BigMuffinMan
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I think there is definite distinction between a guitar's 'sound' and its 'feel'.
Feel has to do with the shape of the neck, the frets, scale length, body shape, appearance, weight etc. aside from the sound.
Sound is basically just the sound that is output by the pickups, still dependent partly on the body shape/design and construction material.
I think the 'feel' is what you pay for mostly with the high end guitars. I think after a certain point the 'sound' is pretty much as good as its gonna be for the type of guitar/sound you are looking for and what you are paying more for is a better 'feel'. And the knowledge of the 'prestige' of the guitar you are buying.
I'm pretty sure if you played a $25,000 guitar, into an amp, recorded by a mic, mixed, mastered and converted to .mp3 and did the same thing with a $600 guitar you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
I have a guitar a got for $75 used at a guitar store thats beat to hell and has a cheap neck on it with "Fender" written in black marker. Its from the 60's according to the shop owner but only the body, pickups and electronics were original. Its made out of plywood and the volume knob basically is just on or off with the tone controls doing absolutely nothing. The pickup mounts are all cracked and wobbly and some of the pickup poles are rusted, but this things sounds AWESOME through an amp.
Also, Jack White uses a cheap plastic guitar he got for like $40 or something at a department store on most of his albums.
Feel has to do with the shape of the neck, the frets, scale length, body shape, appearance, weight etc. aside from the sound.
Sound is basically just the sound that is output by the pickups, still dependent partly on the body shape/design and construction material.
I think the 'feel' is what you pay for mostly with the high end guitars. I think after a certain point the 'sound' is pretty much as good as its gonna be for the type of guitar/sound you are looking for and what you are paying more for is a better 'feel'. And the knowledge of the 'prestige' of the guitar you are buying.
I'm pretty sure if you played a $25,000 guitar, into an amp, recorded by a mic, mixed, mastered and converted to .mp3 and did the same thing with a $600 guitar you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
I have a guitar a got for $75 used at a guitar store thats beat to hell and has a cheap neck on it with "Fender" written in black marker. Its from the 60's according to the shop owner but only the body, pickups and electronics were original. Its made out of plywood and the volume knob basically is just on or off with the tone controls doing absolutely nothing. The pickup mounts are all cracked and wobbly and some of the pickup poles are rusted, but this things sounds AWESOME through an amp.
Also, Jack White uses a cheap plastic guitar he got for like $40 or something at a department store on most of his albums.
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