Is tone overrated? God I hope not.
Plank made a good statement about the majority of our listeners not really caring or even knowing what to care about when listening to us. Most people nod their head up and down to the beat and tell us "yeah that sounds pretty good".
When you did all that prep work before you painted and received payment I'm pretty sure you were proud of what you did. If your customers are happy then hopefully you are. I think you were. In that respect "tone" is very important. It's what drives us to be better. To be appreciated. I believe tone is most important to those that really pay attention to detail. Having said that I also believe that playing is about 50% of what we are. 50% playing...50% tone. Both should help us become better playing and sounding musicians and should make us proud of what we accomplish and aspire to do.
Guitars/Bass - MIM Fender Classic 50s Strat, MIM Fender Standard Strat, Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Epi '56 Gold Top Les Paul, Martin DSR acoustic, Sigma Martin Auditorium electric/acoustic, Squier Jazz Bass.
Amps/Cabinets/Modelers - Model 2558 50 watt Marshall Silver Anniversary Jubilee combo w/ Celestion Vintage 30s, 4x12 Marshall cabinet w/25 watt Greenback Celestions, Fender Blues Junior w/ a couple of Billm mods, Line 6 POD 2.0, Roland Micro Cube
Pedals/Effects - Cry Baby Classic Wah, Boss TU-2, Boss NS-2, Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Ross Compressor, MXR Micro Amp, Danelectro FAB Echo, Danelectro FAB Chorus, Danelectro Chicken Salad, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Echohead, Duhvoodooman's Zonkin' Yellow Screamer, Digitech Digiverb, Digitech Bad Monkey, Dunlop Fuzz Face, Homemade Loop Bypass pedal, Duhvoodooman's Sonic Tonic (Maxon SD-9 clone +), Voodoo Labs Superfuzz