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Originally Posted by Bodeanicus
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This. Tone is subjective. If you've got it, it's in your hands. You can play nearly anything, and it'll sound like you. That said, there's some technically awesome players who have shit tone. Vai comes to mind. Back in the late 80's, everybody I knew wanted Ty Tabor's tone.
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Dry tone yeah... Wet tone no.
Certain pick-ups, strings, head units, speakers etc. give off different tones when you modulate them. For example, I get a totally different tone when playing through a 2x15 than I do through a 4x10 because it moves bigger and lower sounds, if I use flatwounds over roundwounds I get a more rounded "damper" sound, if I use tube driven heads I get harder distortions and warmer tones.
Guitar players get a much thicker, aggressive tone when playing through bass cabs than actual guitar cabs is another example, when I change my tech around I'm really just moving around the wet tone to get a sound specific to the genre I play (I.E I want vintage bass units for stoner metal, high-gain processors for something more modern etc.)
So in essence...
Even if Troy played in the same manner as me, and we had the same technical level, technique and sensibilities, I would get a much dirtier, aggressive, bassy tone from my set up and he would get a far more clear and sharp sound from his...
So gear is important for tone