Hey Friend,
When a song by your favorite band comes on, you don’t think, “Hmm, who is this? I’ve heard it before…”
You usually just know.
“Aww yeah, some Van Halen!”
In fact, even when it’s a song you’ve never heard before, there’s a good chance you can figure out who it is pretty quickly.
That’s because it’s not JUST knowing a band’s catalog of songs that makes you recognize them.
It’s also HOW they sound - their tone.
You recognize the singer's voice. That’s usually a dead giveaway.
But for us guitar players, it’s the guitars that catch our ears.
And guitar tones are as unmistakable as a singer’s voice.
Cases in point: - Brian May
- Eddie Van Halen
- KIrk Hammett
- Jimi Hendrix
- David Gilmour
When you hear them play, you just know it’s them.
Now it’s true, you can dial-in a guitar sound with your gear, but duplicating a player’s tone is much more difficult. Here’s the reason - there is only one set of fingers in the entire world like that artist’s!
Pro guitarists spend years developing the chops to try and duplicate iconic tones. They can get close - REALLY close - but you can never truly clone the original artist’s tone.
That’s actually good news - you want your tone to be YOUR tone, not somebody else’s.
But sometimes you just want to kick back and channel your inner David Gilmour for some tasty smoothness.
If you want to learn what makes an artist's sound tick, you could spend hours on the Internet digging through forums and hunting for rig rundowns, but there’s an easier way.
Check out Guitar Tricks Artist Studies.
Try it out.
See you on stage!
Peace~
Dave
P.S. Rock not your first choice of musical styles? That’s cool, you can get your Blues, Jazz and Metal groove on, too, with more Artist Studies here.
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