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I own an old Les Paul and a fairly new American Strat. Maybe I am just not musically sophisticated enough but I feel, using pedals and fx, I can get pretty much any sound I want out of either the LP or the Strat. I usually just choose based on which one is more comfortable to play for a certain song.


Well, you can try to model any guitar to sound as if it were another type. In my opinion it's not the same. You just don't get that punch from a Les Paul, that you get from a Tele or a Strat. It's just not as aggressive, no matter how hard you compress it.

I use a Strymon Riverside overdrive pedal when teaching, which has a versatile three band EQ section. When I'm too lazy to change the Strat for the Paula, I try to adjust the Overdrive pedal to have a fatter sound. And I'm never satisfied, because it's just by no means as fat and warm sounding as the Paula.

So, sure you can EQ and FX a guitar sound, but in my opinion it makes no sense, since the results are not satisfying anyway.

But I absolutely agree, that the sound of a guitarist is in their fingers and playing style. David Gilmour well always sound like David Gilmour, no matter what type of guitar he uses.

Sandra

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