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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
A great amplifier puts it's stamp on the sound produced but above a certain level the law of diminishing returns kicks in along the whole chain. Modest guitar and amps are very acceptable for pub gigs. Studio work might make you select more carefully though.
The transparency of the amp also means it shows up all my badly played notes too :-S
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
A shit guitar through a great amp will sound shit as the amp will show its flaws. A great guitar will sound shit through a shit amp, because the amp isn't capable of a great sound.
So, you get the best from an amp with a guitar that matches it's quality. Up the level of guitar and it's wasted (tonally. Playability is another matter). Lower the guitar quality and the amp won't sound it's best.
So.
Shut amp with shit guitar
Average amp with average guitar
Good Amp with good guitar
Great amp with great guitar.
anything that has the ability to process or distort the original signal will have the greatest tonal impact...
that'll be amp and fx / rack preamp
everything else [guitar / pups / cab / speaker type etc] will have tonal impacts of their own to greater or lesser degrees, but nothing like the preamp and fx can have
Marshall Class 5
Epiphone Valve Junior (Mk1, the later ones aren't quite so bad)
Fender Champion 600
and not least the Crate Powerblock
... can all make any guitar sound shit.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
He basically shows of (his playing) the most stunning rare and desirable guitars going and highlights them.
I had sod all better to do last night than to watch 4/5 in a row and what I noticed was that other than the large gulfs, a Strat to a Les Paul, there was not a large amount of difference. An SG was very similar to a 335 and a PRS sounded like a Jr.
He had a few amps he was going through and that was the thing that actually changed the tone significantly. I don't mean gulfs (a fender clean to Mesa distortion) but a driven tone of a 76 Marshall to a modded Plexi sounded different. A crunchy vox to a fender Vibrolux sounded different.