I am Keef Richards!

[Aceman]

Keith Richards reportedly owns 3000 guitars, and he once jokingly said, "Give me five minutes and I'll make them all sound the same."

This is exactly me. I CAN make them sound different. But I am just one of those people that hones in on my sound whatever you give me.

 

[Erlend_G]

should have said "give me five strings..." lol!!

 

[Securb]

If you think you are Keef the only thing you and Keef have in common is you are high.

 

[Mincer]

I get this. No matter what guitar I play, even vastly different ones, it becomes just a different shade of my sound. Ideally, music and style transcends the gear.

 

[NegativeEase]

We are backdooring right into "Tone is in the Fingaz". argument....

I see what Ace did there......

 

[beaubrummels]

Yeah but he's the same guy that said all JBs are alike.

 

[Aceman]

Yeah but he's the same guy that said all JBs are alike.

Maybe when I play them, they are. Because my distinctive styling and finger English makes them do my bidding....

 

[beaubrummels]

So I guess only some of the tone is in my fingers, because different guitars and pickups still sound a little different when I play them.

 

[beaubrummels]

Surely this is just cork-sniffing and poor technique. :deal::dunno:

Aux naturalement, c'est vrais.

 

[Clint 55]

So I guess only some of the tone is in my fingers, because different guitars and pickups still sound a little different when I play them.

Fingers affect tone is true. Tone is in the fingers is false.

 

[playas]

Fingers affect tone is true. Tone is in the fingers is false.

Tone IS in the fingers.


That's why I got new Mahogany fingertips with birdseye maple caps.

They have all the latest plugins.

 

[Aceman]

Well, it may happen to be because most of my guitars are Les Paul/styles, with high output humbuckers, running through a distorted amp.

I mean, that might be part of it too....

 

[formula73]

Cool story

 

[JMP/HBE]

If "tone is in your fingers" chop off all your digits, put them in a pile and try to plug that into an amp & see what "tone" you get.

 

[formula73]

If "tone is in your fingers" chop off all your digits, put them in a pile and try to plug that into an amp & see what "tone" you get.

That’s a dumbass thing to say.

 

[Securb]

Fingers affect tone is true. Tone is in the fingers is false.

Then please explain why acoustic guitar players sound different.

 

[JMP/HBE]

That’s a dumbass thing to say.

Not any friggin dumber than "tone is in your fingers".
Did i upset your forum tonology concept ?
Fingers are blood / bone & flesh.
They don't oscillate, they don't resonate, they don't amplify.
They don't do anything except fret strings, bend strings and get calluses.
One could argue a vibrato is oscillation but its really just bending thru the instrument.
The oscillation comes thru the pickups, amp & speakers.

 

[Gtrjunior]

Fingers affect tone is true. Tone is in the fingers is false.

EXACTLY!!



I saw this argument on FB a couple of months ago and it ended when one guy said:

“If tone is all in the fingers, explain why Eddie’s tone changed so drastically when he went to the 5150 from the Plexi”

If tone is in the fingers it technically shouldn’t matter what amps/guitars he was playing. It should have all sounded the same.

And even in the DLR years, his tone changed quite a bit from album to album.
Listen to their cover of Pretty Woman. That tone is NOTHING like Ain’t talkin’ bout love.

 

[formula73]

Did i upset your forum tonology concept ?

I’m sorry. I didn’t know you knew me on such a personal level that you can extrapolate my thoughts and tendencies based purely on my dislike of your demeanor.

 

[Securb]

They don't do anything except fret strings, bend strings and get calluses.

That is just the left hand