Do you believe that...

[Fogboundturtle]

Each gear combination ( Guitar + Amp + Guitar FX) has a perfect tone that can be achieve. an Gear DNA tone. Once dialed in, it resonate like it was always meant to be. An unique fingerprints sort of the speak. It a transcendent voice in perfect harmony.

Last night I was playing around with my epiphone les paul ultra that has been upgrade to '57 classic pickups. It always sounded good. I was playing around with my POD Xt like I do often. I was trying different combination and then it happens. I dialed by error the perfect tone for my gear. It was like the guitar was singing on it's own and I was the instrument. I was fooling around on "The thrill is gone" soundtrack and the blues resonated through my finger.

Now I am afraid to touch my guitar's knobs. Am I delusional ?

[garymaddox]

Take a picture of your set up or write it down! If you are delusional, I hope you never become "lusional". :)

[Parma_TeleMon]

Uh, I'd save that patch!! That's kinda the way I got my fave patch on my ToneLab LE.

[Mark Davis]

You just found the resonating frequency of your guitar thats all.

[jazztele]

No, because "perfect" is too subjective and not quantifiable.

I think every guitar/amp combo has a setting or two that sound better than others, but they might be different for me than yours. for example, the perfect tone on one of my teles for you might be bridge pickup, volume cranked, los of breakup when you dig in hard--but that tone might be useless to me!

[StuH]

I don't think you are delusional at all.

I did the same thing two weeks ago making cutom patches for my Teles with a Boss GT 8. I dialed in a perfect clean tone and a perfect distorted tone.
There's usually a few things these modellers do really well and it takes time to find them.

[Mr.Reed]

Originally Posted by jazztele

No, because "perfect" is too subjective and not quantifiable.

I think every guitar/amp combo has a setting or two that sound better than others, but they might be different for me than yours. for example, the perfect tone on one of my teles for you might be bridge pickup, volume cranked, los of breakup when you dig in hard--but that tone might be useless to me!

He wasn't asking if it is perfect for everyone, I feel it was implied that the perfect combo was what spoke to you best.

[Wardpike]

I have constantly been pursuing the perfect tone, I keep getting closer and then it gets away from me again. I think I just want to improve on it, constantly.

[jazztele]

Originally Posted by Mr.Reed

He wasn't asking if it is perfect for everyone, I feel it was implied that the perfect combo was what spoke to you best.

reading back, i dig it. but i still say no. I have my amps and guitars roughly set certain ways, but i have to tweak and dial in a little bit every time i play, especially if it's in a different room than where i first set them...i just don't see there being anything like "universally great settings," just good starting points that need to be tweaked depending on the room or on just how i'm playing that day.

but i think i'm getting WAY to deep for the overall premise here, so feel free to disregard my posts here in this thread so far!

[redstringuitar]

A similar thing happened to me with a Lester through a Boss ME6 years ago...it was in a guitar shop and there were girls around an' all...I rocked!!

[brewwagon]

may the force be with you

bw

[Parma_TeleMon]

Plugged my Tele into an Egnater Rebel 30 combo today, clean channel all at 12:00 -

I was absolutely blown away by the clean tone that the rest of the stuff was like the fudge sauce on a turtle sundae.

[beep.click]

Originally Posted by Fogboundturtle

It was like the guitar was singing on it's own and I was the instrument. I was fooling around on "The thrill is gone" soundtrack and the blues resonated through my finger.

Now I am afraid to touch my guitar's knobs. Am I delusional ?

You are not delusional.

That happens from time to time, and it's an amazing experience. RELISH it.

I read somewhere that SRV said there was only one hour or one show out of 100 where he felt like he actually hit the groove. Those "one times" were what he played for, and they made it all worthwhile.

When you become the instrument, like you describe -- that's how you know you're there. Something bigger than you is going on, and you sensed it. Congratulations.

P.S. Write down the settings. Anything to help you get back there.

[Mike Bruce]

I can get, easily, a truly superb tone at home. Much changes once the room changes. Room acoustics that is.

That said, certain guitars and amps seem to suit my ears better than others in combination. Generally, I love the Traynor YCV50blue with any axe, but the YCV20 better with humbuckers.

Peace, Mike.

[Donnie55]

Originally Posted by beep.click

You are not delusional.

That happens from time to time, and it's an amazing experience. RELISH it.

I read somewhere that SRV said there was only one hour or one show out of 100 where he felt like he actually hit the groove. Those "one times" were what he played for, and they made it all worthwhile.

When you become the instrument, like you describe -- that's how you know you're there. Something bigger than you is going on, and you sensed it. Congratulations.

P.S. Write down the settings. Anything to help you get back there.

I love it when that happens.