Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?
To clarify, I said "it's in the hands" not "tone is in the hands." The hands are what pick and fret the strings, what hold the guitar, what turn the knobs on the amp, what plug in the pedals, etc...
Everyone loves to misunderstand when people say that. When someone says, "EVH sounds like himself no matter what he's using," they don't mean if Ed plugs a Squier Bullet into a Gorilla practice amp that it magically sounds identical to his Woman And Children First rig. They mean you can obviously tell it's Ed playing.
It's the same with any of the people who can make anything sound good. Mandolin players refer to it as pulling tone from an instrument, and it's another example of how much more important WHAT someone plays is than the instrument they're playing.
To clarify, I said "it's in the hands" not "tone is in the hands." The hands are what pick and fret the strings, what hold the guitar, what turn the knobs on the amp, what plug in the pedals, etc...
Everyone loves to misunderstand when people say that. When someone says, "EVH sounds like himself no matter what he's using," they don't mean if Ed plugs a Squier Bullet into a Gorilla practice amp that it magically sounds identical to his Woman And Children First rig. They mean you can obviously tell it's Ed playing.
It's the same with any of the people who can make anything sound good. Mandolin players refer to it as pulling tone from an instrument, and it's another example of how much more important WHAT someone plays is than the instrument they're playing.
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