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Originally Posted by Mark Davis
OK then where does the persons sound come from them or their gear?
I say the same person will always sound like themselves and changes in guitars or amps can make a small difference but not so much of a difference that it changes the persons basic sound we all have inside us.
I have a video of SRV playing a Tele and he still sounds like SRV.
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Mark .
I hear what you are saying , but consider this :
If Santana or SRV play the tunes and notes that they are associated with , then they will more than likely sound like themselves through many combinations , because our brains say .... aaagh... Texas flood ... Stevie for example , but if they were both to play totally different scales and totally different styles of music , then would you still say .... that's Stevie , or that's Santana ? Especially if they had different gear ?
I used to be able to nail SRV to a point that if it was recorded , you would have to wonder if it was him , so I certainly wasn't sounding like me , but more copying him .
I'm fairly sure that with a bit of effort , I could probably nail the Santana thing too , or the Ford , or the Knopfler , or the Gatton , and people would say ' wow ' , that sounds just like....... etc , but I certainly couldn't sound like any of them with the wrong equipment .
If I am improvising , I will probably always sound like me , as the note / phrasing / dynamics etc are from my own musical DNA .
Change my equipment though , and you change my tone .
