To What Are Yee Listenin' Right Now?

Robert Herndon said:
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I truly love this story. I've thought for a long time that a lot of the differences we perceive when making small changes is placebo effect. We mess around with minute things as players, chasing tone and telling ourselves the money and time were worth it, but in the end I suspect 90+ percent of the differences we hear are imagined or could have been done easier with a twist of a knob.

I finally gave up on "boutique" pedals and got a board full of Boss, and I stopped replacing pickups and electronics for this reason. I've been a hell of a lot happier since I stopped obsessing about the little things.
 
gball said:
I truly love this story. I've thought for a long time that a lot of the differences we perceive when making small changes is placebo effect. We mess around with minute things as players, chasing tone and telling ourselves the money and time were worth it, but in the end I suspect 90+ percent of the differences we hear are imagined or could have been done easier with a twist of a knob.

I finally gave up on "boutique" pedals and got a board full of Boss, and I stopped replacing pickups and electronics for this reason. I've been a hell of a lot happier since I stopped obsessing about the little things.
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You got the point of this post exactly!!!!!
 
Robert Herndon said:
Like most psychopaths, I want to quantify my likes with at least some specific and articulable facts.
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And then there are the lurkers like me, taking notes.

Fortunately, in a three piece I know my sonic spectrum. I also like a crear sound. I think my mix of humbuckers (occasional P-90 or Filtertron) and old Marshalls or Hiwatts has the base sound I need, and the very few pedals I do use are more for color. The KTR builds off of the base, then the Prince of Tone is a good lead boost. Delay and Wah are used when needed. I would like to try a good EQ sometime when we start playing more often to see how it sounds.
 
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