>From: "HKC" > > >I find it hard to get good sounds with cheap guitars, I usually use > >ones that cost 6-10.000$ but then again, I'm not that wonderful a > >player. > >The wonderful players make $180 Fender Squires sound good. > >That was my point, I was just kidding. If the guitar can just stay decently >in tune anything goes if the player is any good. Right, I knew that was a tongue in cheek comment, just had to toss my .02 in. >He usually comes up with a >part that works on that particular guitar and in my point of view there is >no simple answers to guitar sound. A virtual amp with a Squire can be just >what the doctor ordered in some scenarios. Yep! >I have many great (and expensive guitars) but I often use a cheap >Danelectro for certain jangly rhythm sounds because it just does a very >good job (and I do have a Ric 330). For those very clean jangly sounds I >often use the Guitar Amp Pro because I like the sound of it and the >ability to change the >sound if I need a little more or less ie gain. I have a 1961 Vox AC30 and >and 1966 Super Reverb which of course are great amps but in some cases the >virtual amp is just as good (or, dare I say it, better). I understand completely, I have an old Fender Concert, a Deluxe plus a Duncan (EL)84-40 and way too much other gear and often end up using virual FX/Amps. Have to say, that for a big fat clean sound it's hard to beat a good instrument and a well mic'd tube amp. HW ----------------------------------------------------------------- LUG Group Buy for Serato's Pitch n' Time LE until June 14th! See http://logic-users.org/groupbuy/serato for full details