Originally Posted by
docbop
That's always been the truth that people want to ignore. I've been lucky because of the diversity of my background I've been around a lot of great musicians and seen first hand how they can used just about anything and with a few minutes of tweaky find a sound and play their ass off.
Then the inverse guys with the best gear made and it still doesn't help them play better, they are who they are.
Last the audience doesn't know or care. All an audience knows is that sounds irritating or that's too loud. Even your gear head buddy is only listening for a minute then the focus is on more beer and the hottie in the corner.
I went to a roadhouse to hear some buddies play last night they do old R&B and rock. Guitar player is one of those whose played 40 years and nothing flashy, but every note fits perfectly musically and feel. He also has a great tone, but ever gig different gear but same great tone. Last night he shows up with a more recent Peavey Delta Blues, and this DIY cross between a Tele, Jazzmaster body, and a P90, but full clear tone. Well I can't drink anymore and all the hotties were biker old ladies so wasn't going to stare at them. So I decide to focus on how guitarist with funky gear gets such a great tone and it truly is his hands. His volume and tone knobs weren't touched except at end of the set to put his guitar down, but his sound and dynamics were changing all night, his picking and where he picked was his volume and tone knobs. That playing that guitar with the wide open volume and tone that cheap Peavey woke up and sounded full with a bit of speaker distortion. The guy is one of the multitude of great old guitar players that really understand tasty soulfull playing and how to get great tone from any gear.
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