Have you ever heard a song for the first time and said, "That's it! That's 'the sound'!" Sometimes it's a tone you've been searching for on your own rig, sometimes it's a tone or technique you didn't even know existed, but once you hear it you can't escape it. I've had half a dozen of these moments over the years that have sent me spinning off into a new kind of music, like:
The perfect shitty-amp-blowing-up-Garage-Rock tone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zByEkP3Wsdc
The percussive acoustic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-s-qiCrk-M
The perfect clean Gretsch tone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PD_SqxMphQ
The perfect Strat tone:
http://www.youtube.com/w..._VI&feature=related
Travis Picking!:
http://www.youtube.com/w...GDI&feature=related
Post clips of the songs, guitars, amps, YouTube vids, etc. that helped you discover "The Sound."