The never ending quest of finding great tone, YOUR sound.

Discerning musicians, specifically electric guitarist and bass players spend a great deal of time refining their individual amp tone. Some might plug straight into an amp or PA system, set the controls to 11 and their good to go. Others (myself included) regard our tone as a very important part of conveying our music to the masses. Tone is your individual voice. If your tone or guitar sound is unclear, too much lows, too much highs, too much of this or that, no matter what you play you will sound crappy. All your speedy licks go out the window because it doesn't fit into the context of the music. Forget about what you played, get your sound right first.

Years ago when studying with guitarist Scott Henderson, I got a chance to see his rig first hand. He gave all the scoops about his tone from the guitar to the speakers and everything in between. It was overwhelming to know that everything affected tone to a certain degree. When I saw him in LA a few years ago, his rig had changed again. Recently, I got a chance to hang out and play guitar with Aerosmith guitarist, Joe Perry. He talked about his personal rig, I told him about my setup, and of course back line gear for fly in gigs were using your own amps are not feasible. I'll add more about this topic in the next post. See you all soon.