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
