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Jazz III XLs for me. Usually 1.35 but I jump around anywhere between 1 and 2 mm. If they would just make one that lasted, that would rule. IME they don’t last for shit. I go through one of these in like an hour. Sucks because otherwise they’re almost perfect.

Bray 4550 arrived. Initial impressions: she is fucking bad-ass. Touch sensitivity is excellent, very controllable dynamics with your hands. Cleans up with guitar volume knob to great great cleanish tones, even when using a lot of gain. Options are excellent—and quite simple and usable. I’m...

Straight up. Anyone can get killer gear/tone. What one does with it is what it’s all about.

Straight up.

There it is. Nicely put.

Exactly what a great amp should do imo. ?

Regarding EVH I think the best way to illustrate that tone resides in the rig is the fact that Ed’s tone changed dramatically in the 80s. He retired his magic 68 plexi and went to the SLO. Boom, tone change. I’m gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that he did not take off his 68 plexi...

“So as much as you hate it…it’s a fact.” A fact? Sheeeyit. If you’re saying that your observation “vibrato, pick attack/slant, right hand dynamics and phrasing/timing all influence TONE” is a fact, then we are in total agreement. But, how one makes the cognitive leap to “tone is in the...

I do in fact disagree with the sentiment “tone is in the fingers.” Or really I just don’t like it, I think it’s misleading, in my opinion. However, I do not disagree that “vibrato, pick attack/slant, right hand dynamics and phrasing all influence TONE” as you said above. Totally agree. 100%...

I saw that. Your phrase “it imparts whatever qualities and characteristics particular to its electronic make up…” is what I’d call tone. I suppose where we differ is where you say “it doesn’t produce tone..” To me an amp/rig does indeed produce tone—via its inherent “qualities and...

Totally. I can see spending some time trying to cop a bit of someone else’s style as a sort of exercise. One could try and learn some Yngwie to work on their speed, or learn some Beatles to expand their chord vocabulary and songwriting skills. Stuff like that. It is frustrating when you dig...

That makes sense to me. Good call. Philosophically it’s spot on. Personally I’d say to the guy; “you can go out and get that fuzz pedal, and a Marshall and a strat etc You can get the tones you’re after, but that doesn’t mean you can play like Jimi, you’re not gonna sound like Jimi.” I...

Yeah I’m not interested in futile arguments or anything. All the stuff about vibrato, touch, articulation, phrasing etc. I agree, of course. I think we all do. It’s simply this: I call that stuff chops, not tone. To me one’s tone is that which carries the chops to our ears. ie the rig and...

Interesting. Maybe I’m in the minority here. If someone—anyone—was playing though Ed’s rig I’d describe it as that guy’s playing, Ed’s tone; regardless of what came out of the speakers. I’d think of course it didn’t sound anything like him because it wasn’t him. But to me by definition it...

Bring it.

Regarding that first sentence. I totally agree. “Touch, technique, phrasing etc”—do you usually refer to those things as tone? Just curious.

I officially dig RT more than other forums now.

Does this phrase bother anyone else? I broached this topic on another online forum and was surprised at the response. * * * * I gotta get this off my chest. Lemme get on the soap box for a minute. When we’re discussing shit like GBs vs V30s, Strats...

This is what I was getting at. I’ve always gigged a 100 watt and a 412. MV or PS100 allows me to dial in a good volume/balance with drums and everything else. This apparent trend of taming or neutering live guitar rigs—to turn a rock show into a “safe space” or whatever—fucking sucks. Still...

I started a similar thread on another forum but I’m curious what you guys think. How do you like to dial in your shit live? I’m especially curious about volume. Do you like being at a level comparable with the drums? I mean the actual level from your rig, not monitors. Or would you rather turn...