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Old 03-24-2010, 10:59 PM   #14
karbomusic
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I'll only add that today there is more concentration on gear than ever before. It has been bad enough over the last 30 years, but its even worse now with the advent of plugins and emulation galore. What most people never, ever realize is it is rarely, if ever the gear. It's all in the hands and always has been.

We could debate (as everyone does) endlessly about amp A, transformer B etc., and they do have differences but what creates that magic is talented people and the human brain has little or no ability to separate vibe created via talent from vibe created via gear. Does anyone really think that Hendrix would have sucked without the infamous marshal/strat? Of course not, nothing could stop the talent, he used what he had. Gear is always secondary and those who think otherwise, either don't get it or haven't admitted to themselves yet that they don't have that magic.

As far as the original question, keep it simple and play it well. You could cover a few bases by using some of the basic techniques (which is the original question), but not because they are magic, but simply because that is what was available at the time.

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