Words well put by a youtube guy

[hunter]

I wanna share a quote I just discovered which fits nicely these xmas days of consumption and GAS.

Boingusboingus wrote on my rainsong vid in youtube:
"It has to be said that most players, in blind tests, can't tell a single-coil from a humbucker, let alone a long-tenon neck joint from a short one. This search for "perfect tone" reminds me of the chap in Albert Camus', "The Plague" who is trying to write the perfect novel and, after decades of effort, has never got beyond the first sentence. Perfection doesn't exist: we need to work with what we have."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAwcV2a-Sag

[FELINEGUITARS]

Really well put!

Many players can tell if a guitar "speaks to them" or inspires playing.
A good unplugged sound, resonance,and note definition, allied to a good action are usually good indicators.

[JDC]

and if you did find perfect tone it probably wouldn't sit well in a mix...

[indysmith]

I don't think that any of us are going to argue with that...

...but at the same time I don't think any of us are going to stop trying for the perfect tone.

[dave_mc]

^ +1

just because perfection exists doesn't mean you should stop trying for it, and doesn't mean that some things aren't better than others...

[Philosoful]

*Different* not better than :)

[HTH AMPS]

there is some truth to the OP - a good player can make any POS guitar and amp sound good while others make a PRS and Boogie sound like a cat being tortured.

[dave_mc]

*Different* not better than :)

agreed, but only up to a point. i mean a guitar which is broken in half or which hasn't had a competent fret job clearly isn't just "different" to, say, a nik huber.

[jibidy]

Couldnt perfection be a matter of preferance though?