GuitarBizarre

Tone is in the fingers. By that I mean those two playerrs would sound like those two players regardless of what they played. Same with many others.



Although if you realyl want your question answered: No. For a number of reasons.

1 - Most guitarists have no idea what they're playing, be it LP or Strat style.
2 - Even fewer can make what they're playing sound to its full potential.
3 - Most bands would sound just as crap whether they played millions of pounds worth of gear or not. A case in point is the user 'Imperium' on the megadeth forums. He owns a half stack and 6 guitars, all but 2 of which kick ass. Yet when I recorded my Viper 400 through a computer michrophone that cost me £5, it kicked the absolute **** out of his tone using proper studio mics, because I was using it better.


4 - The few bands that really do kick ass will always find a way to sound good even with terrible gear.


A good example of #4 is Mattias Eklundh. For live tours and so on he uses a Caparison Horus through a 100 Watt Laney Stack. For small clinics I've seen him use an 8 Watt 'Badger' amp, with a distortion pedal made in the USSR he bought for 15 dollars.

In both situations he sounds absolutely fantastic, if a little different.

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