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Many guitarists try to copy their favourite players’ tones. Do you try to replicate artist tones or focus on creating your own sound?

I copy artist tones as a learning exercise. It really helps me understand how to better use my equipment to shape tone. Ultimately it helps me to craft my own sound based on the knowledge I gain by copying others.

I guess that's how all music works really!

I am never usually trying to replicate a specific tone. Generally, I prefer experimenting until I find something unique or that fits with the style of sound that I am looking for.

Starting with a basic tone of an artist is a good place to start. I usually start here and then continually tweak and modify them until I find something that I really like.