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I don't think about my delay and looping
equipment (or any of my mounds of crap, really) as "augmentation" or
"modification" devices for my input signal, whether it's my guitar, my drums, or
inarticulate howls of existential rage. To me, any of the devices in
the path of a given signal are integral and specific to the resultant
sound. I would no sooner consider my guitar as separate from my
rig than I would the oscillators from the envelope filters on my
synthesizer. Strings, processor, amp, speakers: I consider all of
that my "instrument". Something that I find truly amusing as a
player in the South is that "blues purists" will grasp this concept as far as
their amps are concerned, but will still miss the point when is comes to
processing. Obviously, it isn't "overuse" of technology on the part
of the artist that results in this sort of criticism, but the definition of
"music" or "art" to the ear of the critic. I love the crazy ambient
noize, but I also have an acoustic gig. Knock some of the Mahler out
of your ears and try to make some room. I guess that I'm pretty
surprised that there are members of the "but that don't sound like the way
Skinnard (or Segovia) plays a guitar" crowd, here. A chop is a
chop, whether you pluck a string, vibrate a reed or twist a knob to achieve
it.
lance
; )
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