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Old 02-06-2017, 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Jelly View Post
I always wondered why someone would use an acoustic guitar if they are going to process the crap out of it with reverb and chorus.
Ischwart beat me to it but, Mr Kelly, you provided your own answer.

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I like the sound of acoustic guitar. I've heard some great acoustic guitar sounds from guitar pick up set ups.
I agree that effects can be and are sometimes overdone. Tone is the foundation the player starts with in the signal chain. IMHO, to a point, Delay and Chorus don't change the tone as much as they manipulate it. Kind of like Photoshop to an photo image.

This makes me think about a problem I've found, and experienced myself. The problem, starting with bad dry plugged in tone. This is can originate either from the P/U and/or guitar, amplification, player, sound man, or all of these. Trying to add effects to improve tone, or a lot of something, that is absent usually doesn't sound well. The missing or problem component has to be improved.
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