Does cost equal tone?

[Bob Savage]

PM'd. Exactly how much?

It depends, if we can get enough people in on a group purchase it can be very reasonable.

 

[FixXxer]

You canplay anything and make it sound good, so no. The feel etc is a completely different subject and yes that is where it matters etc.

i like Mesa's and Les Paul's. Nothing else sounds or plays as good to me. I can play an ESP soloist or whatever and sound fine, but I am stuck on that combo.

 

[Mailman1971]

Read a interview with ted Nugent along time back where he asked Eddie if he could try out the famous Van Halen rig.
Eddie let him and Nugent said "You know what it sounded like? Ted Nugent."
That has stuck with me for a long time. Most guitarists that are decent can make a shitty rig sound pretty good reguardless what it is.
But if you suck you suck. Or if the rig is THAT BAD then nobody will sound good.
I played a Peavey JSX that KILLED a few boutique amps. So cost isnt the bottom line. TONE is.

 

[VH4_BigRig]

Tone is like tastes in food- it is subjective and totally dependent on the person.

If I think McDonalds tastes like sh*t, but I love a NY striploin from The Keg, than taste equals cost. If someone else thinks McDonalds is THE SH*T, than no, taste does not equal cost.

If I think an Aria through a boss metalzone into a crate sounds like sh*t, but a strat into a VH4 produce the sound I'm after, than yes, tone equals cost. If i think an Aria through a boss metalzone into a crate sounds like THE SH*T, than no, tone does not equal cost.

'tis all relative, IMHO.

 

[glpg80]

Tone is like tastes in food- it is subjective and totally dependent on the person.

If I think McDonalds tastes like sh*t, but I love a NY striploin from The Keg, than taste equals cost. If someone else thinks McDonalds is THE SH*T, than no, taste does not equal cost.

If I think an Aria through a boss metalzone into a crate sounds like sh*t, but a strat into a VH4 produce the sound I'm after, than yes, tone equals cost. If i think an Aria through a boss metalzone into a crate sounds like THE SH*T, than no, tone does not equal cost.

'tis all relative, IMHO.

kinda reminds me of the glass half empty or glass half full comparison.

a good ear and good hands goes a long way. i think anyone can buy within their budget and get amazing tone if they have the first two things i mentioned.

hell, i saw a guy with a bandit 112 running a zoig9 pedal playing little wing to a T - all the little neunces and all. sounded amazing.

 

[stephen sawall]

At a party I took a friends kids plastic nylon string guitar (value $15) tuned it to open G and a Bic lighter (value $1.29) for a slide and played The Sky is Crying and Love in Vain with some improvisation in the middle. A few people there told me it was the best thing they ever heard me do. A few of the players there even asked me how I got that tone from it.

Intent and attitude has a lot more to do with tone than that other crap.

 

[thunda]

Does cost equal tone? No. Tone is subjective. I have some low cost gear that I have been complimented on many times. I have a Boogie head, that with the wrong speaker cab sounds like ass. Plug it into a home made cab with cheap Jensen Mods and it is to die for.

I have a Pignose G60VR that I got on ebay for $150.00. I put an inexpensive ($25.00) Eminence Legend speaker in it and, it ROCKS. Nice sparkly clean tones, great grit with the gain turned up for nice bluesy tones, volume for days that will compete with any 120 watt 4x12. Throw my $12.00 Arion Tubulator pedal in from of it for pure tonal nirvana. $187.00 total cost. Fun: priceless.

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