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WWillis
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If you choose to limit yourself that's fine, but understand there is a place for effects. Maybe not in your music, but that's your choice. The "purity" argument is kind of silly, I'd argue then that to be pure there is no room for electricity and amplified sound, since it colors the tone of the instrument being played. How ridiculous does that sound? The great thing about music is that it is whatever you make of it, and whatever inspires you. Live performance is an entirely different animal than the studio, where the only "rules" are defined by your imagination and technical limitations. To follow your logic guhlenn, you'd be against overdubbing and a lot of the techniques bands/artists use to get flexible, easy to manipulate mixes.
There is no right or wrong way ... guitar playing wasn't "meant" to be anything other than a tool for an artist to create with, whether that is through a Marshall stack dialed up to 11, or a direct box patched into a P.A. system, or listened to through a cheesy effects processor, or whatever. I don't like a lot of the music out on the market, but you know what? Obviously someone else does because it sells. I just listen to what I like and don't worry about the rest.
There is no right or wrong way ... guitar playing wasn't "meant" to be anything other than a tool for an artist to create with, whether that is through a Marshall stack dialed up to 11, or a direct box patched into a P.A. system, or listened to through a cheesy effects processor, or whatever. I don't like a lot of the music out on the market, but you know what? Obviously someone else does because it sells. I just listen to what I like and don't worry about the rest.