I don't think the analogy makes sense. Tone, with a guitar, definitely comes from the gear you use. Tone is precisely where there is so much gear and why there are so many knobs over all of it. You may recognize the style of eddie van halen playing out of crap gear, but you will not recognize the tone as anything other than crap.
Edit: If you downmod me, please explain why. I've played guitar for many years and know what I said is a fact.
In the interest of educating everyone: Tone is more like turning the bass and treble up or down on an equalizer. Contrast this with hearing an original version of a song and then someone else covering it and you'll have a good idea of how style is different from tone.
Equipment is precisely how you change tone, though there are possibilities for tone changes with existing equipment.
I think you made your point already. The author may have used the wrong scientific term in the article.
That does not, in the slightest bit, make it any less true. Whatever you want to call it, a persons personal ability has a very real impact on how they performa a specific task, independent of any equipment they use.
The point is to find the thing you are passionate about and DO THAT. Don't get caught up in trying to figure out the specifics of it. If you are good at it, none of that matters.
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I don't think the analogy makes sense. Tone, with a guitar, definitely comes from the gear you use. Tone is precisely where there is so much gear and why there are so many knobs over all of it. You may recognize the style of eddie van halen playing out of crap gear, but you will not recognize the tone as anything other than crap.
Edit: If you downmod me, please explain why. I've played guitar for many years and know what I said is a fact.
Maybe what he means by "tone" is what you mean by "style".
Then, as I said, he's wrong. Tone and style have very clear meanings in the world of guitar and they are not the same.
I guess we'll have to conclude that the "world of guitar" meanings of the terms are substantially narrower than those used by laymen.
http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/tone
http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/style
Fair enough.
In the interest of educating everyone: Tone is more like turning the bass and treble up or down on an equalizer. Contrast this with hearing an original version of a song and then someone else covering it and you'll have a good idea of how style is different from tone.
Equipment is precisely how you change tone, though there are possibilities for tone changes with existing equipment.
I think you made your point already. The author may have used the wrong scientific term in the article.
That does not, in the slightest bit, make it any less true. Whatever you want to call it, a persons personal ability has a very real impact on how they performa a specific task, independent of any equipment they use.
The point is to find the thing you are passionate about and DO THAT. Don't get caught up in trying to figure out the specifics of it. If you are good at it, none of that matters.
The point was made with my first post and then some confusion was found so I clarified. I see no harm in that...
Alright then. Hopefully my comment didn't come off too aggressive...
No worries bruthah!