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As a guitar player (20+ years) and a audio engineer/electrical engineer/dsp programmer one thing that really keeps baffling me about the field of guitar playing is how much myths about what affects the sound in which way exists. With people trying to get the sounds of their stars by buying products that were made in the 60s and somehow assuming the wild quality fluctuations and effects of the recording chain during t…
Spoke like somebody who doesn't own a Rickenbacker.
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> You’ll find people in every hobby who are more into the gear than the actual activity Honestly, that’s part of the fun for some of us, even early on. I’ve been playing guitar for a while now, and while I enjoy it, the repetitive nature can sometimes get dull. Exploring new gear and chasing different tones has been my way of breaking through those ruts. Yes, it’s expensive and it eats into practice time — no doubt.…
Don't get me wrong here, I am deeply interested in gear and sound, after all I design and build my own modular synthesizer modules, guitar pedals, speaker cabinets and so on. So the reality of what forms a sound matters to me because I like to be in control of the result. And that means that I can't rely on the countless wrong poetic fantasies of people in the market to sell more gear, consisting of cosmetic stuff th…
It does mostly matter for noise though, yeah.
Also, active guitars largely get around these problems, as do low-impedance pickups.
I find it weird that people chase all these different pickups and sounds instead of just getting a modern, active, flat-response pickup (See Cycfi's Nu & Spectra series) and EQing and compressing to the response they want.
As an accomplished Lead/Rhythm Guitarist for over 40 years, I could not have said it any Better. I play A 50th Anniversary American Fender Stratocaster through a Line 6 Spider 50. I couldn't ask for anything better. I have a 1001+ different tones at the touch of my fingers. In My World it doesn't get Any Better Than That. There's absolutely nothing Better Sounding than "Eruption" at EVH's Speed,Tone,Sound and Playing…