=-> Quoting Sven Petersen to Martin Ridgley re: Re: Sound in the fingers:
 MR> Jaco Pastorius said much the same thing.
   
 MR> ...that his sound was in his hands.
 SP> If you have a reasonable setup, like no worn out strings, not the
 SP> cheapest of all amps and not the worst pickups in this world, you
 SP> can make it sound good. I`d say that 75% of the tone is in the
 SP> fingers, half of it in the left hand and half of it in the right
 SP> hand.
   I don't know about it being quite 75%, but essentially I agree.  And
 there doesn't seem to be enough emphasis on how fingering (or left hand) 
 technique contributes to good tone.
 RL>> I have a feeling SRV could have taken my Squier Strat and plugged it
 RL>> into a Squier-15 through a MetalZone pedal and made it sound like God.
 MR>    Yeah, I know.  Scary, isn't it?
 SP> My Squire sounds great. It's my cheapest, but nearly my fav. Guitar.
 SP> It can sound really warm for jazz comping and hot and distorted for
 SP> fusion lead. None of my jazz guitars can do that.
   I don't doubt it.  A fellow I used to play with had a Squier which 
 he'd bought at a time when he couldn't afford a better instrument.  Some
 years later, his situation had changed and yet he was still playing it a 
 lot because he liked the feel and the sound.
      Cheers,
               Martin
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