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Re: distortion, overdrive,fuzz,crunch,special sauce, secret goo



 

On Dec 19, 2008, at 4:58 PM, Krispen Hartung wrote:

Yes, I understand where you are coming from, and they seem like  valid points.  Though the points I made still stand true to my own evolution as a guitarist.  High gain generated an elusion of technicality that could not be re-produced with clean tone, regardless of who it touched, whether it was miced, 
The guys I admire can play at blazing speeds clean too. So, I guess I'd have to disagree. 

Jeff
 
Actually, I think we may agree. You could have just took that passage out of context. In my example, I realized that I could play with more "apparent" articulation and speed with high gain than playing clean (this was years ago, of course), which compelled me to work on my chops and techniqe playing clean. Now, I can play better in both scenarios.  So, I do think that being able to express yourself quickly (when appropriate) both with clean and high gain is a more desired trait.  It means you are more versatile, but more importantly not restricted when you play clean.  Does that make sense?  Both are good, but in my example, one did not translate into the other because with playing clean I did not have the benfit of gain, overtones, distortion, high sensitivity, etc smoothing over my articulation blemishes.  So once you play fast and clean, you go back to playing fast and dirty, and you are that much a better player.
 
Kris