From tonysounds@yahoo.com Tue Aug 02 14:03:35 2005
Subject:Re: Q's re Pro3TM/Low Pro & Pro 145 Stereo Pair...dumb guitarists

Well, my man believed himself to be the direct spiritual/musical descendant of Carlos Santana, and regularly used words like "innovative" and "groundbreaking" to describe himself and his music. Somehow, the fact that he was in a tribute band and that his playing didn't merely emulate and mimic but actually couldn't sound like anything except Carlos seemed to escape his attention. It never dawned on him that that was a dichotomy when considering his "innovations" and "groundbreaking" advances.

Gotta love guitarists; and they they vocalists are head cases!
T

so2qwestnet wrote:
My $.02 based on many years of playing guitar and keys... Next time a
guitarist tells you you don't understand his quest for tone, remind
him/her that tone and volume are not the same thing. Politely direct
the guitar player to www.amptone.com for an education in EQ and
guitar-related amplification. You can also name several prominent
guitar players who achieve wonderful tone playing with keyboard
players, e.g., Santana and Rolie/Coster/Thompson, Robben Ford and
Russell Ferrante, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Reese Wynans, and on and on. :-)

You can also point out that there's a reason Fender put tilt-back legs
on their amps and cabinets.

My guess, is that Ricky and the other guitar players in question are
more interested in making noise than in listening to the music that is
possible. I agree with Mr. Jacques - it's aboutputting together all of
the elements that make a person a musician.

Steve Schultz