CrowsofFritz
Flamingo!
I recently got into a somewhat heated discussion about tone. First off, let me say that I do NOT believe that the fingers contribute nothing to the sound. They absolutely do. But when there’s a thread about someone asking what gear someone uses to achieve their tone, telling them it’s in the fingers is A: just blatantly incorrect, and B: not helpful to the person wanting to know the information. I’m looking at Gearslutz....Gearspace here.
Guitars and their amps, and their settings, and the methods to record them all matter more tone wise than the fingers when accounting for the fact that the person knows how to play.
Unless you’re at a Chopin competition (then, yes, it’s practically 100% in the fingers), there‘s no reason to be saying this. I have my Hofner (with flats), and my Vox. and the right settings, and I can sound what I would guess is 85% of the way there to McCartney’s bass tone. Another 10% goes to the mics used, the placement of the mics, the room, the preamps, and the medium on which you record. And the last 5% is the fingers.
Guitars and their amps, and their settings, and the methods to record them all matter more tone wise than the fingers when accounting for the fact that the person knows how to play.
Unless you’re at a Chopin competition (then, yes, it’s practically 100% in the fingers), there‘s no reason to be saying this. I have my Hofner (with flats), and my Vox. and the right settings, and I can sound what I would guess is 85% of the way there to McCartney’s bass tone. Another 10% goes to the mics used, the placement of the mics, the room, the preamps, and the medium on which you record. And the last 5% is the fingers.