Good tones come from the fingers and settings

[backagain]

Last week I was in the Philippines and I did Pub hopping. I went to a few pubs where they have very good Filipino bands. I heard Classic rock, Heavy metal, Jazz and top 40s'.
Every pub which I went to, my eyes were on the guitarist. Musicians in the Philippines are not as wealthy as our Singapore guitarists. Most guitarists I saw used only 3 stomp boxes distortion,delay and chorus.I was very amazed with the sound they are getting. For rock, they play Malmsteen, ACDC, Dream Theatre, GnR, Deep Purple, Whitesnake and Santana and more.....and for guitars most of them use either Fender or Squire strat go into a Peavy or Marshall combo. No guitarists can afford Gibson or PRS in the Philippines.
In Singapore, I can see so many young guitarists using at least 8 stomp boxes,Gibson Les Paul and Marshal amp and yet the sound is totally not happening.
What I am actually trying to say here is that the tone is created by the fingers of the player. Look at Roslie of Sweet Charity, he gets fantastic tone from his Boss DS1.
So all young guitarists, develop your fingers first then spend money on boutique pedals.

 

[gsonique]

So...the tone kinda got better when you were pub hopping ?

 

[wyldeboon]

So...the tone kinda got better when you were pub hopping ?

only in philipines... i heard the beers there are super cheap rite?

 

[subversion]

fingers help manifest good tones, they are not source.

 

[backagain]

Cheap Beers

only in philipines... i heard the beers there are super cheap rite?

Yes, beers are super cheap. I pay about S$3.00 for a glass of beer at the pub. But you pay a bit more at Makati. At Laguna, you pay only S$1.80 per glass.
Come to think of it, Singapore is a very expensive place to live in.

 

[neuro182]

fingers help manifest good tones, they are not source.

+1

Factors to consider is the stompbox and amp setting. Playing is 1 factor, though i contributes largely too. The bands you mentioned are basically raw rock'n'roll, plug guitar into amp, zhua distortion and ready to go kind, so they dun rely very heavily on the stompboxes.

Also, the acoustic of the pub you go + the sound system do contribute to the overall tone of the guitar too.

 

[gsonique]

So...does alcohol influence tone?

 

[backagain]

only in philipines... i heard the beers there are super cheap rite?

If you want to get inspired musically, go to the Philippines. Hotels and airtickets are cheap. Don't waste time going around guitar shops. Singapore has more and cheaper. You do not find PRS,Gibson, Ibanez Prestige,Edwards or ESP. Very most they carry only one model. Prices of Taylors are reasonable.

 

[neuro182]

So...does alcohol influence tone?

To a certain and indirect extent... I would say yes.

Alcohol > Guitarist > Tweak his amp and stompboxes > Then play under alcohol-influenced state

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Alcohol > Soundman > Balance the house sound under alcohol-influenced state

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FINAL TONE!!

 

[deadwing]

I read an interview with david gilmour once where they were asking him about his tone and equipment and he stopped them immediately saying, 'look, you can give me any guitar, it can be the cheapest piece of trash, and I can play it and it would sound like me."

sure you have all of these plug ins, digital technology, computer hardware, but you still have to connect your human side to that technology to use it in an interesting way. It seems so obvious... but that's always been the reality.

 

[gsonique]