "Nwobhm" 70's and 80's calassic hard rock/heavy metal tones... tell us tips and tricks about frequency's , Eq's and amp setting...

[@a.khusyairie5573]

Nice t-shirt bro.....ceriatone!!!

[@saschakuss]

Leon, this is so great! Thanks for that. Can you write what pick ups these are? Didn't get it in the vid. Thx mate.

[@henrykrause7162]

Great! But I don ´t have a Axe Fractal! 😭

[@JonathanBriseboisLamarche]

I have never been a big fan of Mesa's amp, but you just make them sound so sick! Perhaps exploring John's modded 800 sound next?? Leon, I have to ask, why the black tape on the headstock logo?

[@LeonTodd]

Logo - joke. Mesas - great when you get the mids right! John's 800 tone - any specific track?

[@JonathanBriseboisLamarche]

@@LeonTodd Bad Boys and We All Fall Down Live from Bad Boy Live (2004) is the Syke tone that made me fell in love with him. I guess I always stuck with the modded 800 because of this. But the more I listen to your Mesa clip, I see more and more similarity!

[@MJPGuitar]

Leon has to play authentic

[@LeonTodd]

@@JonathanBriseboisLamarche He's savage on that album - vocal and guitar chops to die for!

[@LucasLeCompteMusic]

STILL OF THE NIGHT! STILL OF THE NIGHHHHHTT!

[@manwithnoname6944]

Great job!! thanks for sharing... can you please detail how the signal is spread between left and right channels? even before when you kick in Reverb or Delay Im hearing it doubled or some sort of... thanks a lot for sharing!!

Is there a posibility for you to make that model for TONEX or to somehow rig it in amplutube 5?

[@totc6196]

Dialled it in on Cygnus had to make a few adjustments killer thanks brother.

[@LeonTodd]

Try it with the JP2C Yellow Shred too :D

[@totc6196]

@@LeonTodd Awesome man thanks for the tip. Leon it seems my my highs and mids are duller do you think this is my pickups. Using les Paul standards 50s with 50s wiring bursbuckers? I don’t know it it’s my monitors because when your audio comes through it sounds way more crisp.

[@LeonTodd]

@@totc6196 these pickups are pretty bright for humbuckers, so you can always add a little more treble and dial the bass back a tad more

[@totc6196]

@@LeonTodd thanks man I’m thinking about some ox 4s. It’s strange with 50s wiring you think I would have more brightness. Not so I guess thanks dude. Are you still using those adams ? I have a tiny home studio wondering if you would recommend them for a smaller room. I was thinking as well you don’t think the 2c++ would work as it’s like the coliseum ?

[@totc6196]

@@LeonTodd I tried the two c++ as well it seems to be warmer and less kinda like fizzy I would give it a shot. I think it’s closer to the III who knows. I heard he used a coliseum head for that recording with the ev and celestion speakers.

[@hunter757]

I've always felt there was some form of chorus in his mix somewhere, what do you think?

[@johnevered9640]

just in case you didn't know, apparently on the album he used a mark III coliseum slaved into another Mark III coliseum with some sort of chorus between the two!!!

[@binface9]

1:55 holy crap that's a massive improvement already from the original default tone

[@LeonTodd]

Yeah getting the pre EQ "feel" and post EQ "shape" dialled in is the key to these amps

[@johnfritzenjr.1240]

Nailed it 👏👏👏

[@luisreneventura]

HOLY FUCK I really need the FM3 to get this tones right now!

[@LeonTodd]

Man whenever the FM3 gets released it's going to blow some minds. When i tried the prototype it sounded spot on with the Axe-Fx III!

[@luisreneventura]

@@LeonTodd with the built in audio interface and the new amp/speaker modeling + multi comp and a few other things it will be a nice upgrade for my AX8 :)

[@byronh77]

It’s interesting that you went with a mesa amp, to my understanding he’d used a jcm 2000 combo to record the whitesnake album. Why not a Marshall amp? You can also hear a chorus effect on the album. The chorus is real subtle and warbley on the rhythm guitars, but definitely there.

[@bucknasty69]

Did you mean JCM800? Because JCM 2000s hadn't been invented yet.

[@Yeomannn]

This tone is the definition of meat and potatoes

[@mesa620]

Winger tones next!

[@LeonTodd]

YES!

[@tedwrink]

Great informative video Leon and Is that official Gibson electrical tape on the headstock ?

[@mikepeshel4055]

You had it at London Plate setting

[@lnrmodels]

You are a GOD! ;)

[@gfgranja]

Why hide the Gibson logo?

[@The_Macaroon]

Great! Now if only I had an axefx still I'll use some of this info to tweak my Katana as it's not far off. 👍

[@LeonTodd]

The brown mode on the katana gets nice and juicy!

[@The_Macaroon]

@@LeonTodd it does indeed. cheers mate!

[@Robbie28]

Ok sir, you seem to be very good with the Axe effects stuff. Is it basically a computer program and you use speakers (not an amp) with it? Kind of like a Helix? I like the tones you get for your 80's stuff (like the tones i hear in my head) so im trying to wrap my head around something to get when my wife lets me make my GUITAR CAVE :)

[@LeonTodd]

It's a hardware modelling preamp. You can connect it direct to powered monitors (that's what I do) or use a power amp and guitar cab.

[@headkickko609]

Haha first Again. Damn I should get paid for this 😂. Leon I freakin' love them classic tones. Gotta learn some riffs, this is too good to pass up.

[@avolution2449]

Its certainly close, but you need some more bacon frying sizzle in there...

[@shawnmatthews5118]

Nice! Now can you do that on a Mooer GE300 so us poor guitarists can emulate that tasty tone, please?

[@roofus53]

Do you have a similar patch for the Kemper?

[@henrykrause7162]

Leon, do you mean that could be worthwhile to order the pickups from Australia to Germany?

[@LeonTodd]

Martin makes great stuff. I'm not sure what the exact specs are on these but if you email him and ask what he did with these in sure he'll be able to sort you out.

[@dwhizzledizzle3538]

I need someone like this to get me great sound like this. All my amps sound like shit.

[@chogsett]

Is it possible to get this IR in .wav for the Helix users?

[@LeonTodd]

Yes indeed, enjoy! www.dropbox.com/sh/x0cvolfkwf5rx3a/AABvMcrLPrOQUvBJngxn7OJ1a?dl=0

[@tacoconch7678]

How come you have the toggle switch reversed on that Gibson and not your other singlecut guitars?

[@LeonTodd]

Incompetence meets laziness

[@davakil]

i is it possible to get these for hx stomp

[@erikg2515]

Can you get the same tones out of the FM3?

[@LeonTodd]

Yes

[@NudnikShpilkus]

1:53 - already a good bit more inspiring....

[@NudnikShpilkus]

2:55 - getting better and better....

[@NudnikShpilkus]

3:11 - there it is....

[@NudnikShpilkus]

3:57 - and just when you thought it couldn't sound any better....

[@adriansmith76]

On this note.... I'm really digging the tone Aldrich has on the 2004 Live dvd. It's SO saturated, sharp and fizzy but not in the usual way that would sound horrible. It's a kind of fizz i've not came across before. Incredible tone. Having a hard time getting even close on my Ax3. Any ideas?

[@ShanyGolan]

Will Leon Todd also cover Axel Rudi Pell sound??

[@Bob_Jones123]

Not close. Sorry.