Guitar sound - Hammett or whatever

[cronnin]

Ok, I've listened to a sound clip by one guy, he played the solo of Metallicas Wherever I My Roam. I was just thinking how he's got crappy sound, and then I recorded some sounds by myself and I realised that I got a really crappy sound too. Even worse than his
Thats most noticable when I try to bend 22>24 (1st E string) during the solo. Hammett has got really powerful sound (time:4:50 in the song) , how can I get something like that. Do I need a tube amp, some sort of preamlifier, or a 2000$guitar, or all at same time? My sound is just not that consistent, thw tone is just losing its strenghts and colour, and it is not my guitar technique to blame. Maybe its about post-production?

P.S. I played Ibanez RG through a Digitech preocessor.

[innerdreamrecords.co]

So much happens in the studio post as you said. A good guitar and a good amp with a few effects and play the hell out of the part- making things sound great on recordings takes a lot of work.

My sound is just not that consistent, thw tone is just losing its strenghts and colour

I'm sure they compress the guitar tracks to even them out - but he is also a great player.

[SpiderVenom]

Getting a powerful sound on high notes on the high E is plain hard. It's not exactly the biggest string to begin with, and you can't get much string movement playing up high anyway.