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Skagittarius said:
In retrospect, I think the Pumpkins were the best recorded band of that era. The double tracked leads with perfect distortion back track always caught my ear. It reminded me of when I first heard the Boston album -- just a muddier version.
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Agreed. Siamese Dream is such a great headphones record.
 
Skagittarius said:
Yep. All the levels are great. You can hear the vocals, the bass, the drums, and a flood of compressed, multi-tracked guitar distortion.
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This might be a hot take, but Black Crowes' Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992) is another one of the era with a lot of these features, albeit totally different guitar tones and vox style. Siamese Dream was 1993.
 
Matt B said:
This might be a hot take, but Black Crowes' Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992) is another one of the era with a lot of these features, albeit totally different guitar tones and vox style. Siamese Dream was 1993.
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Absolutely one of my favorites of that era, but that album was mic'd better. Those guys were playing without a lot of effects. Hot into the mic and largely recorded as a "live" band.

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Skagittarius said:
Absolutely one of my favorites of that era, but that album was mic'd better. Those guys were playing without a lot of effects. Hot into the mic and largely recorded as a "live" band.

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Right it’s not 25 Les Pauls through a Marshall stack in a closet like Siamese Dream, even though that’s a cool sound. It’s more organic but benefits from the grunge era studio tricks that made things sound so big. Like the drums.
 
Skagittarius said:
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that was a strat on Siamese Dream.
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Well what do you know, thanks for educating me. I was clearly speaking off the top of my head.
I had a 1990s 57 reissue myself and it was also stolen! That sorta killed my “career” as a subpar guitarist in fact. I loved that guitar and it pained me physically to lose it.
 
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Matt B said:
I had a 1990s 57 reissue myself and it was also stolen! That sorta killed my “career” as a subpar guitarist in fact.
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When I graduated from college in 1991, I spent my first paycheck on a US custom shop sunburst fender '62 reissue strat. I then took it to Dale Bluebond on south street in Philly and had it refretted with bass frets and re-radiused and switched to a 5 position pickup. I was a big SRV fan then!
 
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