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Brian May Tone

The beautiful, searing and singing tone with which Brian May has carved out a career as guitarist for Queen and a great songwriter in his own right.

Achieved by using his custom, handcrafted Red Special instrument which was made from an old Victorian oak fireplace augmented with rosewood (for the fret board) and mahogany. This is then fed into a Treble Booster (usually a modern one made by Greg Fryer) pedal, which is amplified by either the Deacy amp or three VOX AC30s with other effects such as delay and flanger added.

Many players can buy equivelant replicas of the equipment Brian May uses, but very few players can play guitar with the same style and brilliance as the man himself.
Almost any Queen song has a good example of Brian May tone, but the crowning moment of awesome has to be all his parts on Bohemian Rhapsody, especially the first solo where the guitar sounds like it is weeping and wailing.
by SpoonCabal October 18, 2008
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Troned

To be knocked unconscious after being punched only once in a fight.
I was arguing with my neighbor and he troned me, I woke up a few hours later covered in blood.
by Tyrrell Willliams January 6, 2014
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Toneal

A very attractive person. She is hot like a big mug of tea.. or the sun.
This cup of noodles is almost as hot as toneal!
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Tone-er

Tone-er; noun; An erection sustained upon the hearing of auditory guitar tone wonder (i.e Neal Schon, Lincoln Brewster, David Gilmour, Shawn Lane, Eric Johnson, Andy Wood, Blues Saraceno, Phil Collen, etc.). Exclusive to guitar players who actually know what the fuck is up.
Ex: "Dude, I was listening to some Steve Perry solo work in math the other day, Lincoln Brewster's solo on "You Better Wait" totally gave me a tone-er, and I was sitting next to that hot Russian chick." "Ouch, at least you weren't listening to Metallica."
by kipwingerhassexappeal November 20, 2011
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stotally toned

1. The wavelength of your groove, adjusts to a lower end of the spectrum.

2. The state of mind of a stoned person in which he or she cannot consume any more marijuana.
by -Shadow- July 19, 2005
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mom tone

The tone of voice your mother uses when she wants you to tell her something. Slightly different than mom voice.
(Something to be said in mom tone)
"Are you sure that you don't want to talk?"
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