playing it right or sounding right?

[digitalcyco]

I prefer DOING it right.

IMHO, you don't have to nail the tone, or play the solo note for note.

You just have to do it right, and give justice to your interpretation of the song.

[royc]

Glad to know that there are guitarists who remember that skills improvement should not take a back seat to gas. I believe that once you have acquired decent gears, you can no longer expect a significant improvement in tone unless you pair that with a major skills upgrade. I was guilty of this, gradually upgrading my gears, but too lazy to learn new things.

[dirtybluesplayer]

Glad to know that there are guitarists who remember that skills improvement should not take a back seat to gas. I believe that once you have acquired decent gears, you can no longer expect a significant improvement in tone unless you pair that with a major skills upgrade. I was guilty of this, gradually upgrading my gears, but too lazy to learn new things.

True, I can feel you too, when the GAS started, you`ll forget the things that you should learn, big regrets for knowing about gear and tone at my early age back then.

[ejecruz]

Should be both... dapat malaman nang mga nakikinig (lalo na yung mga hindi musicians) na yung kanta na yun yung kino-cover mo..

Iba yung nag-cover ka nang song sa gumawa ka nung own version mo nung song....

[inexperience]

Playing it right and sounding as good as your gear can handle/produce.

[magtataho7]

Minsan kailangan ng "right sound" para matugtog mo ng tama ex. kailangan sakto yung speed ng delay pag U2 songs ang cover.

All things taken into consideration mas appreciate ng audience yung tamang tipa kaysa magandang tone, so play right.

[anjoesatriani]

Glad to know that there are guitarists who remember that skills improvement should not take a back seat to gas. I believe that once you have acquired decent gears, you can no longer expect a significant improvement in tone unless you pair that with a major skills upgrade. I was guilty of this, gradually upgrading my gears, but too lazy to learn new things.

ako din, pag GAS ako, nawawala ang practice routine. 

Anyway, playing it right is the priority to me(I'm into details), copying the tone is just a bonus or afterwards. 

minsan dun ako nakakakuha ng style, phrasing, ideas, and different vibrato approach.

[Autoplay2009]

IMO, you would sound right once you play it right. If you play a song (cover in particular), package dapat yung tamang notes at tamang tone to nail it. Otherwise, the song would just sound like your own 'version'.

[jhimmymatt]

Relate ako dito.for my opinion, in my skills of playing, meron laging limitasyon lalo sa pagcover ng solos.hirap ako sa speed. pero kung sa tonal medyo nakakahabol ako. before lumanog akustik lang gamit ko, mula ng matuto ako sa mga effects at analog at nagkaron ng purchasing power sa gear, lumawak ang experimentation at ang sarap pakiramdam kapag nakokopya mo mga tones..(e.g. Tom Morello, Greenday..etc.
At meron ako tropa na mahusay ang skills sa playing..pero poor sa timplahan. halos walang progress sa tonal skill in the years of playing. ewan ko baka kasi mas focused siya sa playing.so kelangan ko pa timplahan siya pag may jam session kame.

Sa tingin ko ,dapat laging balanse. 50/50.. to got it almost perfect.