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[-] Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

Something weird with guitarist is that we want that bad fuzzy sound from low tech analog amplifiers. With today tech we can have high fidelity amps (even analog). However, we want some distorsion/grain ideally the same as on violonistes have an obsession for century old varnish, electric guitarists are obsessed by vintage electronic. To be fair all the issues from early electronic are what made the electric guitar sound cool.

Then another factor is that for a while, digital effect were pretty bad, and still have that reputation, they also look less cool than analog

[-] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

I hear ya. I play in a celtic rock band where the violin basically fills the ecological niche of a lead guitar for instrumentals. So while I tend to prefer a clean acoustic sound, I do have a few pedals to add distortion and such.

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