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Re: what a loop has to say



Matthew, on his way out the door, has said exactly what's in my head 
about this discussion.

Even Jandek can move people, in deep, life-changing ways.  But he can 
just barely play the guitar.

D

>When you say 'use gear to compensate', that's where you lose me. Let's
>assume someone is an intermediate player who has realized that he can usea
>certain piece of gear to execute the strategies of his mind- how is that
>wrong? Is it more correct to play 4 notes instead of playing 1 & having a
>delay that repeats 3 times?
>
>I do agree that if you remove all gear from the equation, and sit 2 peopel
>down head to head on acoustic guitars, you will be able to better tell who
>is the technically superior guitar player- but IMO, this has *zero* to do
>with who is the superior musician.  : )
>  
>