Probably hard to accept for some forumers that he is right but to a degree he is sans the degrading comments.
Last time I checked, wala naman tayong amp simulator or guitar simulator sa daliri.
I personally have had a hard time making single coil bridge equipped guitars sound like "me".
yep, thats what im thinking.. and the only thing that I have against oas is his knack of telling you that if you dont buy the guitars he buy your guitar sucks even if your guitar is already above par the regular gear.. pero aside from that I believe what he said and 75-80% of the tone is "in the gear" and the 25% is in you on "how to create that unique tone" via "your skills (your fingers).
may point din si ian about that "indian sa pana" thing pero when we take that analogy kahit baliko yung pana it will still do the main purpose of it.. which is "to propel an arrow" magagawa pa rin nya yun.. pero it takes "skill" to have that arrow hit a target.. and kahit baliko yung pana basta skilled yung indian eh may 80% chance pa rin na tatamaan nya yung target nya because the indian is simply "skilled" and knows how "to compensate" on the "disadvantages of his pana".
now kung maganda yung quality nung pana, deretso, matibay it will still propel an arrow the same pero with "much accuracy" that even a novice indian "might hit a target with ease" by just merely "aiming straight".. and ofcourse that pana will be a "Deadly Weapon" in the hands of a skilled indian.. pero it doesnt defeat the fact that even a novice indian might hit a target with it.. like the skilled indian can hit a target with the balikong pana.
so an RJ guitar in basic G-MAJOR chord will still resonate that specific sound even when done by a novice and a skilled guitarist.. because a guitar is simply made for the purpose of resonating sounds.. thus the tone (via acoustically or electrically) pero like what I said it "takes skill" to make
a cool and unique sound out of it.so personally my belief is
tone is indeed in the gear.. and
unique sound is in the fingers so panget ba talaga tumunog ang RJ Guitar?
HELL YES kung tukmol kang gitarista.. and
NOT QUITE pag IMBA ka..