Guitar Tone Trickery

[Blues_N_Cues]

so I threw this down real quick.see if you can pick out the Strats & if you want list the guitars in order that I used them-
what I used-
Squier standard Strat
Washburn Maverick BT-2 (HH)
Epi LP Custom
Yamaha HSS
Austin LP w/ P90's

*Strats are 5th position,Hum guitars are in the neck position.
same amp setups for all parts-no trickery,I just titled the thread that way.lol
(I tried to keep the solos as identical as possible but I haven't played in days)

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[gainaddict]

Nice track and little wing playin'.
But It's impossible to tell the difference!
I think that if you dial less gain it will be easier...

[Blues_N_Cues]

Nice track and little wing playin'.
But It's impossible to tell the difference!
I think that if you dial less gain it will be easier...

but that would defeat the purpose of disproving that old saying- "a strat won't ever sound like a Les Paul" & a "Les Paul will never sound like a Strat".

next,we will tackle that old phrase "tone is in the hands",
is it or is it not?

[Matthew]

It is possible to tell the difference, but it is very, very hard. Squier has most sparkle, Washburn sounds like (a little bit muddy?) humbucker, Epi is like humbucker but much cleaner than Washburn. At last 2 I am too confused already.

I think it proves what I noticed before buying my first guitar. I connected LP Standard and LP Studio to the same amp with the same settings. On gain there was no difference. Only on clean you could tell that those are 2 different guitar.

[Blues_N_Cues]

the order in whicg tgey were used-
1) Austin P90
2) Epi LP (57 pup,50's ind. wiring,neck pickup actually lower than level w/ the body)
3) Yammy HSS
4) Squier
5) Washburn