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I’ve noticed when I’m enjoying somebody’s tone, I have a tendency to think it’s how they strike a note, and while that is part of it, I think it has more to do with everything else that happens, like note length, syncopation, the ability to have even volume per note, swing, ect. If I were just to isolate a single note from most players, it wouldn’t stand out to me as that amazing, but when I listen to mutiple notes, then it sounds really good with all the nuances.
an interesting side note on Samson, he is plenty loud but his action may not be even 2mm...very low. I played his guitar a few days ago and he goes "very low action" and it was. I know players who raise the action to get a louder tone, but Samson is loud with low action so why not?
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Nando right hand video--Excellent sound /tone. Every musician-whatever instrument is different. What you are born with--work at it.
This is a great point. It's easy to get a tunnel vision and focus on one thing only. Tone is the sum of all parts as you said. I'm aware of that, I think, because I've been telling myself that I need to pay more attention to the dynamics of my picking as well. And I surprise myself occasionally with how different my playing sounds when I play more staccato-ish on purpose. Samson is the whole package, the virtuosity with a purpose, great composer, has fun playing every time you him, his playing varies in dynamics, everything about his music is wonderful.
As is Nando. Here's it him in a live situation, just as wonderful sounding:
Do you think he plays like that because of his bone structure? That's an interesting take.
I like how Nando holds notes. Samson is the full package, for sure! Even seems to have a little Yngwei. I know what you mean about the mystery aspect to it! I was always attracted to the mystery. I always thought it was interesting that you could make a metronome swing by how you play and then stop playing, but still hear the metronome swing in your mind. If someone were to walk by you in that moment they would just hear a click, but you would hear it swing. This proves that swing is felt by the player. I believe that this is part of the answer to the mystery.