This is a great article about tone chasing, and the sound of an amp in the room vs. on a recording.
Tone Chasing and Amp in the room
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The one thing I noticed is that we pretty much think a scooped sound is great when playing alone. When recording, or playing with a band, you can get lost. The mids are what gives you that push, and makes your instrument stand out in the recording.
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That tone is in our hands to a great extent is a truth that should be universally acknowledged to avoid endless holy grail amp and guitar seeking. The more we play and focus on our technique the better chances of getting there.
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So I should conclude: forget all the profiles that tell you will sound like Satriani, Page, EVH and the like. Yes? (I didn't believe it anyway, and all the profiles promising something like this I tested, all where disappointing compared to expectations.
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So I should conclude: forget all the profiles that tell you will sound like Satriani, Page, EVH and the like. Yes? (I didn't believe it anyway, and all the profiles promising something like this I tested, all where disappointing compared to expectations.
I don’t think is is that simple. If a guitarist plays enough like someone else, using a similar sound can make them sound more like that other person. But, if Jimi Page owned a Kemper, and bought some EVH rigs, he would sound like Jimi Page playing through a hot rod Marshall.
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There is a video in which Bonamassa emulates Danny Gatton, who had been a teacher of his or something, and Jeff Beck. And he does a great job, but then Bonamassa is so good...And Beck can impersonate Gallup, but he had his own evolution, and Clapton is not a clone of F King, BB or A King, though he borrowed from them...Finding your voice is as complicated or even more than cloning another. Guitars are complicated beasts. How you play the notes is a key element. The fretting hand, the pick attack. Not just the notes and the timing.
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Everybody should sound like himself
makes no sense to sound like Bonamassa, cause we already have Bonamassa
Finding a unique own sound and playing is the key
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Everybody should sound like himself
makes no sense to sound like Bonamassa, cause we already have Bonamassa
Finding a unique own sound and playing is the key
This is exactly why I never make my performances by song. I make my performances by amp and 1-4 increase the drive and 5 is the lead. I would much rather grab the Dumble tone I made for rock and blues and just play, or the Mesa dual rec performance I made for metal. I like sounding like me but playing the song.