Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect!
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I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.
Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
What I couldn't say verbally I was able to express physically through the guitar.
The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
And I had not much of a voice. I didn't play that great guitar either.
I don't try to make the guitar sound like the harpsichord or lute. That makes you end up being like a bad copy.
My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else.
Still others want a traditional guitar sound if they call you for guitar.
In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool. On paper, though, it's all stripped back. The musical idea is the one that wins.
The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument.
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