Get the tone
We’re looking at classic guitars, specifically a Les Paul and either Strat or Tele for Joe and Ron respectively, plugged into medium powered valve combos with the minimum of effects. The vast difference in tone comes both from the choice of guitar but more specifically from Joe’s decision to opt for the neck pickup pretty much exclusively, whileRon mixes things up but generally plumps for bridge or combination of bridge and middle for most of his soloing and comping duties.