The Steel Guitar Forum

Will this ever end ?? ok here goes . i have a new Williams guitar and i have an openion ( but who does'nt ). and when my buddie plays it it sounds a lot different than when i play it . he is in law inforcement and i work with heavy objects every day and so my conclusion is that a big difference in tone is in the hands and to go even futher i also have a SHO-BUD -pro 2 and i changed the rod in the end at the changer to an all stainless steel rod and it changed the sound , now it is brighter and has more sustain.( boy am i in for it now !! )so i think it is a combination of both the way a steel is built and also the hands being softer or harder !!!
ok guys take your best swing . just my 2 cents worth. G.P.

( P.S. you push pull players have a good argument also )<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Gary Preston on 03 August 2003 at 10:34 AM.]</p></FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Gary Preston on 03 August 2003 at 10:37 AM.]</p></FONT>

The search for tone is endless. The search for the truth is impossible. But we are all searchin' for both!

B.C.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR><SMALL>I think I can reseal that can of red wigglers with a quote from Jerry Byrd:
"If you are a good player, it doesn't matter what kind of guitar you have; and if you are not a good player, then it doesn't matter what kind of guitar you have".</SMALL><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes. And HE also decribed it almost brought tears to him when that Rickenbacher dealer let him try that Bakelite guitar for the first time... because it had such a great... (now, guess what...): TONE! And he got it to take it home and even went through arguments with his parents (back then as a kid, you'd loose!) over keeping it but he eventually went to sleep with it.

Yes, great tone is in the hands... but a shitty instrument won't help either, especially not the beginner nor the average player.
Great instruments have a different timber but over long or short, the players hand's will show through and it will become the players tone again.

... J-D.

The players hands will get the best possible tone inherant to that instrument, in relation to their method of technique. No more no less.

Different technique, different tone, but never something that isn't in the instrument to begin with.