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How do you pick which one is better in regards to guys like this? The only criteria is what each of us likes........As far as the guitars are concerned it's equally impossible to judge which sounds better. With the technology available you can make any guitar sound like any other instrument. All the sound is artificially made or enhanced, so how can you tell? Hook-up a high-dollar piece of technology on a pallet with strings and you can make it sound like the best Les Paul, or god-forbid, make a Les Paul sound like a banjo.

 

Again, in regards to the two guitar pickers---talent is talent, no matter what they are playing.

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How do you pick which one is better in regards to guys like this? The only criteria is what each of us likes........As far as the guitars are concerned it's equally impossible to judge which sounds better. With the technology available you can make any guitar sound like any other instrument. All the sound is artificially made or enhanced, so how can you tell? Hook-up a high-dollar piece of technology on a pallet with strings and you can make it sound like the best Les Paul, or god-forbid, make a Les Paul sound like a banjo.

 

Again, in regards to the two guitar pickers---talent is talent, no matter what they are playing.

 

How do you pick which one is better in regards to guys like this?

 

In Clapton's case, subtlety, nuance. He has such a light hand and pulls out such minute, expressive details...a lot of very talented guys come off as ham fisted by comparison. Of course, some people have little use for what Clapton does, and prefer a much more in your face approach, so ultimately, this...

 

The only criteria is what each of us likes

 

...is true. So is this...

 

With the technology available you can make any guitar sound like any other instrument.

 

Sort of. You can buy modeling guitars that will imitate the sound of all the most popular models, and they're pretty good. This, however....

 

All the sound is artificially made or enhanced

 

...is not accurate. It can be true but often is not. There are still a lot of guys who play electric without a lot of effects (Clapton is on that list). And any electric guitar player who plays that way, guitar>cable>amp, will tell you that a low gain tube amp (or a really good modeling amp imitating one) is touch sensitive. These amps are very organic and their response changes with pick attack, vibrato, etc. They do not "artificially" make the sound, but they are as much a part of the sound as the guitar itself. And it depends on the amp, of course. Plug a Strat and a Les Paul into a high gain amp with the gain turned way up and the differences between those two guitar will be greatly diminished. Plug them straight into a Deluxe Reverb and the differences between those two guitars will be obvious.

 

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In Clapton's case, subtlety, nuance. He has such a light hand and pulls out such minute, expressive details...a lot of very talented guys come off as ham fisted by comparison. Of course, some people have little use for what Clapton does, and prefer a much more in your face approach, so ultimately, this...

 

 

 

...is true. So is this...

 

 

 

Sort of. You can buy modeling guitars that will imitate the sound of all the most popular models, and they're pretty good. This, however....

 

 

 

...is not accurate. It can be true but often is not. There are still a lot of guys who play electric without a lot of effects (Clapton is on that list). And any electric guitar player who plays that way, guitar>cable>amp, will tell you that a low gain tube amp (or a really good modeling amp imitating one) is touch sensitive. These amps are very organic and their response changes with pick attack, vibrato, etc. They do not "artificially" make the sound, but they are as much a part of the sound as the guitar itself. And it depends on the amp, of course. Plug a Strat and a Les Paul into a high gain amp with the gain turned way up and the differences between those two guitar will be greatly diminished. Plug them straight into a Deluxe Reverb and the differences between those two guitars will be obvious.

 

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Well said, P! It doesn't matter what instrument you're playing, if you have that "touch" you can make anything sound good! Clapton is a rare talent indeed!

 

G: Talent is talent, electric or acoustic!

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Plug a Strat and a Les Paul into a high gain amp with the gain turned way up and the differences between those two guitar will be greatly diminished. Plug them straight into a Deluxe Reverb and the differences between those two guitars will be obvious.

 

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Bingo!

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And it depends on the amp, of course. Plug a Strat and a Les Paul into a high gain amp with the gain turned way up and the differences between those two guitar will be greatly diminished. Plug them straight into a Deluxe Reverb and the differences between those two guitars will be obvious.

 

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For quite a while now, I have felt that when it comes to electric guitars, the amp has a much bigger impact on the final tone than the guitar does. But this is of course something we could argue about until the cows come home, then leave again for work in the morning! [tongue]

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