A Question About "sound" |
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May 12 2012, 01:36 PM
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Ben, MagicPicks,
Very interesting topic, for me. What does Ben mean with "composition sound?" Regards Carmine |
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May 12 2012, 01:36 PM
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Ben, MagicPicks,
Very interesting topic, for me. What does Ben mean with "composition sound?" Regards Carmine |
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May 12 2012, 03:33 PM
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Very clear, Ben. I thought that tone was before sound.
Carmine |
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May 12 2012, 07:42 PM
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I love Ben and Cosmin's answers thus far!! For example, you can spend years and tens of thousands of dollars trying to re-create Stevie Ray Vaughn's classic tone. And yes, proper gear will "help".... but the SRV tone, was in his fingers. Stevie could have picked up a mexi strat, played through a modern fender blues jr and you would KNOW it was Stevie!! Sometimes it's the "touch", or a trademark riff/approach, but a true master (such as our instructors here at GMC!!
 ) will re-create the overall "sound" of a famous band or artist!!So, over the years, you will gain the experience to pick out more and more of what makes an artist's signature "sound". Now I (like Cosmin mentioned) mainly use tube tone/analog rigs. EXCEPT for my little travel/practice amp (Roland micro cube, not tube, but similar controls) which is easy to dial in for a few diff tones. And also, I recently started using some Line 6 Pod Farm digital effects for home recording/recording GMC lessons and collabs. I think that Ben/Cosmin mentioned that, because when trying to emulate tone you are technically a bit more "limited" by using your analog/tube rig, simply beacause you only have as many options as your amp/pedalboard will give you. As opposed to a digital processor/effects rack (like amplitube/pod farm, etc) which gives you a whole digital universe of different tones and options. Which is why I like Ben/Cosmins response. Tone in tone, but know that the artists "sound" lies in his/her "touch", not simply their effects/amp/guitar/pickups/pedals. But, by having a decent knowledge of how to dial in and use different amps and effects, you'll be able to help achieve any sound you want!! Like anything in life....the answer is "balance"!! 
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May 14 2012, 10:32 AM
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Out of what I have heard, John Mayer for instance uses a single channel amp, called Two Rock which is a bucketful of money. No emulation comes close to such amp I guess, so trying to emulate his style would be closer at hand
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