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Q: You have great tone and phrasing. How has that evolved over the last few years?
Thanks a lot Trev! That involved a lot of trial and error. When I was still in college, I would have a new favourite guitarist almost every week. I went through my Steve Lukather, George Benson, Mike Stern, Pat Metheny, Carl Verheyen, Scott Henderson (etc., etc.) phases and stole my elements from any of them. When I got really aware of what phrasing means, I started listening to my favourite guitarists more actively, trying to soak up any detail of their notes (or rests!). I got obsessed with time feel and spent a few ages working on that. Unfortunately I still have a loooong way to go in that department. Later on I started getting crazy about bending and vibrato. So yeah, what you’re hearing really is a sum of getting in and out of many obsessive phases!
Same thing with tone: there were months, where I didn’t go near within a mile of a distortion pedal. The next few months I’d be sporting the Stern-esque chorus/delay tone, then back to the dry, raw Gilbert distortion. It’s not always healthy to have a broad taste! :) This kind of identity crisis also kept me from writing and releasing an album. Thankfully, I finally found the tone that I’m going to stick with. For the first time ever, I feel that I’ve kind of found my voice on the guitar, as cheesy as it sounds! more
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Thanks Laurie!
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