Re: Strats Are Just Fine For Shred
I know this: Yng may be easy to poke fun at on so many levels, but he gets a great tone out of his strats: woody and articulate, and aggressive without being over-bright. I like to hear some wood and strings in an overdriven guitar tone, and the majority of superstrat users I hear seem to want to cover their tones in compressed mush. I'm struggling to think of a superstrat user whose tone I really like outside of Edward.
The modern superstrat is a design that has evolved to deliver a high level of playability for certain specialized techniques. Playability is the focus and other aspects such as tonal strength and resonance are decidedly second place. The modern superstrat is generally the choice of the 'notes' player, as opposed to the 'tone' player.
I know this: Yng may be easy to poke fun at on so many levels, but he gets a great tone out of his strats: woody and articulate, and aggressive without being over-bright. I like to hear some wood and strings in an overdriven guitar tone, and the majority of superstrat users I hear seem to want to cover their tones in compressed mush. I'm struggling to think of a superstrat user whose tone I really like outside of Edward.
The modern superstrat is a design that has evolved to deliver a high level of playability for certain specialized techniques. Playability is the focus and other aspects such as tonal strength and resonance are decidedly second place. The modern superstrat is generally the choice of the 'notes' player, as opposed to the 'tone' player.
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