Tobin.

re over the top distortion.

1..to be fair to you and pg... music groups i was in there were often heavy arguments about how much distortion to use.
and many different opinions. eg yelling at the lead guitarist...lol..
if we thought the distortion being used didnt sound great.
i was in a session once in a studio with primo gear and someone used just a baby gtr amp and some pedals and on playback everyone
was rocking out. the lead gtr guy was a genius.
in summary there are some distortions that sound groovy and others that just dont. i'm not trying to be a "A" but some of the
metal styles...(and maybe its personal preferences)...
just dont crank me up. but others might disagree.
some of the guitar rt's make me go WOW i can use that but others dont.

2..yep thats a decent idea. then i can futz around to get the sound picture i want relating to the song.
btw...saw steppenwolf live once...amazeing live gtr sounds.
audience went potty.
lead guy was useing marshalls. also loved cheap trick live...

happiness.

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