So you say tone is in the fingers?

Great lesson and really slick playing! Only thing I would add is palm muting techniques. Wish I could add it but I rarely analyze what I do, I know I use them a lot in solos as well as rythym. You got me thinking now, thank you!

That is the BEST Ibanez Superstrato that I have heard in my life in low gain. FAT TONE!!
Yes, the tone is in the fingers

Hey KD
Great video and great tone!
I agree with all your tips (playing slowly, with pauses, building a climax etc...) but these are easier to apply to a slow "emotional" backing track, than to high speed death metal, what do you think?
On a side note, if tone is in the fingers, and great players will sound the same with different equipment, we don't need kempers, do we?

OK ! packs are now updated with 'THE RIG' used on Krid video. It's a very good rig , very close to early Van Halen brown sound on my solid body.

Both Humbucker pack & Bundle Pack now have the rig in the bonus directory . All I did was evening the CAB volume in order to maintain the levels up to the other ones from my pack.

Here is the name of the profile : ATM.HB.drive.KrisD.RG6

You will find the rig in my store HERE

Kudos TO KD for providing his tweaks !!

Quote from mattt67

Hey KD
Great video and great tone!
I agree with all your tips (playing slowly, with pauses, building a climax etc...) but these are easier to apply to a slow "emotional" backing track, than to high speed death metal, what do you think?
On a side note, if tone is in the fingers, and great players will sound the same with different equipment, we don't need kempers, do we?

no, you don't need it if you have that kind of hands. You'll be that kind of guitar player regardless.
Eddie Van Halen and Vai, or Satriani don't have the kpa....nevertheless they play like they play.

on the other hand the kpa is a very unique tool which helps us to achieve that killer sound we need to express ourselves...like KD one.

Great playing! Great advice!

I think the term "the tone is in the fingers" is a little too general. It very much depends on the style of music, the amount of gain and the wheter you are talking melody or rhythm playing. There is a huge difference between a nice blues solo and metal high gain riffing. Have decent two players perform a mellow blues track with a mild crunch tone and the results will be completely different. Have two decent players perform a metal rhythm track, and the results might be exactly the same.

Tyler,
we're not talking about specific way of playing. as a matter of fact playing is not rhythm only. what I mean is playing as a whole: rhythm, fast and slow solo, expression, dynamics, and so on.

as a final word on it I'm not saying every guitar player has the tone dependant by his/her hands. But I know for certain that who ever has that kind of hands, which has passed countless hours on the instrument, has the tone in the hands. this is a certainty which I saw with my eyes and hear...not a theory.

EDIT:
saw the video....and that's what I meant: it is a bogus test. Of course, if I want to prove this all I have to do is making 10 players play a chord. a suitable test would have been to make the three guys play an entire song, with an intro, verse, chorus, a solo, and so on...

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Quote from tylerhb

I think the term "the tone is in the fingers" is a little too general. It very much depends on the style of music, the amount of gain and the wheter you are talking melody or rhythm playing. There is a huge difference between a nice blues solo and metal high gain riffing. Have decent two players perform a mellow blues track with a mild crunch tone and the results will be completely different. Have two decent players perform a metal rhythm track, and the results might be exactly the same.

You are right."The tone is in the fingers" doesn't work for metal rhythm tracks. For that kind of music it doesn't even matter which guitar you are playing: alder, ash, basswood, maple, rosewood, korina, mahogany... who cares? Just a lot of gain with a good amount of technique and you are done.

Quote from michaelmellner

But I know for certain that who ever has that kind of hands, which has passed countless hours on the instrument, has the tone in the hands.

Listen Jeff Beck, no matter what guitar and what amplifier he plays, you know it's him and nobody can copy.
In fact, I never have heard him playing heavy metal

keep rockin' Harry

Same old debate... though I think it's easy:

I think noone would doubt that gear has influence on tone.
As well as noone would doubt that fingers have influence on how tone comes out of gear.

Now, the more experienced (unique) a player is in tone, vibrato etc., the more does that factor of the overall sound become relevant in our overall perception - and therefore it does finally outweigh gear as a factor. And so fingers become THE factor.

So, in short: From starting guitar to mastering it, that factor increases. Maybe kinda like this (still don't know how to attach pics correctly):

It could be that the thread title could be interpreted somewhat misleading.

The video is not arguing against a good playing technique.
For me, the most important statement is to make a plan before create a solo, of what I want to express - how can I make my solo impressively.
The playing technique is certainly important, but to present them at the highest level, is not the most important criterium for a good solo.
It was explained by using a dynamic profile
So it reaches indeed the main topic in this forum. KPA and rigs.
I do not believe that the video was made especially for this forum, but serves as an example of a specific profile.

The video gives also a few suggestions, how to build a good solo. This I appreciated very much.
To think about helps to develope a good solo while rehearsal.
For a gig you must have internalized all before. One can then only use what one has achieved before.

keep rockin' Harry